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    Thread: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here
Post: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here

dtcamero Wrote:muteki99 Wrote:I finished Core10k today. What a relief. well done. it's a bitch but totally worth it. you now have everything you need to coast to fluency by just consuming media. the ...
muteki99 General discussion 1,389 294,528 2015-06-30, 9:07 pm
    Thread: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here
Post: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here

I finished Core10k today. What a relief.
muteki99 General discussion 1,389 294,528 2015-06-26, 2:41 pm
    Thread: 2014 Reflections and 2015 Resolutions
Post: 2014 Reflections and 2015 Resolutions

muteki99 Wrote:Lets see... 2014 Resolutions - Finish reading Japanese the Manga Way. I really enjoy the format, I just need to find time to do it. It's bad but I find it hard to be motivated to do ...
muteki99 General discussion 51 10,062 2014-12-29, 2:48 pm
    Thread: やっと! I Finished Core2k/6k/10k, the thread
Post: やっと! I Finished Core2k/6k/10k, the thread

I've been meaning to post here, but I finished adding cards to 6K in July, and I have been doing reviews ever since. They are down to 50~60 a day, which is more than I thought I would have at this po...
muteki99 General discussion 95 30,550 2014-09-25, 8:35 am
    Thread: What to do after the Hiragana/Katakana stage?
Post: What to do after the Hiragana/Katakana stage?

IMO having just learned the kana diving right into something like CORE will leave you using furigana as a crutch and it would be a painful process, unless you have some awesome kana-only vocab memory,...
muteki99 The Japanese language 5 2,261 2014-07-17, 3:42 pm
    Thread: A few questions
Post: A few questions

patates Wrote:Thank you guys for your answers.So if I am not wrong I should learn the meanings of the Kanji first , and then the on-yomi later? Based on my personal experience being just past 4500 in ...
muteki99 The Japanese language 23 4,085 2014-05-07, 11:24 am
    Thread: A few questions
Post: A few questions

I wouldn't expend any time or effort to learning on- and kun-yomi in isolation at this stage. Focus on whole words (after RTK1). Once you have a couple thousand words in your head, the patterns of r...
muteki99 The Japanese language 23 4,085 2014-05-07, 8:44 am
    Thread: Core 10k - optimized i+1 version
Post: Core 10k - optimized i+1 version

Chronopolis Wrote:I couldn't figure this out from the shared deck page, what are the marked cards (purple)? I've been wondering this too. Also, why there are missing numbers in the Optimized-Voc-Inde...
muteki99 Learning resources 348 90,924 2014-03-09, 11:02 am
    Thread: Nukemarine's Suggested Guide for Beginners
Post: Nukemarine's Suggested Guide for Beginners

I think there is value in both, but unless you have a lot of time or are very patient, doing both will double your reviews and so it has a significant time cost. For me, I did the 2k production as th...
muteki99 The Japanese language 712 401,397 2014-03-07, 11:47 am
    Thread: After Genki 2?
Post: After Genki 2?

Figured I would ask here instead of making my own topic since it is somewhat related: I just picked up the main tobira text book and the grammar exercise book. There is also a kanji book and teacher ...
muteki99 Learning resources 7 2,626 2014-03-06, 1:45 pm
    Thread: Question about sentence mining.
Post: Question about sentence mining.

I would probably focus your study time on getting finished with RTK1 as quick as possible, then moving on to grammer/vocab. That way when you start learning vocab you will get the full benefit of hav...
muteki99 The Japanese language 8 2,129 2014-02-07, 8:47 am
    Thread: How fast to finish textbooks?
Post: How fast to finish textbooks?

I spent about a 1 week per chapter for Genki 1/2. Had the workbooks and the answer key. I spent ~3 days doing the exercises in the textbook for a chapter, then ~3 days doing the exercises in the wor...
muteki99 Learning resources 10 4,625 2013-12-30, 3:13 pm
    Thread: 2013 Reflections and 2014 Resolutions
Post: 2013 Reflections and 2014 Resolutions

Lets see... 2013 Reflections - Finished RTK1 using this site in Feb (started Aug '12), and continue to review daily. - Went back and went though Genki I again since being out of school for years and ...
muteki99 General discussion 55 13,395 2013-12-27, 2:07 pm
    Thread: Core 10k - optimized i+1 version
Post: Core 10k - optimized i+1 version

Finally getting around to doing 2K~6K and I'm trying to get this deck setup. I have followed Nukemarine's guide up to 2K with that deck. Working with v22, goal is to do 4K beween 2K and 6K. So far ...
muteki99 Learning resources 348 90,924 2013-12-18, 3:34 pm
    Thread: やっと! I Finished Core2k/6k/10k, the thread
Post: やっと! I Finished Core2k/6k/10k, the thread

Finished 2K last Friday, and I started in June. I added on average 15/20 words per day, production. I could have finished quicker but was splitting time with Grammar resources and only could dedicat...
muteki99 General discussion 95 30,550 2013-10-14, 8:22 am
    Thread: How do you study with Tae Kim?
Post: How do you study with Tae Kim?

I'm about half way through Tae Kim, and I have gone through Genki I~II before as well. Doing Tae Kim alone makes it difficult to remember because there is very little reinforcement and later chapters...
muteki99 General discussion 23 7,846 2013-10-10, 9:22 am
    Thread: Nukemarine's Suggested Guide for Beginners
Post: Nukemarine's Suggested Guide for Beginners

You are correct on the core deck sorting. For the Tae Kim deck if you sort on "Due" it should give you what you want. Actually that is what I typically use in both cases. The browser in Anki is not...
muteki99 The Japanese language 712 401,397 2013-09-27, 3:51 pm
    Thread: Starting RTK1, need help with Heisig method and Anki
Post: Starting RTK1, need help with Heisig method and An...

Heisig order of kanji is by their structure and components, not by their frequency or usefulness. As such you will find some off-the-wall ones early on, and some really common ones much later (or lef...
muteki99 Remembering the Kanji 16 5,919 2013-09-25, 3:10 pm
    Thread: An issue with RTK and vocab I'm having....opinons?
Post: An issue with RTK and vocab I'm having....opinons?

If this is lower retention long after finishing RTK and well into vocabulary I have experienced this as well. Many times I'll have a better shot at remembering a particular kanji by thinking of a voc...
muteki99 The Japanese language 13 2,563 2013-09-23, 12:15 pm
    Thread: Easy Manga to begin
Post: Easy Manga to begin

Maybe this exists already but, has anyone thought about making a vocab/grammer deck specifically for a particular chapter/volume of manga, in a similar way to how subs2srs decks work for drama/anime? ...
muteki99 Learning resources 6 1,654 2013-09-18, 9:56 am
    Thread: Nukemarine's Suggested Guide for Beginners
Post: Nukemarine's Suggested Guide for Beginners

undead_saif Wrote:I agree, it's noticeable, thank you Nuke :) But sometimes I find very strange words for a beginner, like 交通費, early in the deck. Not many though! The readings for those first two Ka...
muteki99 The Japanese language 712 401,397 2013-09-06, 4:04 pm
    Thread: Asia Torrents Invites -- Active Users Only
Post: Asia Torrents Invites -- Active Users Only

tripleaxe Wrote:I manage to signed up. Seems like they open up for registration. Woooohooooooo!!!!! I managed to get in, thanks for the heads up!
muteki99 Off topic 199 73,062 2013-09-06, 8:46 am
    Thread: Nukemarine's Suggested Guide for Beginners
Post: Nukemarine's Suggested Guide for Beginners

ryanjmack Wrote:I was in the same position as you not too long ago. I assume your doing production cards.. It will be easier if you switch to recognition. Personally I think just understanding the gra...
muteki99 The Japanese language 712 401,397 2013-09-06, 8:41 am
    Thread: Nukemarine's Suggested Guide for Beginners
Post: Nukemarine's Suggested Guide for Beginners

Anyone else find the Tae Kim deck pretty vague at times with what it presents you on the front of the card (just the sentence)? For each card my thought process is figuring out what grammar point is b...
muteki99 The Japanese language 712 401,397 2013-09-04, 12:59 pm
    Thread: Core 10k - optimized i+1 version
Post: Core 10k - optimized i+1 version

tashippy Wrote:muteki99 Wrote:[i] would like to see the 2k~6k broken down and sorted in smaller 2k/1k groups instead of one 4k chunk. Can I ask your rationale for this? My thinking is that I'll finish...
muteki99 Learning resources 348 90,924 2013-08-27, 9:16 am
    Thread: Core 10k - optimized i+1 version
Post: Core 10k - optimized i+1 version

pmnox Wrote:I have prepared the deck, but I'm planning to make some improvements. So far I added pictures, and the sorted index based on list of all 3824 words, and the field that the sentence without...
muteki99 Learning resources 348 90,924 2013-08-27, 8:16 am
    Thread: Learning Routine
Post: Learning Routine

I would start some vocab if you haven't already. Right now it represents so much of a time commitment that I really wish I would have started it sooner. I could see with my current pace finishing 2K...
muteki99 The Japanese language 2 702 2013-08-19, 2:17 pm
    Thread: Need a good resource for learning Grammar
Post: Need a good resource for learning Grammar

uisukii Wrote:For something a little more accessible and professional, try this: http://www.gwu.edu/~eall/vjg/vjghomepage/vjghome.htm It is a 66 part series with full audio from a native speaker. Ea...
muteki99 The Japanese language 16 8,832 2013-08-19, 11:15 am
    Thread: Nukemarine's Suggested Guide for Beginners
Post: Nukemarine's Suggested Guide for Beginners

I see what you are saying about the bulk groups. When I hit 1000 on the optimized index I threw everything in a spreadsheet and highlighted the ones I knew and started comparing the optimized index t...
muteki99 The Japanese language 712 401,397 2013-08-17, 9:23 am
    Thread: Is it bad that I just can't remember stories for RTK
Post: Is it bad that I just can't remember stories for R...

If you can remember the story and the kanji, great. If you can remember just the kanji, great. If you can do neither based on the keyword then I would fail the card. Ultimately your success with RT...
muteki99 Remembering the Kanji 8 2,238 2013-08-16, 9:45 am