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    Thread: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge
Post: RE: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge

I've mostly been trying to get through some horror games.  I'm on 流行り神2 and かまいたちの夜2.  Also reading manga whenever I have free time.
cracky Group study 361 69,013 2016-06-17, 7:45 pm
    Thread: Too much free time !!!
Post: RE: Too much free time !!!

I think you're probably making it harder for yourself but I mean hey study how you want to.   So for some actual possibly useful input to the thread, I'd try to make sure your custom cards can follow...
cracky General discussion 24 1,357 2016-06-16, 8:53 pm
    Thread: Too much free time !!!
Post: RE: Too much free time !!!

(2016-06-16, 7:37 am)Gutsz Wrote: Oh and I deleted those 3 decks (core2k, grammar and yotsubato) today due to the reviews being too big of a time  Well that's an interesting choice.
cracky General discussion 24 1,357 2016-06-16, 7:53 am
    Thread: Core decks vs extensive reading
Post: RE: Core decks vs extensive reading

(2016-06-13, 7:57 pm)FlameseeK Wrote: First time I hear about Potplayer. Is it any better than VLC when it comes to adjusting off-sync subtitles? You have to hold down the button for quite a bit wit...
cracky The Japanese language 114 7,542 2016-06-13, 8:56 pm
    Thread: Core decks vs extensive reading
Post: RE: Core decks vs extensive reading

Potplayer is cool.  I finally have another option besides MPC for watching subtitled stuff and adjusting it realtime.
cracky The Japanese language 114 7,542 2016-06-13, 7:43 pm
    Thread: Core decks vs extensive reading
Post: RE: Core decks vs extensive reading

(2016-06-10, 8:11 pm)FlameseeK Wrote: The latest thing seems to be this program called VNR, but I've also found a different approach. The alternative presented in the video is most likely more compl...
cracky The Japanese language 114 7,542 2016-06-10, 10:11 pm
    Thread: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge
Post: RE: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge

(2016-06-10, 12:38 pm)RawrPk Wrote: Yes, manga requires 5 pages to count as 1 Tadoku page and since it is my reading medium I have a long way ahead of me. You can do a character count and see if th...
cracky Group study 361 69,013 2016-06-10, 5:51 pm
    Thread: Core decks vs extensive reading
Post: RE: Core decks vs extensive reading

(2016-06-10, 2:06 am)sholum Wrote: Is it possible to get rid of all the extra crap in VNR? I have absolutely no use for the auto translations, subtitles, locale emulator, or anything else, just the ...
cracky The Japanese language 114 7,542 2016-06-10, 4:56 am
    Thread: Core decks vs extensive reading
Post: RE: Core decks vs extensive reading

(2016-06-10, 12:22 am)sholum Wrote: (2016-06-09, 10:36 pm)Mars Prism Makeup Wrote: If I want to play vns that are on the ps1 and ps2 is it possible to use things like visual novel reader? Or is th...
cracky The Japanese language 114 7,542 2016-06-10, 12:29 am
    Thread: Core decks vs extensive reading
Post: RE: Core decks vs extensive reading

(2016-06-09, 8:51 pm)CureDolly Wrote: This is all based around the facts that a) my current Anki method is very audio-centric and b) since I do regard anki as primarily a backup I want reviews to be...
cracky The Japanese language 114 7,542 2016-06-09, 9:20 pm
    Thread: Core decks vs extensive reading
Post: RE: Core decks vs extensive reading

(2016-06-09, 2:26 pm)sholum Wrote: Seems a bit less useful than ITH, to me. The wiki confused me by saying it read text through OCR (checked a video, still thread hooking; I guess it has an OCR opti...
cracky The Japanese language 114 7,542 2016-06-09, 5:13 pm
    Thread: Core decks vs extensive reading
Post: RE: Core decks vs extensive reading

(2016-06-08, 1:41 pm)RawrPk Wrote: If you want to make visual Anki cards, you can take a screenshot and just do a form of clozed delete by blocking out the word you want to learn. Hope this helps. ...
cracky The Japanese language 114 7,542 2016-06-08, 4:27 pm
    Thread: Core decks vs extensive reading
Post: RE: Core decks vs extensive reading

(2016-06-08, 2:02 am)FlameseeK Wrote: What I'm trying to say is, if I spend 1h reading a visual novel and decide to srs the words I don't know afterwards, I'll probably spend another full hour just ...
cracky The Japanese language 114 7,542 2016-06-08, 4:44 am
    Thread: Making Learning Japanese Fun
Post: RE: Making Learning Japanese Fun

(2016-06-04, 7:47 am)Sztermel Wrote: Does anyone know any website with full modern games scripts in japanese? I've been looking for Dark Souls script but I couldn't find any. The only way to quickl...
cracky General discussion 43 2,822 2016-06-04, 3:56 pm
    Thread: Making Learning Japanese Fun
Post: RE: Making Learning Japanese Fun

(2016-06-03, 9:10 pm)CureDolly Wrote: A lot of games have furigana (eg. Dragon Quest, Professor Layton) so kanji shouldn't be a problem. Mostly games by Level 5 or Nintendo and mostly on the 3DS.  ...
cracky General discussion 43 2,822 2016-06-03, 10:41 pm
    Thread: Yesterday I couldn't study, and today is just as busy. What do I do?!
Post: RE: Yesterday I couldn't study, and today is just ...

If you can't do it all, just do some.  It's important to keep in the habit of doing it but don't overload yourself.
cracky Remembering the Kanji 22 1,318 2016-06-03, 3:37 pm
    Thread: help buying manga
Post: RE: help buying manga

Not sure where you're located but there's also: http://www.kinokuniya.com/us/
cracky General discussion 10 1,000 2016-06-01, 9:35 pm
    Thread: Stupid question but how much Japanese do I need to know to play a Dragon Quest game?
Post: RE: Stupid question but how much Japanese do I nee...

(2016-05-29, 5:00 pm)Queen of Mars Wrote: (2016-05-29, 4:49 pm)anotherjohn Wrote: I didn't have a word that uses 晄 but thanks to 魔晄炉 my kanjipeen has grown to 3431 (and one step closer to 100% 人名用...
cracky General discussion 39 1,666 2016-05-29, 5:53 pm
    Thread: Stupid question but how much Japanese do I need to know to play a Dragon Quest game?
Post: RE: Stupid question but how much Japanese do I nee...

(2016-05-29, 2:32 pm)HelenF Wrote: I've not played them, but a quick search suggests I-III are close to all-kana, which doesn't take advantage of the effort that went into RTK. If those are the game...
cracky General discussion 39 1,666 2016-05-29, 3:14 pm
    Thread: Making Learning Japanese Fun
Post: RE: Making Learning Japanese Fun

(2016-05-26, 9:03 pm)SomeCallMeChris Wrote: If you're mostly mobile but sometimes at a home computer, one thing I was doing for awhile is adding words to my 'frequents' or 'favorites' or whatever li...
cracky General discussion 43 2,822 2016-05-26, 10:31 pm
    Thread: Making Learning Japanese Fun
Post: RE: Making Learning Japanese Fun

(2016-05-26, 4:16 pm)CureDolly Wrote: For me that is a good reason to have encountered the word live before learning it in Anki; so that it enters my consciousness as a live word with associations r...
cracky General discussion 43 2,822 2016-05-26, 5:04 pm
    Thread: Making Learning Japanese Fun
Post: RE: Making Learning Japanese Fun

(2016-05-25, 11:11 am)CureDolly Wrote: But a much more interesting slog than just doing general reps in the hope of one day getting good enough to read something real. Words are actual living beings...
cracky General discussion 43 2,822 2016-05-25, 7:17 pm
    Thread: Making Learning Japanese Fun
Post: RE: Making Learning Japanese Fun

(2016-05-24, 11:25 am)RawrPk Wrote:  Finally, here is a forum topic for videogame scripts which contain FF1-12 and Tactics. Another thing that can help getting into playing games is an emulated gam...
cracky General discussion 43 2,822 2016-05-24, 12:40 pm
    Thread: Making Learning Japanese Fun
Post: RE: Making Learning Japanese Fun

(2016-05-23, 5:34 am)EratiK Wrote: you can workaround the problem by learning the basic fantasy vocab (armor, bow, kingdom...) while playing another JRPG before FFXV. I'd especially recommend old sc...
cracky General discussion 43 2,822 2016-05-23, 6:21 pm
    Thread: Visual novels as study tool
Post: RE: Visual novels as study tool

(2016-04-06, 3:47 am)NinkuEx Wrote: Combine that with Firefox furigana inserter and Rikaichan plugin.   You use furigana inserter to use monitor clipboard feature and it starts to automatically copy...
cracky The Japanese language 17 5,417 2016-04-06, 9:10 pm
    Thread: ANKI Anime decks
Post: RE: ANKI Anime decks

Subs2srs does not take much time at all.  Most people suggest also using morphman with these kind of decks to help you sort through the cards.
cracky Learning resources 24 2,435 2016-03-26, 8:51 am
    Thread: Input, output, or both?
Post: RE: Input, output, or both?

I personally find production cards to help my recall a lot more than recognition.  I used to do just recognition for a long time, then I switched to both, and then finally I mostly use production now....
cracky The Japanese language 6 727 2016-03-25, 2:38 pm
    Thread: Visual novels as study tool
Post: RE: Visual novels as study tool

(2016-02-23, 6:47 pm)foreverunclean Wrote: (2015-11-28, 1:36 pm)foreverunclean Wrote: I want to use Stein's Gate and Fate/stay visual novels as a study tool for japanese. Does there exist raw Jap...
cracky The Japanese language 17 5,417 2016-02-24, 1:28 am
    Thread: kindle voyager
Post: RE: kindle voyager

(2016-02-20, 1:55 pm)Moregon Wrote: (2016-02-20, 1:21 pm)cracky Wrote: (2016-02-20, 5:15 am)Moregon Wrote: You can even install an app like Last App Switcher, that creates an unobtrusive button ...
cracky General discussion 16 1,337 2016-02-20, 4:28 pm
    Thread: kindle voyager
Post: RE: kindle voyager

(2016-02-20, 5:15 am)Moregon Wrote: You can even install an app like Last App Switcher, that creates an unobtrusive button in a corner of the screen with which you can switch between the running app...
cracky General discussion 16 1,337 2016-02-20, 1:21 pm