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    Thread: Can someone give me a specific definition of i+1?
Post: Can someone give me a specific definition of i+1?

So, it seems like I+1 seems to fit nicely with extensive reading and not so much with intensive reading. I've not seen as much praise or recommendation for intensive reading either. As someone who ha...
kazuki General discussion 43 4,971 2015-06-27, 2:00 pm
    Thread: Yakuza Vocab
Post: Yakuza Vocab

I checked out the drama, I love kitamura kazuki, its why I chose this name when first starting out haha! And I do wish there was a cool way to learn Osaka ben but I guess going there to experience it...
kazuki The Japanese language 10 1,216 2015-06-23, 12:58 am
    Thread: Yakuza Vocab
Post: Yakuza Vocab

Both of those are fantastic, thanks so much guys!
kazuki The Japanese language 10 1,216 2015-06-22, 5:51 pm
    Thread: Recording Your Own Spoken Japanese
Post: Recording Your Own Spoken Japanese

I did it for a while when I wanted to get through a lot of JLPT materials and just didn't want to be bothered with Anki. I recorded a lesson a day for a few chapters, basically taught it to myself. ...
kazuki General discussion 6 990 2015-06-22, 5:43 pm
    Thread: Yakuza Vocab
Post: Yakuza Vocab

Hey guys, I'm wondering if anyone has ever come across a reference for yakuza vocab, you know the kinda stuff you might hear in drama with yakuza. I can usually follow drama pretty easily but trying ...
kazuki The Japanese language 10 1,216 2015-06-22, 5:06 pm
    Thread: Writing practice with Anki
Post: Writing practice with Anki

While not as robust (and I mean giving you all the information as described in the OP), on AnkiDroid you can set your cards to require input and then use (you have to install from Google Play) Google ...
kazuki Learning resources 8 2,269 2015-06-05, 12:36 pm
    Thread: Google's New Japanese Handwriting Input App (Android)
Post: Google's New Japanese Handwriting Input App (Andro...

Thank you so much for posting this!! I was just looking this up yesterday and tried mazec out.. The google is just as good IMO. The only drawback is if you cannot write kanji quickly enough it will au...
kazuki Learning resources 10 2,502 2015-04-18, 3:04 pm
    Thread: Where's Khatzumoto?
Post: Where's Khatzumoto?

I agree that it's very odd to just disappear like that, especially for him. I took a look at his products page and there's a ton there that I really had no idea about. I just hope he didn't get in o...
kazuki Off topic 529 102,587 2015-04-03, 3:14 pm
    Thread: Where's Khatzumoto?
Post: Where's Khatzumoto?

AJATT has seen no activity since Oct of last year and all of his tweeting seems to have stopped around then too. Anyone have AJATT Plus access or silverspoon that knows anything? I'm just hoping the...
kazuki Off topic 529 102,587 2015-03-31, 8:04 pm
    Thread: Journal -- Conquering RTK LITE in 17 Days
Post: Journal -- Conquering RTK LITE in 17 Days

I found a deck a while ago that helped me at the time, but it doesn't seem to be available anymore. However, I did find a deck that probably has what you are looking for, since you're interested in p...
kazuki The Japanese language 28 8,101 2014-10-10, 5:39 pm
    Thread: Japan PSN (Playstation Network) Store - CERO Z
Post: Japan PSN (Playstation Network) Store - CERO Z

So I was kind of interested in downloading "The Last of US - Remastered" off the JP store. I followed the process I had in the past where I purchased a PSN Card from PlayAsia (not terribly overpriced...
kazuki Learning resources 2 868 2014-10-09, 4:13 pm
    Thread: Physical Paper Cloze Deletion
Post: Physical Paper Cloze Deletion

Thank you so much, this is exactly it!
kazuki Learning resources 5 1,013 2014-10-06, 8:54 am
    Thread: Physical Paper Cloze Deletion
Post: Physical Paper Cloze Deletion

Yeah I remember seeing that it was used in Japan a lot. I figured the text itself had to be written in the color, but I recalled being able to highlight and have the text disappear as well. This doe...
kazuki Learning resources 5 1,013 2014-10-05, 1:54 pm
    Thread: Physical Paper Cloze Deletion
Post: Physical Paper Cloze Deletion

I seem to recall seeing this in the past, but I'm looking for some tool where you can manually highlight something on physical paper and then put a sheet over it and it hides the highlighted area. It...
kazuki Learning resources 5 1,013 2014-10-05, 11:12 am
    Thread: LINE 漫画
Post: LINE 漫画

So even after installing the app following the link above and registering a LINE account, it says that I can't use the LINE MANGA app in my country :-( Any way around that?
kazuki General discussion 12 2,452 2014-08-15, 5:56 pm
    Thread: LINE 漫画
Post: LINE 漫画

Rotasu Wrote:kazuki Wrote:Rotasu Wrote:http://apps.evozi.com/apk-downloader/?id...ga.android :3 Don't click the download link.. Spam about your phone getting infected... unfortunate that we can't ge...
kazuki General discussion 12 2,452 2014-08-15, 5:48 pm
    Thread: LINE 漫画
Post: LINE 漫画

Rotasu Wrote:kazuki Wrote:Rotasu Wrote:http://apps.evozi.com/apk-downloader/?id...ga.android :3 Don't click the download link.. Spam about your phone getting infected... unfortunate that we can't ge...
kazuki General discussion 12 2,452 2014-08-15, 5:44 pm
    Thread: LINE 漫画
Post: LINE 漫画

Rotasu Wrote:Bokusenou Wrote:Tried to get it. Apparently only people in Japan can download it. Oh well... http://apps.evozi.com/apk-downloader/?id...ga.android :3 Don't click the download link.. Spam...
kazuki General discussion 12 2,452 2014-08-15, 12:58 pm
    Thread: Kanji → Kana readings deck
Post: Kanji → Kana readings deck

This looks awesome, thank you. Has anyone had any success with long-term studying using this sort of card? Logically make sense that you should get better at guessing readings by drilling readings onl...
kazuki Learning resources 11 1,706 2014-05-02, 10:01 am
    Thread: Looking for more "native" way to learn vocab
Post: Looking for more "native" way to learn vocab

Thank you! :-) I figured the Japanese was a bit more to the point. I had trouble with the same words.. the first one is actually my mistake in copy/paste.. it's もしかして not しかして. The other ones like ...
kazuki The Japanese language 30 8,653 2014-04-17, 4:54 pm
    Thread: Looking for more "native" way to learn vocab
Post: Looking for more "native" way to learn vocab

Following the quests markers and such isn't so hard but my tolerance is pretty low for doing things when I'm not fairly sure what the goal is. That said, it's probably a good idea to build up that to...
kazuki The Japanese language 30 8,653 2014-04-17, 10:41 am
    Thread: Overwhelming number of Anki reviews
Post: Overwhelming number of Anki reviews

Yeah, Anki can be frustrating but you can't deny it's usefulness. But you definitely don't want to just keep doing something if it's just frustrating you so I could encourage you to do something about...
kazuki Remembering the Kanji 9 3,467 2014-04-16, 9:51 am
    Thread: Looking for more "native" way to learn vocab
Post: Looking for more "native" way to learn vocab

Thanks guys. The immersing definitely wasn't a complete waste. But it really does just seem like my brain tuned a majority of it out even when actively trying to get something out of it... it's not ...
kazuki The Japanese language 30 8,653 2014-04-16, 12:29 am
    Thread: Two questions
Post: Two questions

Thanks for the replies guys! I toyed around today in a new deck with a mixture of RTK cards and vocabulary items that were added in the last few weeks. I rescheduled them as new cards and went throu...
kazuki Off topic 30 5,480 2014-04-15, 11:55 pm
    Thread: Looking for more "native" way to learn vocab
Post: Looking for more "native" way to learn vocab

By the way, for those that are playing FFXIV:ARR, how is your comprehension of the content? At this time, I'm only playing when I'm in an "intensive" study mood and actively looking up material, inte...
kazuki The Japanese language 30 8,653 2014-04-14, 5:15 pm
    Thread: Two questions
Post: Two questions

@Heron Awesome link, thanks! For a single vocab item, do you just have 2 cards? One reading and one meaning? I imagine you include a source or example sentence as well for reference. This is how I...
kazuki Off topic 30 5,480 2014-04-14, 4:24 pm
    Thread: Two questions
Post: Two questions

@OP I gave your metronome idea a go, but not by actually using a metronome because it was too distracting. Instead I set AnkiDroid to automatically show the answer after 2 seconds. I am finding that...
kazuki Off topic 30 5,480 2014-04-14, 3:02 pm
    Thread: Looking for more "native" way to learn vocab
Post: Looking for more "native" way to learn vocab

I'm also playing FFXIV:ARR and had a separate chat tab setup for NPC dialogue. I was also copying the text and pasting it to a word document and then looking up the information with an online diction...
kazuki The Japanese language 30 8,653 2014-04-11, 4:01 pm
    Thread: Of course you can learn 40-60 words a day.
Post: Of course you can learn 40-60 words a day.

@Inny Jan Thanks for the link, I hadn't read that article before, a great read! "The sole problem here, from the psychologists' perspective, is that the user's sense of achievement is exactly what we...
kazuki The Japanese language 101 24,323 2014-04-03, 12:45 pm
    Thread: Arcane Secrets! (or one man's language learning story)
Post: Arcane Secrets! (or one man's language learning st...

I too have come back to this thread countless times to read about your journey. You've inspired me to finally give up on the mind-numbingly boring drills, grammar, exercise books, etc. that I've felt ...
kazuki General discussion 104 37,078 2013-12-04, 12:24 pm