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    Thread: Funniest Sentence In KO.
Post: Funniest Sentence In KO.

Stian Wrote:I kind of liked this Genki-sentence: (Not from any premade Anki deck, sorry.) あの人はゴリラみたいです。 Must be very useful. ;) I think I remember seeing a similar comparison in 月の恋人, actually lol
monitor General discussion 148 35,168 2012-12-24, 3:32 am
    Thread: Funniest Sentence In KO.
Post: Funniest Sentence In KO.

Another hilarious one: Quote:日本語のニュアンスが分からないくせに、自分の辞書のほうが正しいと言い張る傲慢な毛唐だ。 You're an arrogant dirty foreigner who claims your dictionary is correct even though you don't understand the nuances of Japa...
monitor General discussion 148 35,168 2012-12-21, 5:19 pm
    Thread: Amazon's Japanese Kindle Store opens tomorrow
Post: Amazon's Japanese Kindle Store opens tomorrow

Just a heads up to anyone else trying to change their country and buy books on the Japanese Kindle store, I got this email from Amazon after doing so: Quote:Hello from Amazon. We are writing because...
monitor Learning resources 100 38,751 2012-12-20, 6:22 pm
    Thread: Amazon's Japanese Kindle Store opens tomorrow
Post: Amazon's Japanese Kindle Store opens tomorrow

PotbellyPig Wrote:Also are there any other ways to get/buy light novels in text format which would probably work just as well as you could use the kindle or rikaisama to read them. The best way to get...
monitor Learning resources 100 38,751 2012-11-10, 1:25 am
    Thread: epwing on a CD ---> Iphone
Post: epwing on a CD ---> Iphone

Can you copy the files over USB? I don't have any Apple devices, so I don't know if this is possible, but with my Android phone, I just copied the files over USB to the phone's SD card. I created a f...
monitor General discussion 3 1,479 2012-10-13, 9:57 am
    Thread: Reading novels when you're a Japanese kid
Post: Reading novels when you're a Japanese kid

This is one of the reasons I'm excited about e-readers becoming popular in Japan. It'll be possible to buy a book, and then adjust the "level" of furigana to the level you need. So you could have a so...
monitor General discussion 25 6,561 2012-10-11, 12:43 pm
    Thread: Android vs. Windows Mobile for kanji input?
Post: Android vs. Windows Mobile for kanji input?

For handwritten Japanese input on Android, get the 7notes with mazec keyboard. It works amazingly well, even when you just "scribble" the characters. Since it's a keyboard and not a dedicated app, you...
monitor General discussion 6 3,080 2012-10-09, 3:36 pm
    Thread: Study via gaming: S. Famicon + 17 Classic RPGs
Post: Study via gaming: S. Famicon + 17 Classic RPGs

Oh, you're absolutely right. I own a Super Famicom (which I purchased myself at Super Potato in Akiba!) that I play games on every now and then. It's just not nearly as convenient as playing them on m...
monitor General discussion 7 1,986 2012-10-05, 1:34 am
    Thread: Study via gaming: S. Famicon + 17 Classic RPGs
Post: Study via gaming: S. Famicon + 17 Classic RPGs

This will be a bit difficult to sell when you can just download a SNES emulator and all the ROMs for free. Also, it's much easier to look up words/kanji you don't know when you're already sitting at a...
monitor General discussion 7 1,986 2012-10-04, 11:43 pm
    Thread: Can S. Korean people read traditional Kanji?
Post: Can S. Korean people read traditional Kanji?

The older Koreans can read hanja (the Korean name for Chinese characters), as it was used in newspapers and books (although with much less frequency than in Japanese even now) until around 1990. Remem...
monitor The Japanese language 16 6,638 2012-10-04, 10:04 pm
    Thread: Should I get Iphone or Droid for Japanese learning?
Post: Should I get Iphone or Droid for Japanese learning...

Bokusenou Wrote:monitor Wrote:Is there a free Japanese IME for Android that does handwriting recognition? The WWWJDIC app has it, though the app itself is a dictionary, not an IME. OK, thanks for the ...
monitor General discussion 27 8,653 2012-06-22, 2:29 pm
    Thread: Should I get Iphone or Droid for Japanese learning?
Post: Should I get Iphone or Droid for Japanese learning...

Is there a free Japanese IME for Android that does handwriting recognition?
monitor General discussion 27 8,653 2012-06-22, 1:46 pm
    Thread: Japanese on Windows XP Vs. Windows 7 - IME?
Post: Japanese on Windows XP Vs. Windows 7 - IME?

blackbrich Wrote:Is it Vistalizator? Yup, that's the one. Haven't tried it myself, but I saw online reviews and it looks like it works fine. OzarM Wrote:How is AppLocale on Vista/7 compared to just c...
monitor Learning resources 28 8,725 2012-05-29, 2:46 pm
    Thread: Japanese on Windows XP Vs. Windows 7 - IME?
Post: Japanese on Windows XP Vs. Windows 7 - IME?

You don't need Windows 7 Ultimate unless you want to change your entire interface to Japanese. However, I remember seeing a program that will let you do it for free on any version of Windows, but I ca...
monitor Learning resources 28 8,725 2012-05-28, 4:30 pm
    Thread: Misc. Concerns about Core 10k deck
Post: Misc. Concerns about Core 10k deck

Nukemarine Wrote:partner55083777 Wrote:I have gotten a lot of use out of it as a sentence/recognition deck. You are correct I should have said "primary purpose", though I set up that deck to be Englis...
monitor Learning resources 17 7,522 2012-05-19, 2:22 pm
    Thread: Misc. Concerns about Core 10k deck
Post: Misc. Concerns about Core 10k deck

Irixmark Wrote:monitor, a good bet is to use Nukemarine's optimized deck (http://forum.koohii.com/showthread.php?tid=5110) and then add only the Core10k cards that don't have a core2k6k index (i.e. o...
monitor Learning resources 17 7,522 2012-05-17, 10:07 pm
    Thread: Misc. Concerns about Core 10k deck
Post: Misc. Concerns about Core 10k deck

Nukemarine Wrote:do the extra 4,000 words have the useful furigana and clozed additions that Core 2k and 6k now have? It doesn't look like any of the words are clozed, even the original 6k: [Image: h...
monitor Learning resources 17 7,522 2012-05-16, 10:16 pm
    Thread: Misc. Concerns about Core 10k deck
Post: Misc. Concerns about Core 10k deck

blackbrich Wrote:As far as 1. goes i think its to remove ambiguot since you have no context. Alright, I'll just keep in mind my previous grammar lessons and focus on the vocab with the Core 10k deck. ...
monitor Learning resources 17 7,522 2012-05-16, 8:41 pm
    Thread: Misc. Concerns about Core 10k deck
Post: Misc. Concerns about Core 10k deck

Hi, I downloaded the core 10k deck from another thread on this forum, and have a few questions/concerns about it. I've already studied Japanese in college for 3 years (using the JSL series), and whil...
monitor Learning resources 17 7,522 2012-05-16, 1:33 pm
    Thread: Funniest Sentence In KO.
Post: Funniest Sentence In KO.

I'd say this one's up there too: Quote:スカートを脱ぐだけで、彼のズボンはもう我慢汁でビショビショだった。 I only had to take off my skirt and his pants were soaked with precum.
monitor General discussion 148 35,168 2012-03-13, 10:00 am