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    Thread: Google flagging this website as containing Malware
Post: Google flagging this website as containing Malware

Time to find a new search engine.
prink General discussion 4 1,003 2013-01-15, 8:56 pm
    Thread: Private video of private Romney Fundraiser leaked
Post: Private video of private Romney Fundraiser leaked

Actual discussion ended a long while ago. HiiroYui revived a two week old thread to respond to someone who already said they had enough and has been using logical fallacies to troll.
prink Off topic 459 44,675 2013-01-14, 2:06 pm
    Thread: Private video of private Romney Fundraiser leaked
Post: Private video of private Romney Fundraiser leaked

Twelve and half hours from now by my clock. I support a preemptive lock.
prink Off topic 459 44,675 2013-01-14, 1:30 am
    Thread: Some practice videos
Post: Some practice videos

Definitely seems useful so far. I liked the contextual explanation of はい、はい. I don't think I've actually seen or heard that discussed anywhere else. It's just one of those things that you eventually p...
prink General discussion 3 777 2013-01-14, 1:17 am
    Thread: Private video of private Romney Fundraiser leaked
Post: Private video of private Romney Fundraiser leaked

Or you could respond to my post in context.
prink Off topic 459 44,675 2013-01-14, 12:51 am
    Thread: Good PS3 Games to Import?
Post: Good PS3 Games to Import?

Doesn't look like it's been suggested yet, so if you haven't already and are looking to save money, make a Japanese PSN account and download games through the PSN store to avoid the high cost of impor...
prink Off topic 24 8,805 2013-01-08, 7:20 pm
    Thread: Private video of private Romney Fundraiser leaked
Post: Private video of private Romney Fundraiser leaked

HiiroYui Wrote:Maybe the soldier thought this was the best way to protect his country. If you criticize him for torturing, you will hurt his feelings. Of course he did. That's how propaganda works. Ma...
prink Off topic 459 44,675 2012-12-27, 10:51 pm
    Thread: core6k as a BOOK or similar (e.g. "Learner's Dictionaries")
Post: core6k as a BOOK or similar (e.g. "Learner's Dicti...

I'm not too sure, since they're not numbered and the number of words on each page varies. There's 1097 pages with anywhere from about 5 to 12 (maybe even more on some) words on each page. I would gues...
prink The Japanese language 7 1,782 2012-12-27, 4:58 am
    Thread: mistakes in jlpt n1 deck word and english meaning
Post: mistakes in jlpt n1 deck word and english meaning

I make my own. I start with ALC JLPT vocab books and then go to other lists. I usually use the lists in the Japanese iPhone app, but that one, too, has a lot of extra and misplaced words for N3 and ab...
prink Learning resources 5 824 2012-12-27, 4:53 am
    Thread: mistakes in jlpt n1 deck word and english meaning
Post: mistakes in jlpt n1 deck word and english meaning

Tanos decks are very bad. Avoid at all costs. Wrong words and wrong meanings are not uncommon at all.
prink Learning resources 5 824 2012-12-26, 8:57 pm
    Thread: core6k as a BOOK or similar (e.g. "Learner's Dictionaries")
Post: core6k as a BOOK or similar (e.g. "Learner's Dicti...

This is a good one. I got it real cheap and use it pretty much daily. Ends up coming to about a penny for every forty sentences if you buy it used for $4.00 (with shipping). http://www.amazon.com...
prink The Japanese language 7 1,782 2012-12-26, 3:24 pm
    Thread: Back after year long hiatus. Very discouraged.
Post: Back after year long hiatus. Very discouraged.

Whenever I let a lot of cards go like that for a long time, I just slowly go through them. I usually get a lot wrong, but at least I don't have to start over on the ones I get right.
prink Remembering the Kanji 3 1,170 2012-12-21, 1:34 am
    Thread: Official App for "Remembering The Kanji" (iPhone, iPodTouch, iPad)
Post: Official App for "Remembering The Kanji" (iPhone, ...

The new update looks great. I haven't gone over it entirely, but I'm very happy that the kanji from RTK3 have been added. The way flashcards work now are great as well. I like being able to write them...
prink Learning resources 89 52,985 2012-12-21, 1:26 am
    Thread: disturbances during the jlpt
Post: disturbances during the jlpt

You'd either have to have ADD or find a pretty lax therapist. The first person I went to gave it to me no problem, but I've heard other people have had trouble doing so.
prink JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 13 5,243 2012-12-20, 12:00 pm
    Thread: What kind of pad do i have to use?
Post: What kind of pad do i have to use?

He just means paper. I don't think his English is American English. I use a regular notebook, but if you really want to go all out, you can Google and print off some kanji graph paper. (The previou...
prink Remembering the Kanji 5 819 2012-12-20, 12:07 am
    Thread: disturbances during the jlpt
Post: disturbances during the jlpt

I had people literally giving away answers in N5 and N4 by giggling and gasping at answers, so for N3, I got a doctor's note to get my own room through special accommodations.
prink JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 13 5,243 2012-12-19, 9:37 pm
    Thread: Is too much time anyone else's problem???
Post: Is too much time anyone else's problem???

You should study vocab and grammar at the same time through sentences, and you should never study either in complete isolation. If you have them isolated in one Anki deck, but see them in context in a...
prink Remembering the Kanji 7 2,318 2012-12-18, 11:19 pm
    Thread: What's the best advice you can give to a beginner?
Post: What's the best advice you can give to a beginner?

Jump head in and don't look back! I would place emphasis on listening to audio dialogues. One of my biggest regrets from when I was a beginner was not keeping my listening skills reasonably proportion...
prink General discussion 74 11,586 2012-12-16, 8:04 pm
    Thread: AnkiEmperor - Build your own empire (aka AnkiWarrior 2.0)
Post: AnkiEmperor - Build your own empire (aka AnkiWarri...

I haven't installed and tested if it works yet, but that you for putting time and work into updating this. I really liked it on Anki 1.
prink Learning resources 180 53,079 2012-12-16, 7:49 pm
    Thread: Sentence Search Engine
Post: Sentence Search Engine

Yes. http://www.kotonoha.gr.jp/shonagon/ Edit: The official term for something like this is corpus by the way. 日本語 コーパス is what I put into Google to find that if you want to see what else is out ther...
prink Learning resources 2 482 2012-12-15, 9:55 pm
    Thread: When to stop reviewing kanji?
Post: When to stop reviewing kanji?

Inny Jan Wrote:Do you find yourself trying to determine Heisig keywords when reading this? No. That would be silly, and that isn't the purpose behind RtK. Like I said, it helps me identify kanji innat...
prink Remembering the Kanji 56 11,608 2012-12-09, 7:51 pm
    Thread: Video: Understand Your Favourite TV Series in 30 Days
Post: Video: Understand Your Favourite TV Series in 30 D...

An interesting read, but I have to agree with kitakitsune here. Listening comprehension is something that develops over time. Even if someone were to learn all the words and phrases in a show, I don't...
prink Learning resources 25 7,842 2012-12-09, 7:34 pm
    Thread: When to stop reviewing kanji?
Post: When to stop reviewing kanji?

Inny Jan Wrote:I will stir some controversy here... Don't do Heisig at all! (If you aim for reading ability only, that is). The moment you start seeing through squiggles, doing Heisig is not necessa...
prink Remembering the Kanji 56 11,608 2012-12-09, 1:22 am
    Thread: When to stop reviewing kanji?
Post: When to stop reviewing kanji?

Stian Wrote:I learnt 私 half a year before I started RtK :p What I meant was that if I was able to write the kanji perfectly if I knew one or more Japanese words for it. What I do now is adding Japane...
prink Remembering the Kanji 56 11,608 2012-12-07, 10:40 am
    Thread: When to stop reviewing kanji?
Post: When to stop reviewing kanji?

Stian Wrote:I see, but I've got another question: What if I fail the kanji because of the keyword, but when I see it, I can namedrop several readings and words using it - should I add words to it and...
prink Remembering the Kanji 56 11,608 2012-12-06, 10:36 pm
    Thread: When to stop reviewing kanji?
Post: When to stop reviewing kanji?

Just because you stop adding new cards daily is no reason to stop, but it's up to you and your goals entirely of course. Personally, I don't plan on ever stopping on my own. Eventually, the intervals ...
prink Remembering the Kanji 56 11,608 2012-12-06, 6:28 pm
    Thread: Ipod Touch
Post: Ipod Touch

Javizy Wrote:prink Wrote:delta Wrote:Excellent list. RTK: Are you using it to do RTK or for something else? JLPT 6000: Does it have audio? I do RTK in Anki, but I like to use the app for quick refer...
prink Learning resources 10 1,498 2012-12-06, 3:35 pm
    Thread: A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar - Sentences
Post: A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar - Sentences

To get rid of the extra spaces, I'm going to use Anki to regenerate readings. There will still be some furigana errors, but it'll fix the spacing issues and make the overall editing process much smoot...
prink Group study 42 17,707 2012-12-06, 2:30 pm
    Thread: Ipod Touch
Post: Ipod Touch

delta Wrote:Excellent list. RTK: Are you using it to do RTK or for something else? JLPT 6000: Does it have audio? I do RTK in Anki, but I like to use the app for quick referencing. For JLPT 6000, ye...
prink Learning resources 10 1,498 2012-12-06, 1:17 pm
    Thread: Ipod Touch
Post: Ipod Touch

I have an iPhone, and I use it for a variety of things. Yes, I think it's worth it, but it depends on you. One thing I really like is that it has a built in bilingual dictionary. You can load up a bun...
prink Learning resources 10 1,498 2012-12-05, 9:52 pm