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Thread: Japanese subs? Post: Japanese subs? eslang Wrote:Subtitles are extracted from the RAW .ts files that have closed caption. I think kamigami subbers transcribe the Japanese. A lot of shows don't have closed caption. In any case, kamigami'... |
kanon | Learning resources | 32 | 13,915 | 2014-10-31, 9:54 pm | ||
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Thread: December 2014 JLPT signups coming soon! Post: December 2014 JLPT signups coming soon! For keeping N1 skills alive (not actual Japanese production skills) - Anki vocab and Kanzen Master grammar sentences - Read newspaper and essays |
kanon | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 193 | 37,257 | 2014-10-18, 12:42 am | ||
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Thread: Book Club Post: Book Club My account: http://book.akahoshitakuya.com/u/467053 |
kanon | Group study | 159 | 27,946 | 2014-10-10, 8:22 pm | ||
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Thread: Which is best method to learn kanji's pronounces? Post: Which is best method to learn kanji's pronounces? I would suggest just focus on memorizing the single word (which should be bolded or something) - i.e. pass the card if you know the word + meaning. As you get through more cards, you will learn the ot... |
kanon | General discussion | 6 | 1,470 | 2014-09-22, 2:09 pm | ||
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Thread: Distinguishing between Vocab with Similar Meanings Post: Distinguishing between Vocab with Similar Meanings I would agree. I tried putting the nuances into my anki deck, but that didn't actually help too much. Memorizing very precise J-J definition =/= knowing when to use what. Plus as time went on I starte... |
kanon | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 6 | 1,529 | 2014-09-07, 12:17 am | ||
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Thread: J-CAT Post: J-CAT Listening 73 As usual, I have problems with listening (to native material) in general. However, this felt surprisingly easy compared to the N1. Vocabulary 72 I thought it was easy and breezed throug... |
kanon | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 65 | 37,166 | 2014-07-29, 12:36 am | ||
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Thread: Reading question Post: Reading question I second Kanzen Master N2+N1 above. After drilling those 400 grammar points in Anki that kind of comprehension problem is mostly solved. Once every so often something comes up that I have to read twic... |
kanon | The Japanese language | 8 | 1,425 | 2014-07-11, 8:33 pm | ||
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Thread: Which path should I take now? Post: Which path should I take now? qwertyytrewq Wrote:Finished Core 10000. If anyone is interested, I'll post up the Anki stats. I won't be doing any more vocab decks in the future apart from my custom one, I've reached the limit of ho... |
kanon | The Japanese language | 38 | 12,995 | 2014-07-11, 8:28 pm | ||
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Thread: Planning to take N2 next December Post: Planning to take N2 next December Seconding the suggestions in some posts above for - RTKlite - Core 6k - Kanzen Master N2 Grammar Whether you think you can swallow all that and still do enough reading / listening practice would be t... |
kanon | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 13 | 3,557 | 2014-07-11, 7:57 pm | ||
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Thread: Learning 500 new vocabularies everyday Post: Learning 500 new vocabularies everyday Kanzen Master N2 + N1 has < 400 grammar points. I'd say if you've got the dedication to go through Core 6k/10k then it's very very much worth while just to get those over with. |
kanon | Learning resources | 81 | 10,445 | 2014-07-07, 10:01 pm | ||
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Thread: What is your strategy for remembering on-yomi? Post: What is your strategy for remembering on-yomi? Camreeno Wrote:I can understand where people are coming from when they think learning the on-yomi systematically is a waste of time. Before diving into RTK2 and learning them systematically, I used to... |
kanon | The Japanese language | 22 | 6,233 | 2014-07-07, 9:32 pm | ||
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Thread: Audio Immersion - Does it really work? Post: Audio Immersion - Does it really work? Just agreeing with some of the above here. If you don't do audio immersion you could very well end up like me being able to read novels without much trouble and yet easily get lost in TV shows and con... |
kanon | Learning resources | 28 | 4,148 | 2014-06-23, 8:26 pm | ||
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Thread: What's inside your Anki deck? Post: What's inside your Anki deck? Around 9362 vocabulary card all self-made. - 2000 from Genki I/II - 2200 J-J, words taken from Kanzen Master 1kyuu/2kyuu (1 book combined) - 1200 from some N3 vocab book - 4000 words generated using E... |
kanon | Learning resources | 9 | 2,437 | 2014-06-18, 9:27 pm | ||
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Thread: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge Post: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge Also VN's tend to have more text than a single novel. The #1 person reads something like 300 pages / day. On physical books that's about 1 book / day. I'm not sure if I want to read 30 books in a mont... |
kanon | Group study | 361 | 69,317 | 2014-06-11, 8:09 pm | ||
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Thread: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge Post: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge apirx Wrote:Stian Wrote:How do you manage that?! Do you have any tips on how to improve your reading speed? I can only read English and German at about 25-ish pages per hour. It's probably worth notin... |
kanon | Group study | 361 | 69,317 | 2014-06-06, 6:58 pm | ||
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Thread: Studying for JPLT2 in Japan this summer Post: Studying for JPLT2 in Japan this summer My preparation for N1 basically involved adding around 4k vocab cards (I had 6k when I did N2), make sure to cover all 2000 or so kanji (add a word for each reading), study Kanzen Master N1 Grammar, a... |
kanon | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 1 | 890 | 2014-06-06, 6:53 pm | ||
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Thread: Intermediate Mass Vocabulary Building (aka 10k-40k) Post: Intermediate Mass Vocabulary Building (aka 10k-40k... kameden Wrote:Today I've been reading One Piece, and I probably use the dictionary 10 times per chapter. What are you reading that you never have to use the dictionary? For curiosity I just went and r... |
kanon | The Japanese language | 79 | 14,734 | 2014-05-31, 4:02 pm | ||
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Thread: Intermediate Mass Vocabulary Building (aka 10k-40k) Post: Intermediate Mass Vocabulary Building (aka 10k-40k... I regularly see some new words on every page I read and that doesn't necessarily slow down my reading too much or prevent me from understanding the general idea (although once in a while I get confuse... |
kanon | The Japanese language | 79 | 14,734 | 2014-05-29, 10:44 pm | ||
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Thread: Do Japanese subtitles even help? Post: Do Japanese subtitles even help? For 2 years I watched anime exclusively with Japanese subs and I passed N2 and N1 with that (as the only listening practice), and reading novels. Sure my listening still sucks but it'd be a lie to say... |
kanon | The Japanese language | 12 | 3,102 | 2014-05-10, 1:03 pm | ||
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Thread: Making my handwriting prettier? Post: Making my handwriting prettier? I use "EPSON 教科書体", which is a 楷書 font - the kind of font that you use in elementary school / actually write (when writing neatly) / see in RTK. Just don't use 明朝体 or something for kanji. For hiragan... |
kanon | General discussion | 29 | 5,414 | 2014-05-06, 12:52 am | ||
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Thread: Listening Skills and Study Methods Survey Post: Listening Skills and Study Methods Survey Ok shouldn't have done this on an iPad. I accidentally made a bunch of omissions and substitutions that I clearly heard because it was hard to verify when you can't look at what you are typing while h... |
kanon | The Japanese language | 29 | 6,229 | 2014-05-05, 11:42 am | ||
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Thread: Input less, output more Post: Input less, output more I think both directions are considered "output" in his video, with respect to RTK kanji knowledge (basically a keyword-kanji association). Going kanji -> keyword you are outputting keyword (so you ... |
kanon | Learning resources | 11 | 1,850 | 2014-05-03, 5:24 pm | ||
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Thread: Listening Skills and Study Methods Survey Post: Listening Skills and Study Methods Survey My reading ability is "fluent" according to the Japanese level up test but my listening ability (and writing and speaking) are nowhere even close so I didn't know what to choose. |
kanon | The Japanese language | 29 | 6,229 | 2014-05-03, 1:10 am | ||
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Thread: What is the "ideal" vocab goal? Give me your theory and practice. Post: What is the "ideal" vocab goal? Give me your theor... Holy 45900. I don't think I actually know that many =.= Anyways, imo anki is still just as effective as before at learning new words. However, the question you have to ask is that, is learning new wo... |
kanon | The Japanese language | 79 | 17,212 | 2014-02-09, 11:07 pm | ||
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Thread: Overreliance on RTK/Kore. A warning (?) Post: Overreliance on RTK/Kore. A warning (?) Aikynaro Wrote:My impression of Core is increasingly that the deeper you get into it the more it's about business words and such that most people learning Japanese don't care even a little bit about. ... |
kanon | General discussion | 9 | 1,915 | 2014-02-09, 10:51 pm | ||
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Thread: What is the "ideal" vocab goal? Give me your theory and practice. Post: What is the "ideal" vocab goal? Give me your theor... Unlike the 20k'ers and 30k'ers above, at 10k vocab I regularly encounter more than a few new words on every page I read. I regularly skip over them too, especially if they are random adjectives or adv... |
kanon | The Japanese language | 79 | 17,212 | 2014-02-08, 11:01 pm | ||
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Thread: How many total flash cards have you looked at? Post: How many total flash cards have you looked at? 9620 cards (grammar + vocab) Days studied: 92.8% (878 of 946) Total: 163572 reviews Average for days studied: 186.3 reviews/day If you studied every day: 172.9 reviews/day Highest was ar... |
kanon | General discussion | 30 | 4,458 | 2014-02-08, 12:44 am | ||
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Thread: Post-JLPT N1 Japanese-related goals? Post: Post-JLPT N1 Japanese-related goals? Recently passed N1. My plan is to read some novels (I'm hoping to read 20 novels, but given how much I procrastinate on the internet...), watch more anime and TV raw to fix my listening problem, and a... |
kanon | The Japanese language | 12 | 3,187 | 2014-02-01, 1:29 am | ||
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Thread: Amount of vocabulary Post: Amount of vocabulary Also note that pronunciation becomes much less of a problem once you've swept out the majority of the joyo kanji plus some rather common non-joyo kanji by adding the particular words into your recogni... |
kanon | The Japanese language | 85 | 18,799 | 2014-01-31, 4:40 am | ||
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Thread: JLPT December 2013 Scores Available - Discuss! Post: JLPT December 2013 Scores Available - Discuss! da_ni_e_ru Wrote:Just curious (as I'm finally ready to start reading in earnest): How many novels have you read? Around 15 last year? Can't quite remember. |
kanon | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 39 | 12,049 | 2014-01-30, 1:06 pm | ||
