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Thread: Question on learning kanji readings Post: Question on learning kanji readings Odin89 Wrote:Learning vocabulary will make you learn the readings as you advance, but not the other way around (and that's without taking into account special readings or combinations, not everything ... |
Camreeno | The Japanese language | 19 | 4,838 | 2014-07-23, 11:57 pm | ||
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Thread: I could have talked to a few Japanese guys today. Post: I could have talked to a few Japanese guys today. I live and go to university in San Francisco and have approached random Japanese people a lot. When I started learning Japanese again last July after a long absence, the thought of it was nerve wreck... |
Camreeno | Off topic | 37 | 7,138 | 2014-07-16, 6:45 am | ||
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Thread: How long did/are you study Japanese a day? Post: How long did/are you study Japanese a day? Right now I am reviewing my hand-made kanji flashcards (of which I created for all the 2200 kanji in RTK1) and do this for 1-2 hours a day, either while I am watching TV or as a standalone activity. I... |
Camreeno | General discussion | 52 | 13,156 | 2014-07-14, 4:40 am | ||
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Thread: visiting a home, meeting the parents Post: visiting a home, meeting the parents Flamerokz Wrote:john555 Wrote:Whatever you do, don't bring up Japanese atrocities committed in the WWII era. Nice one he might have forgot about that Or simply avoid negatives altogether. |
Camreeno | General discussion | 19 | 5,290 | 2014-07-14, 4:19 am | ||
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Thread: How many reps? Post: How many reps? When I was learning them initially I just wrote them once. (At the very beginning I was ignorant about the shortfalls of rote memorization, so I stopped that method after about the first 100 kanji) I'... |
Camreeno | Remembering the Kanji | 10 | 2,012 | 2014-07-14, 4:12 am | ||
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Thread: How much English do Japanese people know to understand Katakana words? Post: How much English do Japanese people know to unders... We do something similar with lots Japanese-named movies and videogames released in the US. Consider the 1985 movie "Ran" (乱) directed by Akira Kurosawa. The title was kept in Japanese even though I do... |
Camreeno | The Japanese language | 15 | 5,548 | 2014-07-11, 4:07 am | ||
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Thread: What is your strategy for remembering on-yomi? Post: What is your strategy for remembering on-yomi? kanon Wrote:Camreeno Wrote:I can understand where people are coming from when they think learning the on-yomi systematically is a waste of time. Before diving into RTK2 and learning them systematicall... |
Camreeno | The Japanese language | 22 | 6,234 | 2014-07-09, 2:46 am | ||
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Thread: What is your strategy for remembering on-yomi? Post: What is your strategy for remembering on-yomi? Danchan Wrote:Yeah look, don't think about Kanji in isolation if you can. It helps initially in getting the basic feeling for their meaning and being able to recognize them, but it is not necessary to... |
Camreeno | The Japanese language | 22 | 6,234 | 2014-07-07, 5:00 pm | ||
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Thread: What is your strategy for remembering on-yomi? Post: What is your strategy for remembering on-yomi? tashippy Wrote:What's your goal in learning on-yomi? I think people could help give you better advice if they knew your purpose, e.g., to read books, to know a lot of kanji, to write in Japanese, to b... |
Camreeno | The Japanese language | 22 | 6,234 | 2014-07-07, 4:48 pm | ||
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Thread: What is your strategy for remembering on-yomi? Post: What is your strategy for remembering on-yomi? tashippy Wrote:What's your goal in learning on-yomi? I think people could help give you better advice if they knew your purpose, e.g., to read books, to know a lot of kanji, to write in Japanese, to b... |
Camreeno | The Japanese language | 22 | 6,234 | 2014-07-07, 4:39 pm | ||
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Thread: Reasons why English is just as hard to learn as Japanese Post: Reasons why English is just as hard to learn as Ja... I don't like how there are sounds in foreign languages that we think don't exist in English but actually do, then we alter the pronunciation of foreign words to accommodate this. For example: The n... |
Camreeno | Off topic | 67 | 13,206 | 2014-07-06, 7:15 am | ||
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Thread: What is your strategy for remembering on-yomi? Post: What is your strategy for remembering on-yomi? Hi everyone, I want to start off by saying this is my first post and I'm so glad to have found this site. I've been teaching myself kanji almost obsessively since January and have gotten through Remem... |
Camreeno | The Japanese language | 22 | 6,234 | 2014-07-06, 7:04 am | ||