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    Thread: Vivid images in your head, or just catchy phrases?
Post: Vivid images in your head, or just catchy phrases?

For me vivid imagery works best. I found there's too much room for error in my recollection when I use phrases, getting the precise words right etc. And I also find them harder to remember than image...
kanji_nightmare General discussion 25 7,812 2008-09-12, 1:49 pm
    Thread: How many Kanji per day do you think to be suitable?
Post: How many Kanji per day do you think to be suitable...

Instead of aiming for a certain amount of kanji per day, I focus on spending a certain amount of time on RTK per day - which is usually a couple of hours. On the days I add new cards, I learn anywhere...
kanji_nightmare Remembering the Kanji 38 22,774 2008-03-04, 3:55 pm
    Thread: What age are you?
Post: What age are you?

I'm 25. I started RTK 3 weeks ago and I'm up to the 750ish mark. I will have to slow down though, as I start my new job next week.
kanji_nightmare Off topic 357 73,710 2008-02-22, 10:24 am
    Thread: Loose long term path?
Post: Loose long term path?

I'm only starting out too, so I don't have much advice. But one thing you may want to consider is learning hiragana and katakana before you start with kanji (or simultaneously). You can learn them i...
kanji_nightmare General discussion 8 1,670 2008-02-07, 5:29 pm
    Thread: Listening to Japanese while sleeping
Post: Listening to Japanese while sleeping

I don't have any hard data, and I am skeptical of those "learn astrophysics while you sleep" type programs, but I really think any and all exposure to the Japanese language would give you at least *so...
kanji_nightmare General discussion 19 10,988 2008-02-06, 10:37 am