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    Thread: Should I do RTK twice?
Post: Should I do RTK twice?

I wish, kapalama :< lately I've been attempting to read simple manga or easy news websites, but I'm stuck on every second kanji I find, makes for very tough reading. That's the goal I'm aiming to a...
Taelia Remembering the Kanji 11 1,744 2015-11-10, 3:39 am
    Thread: Should I do RTK twice?
Post: Should I do RTK twice?

Alright, thanks for the tips. I'll be starting a new RTK deck, spread them out over two months, and just do them as a side-dish while continuing the vocab, hoping my latent memory will just get a few ...
Taelia Remembering the Kanji 11 1,744 2015-11-10, 2:44 am
    Thread: Should I do RTK twice?
Post: Should I do RTK twice?

Hey all, A few years ago Ive started and finished RTK. Somewhere over time I lost all decks and data. When I picked my japanese studies back up, I figured "eh, done rtk, lets just start over with voc...
Taelia Remembering the Kanji 11 1,744 2015-11-09, 3:19 pm
    Thread: Reading above my level
Post: Reading above my level

Ah, I've seen 時をかける少女 and 魔女の宅急便 referenced before, I'll be very sure to look into those now. I think I like the order Chi's Sweet Home -> Yotsubato! -> The girl who leapt through time -> Ki...
Taelia The Japanese language 13 3,690 2013-05-05, 1:30 pm
    Thread: Reading above my level
Post: Reading above my level

I just found out that my girlfriend owns Volume 1 to 7 of Chi's Sweet Home in Japanese. I can easily read and comprehend it in the high 90%s, and that -does- make reading it a lot more fun! (besides,...
Taelia The Japanese language 13 3,690 2013-05-05, 3:51 am
    Thread: Reading above my level
Post: Reading above my level

Whoa, I'm glad that I have consulted with a medical genius then! Anyway, thanks :3 I will stick to dual-reading manga then instead of playing games I understand but can't.. well.. "understand". Ed...
Taelia The Japanese language 13 3,690 2013-05-04, 3:23 pm
    Thread: Reading above my level
Post: Reading above my level

Hey all. Finished RTK, TaeKim, ~500 words into Core2k6k. I want to get into reading stuff, but most of the stuff I am able to read is rather.. well, boring. I want to be able to read the more popul...
Taelia The Japanese language 13 3,690 2013-05-04, 3:04 pm
    Thread: Learning vocab.. without kanji?
Post: Learning vocab.. without kanji?

I tried it for a few days, and I actually scrapped the hiragana>kanji card. I suspected it would be the english > japanese card to go, but it's helping me more than I expected. I now have: -One...
Taelia The Japanese language 14 3,613 2013-04-30, 9:11 am
    Thread: Final Countdown
Post: Final Countdown

Good luck, that's only a small bit away!
Taelia Remembering the Kanji 71 23,830 2013-04-28, 11:59 am
    Thread: Users study methods
Post: Users study methods

I gotta drop this here, I just found out http://www.lang-8.com and it's boosted my japanese reading and writing skills immensely! I suggest you start it no matter how much of a beginner you are.
Taelia The Japanese language 178 128,261 2013-04-27, 3:25 pm
    Thread: Learning vocab.. without kanji?
Post: Learning vocab.. without kanji?

Interesting discussion right here. I'm pretty immersed in japanese audio, so I think that part will be fine. After playing around a bit with the "making multiple cards" part, I now have the following ...
Taelia The Japanese language 14 3,613 2013-04-26, 4:06 am
    Thread: Learning vocab.. without kanji?
Post: Learning vocab.. without kanji?

Wow, I never figured out that multiple card from one note thing. Thanks for the heads up, it's pretty amazing.
Taelia The Japanese language 14 3,613 2013-04-25, 4:47 pm
    Thread: Learning vocab.. without kanji?
Post: Learning vocab.. without kanji?

I got inspired by the 'multiple decks' idea. I now copied my core2k6k deck twice. In the first deck, I have the Kana of the word and the Clozed sentence in which to "place" the word, and on the back...
Taelia The Japanese language 14 3,613 2013-04-25, 3:59 pm
    Thread: Learning vocab.. without kanji?
Post: Learning vocab.. without kanji?

Fair enough, I did indeed notice I guessed some words I've never seen before correctly. 電話, for example. Thing is, even though I can 'guess' the reading of a word like that, I don't learn it well enou...
Taelia The Japanese language 14 3,613 2013-04-25, 3:27 pm
    Thread: Learning vocab.. without kanji?
Post: Learning vocab.. without kanji?

I've been through RTK1+3, doing Core2k6k now to get me some basic vocab before learning by immersion. First thing I noticed is.. the words I "already" knew from my years of anime watching stick immedi...
Taelia The Japanese language 14 3,613 2013-04-25, 2:12 pm
    Thread: AnkiEmperor - Build your own empire (aka AnkiWarrior 2.0)
Post: AnkiEmperor - Build your own empire (aka AnkiWarri...

I noticed a round passes whenever you select Good or Easy, but not sure.. Anyone else knows for sure?
Taelia Learning resources 180 53,084 2013-04-18, 2:57 pm
    Thread: AnkiEmperor - Build your own empire (aka AnkiWarrior 2.0)
Post: AnkiEmperor - Build your own empire (aka AnkiWarri...

http://www.mediafire.com/?2joh4ioc56zkpon This link works for me, on Anki2.
Taelia Learning resources 180 53,084 2013-04-13, 7:26 am
    Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread.
Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"...

YEEEEHAW! Finished<3 I too will be continuing with the Core2k6k deck and the Tae Kim deck, as well as I'll be playing Final Fantasy 1 till 14.. but this time around, in japanese!
Taelia Remembering the Kanji 1,845 424,651 2013-04-12, 6:09 am
    Thread: Final Countdown
Post: Final Countdown

Did the first 1400 kanji in two weeks, then the reviews became too high so I spent some time not adding new words. Got demotivated fast, not learning new stuff wasn't no fun. Decided to pick up the p...
Taelia Remembering the Kanji 71 23,830 2013-04-11, 7:06 am
    Thread: Final Countdown
Post: Final Countdown

350 kanji left, but I just hit a small dip. Someone cheer me on to finish!
Taelia Remembering the Kanji 71 23,830 2013-04-08, 3:14 pm
    Thread: Half way!
Post: Half way!

Awesome, just keep it up and you'll get there! Steady does it, huh?
Taelia Remembering the Kanji 616 180,466 2013-04-08, 3:13 pm
    Thread: Rikaichan: RevTK Community Edition
Post: Rikaichan: RevTK Community Edition

Well would you look at that. Thank you~. Perhaps a different note to the devs then; the above wasn't clear for all the newbies like me.
Taelia Learning resources 859 244,132 2013-03-31, 4:44 am
    Thread: Rikaichan: RevTK Community Edition
Post: Rikaichan: RevTK Community Edition

Rikaisama just went haywire and started translating everything J-J. Restarting firefox seems to have put it to english again, I don't know what was up.. but posting it anyway just in case.
Taelia Learning resources 859 244,132 2013-03-30, 8:13 am
    Thread: Starting to speak
Post: Starting to speak

Haha, that would be an interesting conversation indeed. I'm not confident enough in my vocabulary, so I'll wait till I SRS a sentence or a thousand. Language exchange sites sound interesting though, I...
Taelia The Japanese language 13 3,911 2013-03-30, 3:27 am
    Thread: Starting to speak
Post: Starting to speak

Facebook groups, interesting. How do I find said groups?
Taelia The Japanese language 13 3,911 2013-03-29, 8:30 am
    Thread: Confused by english multiple meanings
Post: Confused by english multiple meanings

Thank you, that's quite the informative reply. I'll be writing my stories to hidden fields then, for the cards I notice I'm frequently failing. That seems like a proper middle path.
Taelia Remembering the Kanji 10 3,022 2013-03-29, 4:18 am
    Thread: Starting to speak
Post: Starting to speak

Hello, I just read the "Dont repeat my mistakes" thread, and I noticed the phrase 'start talking/conversating very early' come up often. That said.. how do I start, and what do I start with? Talk...
Taelia The Japanese language 13 3,911 2013-03-29, 3:05 am
    Thread: Confused by english multiple meanings
Post: Confused by english multiple meanings

So.. it would also work if I wrote down entire stories instead of just the keyword? I read it before, but it feels, so, wrong!
Taelia Remembering the Kanji 10 3,022 2013-03-28, 1:35 pm
    Thread: AnkiEmperor - Build your own empire (aka AnkiWarrior 2.0)
Post: AnkiEmperor - Build your own empire (aka AnkiWarri...

Just a quick thank you for making this addon. Its making my day a lot more fun!
Taelia Learning resources 180 53,084 2013-03-28, 9:51 am
    Thread: Confused by english multiple meanings
Post: Confused by english multiple meanings

Slaves, the kind where if you're intelligent you kick them in the crotch and take their money! Or if you're strict, you kick them too and throw them on the ground. Uh, yeah, those stories work. While...
Taelia Remembering the Kanji 10 3,022 2013-03-28, 2:51 am