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    Thread: 2012 JLPT Study Thread
Post: 2012 JLPT Study Thread

warakawa Wrote:I have done 500 of my core2k so far and all RTK1, no grammar, no listening. Do you think I will pass N3 which I already paid for. wait what? I've done RTK1, 1000 words of the core2K and...
nescio JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 297 78,502 2012-09-26, 5:43 pm
    Thread: Teacher grade?
Post: Teacher grade?

Someone asked me about the average pay of a teacher in Japan (A normal teacher, he's not interested to moving into Japan or anything, he is just doing some research and since I'm learning Japanese I'm...
nescio JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 2 1,185 2012-09-26, 4:39 pm
    Thread: A dicrionary of Japanese grammar - what is it for?
Post: A dicrionary of Japanese grammar - what is it for?

I heard a lot about this book. How it covers everything and such. But I didn't find anything saying how to actually use it. Isn't it just, as the name suggests, a dictionary and not a learning tool? I...
nescio Learning resources 10 4,145 2012-09-24, 5:30 am
    Thread: 1.5 month for RTK 1
Post: 1.5 month for RTK 1

well my experience was a bit different then Zarxrax's one, as the following graphs show: http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/5945/...ot336n.jpg as you can see reviews didn't go that much over 150, and...
nescio Remembering the Kanji 4 2,089 2012-07-22, 2:24 pm
    Thread: 1.5 month for RTK 1
Post: 1.5 month for RTK 1

I did this at a rate of 32 new kanji a day and finished in 64 days (not including the supplements). You can easily adjust the time it takes by changing the rate, but the more new Kanji per day, the mo...
nescio Remembering the Kanji 4 2,089 2012-07-18, 12:09 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

「*something*」っていうとき困る。 I'm sorry for the censorship :P, basically I was asked how to say *something* in English, and this was the next line. I can understand up to the いう, but I'm not sure about the ...
nescio The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,283 2012-07-08, 9:16 am
    Thread: supplements traditional and simplified forms
Post: supplements traditional and simplified forms

The RtK1 supplements claims that learning the old forms is not needed. On a message I saw here from 2010 advertising the supplements for the first time (I tried searching for the thread to link to it,...
nescio Remembering the Kanji 3 1,100 2012-06-27, 12:41 pm
    Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread.
Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"...

やった!! finished RTK 1, now just the supplements and never stop reviewing!
nescio Remembering the Kanji 1,845 424,682 2012-06-23, 8:02 am
    Thread: Should I get Iphone or Droid for Japanese learning?
Post: Should I get Iphone or Droid for Japanese learning...

Fillanzea Wrote:So, is there a better input method for Japanese on Android than simeji yet? I got an Android phone for financial reasons, and I don't really have any Japanese learning stuff on it, but...
nescio General discussion 27 8,654 2012-06-22, 1:41 pm
    Thread: SINFEST - Tatsuya Ishida caligraphy
Post: SINFEST - Tatsuya Ishida caligraphy

I don't think this would actually be helpful when trying to learn the characters, so I post it here. Anyway, have a look: http://m8y.org/tmp/calligraphy.xhtml
nescio General discussion 0 1,066 2012-06-21, 8:41 am
    Thread: Random Thoughts and Questions
Post: Random Thoughts and Questions

Well I can't answer all of these, but I can for some: 3) I ensure I know how to write the characters by, well, writing the characters. I'm almost one notebook full of reviews already. This might look...
nescio The Japanese language 6 2,028 2012-06-18, 1:28 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

Oh I see, This makes a lot of sense. Thank you both. I'm still not in a level to use J-J dictionaries, so I mostly go here: http://jisho.org/words?jap=%E6%89%93%E3%...dict=edict To type is indeed in t...
nescio The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,283 2012-06-18, 8:38 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

Him I'm having problems understanding 打つ. I encountered it in two sentences in a row, and in both it doesn't seem to follow the long list of meanings I found for it on Denshi。 First one (which was sec...
nescio The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,283 2012-06-18, 6:30 am
    Thread: Writing the Kanji?
Post: Writing the Kanji?

There are some primitives that no matter how many times I write them they will just look ugly. biggest examples are probably "road", "pinnacle" and "city walls", but I can say the same on a bunch of o...
nescio Remembering the Kanji 2 1,015 2012-06-18, 2:39 am
    Thread: Nukemarine's Suggested Guide for Beginners
Post: Nukemarine's Suggested Guide for Beginners

I have a question about the Clozed Delete Grammar deck. I'm already pretty far in tae kim's guide and I just started using the deck in anki, but every once in a while I encounter a vocabulary word (li...
nescio The Japanese language 712 401,417 2012-06-07, 4:16 am
    Thread: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done!
Post: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done!

Just passed the 3/4th mark today! Since I took a break for a few days for exams and I still have 2 last exams next week I won't be able to finish by my original expectation of June 16th, but I will su...
nescio Remembering the Kanji 462 138,207 2012-06-06, 2:46 pm
    Thread: What do you do with your Kanji Poster?
Post: What do you do with your Kanji Poster?

Well I use it to: a) track progress - not for long, at 1500 and plan to finish in 2-3 weeks. I will keep it all green though, just for the effect and because I don't want to start erasing all that. b)...
nescio Remembering the Kanji 3 1,635 2012-06-06, 3:06 am
    Thread: Using Anki to review - what do you have on the cards?
Post: Using Anki to review - what do you have on the car...

Hi, tried searching for posts on the subject since I assumed there will be some but wasn't able to find any (Maybe I just suck at searching :p). I am reviewing using anki for more then a month, but I...
nescio Remembering the Kanji 1 866 2012-05-29, 4:50 am
    Thread: How many reviews per day?
Post: How many reviews per day?

Well, I go at a steady 30 a day, and reviews go from 100 to 150, if I stop adding cards for a few days (which I did for diablo 3 :p) reviews go down quite quickly to 60-70 a day. I'm currently at ~130...
nescio Remembering the Kanji 4 3,342 2012-05-29, 4:39 am
    Thread: I've changed the keyword of a radical just for it to come back on me
Post: I've changed the keyword of a radical just for it ...

Thank you everyone! I used Javelin instead and I think it will work out.
nescio Remembering the Kanji 7 1,669 2012-05-28, 8:06 am
    Thread: Half way!
Post: Half way!

A bit late since I didn't come to the forums until I actually needed something from it (:P), but 1250! And still enjoying (almost) every day of it!
nescio Remembering the Kanji 616 180,476 2012-05-27, 1:21 pm
    Thread: I've changed the keyword of a radical just for it to come back on me
Post: I've changed the keyword of a radical just for it ...

I've changed the keyword of a radical just for it to come back on me I didn't feel like I can connect to the "Fiesta" radical, and it's an arrow + a drop so I associated it with "spear" (I also saw ot...
nescio Remembering the Kanji 7 1,669 2012-05-27, 12:22 pm