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    Thread: How to parse a deck for unique words
Post: How to parse a deck for unique words

it's also possible in excel to sort, find and remove duplicates, you could also remove all particles using find and replace and then remove all empty rows.
JunePin Learning resources 9 2,649 2014-02-21, 1:04 am
    Thread: Japanese Pennames
Post: Japanese Pennames

猫好き(ねこずき)cat lover, is already a word so 猫好 might not be so bad (unless you don't like cats) .
JunePin The Japanese language 7 1,818 2013-12-31, 4:16 am
    Thread: yomichan: a tool for reading books with Anki vocab deck integration
Post: yomichan: a tool for reading books with Anki vocab...

When I did this a while back on a text file, I remember it being something really simple like that which did the trick. I'm sorry it didn't help, but glad you figured it out!
JunePin Learning resources 298 107,747 2013-12-26, 4:53 pm
    Thread: yomichan: a tool for reading books with Anki vocab deck integration
Post: yomichan: a tool for reading books with Anki vocab...

girlsargeeks2 Wrote:Hi, I'm trying to use Yomichan to get started on reading Harry Potter. I got the ebook from the pottermore site, converted it to .txt format using Calibre, but I'm having a problem...
JunePin Learning resources 298 107,747 2013-12-26, 3:28 pm
    Thread: Are Tobira and Approach to Intermediate Japanese the same thing?
Post: Are Tobira and Approach to Intermediate Japanese t...

I noticed that Tobira says it has Online content available once you purchase the book, can anyone talk a little bit about that and if it's any good? Just curious.
JunePin The Japanese language 9 4,092 2013-12-16, 4:37 pm
    Thread: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?
Post: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?

I think he already posted on his site saying there will be no 3 month video, but some day in the future you can see videos of him and see how well he did after 3 months. ;) Quote:I am sorry if any of...
JunePin General discussion 856 195,471 2013-12-15, 2:14 am
    Thread: Advice/Help on how to improve and comprehend better
Post: Advice/Help on how to improve and comprehend bette...

I regretted my post a few minutes after sending it but when I came back it was quoted so I refrained from editing it since it wouldn't matter. I get rather annoyed by the way ajatt uses the "you don't...
JunePin The Japanese language 23 4,550 2013-11-28, 3:52 am
    Thread: Advice/Help on how to improve and comprehend better
Post: Advice/Help on how to improve and comprehend bette...

Ah, well you said you often understood all the words in a sentence just not the meaning so I assumed you were doing sentences. I probably didn't read as well as I should have, my bad. Anyway I persona...
JunePin The Japanese language 23 4,550 2013-11-28, 12:47 am
    Thread: Advice/Help on how to improve and comprehend better
Post: Advice/Help on how to improve and comprehend bette...

He said he's gonna hit 1000 cards tomorrow, I just ask why not study grammar if he's having trouble with it. dtcamero throws out an Ajattism, then basically just says "after 1000 cards study some gram...
JunePin The Japanese language 23 4,550 2013-11-28, 12:28 am
    Thread: Advice/Help on how to improve and comprehend better
Post: Advice/Help on how to improve and comprehend bette...

Yaeha Wrote:I'm going through the forums for some opinions on grammar at the moment.. If I might be so bold, why not just study grammar? If that is the problem.
JunePin The Japanese language 23 4,550 2013-11-27, 8:46 pm
    Thread: Pronunciation of the R sound
Post: Pronunciation of the R sound

I always thought this was a good exercise, unfortunately the audio clips aren't working for me, maybe that's just on my end though.
JunePin The Japanese language 42 7,357 2013-11-24, 3:20 pm
    Thread: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?
Post: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?

NightSky Wrote:At least going from 0 to C1 in 3 months (which he apparently did for German) is impressive. He didn't go from 0 to C1 in 3 months (actually it was the C2 exam he sat not C1). I decided ...
JunePin General discussion 856 195,471 2013-11-24, 1:24 am
    Thread: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?
Post: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?

JapaneseRuleOf7 Wrote:Edit 2: I'll also add that I'm happy that Benny is learning Japanese. I think that's great. But if you're going to say that you've found some way to "hack languages," well fine, ...
JunePin General discussion 856 195,471 2013-11-19, 3:13 am
    Thread: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?
Post: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?

I think he already said no to the JLPT (in this very thread) when he found it's got no speaking portion and is multiple choice. Not to mention he's not studying reading which would make choosing the c...
JunePin General discussion 856 195,471 2013-11-19, 1:31 am
    Thread: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?
Post: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?

I think a better test would be to have a Japanese person (not one of his choosing) interview him then assess his level, a two-way conversation. That would be a better test of his ability, can he under...
JunePin General discussion 856 195,471 2013-11-18, 1:54 pm
    Thread: How fast can I learn Korean if I know Japanese?
Post: How fast can I learn Korean if I know Japanese?

nadiatims Wrote:The biggest barrier to me, is the the writing system. Very easy to learn, easy enough to get a basic understanding of the pronunciation, but reading it quickly requires a lot of gettin...
JunePin Off topic 26 20,634 2013-11-04, 9:25 pm
    Thread: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?
Post: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?

Hilariously enough, the correct word was ノンストップ. Though I suppose if I had known the word 急行 she would have figured it out.
JunePin General discussion 856 195,471 2013-11-01, 12:12 pm
    Thread: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?
Post: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?

Inny Jan Wrote:JunePin Wrote:I guess it's what I'd expect from an average person after the same amount of time. Average person, as of this forum, after 6 weeks would be somewhere in the middle of RTK1...
JunePin General discussion 856 195,471 2013-11-01, 2:52 am
    Thread: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?
Post: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?

@patriconia Haha that reminds me of my first time in Japan, I was trying to book a bus trip and I went to the bus terminal. However I didn't speak any Japanese other than some basic greetings and what...
JunePin General discussion 856 195,471 2013-11-01, 2:27 am
    Thread: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?
Post: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?

Those damn "ahs" and "ums" are back. Other than that can't really see much since the video is so short. I guess it's what I'd expect from an average person after the same amount of time.
JunePin General discussion 856 195,471 2013-10-31, 11:58 am
    Thread: I wonder, how are they actually learning Kanji in a different order?
Post: I wonder, how are they actually learning Kanji in ...

Some of the native Spanish speaking people I've known who were learning Japanese had trouble with j/y sounds. I assume from learning first with romaji, they would mix them up in Japanese when speaking...
JunePin Remembering the Kanji 89 12,528 2013-10-25, 3:41 am
    Thread: Want me to make an actual image for a kanji you keep forgetting?
Post: Want me to make an actual image for a kanji you ke...

Wow these are pretty good, I wish I'd thought of doing something like this when I went through RTK!
JunePin Remembering the Kanji 8 2,166 2013-10-23, 1:41 am
    Thread: Thai Language Resources
Post: Thai Language Resources

I found a lot of resources for Thai from this site: http://womenlearnthai.com/
JunePin Off topic 2 644 2013-10-22, 8:49 pm
    Thread: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?
Post: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?

I'm disappointed, I wanted to see how much more progress he had made. I guess he's trying to make an other viral video though.
JunePin General discussion 856 195,471 2013-10-19, 5:42 pm
    Thread: Full width character discussion
Post: Full width character discussion

I like this thread and I think it’s a good idea to encourage fixed width communication. Let me add by saying that I never studied fixed with and only learned through immersion.I think that the be...
JunePin Off topic 27 5,773 2013-10-18, 7:10 pm
    Thread: "100% Immersion, 0% Textbook/Classroom" Method
Post: "100% Immersion, 0% Textbook/Classroom" Method

Codexus Wrote:That's not 100% immersion. 100% would be being dropped in the middle of Tokyo with nobody else in the world understanding your language. This is just avoiding some resources that you ar...
JunePin The Japanese language 15 4,281 2013-10-10, 6:24 pm
    Thread: How to make the most of a month in Japan?
Post: How to make the most of a month in Japan?

(´・ω・`)
JunePin Off topic 3 683 2013-06-13, 9:55 pm
    Thread: A Whole New Way of Using Anki
Post: A Whole New Way of Using Anki

So far I'm liking it, I already have my decks set up with the word being tested in it's own field so I just copied the hack into my current sentence decks. Definitely interesting, I'll keep using it a...
JunePin Learning resources 37 8,978 2013-06-05, 2:13 am
    Thread: What age are you?
Post: What age are you?

Wanted to learn Japanese since around 13 or so but I turned 30 this year. I'm always amazed when I see people that are around 13 or 15 starting out with all the resources I didn't have at that age, yo...
JunePin Off topic 357 73,672 2013-05-26, 2:42 pm
    Thread: Anyone else hate kana?
Post: Anyone else hate kana?

Kana isn't so bad, however I was playing a game on my friend's DS that was all kana and ran into a villain that spoke only in katakana. I thought my brain was gonna explode.
JunePin The Japanese language 27 4,738 2013-05-17, 1:19 am