| Post | Author | Forum | Replies | Views | Posted [asc] | ||
|
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 | ||
