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Thread: JLPT Sample Test Apps? Post: JLPT Sample Test Apps? Bokusenou Wrote:Any OS? I could give you a list of Android apps which helped, but if you don't have an android device it won't help much... Sure, any OS within reason. I probably won't kickoff a Plan ... |
Khakionion | Learning resources | 5 | 903 | 2014-06-20, 1:26 am | ||
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Thread: JLPT Sample Test Apps? Post: JLPT Sample Test Apps? Hello! I've been absent from the forum for a while, but the JLPT is coming up fast (N2 this year!), and my normal strategy for the last few weeks before the test is to drop the flashcards etc, and dri... |
Khakionion | Learning resources | 5 | 903 | 2014-06-18, 11:02 pm | ||
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Thread: JLPT n1 past tests listening Post: JLPT n1 past tests listening I think this app is what pmnox is talking about. I just bought it, I'll see if it's any good. edit: oh, I have a friend from Skopje! :) |
Khakionion | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 9 | 2,663 | 2013-09-12, 11:24 am | ||
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Thread: Gaming RSS Feed, Smaller than Famitsu? Post: Gaming RSS Feed, Smaller than Famitsu? This is pretty cool, thanks! |
Khakionion | Learning resources | 2 | 945 | 2013-08-23, 2:51 pm | ||
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Thread: Japanese bookstores in the US Post: Japanese bookstores in the US I just went by Kinokuniya (the SF one) and they said they don't. |
Khakionion | General discussion | 2 | 785 | 2013-08-06, 5:43 pm | ||
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Thread: Gaming RSS Feed, Smaller than Famitsu? Post: Gaming RSS Feed, Smaller than Famitsu? Hey everyone, I use the Famitsu RSS feed to get many news articles about video games in Japan...but it's way too many. In my morning news feed of ~200 articles, Famitsu is frequently over half of it.... |
Khakionion | Learning resources | 2 | 945 | 2013-08-01, 11:15 am | ||
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Thread: japanese iphone Post: japanese iphone There's no need to jailbreak, when you can just buy unlocked. You can also try a data-only plan, if that suits your needs. |
Khakionion | General discussion | 5 | 1,105 | 2013-07-29, 2:23 pm | ||
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Thread: I need help on Japanese language settings on the computer Post: I need help on Japanese language settings on the c... Windows doesn't let you change the interface language; they treat each translation as separate products, unless you're using Ultimate (which is what it says in that first site Bokusenou posted). You ... |
Khakionion | The Japanese language | 7 | 2,527 | 2013-07-23, 4:13 pm | ||
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Thread: getting money into Japan.... Post: getting money into Japan.... I was lucky the first time I moved overseas, my tiny middle-of-nowhere bank (in Arkansas, USA) had zero fees on foreign transactions, ATMs, etc. Look around, you might find one that does what you need... |
Khakionion | General discussion | 6 | 1,491 | 2013-07-22, 4:24 pm | ||
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Thread: Phone/OS in Japanese Post: Phone/OS in Japanese No, but on MacOS most system-vended labels support inline definitions (three-finger tap): [Image: http://id.khakionion.com/img/define_anywhere.png] And then, on iOS I just go to Midori and use drawin... |
Khakionion | The Japanese language | 2 | 721 | 2013-07-03, 11:16 am | ||
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Thread: disturbances during the jlpt Post: disturbances during the jlpt I took JLPT in San Francisco in December as well (N2) and there were several disturbances, just like the year before. When the proctor reads the test instructions aloud at the beginning, they say ther... |
Khakionion | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 13 | 5,236 | 2013-06-26, 12:13 pm | ||
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Thread: Nihonjin no Shiranai Nihongo Post: Nihonjin no Shiranai Nihongo I've read some of it, haven't seen the TV show. Typically there's a bit of "incorrect" language in that they misunderstand the culture, and there's not as much incorrect grammar as one might see in a ... |
Khakionion | The Japanese language | 5 | 1,467 | 2013-06-11, 3:41 pm | ||
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Thread: NHK Radio Post: NHK Radio When I try to stream from the NHK Net Radio site here in San Francisco, I get an HTTP 401 Unauthorized without any extra headers/info. Yeah, I think it's region-blocking. I'll set up a Japanese proxy ... |
Khakionion | Learning resources | 4 | 1,301 | 2013-05-28, 2:59 pm | ||
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Thread: Anyone else hate kana? Post: Anyone else hate kana? amtrack Wrote:So I started taking my kanji studies more seriously, and as a result, I have developed a burning dislike for hiragana. Even though kanji is a pain, and perhaps convoluted, it is infinit... |
Khakionion | The Japanese language | 27 | 4,738 | 2013-05-16, 6:39 pm | ||
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Thread: Would Japanese tourists go for flyers in Japanese distributed in the u Post: Would Japanese tourists go for flyers in Japanese ... Sure, it would at least catch their attention to see a fully Japanese advertisement in the middle of the UK. In San Francisco I occasionally see advertisements geared towards tourists written in Japan... |
Khakionion | Off topic | 5 | 950 | 2013-05-13, 5:20 pm | ||
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Thread: Japanese learning games on the PSP? Post: Japanese learning games on the PSP? Yeah, you're better off looking for DS titles. The best I could find were puzzles/crosswords, and TOEIC test preparation apps, like: http://www.amazon.co.jp/ナムコ-ことばのパズル-もじぴっ...eywords=辞典 http://www.... |
Khakionion | Off topic | 11 | 8,729 | 2013-05-07, 3:08 pm | ||
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Thread: I need to take the JLPT N2 next year, need some advice Post: I need to take the JLPT N2 next year, need some ad... Tykkylumi Wrote:Are there any books in particular you guys could recommend? I love this series, other people in this forum have recommended this series. Are you in the US, where there is no July test... |
Khakionion | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 10 | 5,781 | 2013-05-02, 7:18 pm | ||
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Thread: Does the ⟨ɪ⟩ sound exist in Japanese? Post: Does the ⟨ɪ⟩ sound exist in Japanese? Perhaps this is just a difference in some pronunciations of the い、similar to how が can vary in "hardness," from having a bit of an "ng" sound to it, to being as hard as the beginning of the word "goo.... |
Khakionion | The Japanese language | 36 | 7,504 | 2013-05-02, 5:41 pm | ||
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Thread: I need to take the JLPT N2 next year, need some advice Post: I need to take the JLPT N2 next year, need some ad... Do you need the N3 certification? Why not take N2 this year, and whether you pass or fail, you're better equipped for next year. I got N4 a year ago, and failed N2 in December. However, I was very pl... |
Khakionion | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 10 | 5,781 | 2013-05-01, 1:31 pm | ||
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Thread: How's a japanese woman for you? Post: How's a japanese woman for you? Splatted Wrote:Which Japanese woman? lol my thoughts exactly. Japanese women are women...but Japanese. You could say a lot about "all Japanese women," but nothing very specific. They're people. They m... |
Khakionion | Off topic | 46 | 9,120 | 2013-04-30, 2:37 pm | ||
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Thread: How's a japanese woman for you? Post: How's a japanese woman for you? I'm certainly not the top authority on Japanese here, but "what can you say about a Japanese woman" would be different than "How's a Japanese woman for you," which isn't correct English. Maybe 「日本の女性... |
Khakionion | Off topic | 46 | 9,120 | 2013-04-30, 2:24 pm | ||
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Thread: How's a japanese woman for you? Post: How's a japanese woman for you? I could correct the english, but I don't know exactly what you're trying to say with so little context. |
Khakionion | Off topic | 46 | 9,120 | 2013-04-30, 2:08 pm | ||
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Thread: JLPT July 2013 Post: JLPT July 2013 Have fun :( *shakes fist at Japan Foundation Los Angeles* JFLA Wrote:We currently do not offer the July test and have no plans to do so in the near future. |
Khakionion | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 65 | 18,233 | 2013-04-01, 5:38 pm | ||
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Thread: Point me in the right direction please :) Post: Point me in the right direction please :) Xcode is the app (Integrated Development Environment, or IDE) that can be used to make OS X/iOS apps. Objective-C is one of the languages you can use to write those apps. Edit: Also, I'd pick a parti... |
Khakionion | General discussion | 11 | 2,844 | 2013-03-10, 7:46 pm | ||
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Thread: iBooks is now available in Japan Post: iBooks is now available in Japan Awesome, thanks for the heads up. Gonna be checking this out tonight. |
Khakionion | Learning resources | 1 | 551 | 2013-03-06, 5:37 pm | ||
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Thread: I think I may have a problem Post: I think I may have a problem It was an obvious edit, but I still thought it was funny. :) (I was on a hectic business trip last week, and my backlog is not too far off from that number. I guess I can relate. ;) ) |
Khakionion | Off topic | 60 | 7,943 | 2013-03-05, 2:22 pm | ||
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Thread: Do you give choco back to your students? Post: Do you give choco back to your students? Norman Wrote:Marumaru Wrote:Some of my juku students gave me choco for valentine's and I was wondering what's the protocol for this case? EAT...EAT...EAT... But not the students, don't eat the student... |
Khakionion | Off topic | 5 | 995 | 2013-02-20, 8:19 pm | ||
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Thread: Kanji Games Post: Kanji Games I have a Kanji typing game in the style of Letter Invaders for Web browsers at http://kanji.khakionion.com. I haven't added much in the way of fun features to it recently, but at the very least I try ... |
Khakionion | Learning resources | 4 | 1,007 | 2013-02-12, 2:13 am | ||
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Thread: Good Alternatives to Anki? Post: Good Alternatives to Anki? Maybe this is an AnkiDroid problem? I'm using Anki 2 on Mac and iPhone, it's perfect. After some difficulty moving my decks over because I was using some of the betas, it's been smooth sailing for me. |
Khakionion | Learning resources | 47 | 19,425 | 2013-01-25, 1:16 pm | ||
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Thread: ～ている vs ～中 Post: ～ている vs ～中 Here's an example of using お茶漬け中 to comedic effect. ;) [Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUALKzPs3f0] |
Khakionion | The Japanese language | 6 | 1,624 | 2012-11-05, 11:19 am | ||
