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    Thread: Question about style/usage
Post: Question about style/usage

john555 Wrote:By the way, when posting to this forum is there any way to make the Japanese font bigger? I would very much like to know the answer to that question, too.
codex The Japanese language 14 3,169 2014-06-26, 12:53 am
    Thread: Source of coreXk?
Post: Source of coreXk?

lauri_ranta and Thora, thank you for the clarification, and the interesting stories behind the Core decks and iKnow. I do like to know the source of the materials I'm using.
codex Learning resources 19 4,433 2014-05-27, 12:56 am
    Thread: Source of coreXk?
Post: Source of coreXk?

Curious about the source of the Core sentences, and wondering what the Tanaka Corpus is, I came up with this: The Tanaka Corpus (212,00 sentence pairs) was published in 2001. It was compiled by Japan...
codex Learning resources 19 4,433 2014-05-25, 9:11 pm
    Thread: Looking for tips for my japan trip
Post: Looking for tips for my japan trip

I've been on many ten day trips to Japan, with an emphasis on Kyoto, and here are some things I've learned: Trains and subways are cheap and fast, but will often require a walk or taxi to your final ...
codex Off topic 24 5,686 2014-05-15, 9:30 pm
    Thread: SRS and Einstein's definition of insanity...
Post: SRS and Einstein's definition of insanity...

I don't share OP's experience and disappointment with SRS, but I did enjoy reading everyone's thoughtful and interesting replies. Just FYI, that quote is often attributed to Einstein, but there's no ...
codex Remembering the Kanji 80 12,399 2014-05-13, 8:10 pm
    Thread: Should I worry?
Post: Should I worry?

When you start doing Core you'll start associating the kanji with Japanese words and their meanings. The kanji will seem like old friends!
codex Remembering the Kanji 9 2,225 2014-05-13, 3:22 pm
    Thread: Waking up with a headache...
Post: Waking up with a headache...

Sounds like sinusitis to me. The inflammation can be caused by any number of things (low-grade infection, seasonal allergy) that alternately subsides and flares up. Beware of being prescribed antibiot...
codex Off topic 23 5,132 2014-05-08, 11:55 am
    Thread: New guy with a question about learning to listen and understand
Post: New guy with a question about learning to listen a...

Scopedog, I think you're right that out of the four language skills (reading, writing, listening, speaking) listening is the most neglected. Your OP asked how to get started with listening and underst...
codex The Japanese language 24 4,749 2014-04-22, 2:09 am
    Thread: I stopped for a year.. came back and now have 410 cards in forgotten
Post: I stopped for a year.. came back and now have 410 ...

andikaze Wrote:can you now please let AJATT out of this discussion? Yup. If that's what he wants to talk about, I'm out.
codex Remembering the Kanji 25 6,130 2014-04-09, 12:39 am
    Thread: I stopped for a year.. came back and now have 410 cards in forgotten
Post: I stopped for a year.. came back and now have 410 ...

Stansfield123 Wrote:The mods aren't the arbiters of what constitutes legitimate discussion, the rules of logic are. And you committed the fallacy of ad hominem, by suggesting that we consider the pers...
codex Remembering the Kanji 25 6,130 2014-04-08, 10:28 pm
    Thread: A newbie's question regarding kanji
Post: A newbie's question regarding kanji

I'd already studied Japanese (including kanji, to no effect) for quite a while before I even heard of RTK, but if I had it to do over I'd still want to have some grounding in at least basic grammar an...
codex General discussion 10 2,346 2014-04-07, 3:46 pm
    Thread: Of course you can learn 40-60 words a day.
Post: Of course you can learn 40-60 words a day.

afterglowefx Wrote:It's not the times you want to study that count, it's when studying is the last thing in the world you want to be doing and you God-damned do it anyway. I don't do that. I've learne...
codex The Japanese language 101 24,336 2014-04-01, 11:20 pm
    Thread: Ticky groups of keywords to practice...
Post: Ticky groups of keywords to practice...

Heh, I have my own list that I've been keeping up as I go along. It's one of the reasons I sometimes substitute my own keywords. (The other is when I just can't get useful stories out of Heisig's.)
codex Remembering the Kanji 11 4,601 2014-03-30, 3:46 pm
    Thread: When you do not know the reading but know the meaning
Post: When you do not know the reading but know the mean...

Oh, I like that, I'm adopting it. Thanks!
codex The Japanese language 17 3,340 2014-03-30, 2:54 pm
    Thread: Probably doing something wrong for RTK - precise details needed
Post: Probably doing something wrong for RTK - precise d...

For learning kanji, yes, I learn them first (in short term memory) using the book and stories, and then use the SRS reviews to move them into long term memory. Twenty five is about the most new kanji ...
codex The Japanese language 8 2,244 2014-03-30, 2:29 pm
    Thread: Anki Evangelism
Post: Anki Evangelism

Currently I only know one person besides myself studying a language. My friend is in a non-school affiliated group class in Hawaiian, where the emphasis is on speaking. We were discussing the fact tha...
codex Off topic 37 7,321 2014-03-29, 12:41 am
    Thread: Tobira vs Minna no Nihongo 2?
Post: Tobira vs Minna no Nihongo 2?

The Amazon reviews for Tobira are positive and informative: http://www.amazon.com/TOBIRA-MAYUMI-ET-A...4874244475
codex Learning resources 6 1,397 2014-03-15, 3:08 pm
    Thread: I stopped for a year.. came back and now have 410 cards in forgotten
Post: I stopped for a year.. came back and now have 410 ...

ryuudou Wrote:Bias doesn't belong in legitimate discussion. You don't know me well enough to know if my comment reflected my bias or my opinion, and unless your designation here is something other tha...
codex Remembering the Kanji 25 6,130 2014-03-14, 7:21 pm
    Thread: I stopped for a year.. came back and now have 410 cards in forgotten
Post: I stopped for a year.. came back and now have 410 ...

ryuudou Wrote:Don't start over. Consider the source.
codex Remembering the Kanji 25 6,130 2014-03-14, 4:33 pm
    Thread: I stopped for a year.. came back and now have 410 cards in forgotten
Post: I stopped for a year.. came back and now have 410 ...

And I say start over. You'll burn through the ones you know really fast, and you'll learn the others better and faster by coming at them in the intended sequence. I say this as one who has started ove...
codex Remembering the Kanji 25 6,130 2014-03-13, 12:16 am
    Thread: A Dictionary of (Basic/Intermediate) Japanese Grammar?
Post: A Dictionary of (Basic/Intermediate) Japanese Gram...

I have both because I had a chance once to buy the Intermediate inexpensively. Get the Basic. I've used it as a reference and study aid a LOT over the years, but have only rarely used the Intermediat...
codex Learning resources 5 1,064 2014-03-09, 11:36 pm
    Thread: Nukemarine's Suggested Guide for Beginners
Post: Nukemarine's Suggested Guide for Beginners

I agree with making as many new connections as possible in your neural pathways. For vocab study, when I read an English word I say it out loud in Japanese, when I read a kana word I say it out loud i...
codex The Japanese language 712 401,432 2014-03-09, 2:41 am
    Thread: Heisig appropriate for slow learners?
Post: Heisig appropriate for slow learners?

Bortrun, I'm just curious, how are you using RTK as part of your study if you don't "power through it", and how is that working for you? To answer your question, I don't think speed is necessary, bu...
codex Remembering the Kanji 23 5,766 2014-02-25, 3:11 am
    Thread: Which particle book to buy from these two?
Post: Which particle book to buy from these two?

Another vote for All About Japanese Particles. The clearest explanations, cleanest layout, best fonts, easy to reference. Also, the cheapest if buying new. (I have all three.)
codex Learning resources 9 1,243 2014-02-25, 2:25 am
    Thread: Pen and paper while doing RTK.Is it really effective???
Post: Pen and paper while doing RTK.Is it really effecti...

I've always used handwriting to cement things in my brain. There's something about the eye-hand-brain circuitry that works for me, although I don't know if that's true for everyone. YMMV. For studyi...
codex Remembering the Kanji 14 3,587 2014-02-17, 3:53 pm
    Thread: Quick question
Post: Quick question

I'm currently doing RTK Lite and CORE2 simultaneously (and I'm also giving Coori a trial run), and I like the overlap. I find it very helpful when the RTK kanji show up in the other two. First, it sho...
codex The Japanese language 4 1,415 2014-02-13, 12:23 am
    Thread: My path to literacy (requesting constructive criticism)
Post: My path to literacy (requesting constructive criti...

Hirakana Wrote:Stansfield123 Wrote:Plans are nice. However, there's an issue: why would someone who knows a lot about Japanese and even speaks it a little (you, in six months time), follow a plan laid...
codex The Japanese language 23 4,786 2014-02-03, 9:22 pm
    Thread: I don't get it... (Heisig's primitives)
Post: I don't get it... (Heisig's primitives)

Some words of wisdom from the excellent Anki User Manual: "Most shared decks are created by people who are learning material outside of Anki - from textbooks, classes, TV, etc. They select the intere...
codex General discussion 9 2,680 2014-02-01, 3:50 pm
    Thread: Why I've stopped doing soely J-J definitions
Post: Why I've stopped doing soely J-J definitions

I think when you first start studying Japanese your entire context (your learning environment) really can't help but be the English language (assuming that's your L1) and Western cultural. As you lear...
codex The Japanese language 32 5,606 2014-01-12, 5:56 am
    Thread: Easy vocabulary deck builder and SRS
Post: Easy vocabulary deck builder and SRS

jmignot Wrote:This seems to be Windows only ? If so, it may be worth mentioning. Well, hell. Yeah, definitely worth mentioning. Back to looking....
codex Learning resources 8 2,428 2012-01-02, 2:23 am