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Thread: Plateau Post: Plateau What are your strategies for dealing with plateaus. When I'm in Japan, I spend a decent amount of my time speaking Japanese, but I find myself using the same forms and grammar over and over. Only my v... |
haplology | The Japanese language | 11 | 3,428 | 2014-07-20, 10:43 am | ||
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Thread: T-mobile Simple Choice in Japan Post: T-mobile Simple Choice in Japan Yep, extensive experience. Anyone who doesn't have T-Mobile now for int'l is crazy - zero roaming charges pretty much worldwide, no text message charges, and $0.20 per minute calling. I wouldn't b... |
haplology | General discussion | 2 | 779 | 2014-07-20, 10:31 am | ||
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Thread: Roku TV Japanese Channels Post: Roku TV Japanese Channels Does anyone know if there are any Japanese language channels on the Roku TV? I'd much rather watch on my TV than on my computer, but the only thing I was able to find is NHK English (private channel) ... |
haplology | Learning resources | 3 | 3,931 | 2012-07-28, 1:52 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Had a quick question. When writing in the format of "first of all… second of all… and last…", what would be the correct way to do that? Just something easy like: 色々なことを話し合いました。first of all… (no ide... |
haplology | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,452,189 | 2012-05-02, 12:04 pm | ||
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Thread: ね、な、よ、etc Post: ね、な、よ、etc Sure, the いいですよ makes sense - but I'm looking more for nuance in casual conversation. 写真を持ってきて いいよ Is that proper for: bring that pic yeah, sure 写真はどう？ いいな Is that proper for: what do you think of... |
haplology | General discussion | 3 | 1,130 | 2012-04-18, 11:54 pm | ||
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Thread: ね、な、よ、etc Post: ね、な、よ、etc Just curious as to the differences among various endings. Some sound "right" to me and some sound weird, but as much native material as I've heard, I still can't always tell the tonal differences. Fo... |
haplology | General discussion | 3 | 1,130 | 2012-04-18, 7:01 pm | ||
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Thread: Sarcasm in Japanese Post: Sarcasm in Japanese I think it's probably linguistic and cultural. My experience is that the Japanese are much less sarcastic than Americans (and Brits are way more sarcastic than Americans). What would be considered "sa... |
haplology | The Japanese language | 34 | 14,174 | 2012-01-02, 9:12 pm | ||
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Thread: New to Japanese - immersion! Post: New to Japanese - immersion! Don't know if it's already been said, but you find these decks in Anki under the Download Shared Decks (under the File menu, I believe). I prefer Anki to this site for reviews - I can do them on my ph... |
haplology | Learning resources | 21 | 3,448 | 2011-12-27, 1:54 pm | ||
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Thread: Question for those with an IT background Post: Question for those with an IT background The suggestion for slowly learning this stuff and not being overwhelmed is a good one. If you try to jump into networking, your head will spin. If you start learning how to really use an OS (which sou... |
haplology | Off topic | 27 | 4,618 | 2011-12-27, 1:49 pm | ||
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Thread: New to Japanese - immersion! Post: New to Japanese - immersion! RTK character meanings are generally of less use to me than the whole process of learning the characters. While the meanings can be somewhat helpful, I'm hoping to eventually know enough compounds tha... |
haplology | Learning resources | 21 | 3,448 | 2011-12-24, 12:51 pm | ||
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Thread: ニコニコ Videos Post: ニコニコ Videos I've looked a bit at the NicoNico site and I like that they have some Simpsons episodes in Japanese - any other favorite Western videos that are dubbed? |
haplology | Learning resources | 1 | 559 | 2011-11-22, 2:38 pm | ||
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Thread: Preparing for My Flight Post: Preparing for My Flight I fly a decent amount - including US domestic as well as international destinations like Japan. Earplugs / canalphones (like etymotics or shure) is great advice. I wear them on almost every flight, ... |
haplology | Off topic | 77 | 11,338 | 2011-11-11, 1:13 am | ||
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Thread: Mac OS X Lion Kotoeri Caps-Lock Post: Mac OS X Lion Kotoeri Caps-Lock Never mind - finally figured it out through random clicking. If you set it to Use Romaji When Up, it automatically sets to Hiragana when pressed. Weird since the only options are whether to use Roma... |
haplology | General discussion | 1 | 1,369 | 2011-11-05, 11:09 am | ||
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Thread: Mac OS X Lion Kotoeri Caps-Lock Post: Mac OS X Lion Kotoeri Caps-Lock I always set up Mac computers so in the Kotoeri preferences it was set to do hiragana when caps-lock was pressed and romaji (English) when it was not. I just got a Lion computer, and now the only opt... |
haplology | General discussion | 1 | 1,369 | 2011-11-05, 11:06 am | ||
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Thread: Integrated Intermediate / Other Textbooks Post: Integrated Intermediate / Other Textbooks Not sure on the textbook, but I think I learn *more* from them. I was trying to just watch movies with no subtitles, listen to some audiobooks, etc - but I found I learned very little. Maybe just to... |
haplology | Learning resources | 6 | 1,980 | 2011-10-20, 2:12 pm | ||
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Thread: Integrated Intermediate / Other Textbooks Post: Integrated Intermediate / Other Textbooks Thanks for the feedback. I just started on chapter one of IAIJ, but I can read the dialogs without too much trouble. Sometimes I may not understand something exactly (日付変更線 wasn't a word I knew, but... |
haplology | Learning resources | 6 | 1,980 | 2011-10-19, 7:17 pm | ||
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Thread: Integrated Intermediate / Other Textbooks Post: Integrated Intermediate / Other Textbooks Just curious what people's experience with IAIJ has been. I have a good background in Japanese, but I've always been frustrated that I can't really understand native materials. I can carry on a basi... |
haplology | Learning resources | 6 | 1,980 | 2011-10-19, 2:03 pm | ||
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Thread: Mezbup'z First Trip To JAPAN!!! Post: Mezbup'z First Trip To JAPAN!!! On one trip to Japan, I randomly decided to find the best burger (one thing I'd always found lacking on the rare occasions I tried it). I found a few places that "looked" amazing (great Japanese pres... |
haplology | General discussion | 172 | 24,890 | 2011-07-14, 3:30 am | ||
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Thread: Best Way to Use Core2K Post: Best Way to Use Core2K Cool - I'll try that. But basically if I have a good grounding in kanji from RTK1 and a bit of normal Japanese, the order isn't as important? I figure I'll do Core 2000, then do Core 6000 anyways, a... |
haplology | Learning resources | 11 | 5,633 | 2011-04-10, 5:21 pm | ||
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Thread: Best Way to Use Core2K Post: Best Way to Use Core2K Thanks - I'm interested in the Kore thing. I'm just using a deck called iknow_core2000 that I downloaded. I downloaded kore.txt from that link, but I'm still confused on how to use it. I do like th... |
haplology | Learning resources | 11 | 5,633 | 2011-04-10, 4:53 pm | ||
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Thread: The KanKen Chronicles Post: The KanKen Chronicles Are people who are doing this usually using an SRS like Anki? Mezbup - seems like you didn't do that until the later sections? I now can pass 10級 with about 14x's and 9級with about 13x, but I'm hopel... |
haplology | General discussion | 397 | 123,304 | 2011-04-10, 2:35 pm | ||
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Thread: Best Way to Use Core2K Post: Best Way to Use Core2K Thanks. This is exactly what I'm thinking about. I'm doing Kanji and Audio on the question side, kana and meaning on the answer. I also try to concentrate on the individual kanji - although maybe y... |
haplology | Learning resources | 11 | 5,633 | 2011-04-10, 2:23 pm | ||
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Thread: Best Way to Use Core2K Post: Best Way to Use Core2K I finished RTK1 and was planning on going through the Anki deck of Core2K, among other things. Had a question of the best way to utilize. I've just been looking at and listening to cards (iknow_core... |
haplology | Learning resources | 11 | 5,633 | 2011-04-10, 2:07 am | ||
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Thread: The KanKen Chronicles Post: The KanKen Chronicles Aha! Thanks - never would've gotten that. Back to practice 9級. |
haplology | General discussion | 397 | 123,304 | 2011-03-23, 11:36 pm | ||
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Thread: The KanKen Chronicles Post: The KanKen Chronicles Just got the DS and Kanken 3 yesterday. Kinda stumbling around and can pass 10級 but a question on 9級. What is the section where it asks to select イ or ア related to とめる and はねる? I thought maybe it w... |
haplology | General discussion | 397 | 123,304 | 2011-03-23, 11:16 pm | ||
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Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread. Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"... Finally finished. My second time - first time I stopped around 800 or so, and only the first half were really solid. This time I decided I was definitely going to finish the full RTK 1. I used Anki... |
haplology | Remembering the Kanji | 1,845 | 424,550 | 2011-03-17, 3:18 pm | ||
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Thread: Vocabulary Breakdown Post: Vocabulary Breakdown Yeah, I guess I'm hoping it will sort itself out, but not sure the best way to do sentences. I've tried working through some of the Core 6000, but I find it mind numbing. I'm pretty far through RTK1... |
haplology | The Japanese language | 4 | 1,182 | 2011-03-10, 10:46 pm | ||
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Thread: Vocabulary Breakdown Post: Vocabulary Breakdown When you learn vocabulary, either through sentences or individually, do you focus on the whole compound, or piece by piece? In other words, I feel a bit dyslexic in Japanese (but never in English). ... |
haplology | The Japanese language | 4 | 1,182 | 2011-03-10, 6:02 pm | ||
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Thread: Confessions of a Japanese Learner Post: Confessions of a Japanese Learner Feel the same way. Never have liked Anime, Japanese movies, TV, etc. I do like the culture, but have trouble finding Japanese language stuff that I want to read. I travel to Japan sometimes, and th... |
haplology | General discussion | 26 | 5,854 | 2011-03-05, 3:22 pm | ||
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Thread: The KanKen Chronicles Post: The KanKen Chronicles I don't know anything about the DS consoles. Are there any options / versions of it that make a difference for using it with KanKen DS 3? |
haplology | General discussion | 397 | 123,304 | 2011-03-03, 8:04 pm | ||
