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    Thread: Graded Readers
Post: Graded Readers

I think the term is "Graded Readers", maybe try changing topic name to that - this is too broad. (Good question though!)
Shadeless Learning resources 15 3,769 2013-02-23, 11:01 pm
    Thread: Kanji Stroke Order
Post: Kanji Stroke Order

I use kanji stroke order font in anki: http://sites.google.com/site/nihilistorguk/ There was a topic about it, use search if you're interested.
Shadeless Remembering the Kanji 3 1,334 2012-03-09, 2:05 pm
    Thread: What to do when things don't move on?
Post: What to do when things don't move on?

Just go to her place with a box of chocolates and confess.
Shadeless Off topic 20 3,042 2012-03-09, 12:53 pm
    Thread: Nintendo DS Games (japanese immersion environment)
Post: Nintendo DS Games (japanese immersion environment)

Last year I posted a list of games I found suitable for beginners: Shadeless Wrote:-with furigana: Bleach Ds 2nd Bleach DS Souten ni Kakeru Unmei Dragon Quest IX - Guard of the Starry Night Ganbare Go...
Shadeless General discussion 33 14,754 2012-02-16, 3:14 pm
    Thread: The Podcast Thread - Podcasts listed by genre
Post: The Podcast Thread - Podcasts listed by genre

lisbet Wrote:Boo, "Tokyo Local" doesn't seem to be around anywhere now- now that megaupload and podcastjuice aren't around. That one sounded good. https://rapidshare.com/files/1707548970/...isodes.zip...
Shadeless Learning resources 200 212,227 2012-02-09, 4:49 pm
    Thread: "You're studying Japanese?! You must love anime!/be an otaku!/etc.!"
Post: "You're studying Japanese?! You must love anime!/b...

@vix86: Cheer up, you're not alone :) I'm not in the same situation, but somewhat similar - After few years of enjoying manga/anime I wanted to give back to community so I joined few scanlator groups ...
Shadeless General discussion 85 26,685 2012-02-02, 11:34 pm
    Thread: my modified rtk study methods for learning with NDS and nmemonics
Post: my modified rtk study methods for learning with ND...

If I understood correctly you're doing more or less exactly what Schultzzz, creator of KanjiDamage did already. It will probably be a lot faster if you follow his method and edit to suit yourself as y...
Shadeless Remembering the Kanji 4 1,711 2011-11-01, 11:13 am
    Thread: Multiple kanji with same kunyomi and meaning, confusion
Post: Multiple kanji with same kunyomi and meaning, conf...

Schultzzz(creator of kanjidamage) made a dictionary exactly for this kind of situation - http://www.hellodamage.com/top/synonymsv2.htm Here is the excerpt regarding mixing and measure kanjis: まぜる- ...
Shadeless The Japanese language 11 4,895 2011-10-24, 1:19 pm
    Thread: Vocabulary list of sex terms?
Post: Vocabulary list of sex terms?

Gimmeaflakeman(with help from ElevenColors) had several episodes(J4M 23-J4M 30) about sex terms in his "Japanese for Morons" series, check it out here: http://www.youtube.com/user/Gimmeaflakem...C5BA6...
Shadeless The Japanese language 19 10,466 2011-10-24, 9:41 am
    Thread: Self study, SRS only. Thoughts and Results.
Post: Self study, SRS only. Thoughts and Results.

Don't want to go too offtopic but ta12121 reminded me: is there any seinen-like visual novel, like a detective story or something like that, without ecchi/hentai elements, little girls or similar?
Shadeless Learning resources 22 4,716 2011-10-18, 7:51 pm
    Thread: 'Emergency' memory technique
Post: 'Emergency' memory technique

Zarxrax Wrote:ta12121 Wrote:I head this funny story back in Highschool about how someone came home at 5pm and decided to take a nap and they wake up the next day at 6am. It happens to some people, luc...
Shadeless General discussion 20 3,408 2011-10-13, 2:04 pm
    Thread: Japanese jokes
Post: Japanese jokes

PensukeD Wrote:This イス a chair. ->From JMW :P What's JMW? Here's a variation of that pun: [Image: http://i53.tinypic.com/3328a4g.jpg]
Shadeless General discussion 23 5,564 2011-04-28, 12:47 pm
    Thread: Decided to take a break from Japanese
Post: Decided to take a break from Japanese

vgambit Wrote:RTK is boring. I've restarted so many times that if I were to restart my studies again, I would cruise effortlessly through the first 1000 kanji or so, but then I would start coming acro...
Shadeless Off topic 40 6,013 2011-04-13, 9:06 pm
    Thread: Japanese games without kanji?
Post: Japanese games without kanji?

I just now noticed that I didn't include four games that I recently tried out, and have now added them to the list. They're: Do-Konjou Shougakussei: Bon Bita (watch the commercial for this, wtf?) Ni ...
Shadeless General discussion 14 16,195 2011-04-13, 9:57 am
    Thread: Best Way to Use Core2K
Post: Best Way to Use Core2K

Well order isn't really important, it's just that this way is more intuitive and it should be easier(thus faster). One tip that I wish I heard when I started doing SRS: suspend/delete cards that you...
Shadeless Learning resources 11 5,633 2011-04-10, 5:49 pm
    Thread: Best Way to Use Core2K
Post: Best Way to Use Core2K

I'd say that the fact that you have some background on kanji makes all the difference in this case, you could read about the particulars in the thread or by searching for kore on the forum, explaining...
Shadeless Learning resources 11 5,633 2011-04-10, 5:17 pm
    Thread: Best Way to Use Core2K
Post: Best Way to Use Core2K

I've been using a bit complicated mixture of your ways - on the question side I have kanji and the sentence in kanji which is visible only on mouseover, when I press "R"to get hints, the audio plays a...
Shadeless Learning resources 11 5,633 2011-04-10, 3:23 pm
    Thread: Let's Learn Kanji: An Introduction to Radicals, Components
Post: Let's Learn Kanji: An Introduction to Radicals, Co...

Before buying that book or starting rtk, I'd recommend taking a look at kanjidamage: http://kanjidamage.com/ It's free alternative that will teach you kanji and their most used onyomis with easy to re...
Shadeless Learning resources 38 14,681 2011-04-04, 7:11 pm
    Thread: Does anyone still use Jwpce? Is there anything better?
Post: Does anyone still use Jwpce? Is there anything bet...

I still use JWPce for everything outside browser, when I stumble upon a new word I add it to one of the files I made (depends on the source) - and it's really easy to make cards later. Don't forget ...
Shadeless The Japanese language 7 4,310 2011-03-31, 6:59 pm
    Thread: kanji stroke order font script for anki
Post: kanji stroke order font script for anki

Thanks Irwin1138 & jbudding, I finally got it to work.. it's awesome :D Is there a way for font to change size on hover though?
Shadeless Learning resources 15 9,717 2011-03-30, 1:07 pm
    Thread: Japanese games without kanji?
Post: Japanese games without kanji?

I was wondering the same thing a while ago, so I downloaded and tested few hundred NDS roms before buying some games. Here's the list of games: -with furigana: Bleach Ds 2nd Bleach DS Souten ni Kake...
Shadeless General discussion 14 16,195 2011-03-09, 6:12 pm
    Thread: rikaichan no longer works in Google docs?
Post: rikaichan no longer works in Google docs?

@breravin: It's the same for me, rikaichan doesn't work in an active document, otherwise everything is fine.
Shadeless General discussion 12 3,239 2010-12-11, 7:17 pm
    Thread: 2010 Reflections and 2011 Resolutions
Post: 2010 Reflections and 2011 Resolutions

gyuujuice Wrote:I even made myself a desktop background to help me stay on track! http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/7641/70119316.jpg Few months ago I made one too... doesn't work. :| http://img139...
Shadeless General discussion 69 15,712 2010-12-11, 3:25 pm
    Thread: kore: core2k+core6k complete, enhanced and sorted by kanji
Post: kore: core2k+core6k complete, enhanced and sorted ...

nest0r Wrote:Shadeless Wrote:vinniram Wrote:mate, you're awesome :) I did exactly what you said and it works like a charm :D Thanks a million!!! I think I can finally stop mucking around getting kore ...
Shadeless Learning resources 185 77,924 2010-11-24, 11:45 am
    Thread: kore: core2k+core6k complete, enhanced and sorted by kanji
Post: kore: core2k+core6k complete, enhanced and sorted ...

vinniram Wrote:mate, you're awesome :) I did exactly what you said and it works like a charm :D Thanks a million!!! I think I can finally stop mucking around getting kore to work, and actually start *...
Shadeless Learning resources 185 77,924 2010-11-23, 8:14 pm
    Thread: kore: core2k+core6k complete, enhanced and sorted by kanji
Post: kore: core2k+core6k complete, enhanced and sorted ...

vinniram Wrote:So I've been trying to get the sound files for the sentences to work. I downloaded the sentence audio from the link on the anki webpage. I've copied all of them into a folder called "Ko...
Shadeless Learning resources 185 77,924 2010-11-23, 7:14 pm
    Thread: Having trouble remembering words
Post: Having trouble remembering words

julianjalapeno Wrote:My favorite is the similarity in sound between きょうりゅう and きゅうりょう. I remember once a coworker said to me 「きゅうりょうが少ない、ね」 and I was like, no kidding honey, that asteroid really did a...
Shadeless The Japanese language 28 7,518 2010-11-17, 6:27 am
    Thread: Dope Japanese Hip-Hop
Post: Dope Japanese Hip-Hop

Seconding キングギドラ 「空からの力」, great stuff. Don't know if this was posted before but it's worth checking out either way: http://www.youtube.com/user/mansanraps
Shadeless General discussion 762 217,014 2010-11-16, 6:13 pm
    Thread: is this a "Correct" Method for going through RTK
Post: is this a "Correct" Method for going through RTK

After reading Eratik's post I noticed I may have sounded a bit cold, sorry for that. Good luck with your studies! :) PS: Ditch Heisig (j/k!)
Shadeless Remembering the Kanji 9 1,884 2010-11-15, 4:50 pm
    Thread: Funniest Sentence In KO.
Post: Funniest Sentence In KO.

This is kinda offtopic since it's english, but it's a kanji mnemonic and it made me laugh when I recalled it the other day so I suppose it's worth a mention: 位 rank ONYOMI: I as in, "Because of all...
Shadeless General discussion 148 35,166 2010-11-15, 4:34 pm