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    Thread: Best way to get 24h/24 Japanese audio input?
Post: Best way to get 24h/24 Japanese audio input?

albion Wrote:http://www7b.biglobe.ne.jp/~replica-blue/ Online サウンドドラマ called "Replica Blue". From the first episode, it sounds like a sci-fi mystery with some personal drama between a group of kids. ...
scout Learning resources 132 36,294 2009-02-07, 11:45 pm
    Thread: "Number 1" method for understanding spoken Japanese?
Post: "Number 1" method for understanding spoken Japanes...

vgambit Wrote:If you create a free account, you automatically get a one-week trial of their Premium service. It takes about a day to download all of the MP3s and PDFs from the site using a download m...
scout General discussion 127 27,801 2009-02-03, 7:59 pm
    Thread: How do you set up your reading environment?
Post: How do you set up your reading environment?

Leeyes is pretty good for reading manga on Windows: http://www3.tokai.or.jp/boxes/leeyes/ I'd recommend getting Susie plugins for zip, rar, and JPEGs. Makes it a lot nicer to use.
scout General discussion 26 5,258 2009-01-22, 4:42 pm
    Thread: Japanese online/internet radio?
Post: Japanese online/internet radio?

last.fm seems pretty good so far. I also used to listen to: http://j-wavemusic.com/ but it's a bit annoying because the afternoon is all reruns (for those of us in the US or on similar timezones.) ...
scout General discussion 26 12,482 2009-01-15, 9:26 pm
    Thread: immersion tips
Post: immersion tips

Ryuujin27 Wrote:Squintox Wrote:http://minna.topics.yahoo.co.jp/ It's kind of like a Japanese Digg. Aww... read the top. It's closing on 2/12. It looked awesome too. Possibly from competition from new...
scout General discussion 29 7,039 2009-01-15, 9:17 pm
    Thread: Learning environment and methods, whoa!
Post: Learning environment and methods, whoa!

lerris Wrote:Jarvik7 Wrote:Dunno about Vista, maybe if you have the highest end edition you can switch languages. As far as Vista goes, to the best of my knowledge, only the Ultimate and Enterprise ed...
scout General discussion 40 8,408 2008-10-06, 9:43 pm
    Thread: Move schedule data from RevTK to Anki-cool new anki plugin!
Post: Move schedule data from RevTK to Anki-cool new an...

This sounds like the problem I was having. I posted the solution I used at http://forum.koohii.com/showthread.php?p...9#pid22799 (I think 0.9.6 was the latest at the point, so it may need to be m...
scout General discussion 59 16,739 2008-09-05, 9:40 am
    Thread: Japanese Bible
Post: Japanese Bible

Despite a lot of looking, I've never really found a version that I've consistently found to be the easiest to understand. Usually I try looking at a few different versions, though I don't have all of...
scout General discussion 34 7,156 2008-09-04, 1:14 am
    Thread: The Discouragement Thread
Post: The Discouragement Thread

I think it's more like they just get progressively more annoyed at you for each one you don't watch. You'd think people would eventually accept it. Still hasn't happened. "You've got to read this b...
scout Off topic 311 69,124 2008-08-07, 9:48 pm
    Thread: The Discouragement Thread
Post: The Discouragement Thread

QuackingShoe: Yeah, that's happened to me ... "Why are you learning Japanese? We speak English here ... ENNNGGLLIISSHH!" I think a lot of my friends have gotten annoyed by me trying to go all Japane...
scout Off topic 311 69,124 2008-08-07, 9:37 pm
    Thread: Does this happen to anyone else?
Post: Does this happen to anyone else?

I'd say it's normal. I also occasionally blank on primitives. In those cases, I fail the card where I forgot the primitive, but pass ones that come later in the session with the same primitive (assu...
scout Remembering the Kanji 8 1,423 2008-07-27, 7:19 pm
    Thread: Am I strange?
Post: Am I strange?

I guess the definition of "story" also depends on the person. A lot of my best stories are still scenes with various real-world objects in them. For primitives like tremendous and straightaway I eve...
scout General discussion 30 4,321 2008-07-27, 6:31 pm
    Thread: Am I strange?
Post: Am I strange?

I have stories for basically everything other than a few of the low-numbered kanji. Actually, as time goes on I'm going back and adding stories for everything I get wrong. Who would have ever though...
scout General discussion 30 4,321 2008-07-27, 5:22 pm
    Thread: Online picture dictionary
Post: Online picture dictionary

I have been highly impressed by http://www2.edu.ipa.go.jp/gz2/list.html#dousago Check out 動作語 (videos of action verbs) and 基本語彙・シンボル (images of common items) in particular. I've found these to be p...
scout Learning resources 2 2,914 2008-07-27, 5:06 pm
    Thread: Am I strange?
Post: Am I strange?

At least personally I've found stories tremendously helpful for kanji that have multiple components. Take 類 and 数. I learned these the traditional way before really getting through Heisig, and I had...
scout General discussion 30 4,321 2008-07-27, 4:50 pm
    Thread: Anki discussion (no bug reports)
Post: Anki discussion (no bug reports)

Done. Despite the bit of annoyance I've had with the way the reading field is generated, I really want to reiterate just how thankful I am to have Anki in the first place. I am very appreciative of ...
scout Learning resources 309 61,820 2008-07-25, 10:24 pm
    Thread: Anki discussion (no bug reports)
Post: Anki discussion (no bug reports)

The easy answer is I do proofread it at the same time, but I occasionally miss things. There are also other reasons to change the reading side. These problems essentially stem from entering stuff di...
scout Learning resources 309 61,820 2008-07-25, 9:50 pm
    Thread: Anki discussion (no bug reports)
Post: Anki discussion (no bug reports)

I'd estimate at least 3/4 of these changes happen while editing the card the first time. Usually it's enter sentence -> fix reading -> add stuff to meaning side -> oops, realize I made a mis...
scout Learning resources 309 61,820 2008-07-25, 9:33 pm
    Thread: Anki discussion (no bug reports)
Post: Anki discussion (no bug reports)

I usually have to change it because I find typos. This doesn't happen *that* often, but often enough that I always copy the final reading to the "meaning" field and don't have the reading field displ...
scout Learning resources 309 61,820 2008-07-25, 9:21 pm
    Thread: news
Post: news

You may be thinking of fnn-news.com (If not, I highly recommend it.) It has way more than two new stories a day, and the transcripts are almost exact. The big difference I've noticed is that the tr...
scout Learning resources 3 930 2008-07-16, 5:46 pm
    Thread: What does your writing look like?
Post: What does your writing look like?

furrykef Wrote:scout Wrote:For a good number of those characters, you're seeing the first time I've ever tried writing them. I absolutely agree with Heisig that writing the characters doesn't get you...
scout The Japanese language 36 24,248 2008-07-14, 10:12 pm
    Thread: Anki discussion (no bug reports)
Post: Anki discussion (no bug reports)

rich_f Wrote:In 0.9.6, you can select the proper reading just by clicking on it. (Which is totally awesome, resolve. Best new feature EVER!) :D My thanks as well! I just wish there was some way to ...
scout Learning resources 309 61,820 2008-07-13, 5:18 pm
    Thread: Anki discussion (no bug reports)
Post: Anki discussion (no bug reports)

Those numbers were actually set by misha's plugin, based on the Leiter Box number that was in the exported data. (I'm just changing the successive field.) misha's script does use the current RevTK e...
scout Learning resources 309 61,820 2008-07-13, 4:58 pm
    Thread: Anki discussion (no bug reports)
Post: Anki discussion (no bug reports)

kaiya Wrote:How do you view the plugins folder? Idiot's guide please. What OS are you running? Vista: C:\Users\<username>\.anki\plugins XP: C:\Document and Settings\<username>\.anki\plu...
scout Learning resources 309 61,820 2008-07-13, 4:38 pm
    Thread: Anki discussion (no bug reports)
Post: Anki discussion (no bug reports)

I think I've solved the problem, but I'd definitely appreciate feedback from someone who knows the database structure better. (Is there any documentation for it?) It looks like the cards are showing...
scout Learning resources 309 61,820 2008-07-13, 4:36 pm
    Thread: Anki discussion (no bug reports)
Post: Anki discussion (no bug reports)

misha Wrote:Importing RevTK progress into Anki 0.9.x plugin is now available at: http://ichi2.net/anki/wiki/Plugins Let me know if there are any problems. When I imported all of my progress, both my ...
scout Learning resources 309 61,820 2008-07-13, 2:50 pm
    Thread: Pitch accent
Post: Pitch accent

walexander5 Wrote:In a class I was taking last semester we went over the system of how accentation works, I dont know if you've read much on the systematic way of figuring it out, but our class notes ...
scout General discussion 127 33,878 2008-07-12, 2:21 pm
    Thread: DVDs with subtitles
Post: DVDs with subtitles

wrightak Wrote:woelpad Wrote:吹き替え字幕? At least the Japanese versions of Disney DVDs offer these 3 options for 字幕: 英語, 日本語, 日本語吹き替え.  吹き替え is dubbing. In your Disney DVDs, 日本語吹き替え字幕 are subtitles of wha...
scout General discussion 13 4,029 2008-07-09, 7:02 am
    Thread: Do any reported stories actually get removed?
Post: Do any reported stories actually get removed?

Of curiosity, what happens if the user chooses to reformulate their story and make them public again? Are reports/stars ever reset? Similarly, if a user sees a story of theirs getting reports and ...
scout General discussion 26 5,837 2008-06-15, 12:08 pm
    Thread: What is the 々character actually called?
Post: What is the 々character actually called?

@Katsuo: That link is awesome! Thanks for posting it!
scout The Japanese language 10 6,209 2008-06-10, 10:19 am