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    Thread: Trouble with ロ and 言 primititve
Post: Trouble with ロ and 言 primititve

I think heisig has you picture a human mouth for 口 and 言 as a mouth with sound waves emanating from it.
reich_deja The Japanese language 12 2,306 2013-01-07, 10:47 pm
    Thread: When is the best time to make Japanese friends? after RTK1 or during?
Post: When is the best time to make Japanese friends? af...

ASAP. It doesn't matter if you only know one word of Japanese. Speaking with a person improves your pronunciation, you learn the rhythm of conversation, and you learn Japanese body language, which i...
reich_deja General discussion 12 3,779 2013-01-07, 8:16 pm
    Thread: How well does RTK transfer to chinese?
Post: How well does RTK transfer to chinese?

So say I finish RTK, and get decently fluent in Japanese. For those of you who also happen to study/speak chinese, how difficult would it be to learn written chinese after? I know there is RTH, but ...
reich_deja General discussion 16 6,246 2013-01-06, 5:04 pm
    Thread: Goals for 2013?
Post: Goals for 2013?

- Finish RTK1 (I'm at 1812 now), and also 2 and 3. Should be able to finish before summer, at the very latest. - Start actually reading Japanese books! I have 2 that I bought at a bookoff in Shinjuk...
reich_deja Off topic 54 10,191 2013-01-01, 12:03 pm
    Thread: 3rd edition RTK3 deck
Post: 3rd edition RTK3 deck

bertoni Wrote:I put together a deck for RTK 1, 2, and 3, if that fits your needs. It should be under "Heisig Yomikata". It looks like that's for readings; I'm just looking at doing all 3000 english k...
reich_deja Remembering the Kanji 4 1,678 2012-12-29, 10:14 pm
    Thread: 3rd edition RTK3 deck
Post: 3rd edition RTK3 deck

Chigun Wrote:I literally just got the second edition of RtK3... and here I find out this third edition exists... *goes to throw up a little* xD It shouldn't matter if you're doing both, since most of...
reich_deja Remembering the Kanji 4 1,678 2012-12-29, 10:04 pm
    Thread: 3rd edition RTK3 deck
Post: 3rd edition RTK3 deck

Right now I am on 1600 for RTK1, 6th ed. I managed to find an Anki deck, but can't seem to find one for the 3rd edition of RTK3, which I plan to move on to after I finish. Anyone know where to find ...
reich_deja Remembering the Kanji 4 1,678 2012-12-28, 6:54 pm
    Thread: How good is the choice of kanji in RTK3?
Post: How good is the choice of kanji in RTK3?

What percentage of RTK3 kanji would you say is actually useful? I'm not sure if it's comparable though, because I'm using the newest addition, where all the obvious ones like 誰, 頃, and 狙 mentioned ab...
reich_deja Remembering the Kanji 16 5,071 2012-12-21, 11:11 pm
    Thread: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done!
Post: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done!

I'm using 6th edition, with 2200 kanji. so my 3/4th isn't until 1640 X_X I'm on 1430 now, reviews are going crazy (200ish) the past couple days.
reich_deja Remembering the Kanji 462 138,243 2012-12-21, 10:59 pm
    Thread: How good is the choice of kanji in RTK3?
Post: How good is the choice of kanji in RTK3?

I've heard a lot of people here do that.. but how are you sure that you know the readings for every kanji? It seems a bit disorganized for my taste. Also, I don't see how people say RTK2 is ineffici...
reich_deja Remembering the Kanji 16 5,071 2012-12-18, 10:54 pm
    Thread: How good is the choice of kanji in RTK3?
Post: How good is the choice of kanji in RTK3?

Yeah, 6th ed. vol 1 has 2200, and 3 has 800. I mean, it says in the intro to the 3rd volume that he uses some kind of frequency list.. so maybe I should just trust it.
reich_deja Remembering the Kanji 16 5,071 2012-12-18, 2:47 pm
    Thread: How good is the choice of kanji in RTK3?
Post: How good is the choice of kanji in RTK3?

ColdCore Wrote:Instead, my advice is to focus on other things like grammar (Tae Kims) or vocab (Core 2/6k or start your own deck). Well, I guess I should say that I already took 3 years of Japanese in...
reich_deja Remembering the Kanji 16 5,071 2012-12-18, 12:19 pm
    Thread: How good is the choice of kanji in RTK3?
Post: How good is the choice of kanji in RTK3?

I'm hoping finish up RTK1 in less than a month, and I see 2 options: -Add RTK3 on, then combine RTK2 and the second half of RTK 3 -Do RTK2, then never come back to the series again, and either learn ...
reich_deja Remembering the Kanji 16 5,071 2012-12-18, 12:24 am