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Thread: Starcraft II Post: Starcraft II Following GSL2, playing quite a bit. ZergBong will destroy Foxer... hell, zergbong has not lost a single game in the whole GSL. |
Tobberoth | Off topic | 60 | 13,177 | 2010-11-07, 7:49 am | ||
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Thread: "How do you spell that, please?" Post: "How do you spell that, please?" They generally just say which kanji it is. If it's a very unusual kanji, they refer to it by the names of the radicals, like きへん for the tree radical in 検. |
Tobberoth | Off topic | 6 | 1,187 | 2010-09-13, 11:37 am | ||
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Thread: I have some strange criteria for an anime to watch Post: I have some strange criteria for an anime to watch Well, this is just my personal opinion but, furikuri sucks. Instead of being deep or complex like akira and ghost in the shell, it's just impossible to follow because 90% of what's going on is complet... |
Tobberoth | General discussion | 29 | 7,950 | 2010-08-29, 3:19 am | ||
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Thread: Regarding 王 and 玉, why did Heisig do this? Post: Regarding 王 and 玉, why did Heisig do this? I don't really understand the issue, what is there to be confused about? When the primitive means ball, it lacks the extra stroke, so it's not something you even have to think about. |
Tobberoth | Remembering the Kanji | 13 | 3,847 | 2010-08-24, 3:28 am | ||
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Thread: 分かる or わかる？ Post: 分かる or わかる？ Iryoku Wrote:There's quite a difference, actually. It's just like in 会う、逢う、遭う； 聞く、聴く； 見る、観る、視る、覧る； 帰る、還る... or 変える、代える、換える、替える! ... etc... I managed to confuse you even more, didn't I? ^^ Now to the ... |
Tobberoth | General discussion | 29 | 11,480 | 2010-08-19, 4:16 am | ||
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Thread: Why do Japanese not eat shrimp tail? Post: Why do Japanese not eat shrimp tail? Why does anyone eat shrimp tail? It would be like eating the rest of the exoskeleton, yuk. |
Tobberoth | Off topic | 22 | 11,685 | 2010-08-17, 11:48 am | ||
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Thread: Japanese synonym dictionary Post: Japanese synonym dictionary Interesting and probably worth some usages, but I doubt it's even close to as reliable and correct as a real 類語 dictionary, some of which are already available for free online, for example on dic.yaho... |
Tobberoth | Learning resources | 3 | 4,472 | 2010-08-15, 7:16 pm | ||
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Thread: Question about Romanization of "ん" Post: Question about Romanization of "ん" Like people said, yeah, you're automatically saying it like an m. As for the actual romanization though, it depends on the system. In modern hepburn, you should not use m before labials, though you sh... |
Tobberoth | The Japanese language | 11 | 1,964 | 2010-08-15, 5:10 am | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Cosign Wrote:絶好の機会とばかりに飛びついた。 how does ばかりに fit into this sentence? According to my understanding, ばかりに can mean 'because' or 'as if', but those definitions don't fit in this model sentence. thx "... |
Tobberoth | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,452,065 | 2010-08-14, 5:19 am | ||
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Thread: Reading manga! Post: Reading manga! Some grammar can be absorbed, some can be absorbed to a passable degree and some is really really hard to absorb. I would personally not trust exposure to get grammar knowledge very far, it's better t... |
Tobberoth | The Japanese language | 24 | 5,461 | 2010-08-13, 8:03 pm | ||
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Thread: Reading manga! Post: Reading manga! Finding japanese ebooks is really hard (for free at least). Finding japanese ebooks with copy-pasteable text is almost impossible. Using a song for SRSing is not a very good idea, with the grammar and... |
Tobberoth | The Japanese language | 24 | 5,461 | 2010-08-13, 6:51 pm | ||
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Thread: Reading manga! Post: Reading manga! My personal way of doing it, when reading novels, is to use an electronic dictionary. If I don't understand something, I look up the most important unknowns. That is, I don't look up every single unkn... |
Tobberoth | The Japanese language | 24 | 5,461 | 2010-08-13, 6:35 pm | ||
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Thread: Production Methods Post: Production Methods haplology Wrote:I'm much more concerned with recognition than production as I can't even read a simple novel - yet I find myself often stumbling over words I know. I'll see the word 誘拐 and can't reme... |
Tobberoth | The Japanese language | 11 | 2,047 | 2010-08-13, 6:30 pm | ||
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Thread: What is the right error rate when reviewing? Post: What is the right error rate when reviewing? I would say 70-80% correct for new cards, 90-95% correct for mature cards, but it depends. |
Tobberoth | Remembering the Kanji | 9 | 2,087 | 2010-08-09, 2:21 pm | ||
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Thread: Yet Another SRS App Post: Yet Another SRS App slivir Wrote:Well if you prefer the leitner system that's one advantage I guess. Anki uses a leitner system as well. That's what an SRS is. |
Tobberoth | Learning resources | 18 | 4,690 | 2010-08-08, 8:55 pm | ||
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Thread: Age-graded vocabulary lists for Japanese? Post: Age-graded vocabulary lists for Japanese? Hmm, why was I so sure that you were female? Must be something I misunderstood in some earlier post. Anyway, I would think a teacher to have a good grasp of what vocabulary students need to improve. I... |
Tobberoth | General discussion | 14 | 7,880 | 2010-08-08, 7:51 pm | ||
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Thread: Age-graded vocabulary lists for Japanese? Post: Age-graded vocabulary lists for Japanese? wccrawford Wrote:yudantaiteki Wrote:I don't know of any such lists, but to me this doesn't sound like the best thing to study -- assuming you're an adult, you have the need of a lot of vocab words tha... |
Tobberoth | General discussion | 14 | 7,880 | 2010-08-08, 7:09 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread carriedawn Wrote:What is the じ in 何じ種類? What does the phrase mean with じ? (If it helps, I saw it in a sphygmomanometer manual...) You sure you didn't read it wrong? It's almost definitely 同じ meaning ... |
Tobberoth | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,452,065 | 2010-08-08, 3:10 pm | ||
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Thread: App for browsing 2ch.net Post: App for browsing 2ch.net Odd, doesn't work well for me. I changed my system locale to Japanese and the japanese in the installer displays fine, but in the actual program, I get nothing but random symbols. |
Tobberoth | General discussion | 6 | 1,752 | 2010-08-08, 6:28 am | ||
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Thread: Doing recognition only when starting sentence mining Post: Doing recognition only when starting sentence mini... jpkuelho Wrote:Can someone give examples of production SRS? There are various ideas how to go about doing it, depending on what you want to learn to produce. The few production cards I have are aimed ... |
Tobberoth | The Japanese language | 11 | 4,905 | 2010-08-08, 6:17 am | ||
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Thread: Studying Japanese at a Japanese university Post: Studying Japanese at a Japanese university What I've heard from several sources is that in general, language schools offer superior education in Japanese. You get more lesson time, faster progression and more effective schooling. However, ther... |
Tobberoth | General discussion | 8 | 1,538 | 2010-08-08, 6:11 am | ||
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Thread: Help with my Excel/VB study tool Post: Help with my Excel/VB study tool What's the actual point of your tool? Seems like all you're doing is copying your anki work into a spreadsheet and displaying it, why not simply use Anki? |
Tobberoth | Learning resources | 2 | 804 | 2010-08-07, 9:26 am | ||
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Thread: American History Post: American History It's not like if we went over to techocracy, technology far beyond what we have now would be available. And it's not like it would be a money-less economy, it's not like every country in the world wou... |
Tobberoth | Off topic | 90 | 16,342 | 2010-08-04, 8:34 am | ||
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Thread: Interesting phenomena [vague relation to Japanese inside] Post: Interesting phenomena [vague relation to Japanese ... The sun has no effect at all on my nose, would be kinda useful at times though. |
Tobberoth | Off topic | 19 | 3,293 | 2010-08-04, 8:30 am | ||
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Thread: Chinese Characters: Learn and Remember 2178 characters and meanings Post: Chinese Characters: Learn and Remember 2178 charac... It often makes sense to use complex english, especially if the kanji is complex and rare, it gives you a sense of when it's used. |
Tobberoth | Chinese and Hanzi | 23 | 9,631 | 2010-08-04, 7:58 am | ||
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Thread: American History Post: American History thecite Wrote:iSoron Wrote:thecite Wrote:Technocracy proposes an abolition to monetary systems, and instead proposes a 'resource-based economy', in which technology is used to accurately measure the w... |
Tobberoth | Off topic | 90 | 16,342 | 2010-08-04, 7:46 am | ||
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Thread: The "Where's nest0r" thread Post: The "Where's nest0r" thread TaylorSan Wrote:Yeah I did noticed. nest0r was probably the most active forum member, and he up and vanished. I was curious myself. If you go by posts though, both me and Jarvik7 are more active. It'... |
Tobberoth | Off topic | 29 | 7,022 | 2010-08-01, 6:54 pm | ||
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Thread: *walking legs, *taskmaster Post: *walking legs, *taskmaster Siwasher Wrote:Here's another one. 'Cow' (frame 245) and 'Noon' (frame 568). Heisig says: "Note how this kanji-primitive [noon] differs from that for 'cow'. But as far as I can see, it doesn't, eith... |
Tobberoth | Remembering the Kanji | 15 | 4,784 | 2010-08-01, 5:19 pm | ||
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Thread: Doing recognition only when starting sentence mining Post: Doing recognition only when starting sentence mini... furrykef Wrote:In fact, for Japanese I use a system with three cards per fact: English->kana, kana->kanji, and kanji->English. When doing kanji->English I also require myself to give the r... |
Tobberoth | The Japanese language | 11 | 4,905 | 2010-08-01, 5:17 am | ||
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Thread: Flashcard still considered right? Post: Flashcard still considered right? token686 Wrote:Thanks for all of the responses guys, also... do you think it's cheating myself if I do a big review (about 100 restudy cards or so), take a 10 - 20 minute break and review again? With ... |
Tobberoth | Remembering the Kanji | 6 | 1,519 | 2010-07-31, 1:57 pm | ||
