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    Thread: Japanese screenplays
Post: Japanese screenplays

Is there a good source of screenplays of Japanese movies? I recently bought the DVD for the movie ラジオ時間* with the plan of watching it over and over until some of the dialogue sinks in. Having the th...
Wakela Learning resources 1 549 2010-11-23, 10:21 pm
    Thread: hiragana words mnemonics
Post: hiragana words mnemonics

I've been studying those ridiculous onomatopoeic words like ぱさぱさ, がさがさ, ぎりぎり, etc (is there are a term for these?). There are a lot of them. I think it's best to mix them in gradually with the rest ...
Wakela The Japanese language 1 2,252 2010-11-15, 11:50 pm
    Thread: Anki Wall
Post: Anki Wall

Great replies, guys. Thank you so much. I do love this forum. Kainzero: Yes, I do split it up sometimes. I used to do 50 cards at a stint, but for me it went a little better when I switched to a t...
Wakela Learning resources 17 3,742 2010-10-27, 6:24 pm
    Thread: Anki Wall
Post: Anki Wall

I use Anki every weekday. Sometimes I'll get to it on the weekends and sometimes not (I'm married with two small kids). It's quite possible that skipping two days per week creates a wave of cards th...
Wakela Learning resources 17 3,742 2010-10-26, 9:06 pm
    Thread: Anki Wall
Post: Anki Wall

After 3 years I have about 3000 words and sentences in Anki. It's had gotten to the point where I had about 100 cards per day to review, which pushes the limit of my available study time. So I decide...
Wakela Learning resources 17 3,742 2010-10-26, 7:06 pm
    Thread: Android apps
Post: Android apps

ocircle, where did you get the clock and weather widgets? For quick reading I toggle between the excite.co.jp mobile site and colordict app. Excite has a section on it's news page called びっくり that...
Wakela Learning resources 157 85,632 2010-10-21, 9:30 pm
    Thread: Vipassana
Post: Vipassana

It was Wat Rampoeng in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Chiang Mai is a major city in the north, so if you ever go to Thailand (and you should) you would probably go there anyway. This guy's experience was a l...
Wakela Off topic 23 6,568 2010-02-16, 11:12 pm
    Thread: Vipassana
Post: Vipassana

Great post, Fabrice. I did what I think was a Vipassana course when I was backpacking in Thailand. Fabrice's experience was very similar to mine, but there are some differences. Mine was for 29 day...
Wakela Off topic 23 6,568 2010-02-15, 7:50 pm
    Thread: automated sentence lookup
Post: automated sentence lookup

Well, criminey. I had checked out smart.fm's lists for the first time, and it seems like if I just plowed through Ko2001 and Core, the ease of importing these into Anki would make up for the time los...
Wakela JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 5 2,662 2009-07-14, 9:09 pm
    Thread: automated sentence lookup
Post: automated sentence lookup

Thanks, I'll check out smart.fm. Haven't used it yet. I'm not sure the Tanaka corpus is the way to go. There is debate over whether sentences or words is a better way to study. Sentences give you ...
Wakela JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 5 2,662 2009-07-14, 7:42 pm
    Thread: automated sentence lookup
Post: automated sentence lookup

I've been away from the forums for a while, so forgive me if this has been talked about. It's easy enough to get a list of JLPT words online and import them into Anki. I'm looking for some way to ...
Wakela JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 5 2,662 2009-07-14, 3:24 am
    Thread: Post JLPT meet?
Post: Post JLPT meet?

I've been away from the forums for a while, so forgive me if this is being discussed somewhere else. I'm taking the JLPT2級 December 7, 2008 in Tokyo (I forgot where). That's this Sunday. Is anyone ...
Wakela Off topic 3 939 2008-12-02, 2:53 am
    Thread: Shadowing
Post: Shadowing

Quote:wrightak wrote: I went to a Japanese language school in Tokyo where some of the teachers wrote a book on shadowing. You can find it here: http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%82%B7%E3%83 ? amp;sr=8-5 I...
Wakela General discussion 24 6,932 2008-02-21, 9:27 pm
    Thread: The Chain Method of Studying Japanese Characters
Post: The Chain Method of Studying Japanese Characters

Leosmith, that's a great criticism. You could say the same thing about using stories for pronunciation. My story for シャク seems to be what you recommend. Let's see if I remember it. Shaquille O'nei...
Wakela Remembering the Kanji 42 22,517 2008-02-19, 8:16 pm
    Thread: The Chain Method of Studying Japanese Characters
Post: The Chain Method of Studying Japanese Characters

OK, I'm trying the memory palace thing, but I have to admit I'm skeptical. There doesn't seem to be any connection between my keyword and the statues. Here's an example: -エイ -keyword: Fonzie (do the...
Wakela Remembering the Kanji 42 22,517 2008-02-18, 10:04 pm
    Thread: New Joyo Kanji
Post: New Joyo Kanji

From F**ked Gaijin Quote:The Agency for Cultural Affairs announced plans to expand the Joyo Kanji (常用漢字) list for the first time since 1981. Many of the additions are currently commonly used in place ...
Wakela General discussion 7 2,106 2008-01-31, 1:13 am
    Thread: Sound Association Mnemonics and rtk2
Post: Sound Association Mnemonics and rtk2

ファブリス Wrote:I thought also of using "v" or "w" to indicate the long vowel [kana]U[/kana], good idea. Wakela Wrote:Of course he's pouring drinks (using a stone ladle I might add), but technically I sh...
Wakela Remembering the Kanji 13 5,433 2008-01-10, 7:34 pm
    Thread: Anki discussion (no bug reports)
Post: Anki discussion (no bug reports)

I'm running Anki on my PC, not the website. At the bottom of the display it says "Remaining: 56". When I go to the Charts display, today's "Due Cards" are between 50 and 60, could be 56. Does this ...
Wakela Learning resources 309 61,626 2008-01-10, 6:54 pm
    Thread: Sound Association Mnemonics and rtk2
Post: Sound Association Mnemonics and rtk2

I do a mix. I have sentences full of unfamiliar words, compounds, and individual kanji thrown into Anki. I have no evidence to back this up, but it seems that a variety of methods helps me retain, a...
Wakela Remembering the Kanji 13 5,433 2008-01-09, 9:16 pm
    Thread: Japan Times Article
Post: Japan Times Article

Congratulations to Fabrice for the top mention in this article in the Japan Times! http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/e...016a1.html
Wakela Learning resources 5 1,805 2007-10-15, 8:16 pm
    Thread: The Chain Method of Studying Japanese Characters
Post: The Chain Method of Studying Japanese Characters

I can't remember where I got this, but there is a trick to keep yomis like コ and コウ straight. Your コ keyword should of course start with the "ko" sound, but the following sound should be a consonant t...
Wakela Remembering the Kanji 42 22,517 2007-10-05, 6:58 pm
    Thread: Anki?
Post: Anki?

Loving Anki. Thanks, Resolve! Anki questions: -I have only a dim idea of the card repetition algorithm. Is there a reason not to upload as many sentences as possible? Or am I better off uploading t...
Wakela Learning resources 999 230,242 2007-09-18, 8:27 pm
    Thread: RTK get together?
Post: RTK get together?

Sorry, I forgot to subscribe to this topic. Couldn't find a link except for on the post page.
Wakela Off topic 232 102,354 2007-07-28, 1:59 am
    Thread: RTK get together?
Post: RTK get together?

I just wanted to throw out there that the beach bars in Kamakura are now open, and will remain so until August 31. Nothing like the sea breeze, a glass of Premium Malts, Thai food, the crash of the w...
Wakela Off topic 232 102,354 2007-07-28, 1:58 am
    Thread: Summer kanji craziness!
Post: Summer kanji craziness!

I failed it once. The second time I was lucky enough to strike up a conversation with the Japanese who were waiting for the same test. They had lived in the US, and had US licenses, so they were in ...
Wakela General discussion 4 1,495 2007-07-28, 1:49 am
    Thread: The Chain Method of Studying Japanese Characters
Post: The Chain Method of Studying Japanese Characters

I come here and am greeted with the sound of crickets. Has anyone come up with a list of keywords for the on-yomis? Each keyword would represent a sound, and should start with that sound. ちゅ->C...
Wakela Remembering the Kanji 42 22,517 2007-05-16, 11:09 pm
    Thread: RTK get together?
Post: RTK get together?

I'm really bummed I couldn't make it. There was just too much going on in my world that weekend. Looks like you guys had a good time. I was especially looking forward to talking to Fabrice about ...
Wakela Off topic 232 102,354 2007-05-08, 8:31 pm
    Thread: RTK get together?
Post: RTK get together?

So it looks like 1:00 at Akihabara. I really would like to make it, but Wife and Baby and I are going to the US next week, and I think I'm going to have a hard time getting away. I'll give it a shot...
Wakela Off topic 232 102,354 2007-04-17, 12:32 am
    Thread: 日本人 Reactions to RTK?
Post: 日本人 Reactions to RTK?

Unfortunately, it takes so much longer to explain the method that it does to make a story for a kanji, that it creates the illusion of complexity. So people usually say, "wow, that's a lot of work ju...
Wakela Remembering the Kanji 11 2,835 2007-03-23, 9:44 pm
    Thread: Great Kanji words
Post: Great Kanji words

Very interesting...though you're right. I was hoping for something a little more exotic than "...and they got it from the Babylonians." Speaking of stars and history, I recently read that since th...
Wakela Remembering the Kanji 55 15,462 2007-03-21, 9:22 pm