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    Thread: やっと! I Finished Core2k/6k/10k, the thread
Post: やっと! I Finished Core2k/6k/10k, the thread

2001 words. Going to review them for a while before adding more.
PkmnTrainerAbram General discussion 95 30,537 2013-12-10, 7:37 pm
    Thread: I wonder, how are they actually learning Kanji in a different order?
Post: I wonder, how are they actually learning Kanji in ...

Haych Wrote:Istrebitel Wrote:Also, when I said I'm not serious, well I guess I'm just being honest. And maybe I used "serious" in a sense of "professional use" countrary to "non-professional" use. Ah ...
PkmnTrainerAbram Remembering the Kanji 89 12,528 2013-10-25, 10:48 pm
    Thread: How should an intermediate learner start listening practice?
Post: How should an intermediate learner start listening...

Thanks to this thread I now picked up One Piece again, meaning to after stopping 8 years ago. So take that.
PkmnTrainerAbram The Japanese language 55 13,877 2013-10-14, 6:48 pm
    Thread: Advice on the Grammar Path, and solidfying RTK/words
Post: Advice on the Grammar Path, and solidfying RTK/wor...

Just FYI and don't misunderstand when I post these topics, by the time I post on a new method I want to try out, I'm already well on my way into it. I just want opinons from people who've been in my s...
PkmnTrainerAbram The Japanese language 6 1,859 2013-10-14, 4:26 pm
    Thread: Advice on the Grammar Path, and solidfying RTK/words
Post: Advice on the Grammar Path, and solidfying RTK/wor...

Thanks for the tips, I guess I'll give Tae Kim a go for now and read JtMW again. I really didn't like the roumaji the last time I went through it either.=p TK is about 62 sections and the deck is only...
PkmnTrainerAbram The Japanese language 6 1,859 2013-10-14, 9:04 am
    Thread: Advice on the Grammar Path, and solidfying RTK/words
Post: Advice on the Grammar Path, and solidfying RTK/wor...

I'm at 1500 words in Core6k and it's alot easier to pick up newer vocab and such than at 1000, though there are times where I write the wrong kanji but am correct with the kana of the kanji when writi...
PkmnTrainerAbram The Japanese language 6 1,859 2013-10-13, 5:16 pm
    Thread: Reasons I'm studying Japanese: Can I even put my finger on it?
Post: Reasons I'm studying Japanese: Can I even put my f...

I kinda feel the same way. I'm at a point where it would be stupid to just cut it out of my life, after spending time with it somewhat since 2006 as more than a hobby. At one point I did try to cut i...
PkmnTrainerAbram Off topic 19 4,300 2013-10-13, 4:48 pm
    Thread: An issue with RTK and vocab I'm having....opinons?
Post: An issue with RTK and vocab I'm having....opinons?

I think I may have been doing Core Production all wrong, and that's why the new vocab past 1000 hasn't been sticking. As long as I knew the sound of the word I would pass it, even if the kanji was a b...
PkmnTrainerAbram The Japanese language 13 2,563 2013-09-27, 7:53 am
    Thread: An issue with RTK and vocab I'm having....opinons?
Post: An issue with RTK and vocab I'm having....opinons?

If it matters, the deck I use for RTK doesn't have the readings. Maybe it would help if I switch to that deck instead? I'd be bummed about losing all my progress in the current deck but clearly, my mi...
PkmnTrainerAbram The Japanese language 13 2,563 2013-09-24, 8:34 pm
    Thread: An issue with RTK and vocab I'm having....opinons?
Post: An issue with RTK and vocab I'm having....opinons?

Just to clarify, it's been 3 months since I finished the RTK book. I didn't work on an RTK Anki deck at the same time so I'm about 1600 kanji in a 3000 card deck that covers RTK 3 kanji as well. Ther...
PkmnTrainerAbram The Japanese language 13 2,563 2013-09-23, 9:26 am
    Thread: An issue with RTK and vocab I'm having....opinons?
Post: An issue with RTK and vocab I'm having....opinons?

Doing RTK and vocab decks in addition to reading. I am finding it is becoming harder and harder for me to write out kanji exactly from memory with the more vocab I am accumulating and solidfiying wit...
PkmnTrainerAbram The Japanese language 13 2,563 2013-09-23, 8:47 am
    Thread: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?
Post: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?

I'm not going to judge anyone in this thread, and I don't really care one way or the other on the debates brought up, and yeah, I read through all that mess thinking that the thread was full of info I...
PkmnTrainerAbram General discussion 856 195,434 2013-09-19, 6:33 pm
    Thread: Nukemarine's Suggested Guide for Beginners
Post: Nukemarine's Suggested Guide for Beginners

I'm having a delima with what to do next: -I have 47 hours clocked in on my Core 6000 Deck, with 1011 words exposed to. -I have 27 hours clocked in to RTK 3000 Kanji, with 27 hours, and 1571 Kanji e...
PkmnTrainerAbram The Japanese language 712 401,346 2013-09-11, 3:56 pm
    Thread: Devoting different amounts of time depending on the Deck?
Post: Devoting different amounts of time depending on th...

Testing results for the past week: Pretty much limiting myself to 30 minutes a day now with Anki and about an hour at most for reading. I need to workout and do my drawing before going to work after ...
PkmnTrainerAbram Learning resources 9 1,609 2013-09-02, 9:58 am
    Thread: Devoting different amounts of time depending on the Deck?
Post: Devoting different amounts of time depending on th...

I go with Production on my decks. I could go with Recognition on my RTK/specialist vocab decks, but not sure if I should for RTK. I tried using recognition for that awhile ago and it didn't turn out ...
PkmnTrainerAbram Learning resources 9 1,609 2013-08-28, 5:35 pm
    Thread: Devoting different amounts of time depending on the Deck?
Post: Devoting different amounts of time depending on th...

PotbellyPig Wrote:There will definitely be a difference of time between decks depending on what they consist of. If you just have a recognition vocabulary deck, it's a lot faster to skim through it t...
PkmnTrainerAbram Learning resources 9 1,609 2013-08-28, 3:54 pm
    Thread: Devoting different amounts of time depending on the Deck?
Post: Devoting different amounts of time depending on th...

Something that's occured to me recently. I have a vocab deck, RTK deck, a grammar deck, a deck for specialist vocab, and an SRStoSubs deck. Right now I am focusing on my Cloze Delete vocab deck the ...
PkmnTrainerAbram Learning resources 9 1,609 2013-08-28, 1:17 pm
    Thread: Getting desperate. Is this a viable way to learn phrases?
Post: Getting desperate. Is this a viable way to learn p...

howtwosavealif3 Wrote:My Response to first post is no. Just reading it out loud wont do much. Olyou have to listen a lot preferablely at least 50% comprehensible. Japanese has intonation so you're nev...
PkmnTrainerAbram Learning resources 24 7,254 2013-08-28, 12:58 pm
    Thread: Anki Small Questions Thread - (NO Technical / Troubleshooting Posts)
Post: Anki Small Questions Thread - (NO Technical / Trou...

I have a question. I am currently using Core 2k/6k to learn the basic vocab and intend to use the textbooks Introduction to Modern Japanese to get a solid base in grammar and vocab as well. I want to...
PkmnTrainerAbram Learning resources 448 98,592 2013-08-21, 1:28 pm
    Thread: Polyglots vs. Polynots
Post: Polyglots vs. Polynots

I pretty much watched this presentation instead of spending that hour studying Japanese and I'm glad I did. That's some good practical advice. Is there some lists of these connectors already from E-J...
PkmnTrainerAbram General discussion 85 21,622 2013-08-19, 9:48 am
    Thread: Getting desperate. Is this a viable way to learn phrases?
Post: Getting desperate. Is this a viable way to learn p...

I feel I need to post again in this old thread after little more than a year from it. If this is against the rules I am sorry. I made the choice myself that if I could not finish RTK this time I woul...
PkmnTrainerAbram Learning resources 24 7,254 2013-07-31, 9:26 pm
    Thread: Vocabulary won't stick. Does it take longer than RTK?
Post: Vocabulary won't stick. Does it take longer than R...

uisukii Wrote:PkmnTrainerAbram Wrote:but I'm a little skeptical that most of the Japanese population can write 3000-5000 kanji offhand just perfectly. Maybe you're confusing Japanese with Chinese? The...
PkmnTrainerAbram The Japanese language 46 10,130 2013-07-29, 10:17 am
    Thread: Vocabulary won't stick. Does it take longer than RTK?
Post: Vocabulary won't stick. Does it take longer than R...

Sorry for not responding earlier. Life gets in the way. I did read the guide(thanks by the way for undertaking that task), so I apologize if it seemed I didn't. I've just been studying Japanese on a...
PkmnTrainerAbram The Japanese language 46 10,130 2013-07-28, 10:33 pm
    Thread: Vocabulary won't stick. Does it take longer than RTK?
Post: Vocabulary won't stick. Does it take longer than R...

... Wow at all this. Rather than wait for a response towards my situation, I just decided to suck it up an plug at the RTK Anki deck as well, doing 50 "new" cards a day in addtion to 30 new vocab c...
PkmnTrainerAbram The Japanese language 46 10,130 2013-07-24, 9:10 am
    Thread: Problem: Retaining vocabuary at a loss of recalling kanji
Post: Problem: Retaining vocabuary at a loss of recallin...

I currently have about 600 vocab items reviewed and yes, I very much rather read than do Anki at this point. I find that I only really want to do Anki when I'm actually actively reading. I HAD planne...
PkmnTrainerAbram The Japanese language 5 1,399 2013-07-22, 7:17 pm
    Thread: Vocabulary won't stick. Does it take longer than RTK?
Post: Vocabulary won't stick. Does it take longer than R...

Not sure if I should post this in this topic but I'm having the same sort of problem. Maybe this would benefit both me and the TC. Sorry if it seems like I'm hijacking the topic man. Basically I'm 58...
PkmnTrainerAbram The Japanese language 46 10,130 2013-07-22, 12:40 pm
    Thread: Weeding out a bunch of Textbook/Audio courses, suggest the best ones
Post: Weeding out a bunch of Textbook/Audio courses, sug...

Thanks. If anyone could rate the resources I listed before, that would be great too.
PkmnTrainerAbram Learning resources 5 2,046 2013-07-21, 12:24 pm
    Thread: Weeding out a bunch of Textbook/Audio courses, suggest the best ones
Post: Weeding out a bunch of Textbook/Audio courses, sug...

uisukii Wrote:buonaparte/aYa has uploaded an enhanced version of Hugo Japanese in Three Months PLUS, which contains audio. While it isn't on your list of current resources, you may find it very useful...
PkmnTrainerAbram Learning resources 5 2,046 2013-07-18, 7:41 am
    Thread: Weeding out a bunch of Textbook/Audio courses, suggest the best ones
Post: Weeding out a bunch of Textbook/Audio courses, sug...

I am going through a bunch of older materials/courses I have lying around that I never finished and want to put the best ones to good use if I can salvage them. Help me choose which ones get the boot ...
PkmnTrainerAbram Learning resources 5 2,046 2013-07-18, 12:46 am
    Thread: Problem: Retaining vocabuary at a loss of recalling kanji
Post: Problem: Retaining vocabuary at a loss of recallin...

Adding the translation of the key word in Japanese(or word close in meaning to it) fully in kanji or katakana? I'm focusing on remembering each item card right in 5 seconds or less, writing them out,...
PkmnTrainerAbram The Japanese language 5 1,399 2013-07-15, 6:41 pm