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    Thread: About To Start K2001.
Post: About To Start K2001.

So, I've been searching the forums for an answer to a question about the KO2001 deck. I have ahibba's text-kana deck. The ordering for the first 20 or so sentence corresponds to book-order. After that...
nwatkins Learning resources 25 4,803 2009-12-01, 2:18 pm
    Thread: Kanji Odyssey Sentence Effort
Post: Kanji Odyssey Sentence Effort

Is the correct way to create the KO2001 text-based deck from the links on: http://forum.koohii.com/showthread.php?tid=3283 To download the large (~300mb) deck for the audio + the text-based deck, and...
nwatkins Group study 8 3,681 2009-11-27, 11:39 am
    Thread: desktop customization
Post: desktop customization

Same in OS X and Ubuntu 9.10 (significantly better than 9.04).
nwatkins Off topic 24 5,160 2009-11-21, 7:12 pm
    Thread: Google Wave Invite?
Post: Google Wave Invite?

Good luck. I was in Google Summer of Code this year, and my buddy interned on the Gmail team...Neither of us could snag an invite :(
nwatkins Off topic 21 3,483 2009-10-10, 11:38 pm
    Thread: KO2001 or smart.fm core 10,000 after RTK1?
Post: KO2001 or smart.fm core 10,000 after RTK1?

Yeh, obviously that is good. I was under the impression the furigana was on the question. Thanks for the clarification!
nwatkins Learning resources 8 2,866 2009-09-20, 10:46 pm
    Thread: KO2001 or smart.fm core 10,000 after RTK1?
Post: KO2001 or smart.fm core 10,000 after RTK1?

Thanks. I have a slight memory trace of some forum post discussing the removal of the furigana on the images of this deck. Am I remembering thing correctly?
nwatkins Learning resources 8 2,866 2009-09-20, 9:21 pm
    Thread: KO2001 or smart.fm core 10,000 after RTK1?
Post: KO2001 or smart.fm core 10,000 after RTK1?

@mezbup: after I receive the KO books, how do I find the KO Anki deck w/ audio?
nwatkins Learning resources 8 2,866 2009-09-20, 9:00 pm
    Thread: Learning resources : Stickies
Post: Learning resources : Stickies

I've searching around on the forums for threads not just on SRS workflow, but on review methods. For example, production vs recognition. Ideally a thread on a well accepted method for reviewing KO200...
nwatkins Learning resources 9 32,648 2009-09-16, 2:59 pm
    Thread: smart.fm core 10000
Post: smart.fm core 10000

Nukemarine Wrote:That said, a legitimate word frequency list based upon scanning Drama and Anime scripts would be a huge boon. I'm talking something about the most common 1000 to 2000 words outside of...
nwatkins Learning resources 29 12,069 2009-09-06, 11:46 am
    Thread: Please help me get started with Smart.FM.
Post: Please help me get started with Smart.FM.

I've been importing smart.fm core 2000 sentences into Anki for a while now. I review from Audio->Kanji/Kana Sentence. I think this is quite powerful. First, listening becomes a primary skill, and s...
nwatkins General discussion 17 2,755 2009-08-14, 2:03 pm
    Thread: iKnow
Post: iKnow

For those of you who have completed Japanese Core Steps (completed each item to 100%), I am wondering if you would give your self-evaluation of performance post completion. Also, mention if you were u...
nwatkins Learning resources 599 116,980 2009-03-10, 3:28 pm
    Thread: iKnow
Post: iKnow

at this rate i'm going to be forced to do rtk reviews..bleh
nwatkins Learning resources 599 116,980 2009-03-04, 11:40 am
    Thread: iKnow
Post: iKnow

please come back iknow...
nwatkins Learning resources 599 116,980 2009-03-04, 10:48 am
    Thread: Finished RTK1, what now? (need advice)
Post: Finished RTK1, what now? (need advice)

Nukemarine, How do you suggest using the iKnow system, for both sentences and vocabulary? I have an iKnow audio -> kanji/kana sentence anki deck I'm thinking of starting. Just wanting to hear anot...
nwatkins Learning resources 30 5,359 2009-02-27, 1:08 am
    Thread: help with: 悲しく曇ったんだ
Post: help with: 悲しく曇ったんだ

Smackle: Yeh, i get it. Thanks a lot. Thanks guys...uh, soo many hurdles :)
nwatkins General discussion 18 2,322 2009-02-06, 1:41 am
    Thread: help with: 悲しく曇ったんだ
Post: help with: 悲しく曇ったんだ

Hrm...don't think so: Full context: 君と僕の夜空が悲しく曇ったんだ
nwatkins General discussion 18 2,322 2009-02-06, 1:40 am
    Thread: help with: 悲しく曇ったんだ
Post: help with: 悲しく曇ったんだ

There is no mistake that only a single く is said with an obvious う sound. If the first く sound is cut short may take some more refined ears. Assuming it is a single く whats the verdict? Otherwise I co...
nwatkins General discussion 18 2,322 2009-02-06, 1:32 am
    Thread: help with: 悲しく曇ったんだ
Post: help with: 悲しく曇ったんだ

Ahh...yeh, I immediately realized my failed mistake of checking out everything in my dictionary. Any idea on the audio? Maybe it's so informal (in a song) that the sounds bleed together in an assuming...
nwatkins General discussion 18 2,322 2009-02-06, 1:23 am
    Thread: help with: 悲しく曇ったんだ
Post: help with: 悲しく曇ったんだ

Not sure of your context. Are you referring to the merge of the くく sound into a single く in the audio for the sentence かなしくくもったんだ。 ?
nwatkins General discussion 18 2,322 2009-02-06, 1:18 am
    Thread: help with: 悲しく曇ったんだ
Post: help with: 悲しく曇ったんだ

Sorry, cleared up the 曇り/曇る thing. The audio discrepency is still a major kicker for me.
nwatkins General discussion 18 2,322 2009-02-06, 1:11 am
    Thread: help with: 悲しく曇ったんだ
Post: help with: 悲しく曇ったんだ

Thanks, I still have a couple issues with this, though. 悲しいー>悲しく Adjective -> Adverb: Awesome, found this on Tae Kim. Very clear. 曇るー>曇った Past tense verb -- I was interested in 曇り (くもり) the...
nwatkins General discussion 18 2,322 2009-02-06, 1:08 am
    Thread: help with: 悲しく曇ったんだ
Post: help with: 悲しく曇ったんだ

悲しい -> 悲しく 曇り -> 曇ったん It seems as though 悲しい is conjugated in a similar way to て form in order to combine as as two adjectives, with the next, being cloudy. If this is the case, then is it a sl...
nwatkins General discussion 18 2,322 2009-02-06, 12:52 am
    Thread: website for japanese transcripts
Post: website for japanese transcripts

I think at this point it isn't necessary to worry too much about who the verified users are, if in fact that is an integral part of the way the website may work. What I mean by this is, assuming verif...
nwatkins Learning resources 10 2,763 2008-12-22, 10:05 pm
    Thread: website for japanese transcripts
Post: website for japanese transcripts

So there seems to a demand for audio/video transcripts to help reinforce what we are learning through SRS methods. The transcripts, though, are a little difficult to come by. And the ones that are ava...
nwatkins Learning resources 10 2,763 2008-12-22, 8:52 pm
    Thread: The Encouragement Thread
Post: The Encouragement Thread

take a week off. it feels great. do reviews everyday, but make sure you do not stress over not adding any new cards. after the week is up you'll want to add many cards...this is a great feeling. but a...
nwatkins Remembering the Kanji 908 186,060 2008-12-19, 6:03 am
    Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread.
Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"...

My turn! Done! Bit less than 6 months :)
nwatkins Remembering the Kanji 1,845 424,600 2008-12-16, 1:47 pm
    Thread: FACEBOOK
Post: FACEBOOK

igordesu i for one like your idea. i like facebook. but...we are still a small community :)
nwatkins Off topic 49 6,456 2008-12-02, 2:09 am
    Thread: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done!
Post: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done!

i have arrived at frame 1531 !
nwatkins Remembering the Kanji 462 138,186 2008-11-07, 4:51 pm
    Thread: Post-RTK: 6 Months and 1+ Years
Post: Post-RTK: 6 Months and 1+ Years

As I approach the end of RTK (frame 1450), naturally I am thinking about what happens next. I've followed threads on here for the past year and seen many people advance through RTK and Post-RTK stages...
nwatkins General discussion 20 3,190 2008-10-29, 7:33 pm
    Thread: Frame 1235 mismatch
Post: Frame 1235 mismatch

I wonder if the owner of the site could simple add lang="ja" to the element with the kanji. this seems to work on Linux in a couple tests.
nwatkins General discussion 8 1,413 2008-09-18, 8:58 pm