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    Thread: How does ような work? + Translation question
Post: How does ような work? + Translation question

nest0r Wrote:See the top of p. 265 of Japanese the Manga Way, also, if you like (“When modifying nouns: ような”). Example from the book: ドキドキするような映画 = “a heart-pounding-type movie” → “a movie that makes...
wonderflex The Japanese language 9 3,116 2011-06-15, 2:33 pm
    Thread: How does ような work? + Translation question
Post: How does ような work? + Translation question

Hello all, I've been working through Tae Kim and imputing song lyrics into my SRS. Today I was working on a song with these lines: そっとふたりを恋へ誘うようなワンダーワード ふたりの恋を祝うようなワンダーワード In every translation I ...
wonderflex The Japanese language 9 3,116 2011-06-15, 1:29 pm
    Thread: Grammar Cheat Sheet - any thoughts?
Post: Grammar Cheat Sheet - any thoughts?

Nagareboshi Wrote:As a supplement to grammar or textbooks they are great. I remember that back in school, our german teacher recommended us, to buy and use them. I can't comment on this one, but it lo...
wonderflex Learning resources 5 3,960 2011-05-02, 5:29 pm
    Thread: Grammar Cheat Sheet - any thoughts?
Post: Grammar Cheat Sheet - any thoughts?

I am nearing the end of RTK and wondered if anybody had opinions on this grammar cheat sheet that I found: http://nihonshock.com/2010/02/japanese-cheat-sheet-2/ Any glaring errors, or would this be ...
wonderflex Learning resources 5 3,960 2011-05-02, 3:20 pm
    Thread: Why do Japanese TV stations sport a clock?
Post: Why do Japanese TV stations sport a clock?

Rujiel Wrote:Many of the early-morning shows seem to have this clock. Though, maybe it's just one station.. Why does Japan feel it needs this? All of the morning TV shows in my area have clocks too - ...
wonderflex General discussion 15 9,012 2009-09-01, 11:13 am
    Thread: Luggage size for traveling in Japan
Post: Luggage size for traveling in Japan

Koos83 Wrote:Thanks so much Wonderflex! Especially that McDonald's tip sounds very useful, as that was going to be my 'fall back on' option in case we really can't find anything I'd like to eat. Crepe...
wonderflex Off topic 42 15,667 2009-08-31, 11:31 am
    Thread: Luggage size for traveling in Japan
Post: Luggage size for traveling in Japan

Koos83 Wrote:Hmm looking forward to being a giant... Ah the food. Yeah. I'm allergic to fish, so hopefully that won't create any problems. About the department stores and the conbini: the food you ...
wonderflex Off topic 42 15,667 2009-08-31, 1:05 am
    Thread: Luggage size for traveling in Japan
Post: Luggage size for traveling in Japan

Koos83 Wrote:Hehe I'm still looking forward to being considered tall there. tongue For a Dutch woman I'm only average, most of my female family members are taller than me as well. Not to mention the m...
wonderflex Off topic 42 15,667 2009-08-29, 8:12 pm
    Thread: Macbooks are AWESOME for reading manga/light novels
Post: Macbooks are AWESOME for reading manga/light novel...

kyeenak Wrote:Psh Linux is where it's at! *random elitist linux stuff about how it can do everything*. On topic though, that looks roughly similar to how I have my linux setup. I've been using Linux ...
wonderflex General discussion 34 8,114 2009-08-29, 1:05 pm
    Thread: Luggage size for traveling in Japan
Post: Luggage size for traveling in Japan

Koos83 Wrote:LOL! Aww too bad for my friend; he's 5'2" and he was so looking forward to being around men his own size, instead of always being the smallest person. XD Thanks for the information, thou...
wonderflex Off topic 42 15,667 2009-08-29, 12:55 pm
    Thread: Luggage size for traveling in Japan
Post: Luggage size for traveling in Japan

rich_f Wrote:I'm 6'1", and didn't have too much trouble... yeah, you have to sleep diagonally sometimes, but for the most part, it's not much of an issue. Newer hotels will have nicer and bigger beds/...
wonderflex Off topic 42 15,667 2009-08-29, 1:57 am
    Thread: Macbooks are AWESOME for reading manga/light novels
Post: Macbooks are AWESOME for reading manga/light novel...

Here's me (Click any image for full screen) HP 22" touchscreen all-in-one PC with Windows 7. I press win+# and it jumps to the program with that number in my jump bar on the left hand side. [Image:...
wonderflex General discussion 34 8,114 2009-08-29, 1:43 am
    Thread: Luggage size for traveling in Japan
Post: Luggage size for traveling in Japan

Tykkylumi Wrote:I guess there are some benefits to being a 5'3" guy. My wife is sometimes 5' 1/2". She had a blast being taller then some men. Being my height I had a blast being asked to grab thing...
wonderflex Off topic 42 15,667 2009-08-29, 12:29 am
    Thread: Luggage size for traveling in Japan
Post: Luggage size for traveling in Japan

jondesousa Wrote:I am 5' 10". Some of the beds in Japanese hotels fit me well, others I had to sleep diagonally with my feet just starting to hang off. I'm 6'1" and my feet touched the end of the bed...
wonderflex Off topic 42 15,667 2009-08-28, 5:52 pm
    Thread: A RevTK "Lite" Option
Post: A RevTK "Lite" Option

Tobberoth Wrote:JLPT2 is officially considered "business level" Japanese. You're supposedly supposed to be able to function in a business situation using Japanese at that level. Unfortunately, real li...
wonderflex Remembering the Kanji 209 126,860 2009-08-27, 5:29 pm
    Thread: A RevTK "Lite" Option
Post: A RevTK "Lite" Option

Thora Wrote:Wonderflex, I made a deck anyway. The Anki deck is the same as the shared RTK1&3 with the RTKLite kanji and JLPT2 kanji tagged (1115). Also a RTKList with RTK numbers (and 92 primitiv...
wonderflex Remembering the Kanji 209 126,860 2009-08-27, 5:08 pm
    Thread: A RevTK "Lite" Option
Post: A RevTK "Lite" Option

Thora Wrote:wonderflex Wrote:Anybody have a fix? Thanks. Probably made with an earlier version. You can make a new deck by importing Scuda's text file into Anki. (Save it as a Notepad UTF-8 first). ...
wonderflex Remembering the Kanji 209 126,860 2009-08-26, 11:46 pm
    Thread: A RevTK "Lite" Option
Post: A RevTK "Lite" Option

scuda Wrote:I went ahead and made an Anki deck containing the RTK-Lite list: RTK-Lite Deck I went to use this deck and it told me that it was unable to load the deck. It says it either: wasn't crea...
wonderflex Remembering the Kanji 209 126,860 2009-08-26, 8:47 pm
    Thread: A RevTK "Lite" Option
Post: A RevTK "Lite" Option

Thora Wrote:Not sure I understand. If you have the RTK Lite Anki deck, you can export a list. There's also a list in this thread (#31) that you can copy (as well as a list of the extra 92 you'll need ...
wonderflex Remembering the Kanji 209 126,860 2009-08-26, 4:13 pm
    Thread: Starting out with RTK1!
Post: Starting out with RTK1!

IceCream Wrote:btw... don't buy rosetta stone unless you are rich. It is obscenely priced, and if you look around, you can get a cracked copy. The software is really good, but in this case, just dont ...
wonderflex General discussion 24 3,979 2009-08-26, 1:31 pm
    Thread: Starting out with RTK1!
Post: Starting out with RTK1!

WontStop Wrote:After working up to 100 in a day and a half, I have decided to go to the RevTK Lite..if I can figure out how to use it (If anyone can give me a walk through that would be awesome..all I...
wonderflex General discussion 24 3,979 2009-08-26, 12:36 pm
    Thread: want to go "sentence mining" but not yet completed RTK1
Post: want to go "sentence mining" but not yet completed...

After a night of sleeping on it I've decided that I'm not going to go onto trying to read ahead of time, and I'm not going to work on RtK Lite. Although reading now would make me feel like I've acc...
wonderflex Remembering the Kanji 57 12,962 2009-08-26, 11:46 am
    Thread: want to go "sentence mining" but not yet completed RTK1
Post: want to go "sentence mining" but not yet completed...

mentat_kgs Wrote:Go and do it. Just don't forget to do your RTK reviews. So, as a whole I think I'm going to end up continuing with RTK as normal, and possibly cut to RTK Lite tomorrow. Either way, I...
wonderflex Remembering the Kanji 57 12,962 2009-08-26, 1:55 am
    Thread: A RevTK "Lite" Option
Post: A RevTK "Lite" Option

I've been seriously looking into this RtK Lite option and was wondering if anybody had the Kanji in some sort of word/txt format. I have the wonderful Anki deck with all of the kanji suspended and wo...
wonderflex Remembering the Kanji 209 126,860 2009-08-26, 1:48 am
    Thread: want to go "sentence mining" but not yet completed RTK1
Post: want to go "sentence mining" but not yet completed...

Question. Let's say that I want to follow this route and start to throw in a few sentences now, making sure to only choose ones with Kanji that I am already able to recognize. How do I go about this...
wonderflex Remembering the Kanji 57 12,962 2009-08-25, 5:57 pm
    Thread: Kanji Frequency and when to Start Sentence Mining.
Post: Kanji Frequency and when to Start Sentence Mining.

hknamida Wrote:Knowing 71.76% of the kanji in a given context often means that you'll understand 71.76% of a sentence. Still, you won't know until you try, right? I suggest that you go for it, but do ...
wonderflex General discussion 3 945 2009-08-25, 4:09 pm
    Thread: Kanji Frequency and when to Start Sentence Mining.
Post: Kanji Frequency and when to Start Sentence Mining.

Recently I've been fiddling around with some of the statistics on Kanji on Wikipedia from this post: http://forum.koohii.com/showthread.php?tid=3216 and from it I had a question on sentence mining. H...
wonderflex General discussion 3 945 2009-08-25, 3:49 pm
    Thread: My Trip to Japan
Post: My Trip to Japan

alantin Wrote:Travel blogs are always nice! I skimmed through the blog and read your first post. You have a fun writing style and it is fun to read a first timers thoughts on railway station gates an...
wonderflex Off topic 2 675 2009-08-24, 10:23 am
    Thread: My Trip to Japan
Post: My Trip to Japan

I'm not sure if anybody is interested in travel-blogs or not, but here is mine from when I took a trip to Japan earlier this year: http://twopiratesinjapan.blogspot.com/ You will prolly want to go t...
wonderflex Off topic 2 675 2009-08-24, 2:26 am
    Thread: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here
Post: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here

I just hit 500! Last night I decided to set up a learning plan in Microsoft Project, and the first milestone was to hit 500 (because I was about 20 away from it at the time). Now that I'm here it ...
wonderflex General discussion 1,389 294,660 2009-08-23, 1:07 am