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    Thread: Japanese Readers
Post: Japanese Readers

wccrawford Wrote:rosenafglenn Wrote:Yeah, I found them at the Kinokuniya in NYC. I think the highest level is actually 6th grade, but maybe the publisher (I think this is it? http://www.kodomonohon.jp...
rosenafglenn The Japanese language 19 6,008 2010-04-20, 7:57 pm
    Thread: Japanese Readers
Post: Japanese Readers

wccrawford Wrote:rosenafglenn Wrote:There's the "Stories you can read in 10 minutes..." series. 10分で読めるお話 and 10分で読める名作. I saw both the above-mentioned readers and these while browsing a bookstore, an...
rosenafglenn The Japanese language 19 6,008 2010-04-20, 7:42 pm
    Thread: Japanese Readers
Post: Japanese Readers

There's the "Stories you can read in 10 minutes..." series. 10分で読めるお話 and 10分で読める名作. I saw both the above-mentioned readers and these while browsing a bookstore, and picked up the 10分 books because th...
rosenafglenn The Japanese language 19 6,008 2010-04-20, 6:05 am
    Thread: Croatian Girl Goes into Coma, Wakes Up Fluent in German
Post: Croatian Girl Goes into Coma, Wakes Up Fluent in G...

gfb345 Wrote:Gingerninja Wrote:http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/artic...english.do This is particularly hilarious: Quote:Mr Waite added: "I've heard of other people getting knocked out and waking u...
rosenafglenn Off topic 40 10,161 2010-04-13, 10:39 pm
    Thread: 勉強BGM
Post: 勉強BGM

While I usually don't listen to music when I do Anki (I normally work it without sound, or some podcast like Tokyo Local or whatever in the background), if I do, it's just the last.fm j-pop tag radio....
rosenafglenn Off topic 5 1,246 2010-04-12, 11:16 pm
    Thread: Japanese guts are made for sushi
Post: Japanese guts are made for sushi

Thora Wrote:Nukemarine Wrote:Not sure of the after effects, but don't we have products to aid digestion of milk, beans, pasta and other foods that some people have a biological aversion to? I don't kn...
rosenafglenn Off topic 7 1,358 2010-04-10, 12:41 am
    Thread: Memorable nickname for 尢 ?
Post: Memorable nickname for 尢 ?

I used "genetically modified dog", in that it's a dog with human legs...
rosenafglenn Remembering the Kanji 8 1,835 2010-03-31, 5:52 am
    Thread: Windows 7 Japanese native version vs English version running Japanese
Post: Windows 7 Japanese native version vs English versi...

JimmySeal Wrote:mezbup Wrote:You know it really pisses me off how they took a perfectly functional operating system and stripped functionality OUT solely to make peoples wallets hurt who want function...
rosenafglenn Learning resources 19 10,701 2010-03-27, 2:02 pm
    Thread: I'm back! :) :(
Post: I'm back! :) :(

smithem Wrote:I think you can install anki onto a usb stick. It does.
rosenafglenn General discussion 9 1,377 2010-03-26, 5:09 pm
    Thread: Baoding Balls
Post: Baoding Balls

Jarvik7 Wrote:Benwa balls might be more effective. Am I quite mistaken, or...!
rosenafglenn Off topic 7 2,735 2010-03-25, 10:08 pm
    Thread: Cognitive abilities assessement
Post: Cognitive abilities assessement

vix86 Wrote:I thought a score of a 100 on an IQ test was average. Scoring a 110 is in no way bad unless you think you are extraordinary and should be scoring 150 or something. IQ tests all have differ...
rosenafglenn Off topic 9 1,673 2010-03-23, 5:55 am
    Thread: Thread for cool people who do 100+ a day. 30 kanji people stay out.
Post: Thread for cool people who do 100+ a day. 30 kanj...

spleenlol Wrote:ta12121 Wrote:I think he's just exaggerating for emphasis. I remember reading somewhere that someone learned 2042 kanji in around 2 weeks. But they said they had nothing else to do in ...
rosenafglenn Remembering the Kanji 72 18,411 2010-03-07, 11:23 pm
    Thread: Some guy at Kotaku rants on Japan...
Post: Some guy at Kotaku rants on Japan...

Asriel Wrote:The tape on things you don't want bags for? Hell, most places in the US will staple your receipt TO the bag in order to shut the bag itself! That just makes it annoying to open later on. ...
rosenafglenn General discussion 131 24,155 2010-03-04, 6:49 am
    Thread: Learning Japanese while taking a heavy uni. degree
Post: Learning Japanese while taking a heavy uni. degree

bizarrojosh Wrote:While using a textbook in another language is a cool idea and will help you understand how that language talks about the subject you are studying, you must remember that your TESTS a...
rosenafglenn General discussion 32 6,583 2010-02-24, 6:58 am
    Thread: The Encouragement Thread
Post: The Encouragement Thread

xquio Wrote:When you don't work as hard on the stories, how badly does your retention rate drop? On a good day I'm around 90%, but most of the time I'm somewhere in the 80's. I only spend a few minute...
rosenafglenn Remembering the Kanji 908 186,101 2010-02-22, 8:22 pm
    Thread: The Encouragement Thread
Post: The Encouragement Thread

xquio Wrote:I'm at 430 and getting frustrated and discouraged. My whole goal of learning Japanese is to be able read and translate a particular series of trashy yuri light novels, and when I think abo...
rosenafglenn Remembering the Kanji 908 186,101 2010-02-21, 10:10 pm
    Thread: Learning Japanese while taking a heavy uni. degree
Post: Learning Japanese while taking a heavy uni. degree

dennybritz Wrote:Quote:any ideas why so many CS students are studying Japanese, btw? Love Anime -> Want to learn Japanese Love Anime -> Nerd -> Study CS =) Love Video Games -> Want to lear...
rosenafglenn General discussion 32 6,583 2010-02-21, 2:50 pm
    Thread: Grammar (has ALWAYS been a big problem!)
Post: Grammar (has ALWAYS been a big problem!)

Jarvik7 Wrote:Liar, there are no girls on the internet. Hold it, I've got ovaries! Though it is true. Men are men, women are men, and children are the FBI.
rosenafglenn The Japanese language 27 12,261 2010-02-17, 11:07 pm
    Thread: Android apps
Post: Android apps

Ha, wish I knew. There is the online anki, though, which is pretty useful. I've used it a few times. I'm pretty sure that the android marketplace has as much Japanese stuff as the iPhone marketplace ...
rosenafglenn Learning resources 157 85,757 2010-02-09, 8:23 pm
    Thread: Politically Correct: Word usage
Post: Politically Correct: Word usage

Jarvik7 Wrote:yudantaiteki Wrote:I think it's amusing (and kind of sad) that an actual homosexual person responded to say they personally didn't like the use of gay and wished people would stop using ...
rosenafglenn General discussion 231 30,706 2010-02-05, 7:42 pm
    Thread: The Encouragement Thread
Post: The Encouragement Thread

It didn't change much (I still had to do 116 kanji; I was on the...fourth-to-last chapter?), but it was nice to see that I'd have three breaks instead of just one.
rosenafglenn Remembering the Kanji 908 186,101 2010-01-30, 3:31 pm
    Thread: The Encouragement Thread
Post: The Encouragement Thread

I was a bit half-witted for a moment and misread the last chapter number, so I thought the last two chapters were 50 each. It was a pleasant surprise to see it otherwise, though.
rosenafglenn Remembering the Kanji 908 186,101 2010-01-30, 3:43 am
    Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread.
Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"...

Done! No more adding cards from RTK1, not a single card. Just added all 2042, and have reviewed all of them at least one time. I have... oh, 236 reviews tomorrow, but... Y'know. It's all good. I can d...
rosenafglenn Remembering the Kanji 1,845 424,675 2010-01-30, 1:01 am
    Thread: The Encouragement Thread
Post: The Encouragement Thread

Huh, looks like tonight might be my final night with RTK. Obviously not the final night of reviews, but final night of just straight-up going through the book. So yeah, need to get ready for the last ...
rosenafglenn Remembering the Kanji 908 186,101 2010-01-29, 6:18 pm
    Thread: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done!
Post: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done!

Just got there, and then some. Stopped at 1586* for the night... not sure the marginal benefit from doing more tonight would be worth it**. I'm pleased with it, because on my last/first try at RTK, I ...
rosenafglenn Remembering the Kanji 462 138,204 2010-01-25, 11:23 pm
    Thread: Half way!
Post: Half way!

Just reached 1085, after 11 days. I started last-last December at the rate of about 100 a day, and then, uh, got distracted by my significant other. But he's a year ahead of me (He's in college; I'm a...
rosenafglenn Remembering the Kanji 616 180,476 2010-01-21, 1:29 am