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    Thread: You know your writing system is complicated when ...
Post: RE: You know your writing system is complicated wh...

The same could be said for English spelling. Or pronunciation. (I should take a video of my poor wife attempting to say "otolaryngologist"). These kind of segments are pretty common. Mainichi Shinbu...
gaiaslastlaugh General discussion 9 419 Yesterday, 4:22 pm
    Thread: Flying Witch!
Post: RE: Flying Witch!

(2016-06-18, 10:20 pm)SomeCallMeChris Wrote: Oh yes, たりたり was good (and easy to follow). Kind of different from the shows I listed, but kind of the same in some ways. I feel like 部活 is kind of its o...
gaiaslastlaugh Off topic 12 484 2016-06-18, 10:59 pm
    Thread: Flying Witch!
Post: RE: Flying Witch!

Thanks! I've started watching - it's great, and seems very accessible in terms of Japanese level. For slice of life fans, I recommend たりたり, which is also on CrunchyRoll. Well timed subs also exist on...
gaiaslastlaugh Off topic 12 484 2016-06-18, 3:15 pm
    Thread: Too much free time !!!
Post: RE: Too much free time !!!

(2016-06-16, 10:34 pm)FlameseeK Wrote: On the other hand, getting into native material too early can be very demotivating. In fact, I've given up on reading Planetarian in Japanese before the anime ...
gaiaslastlaugh General discussion 24 1,346 2016-06-17, 2:45 pm
    Thread: My humble 2016 JLPT N3 thread
Post: RE: My humble 2016 JLPT N3 thread

(2016-06-17, 9:55 am)eslang Wrote:  ちなみに、「教えてgoo」や「yahoo知恵袋」のようなサイトは誰でも(悪戯者、留学生を含めて)投稿できますから、あまり真剣に考え過ぎないでくださいね。 それどころか、恐ろしい話が沢山あるようです。 http://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/...1287866527 :huh:
gaiaslastlaugh JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 355 39,433 2016-06-17, 11:33 am
    Thread: My humble 2016 JLPT N3 thread
Post: RE: My humble 2016 JLPT N3 thread

(2016-06-14, 1:20 pm)gaiaslastlaugh Wrote: (2016-06-14, 11:58 am)ariariari Wrote: That feeling when you learn a word from a textbook, pick up some native material, and immediately see it plastered...
gaiaslastlaugh JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 355 39,433 2016-06-17, 11:27 am
    Thread: Exploring Job Options in Japan
Post: RE: Exploring Job Options in Japan

(2016-06-15, 7:33 pm)TheVinster Wrote: And appreciate your words vix86. I will take another look and see what I dig up. My company was originally a startup and I think it will be a more accommodatin...
gaiaslastlaugh JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 51 6,307 2016-06-16, 11:18 am
    Thread: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge
Post: RE: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge

(2016-06-15, 11:28 pm)Aikynaro Wrote: I'm on my way out of the top 10 (currently #9), but for what it's worth... I have a core-reading session before bed where I read a novel for between 10 and 20 ...
gaiaslastlaugh Group study 361 68,878 2016-06-16, 10:32 am
    Thread: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge
Post: RE: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge

For folks in the top 10: How do you do it?!?! Seriously, though - how many hours a day are you reading? What's your reading rate (pages/hr.)? Are you reading on top of other learning activities, such...
gaiaslastlaugh Group study 361 68,878 2016-06-15, 8:57 pm
    Thread: My humble 2016 JLPT N3 thread
Post: RE: My humble 2016 JLPT N3 thread

(2016-06-14, 2:09 pm)yogert909 Wrote: (2016-06-14, 1:20 pm)gaiaslastlaugh Wrote: I swear to God that "word blindness" is a thing. I'll learn a word and be like, "Huh, I wonder why I've never seen ...
gaiaslastlaugh JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 355 39,433 2016-06-14, 3:52 pm
    Thread: My humble 2016 JLPT N3 thread
Post: RE: My humble 2016 JLPT N3 thread

(2016-06-14, 11:58 am)ariariari Wrote: That feeling when you learn a word from a textbook, pick up some native material, and immediately see it plastered all over the native material :) In my case ...
gaiaslastlaugh JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 355 39,433 2016-06-14, 1:20 pm
    Thread: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge
Post: RE: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge

(2016-06-12, 7:23 am)Zgarbas Wrote: Looking up words is not a tadoku sin at all, I used the dictionary quite extensively when I first started out (and am using it a lot for my Spanish book now). It ...
gaiaslastlaugh Group study 361 68,878 2016-06-14, 8:04 am
    Thread: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge
Post: RE: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge

I notice myself slowly slipping the rankings as we near the end of the work week, meaning working has had a deleterious impact on my Japanese reading. Obviously, the only rational thing to do is to qu...
gaiaslastlaugh Group study 361 68,878 2016-06-10, 5:59 pm
    Thread: Japanese learning Blogs
Post: RE: Japanese learning Blogs

(2016-06-09, 1:16 pm)ryuudou Wrote: And when he talks about learning Japanese his opinion should probably be discarded. He thinks RTK doesn't work and is one of those cynical people who is fast appr...
gaiaslastlaugh General discussion 11 1,089 2016-06-10, 11:36 am
    Thread: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge
Post: RE: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge

I'm enjoying the forcing function of Tadoku. I feel like I'm definitely reading at a much faster clip, and reading more, in order to maintain my pathetic ranking. I'm also feeling that desire to stud...
gaiaslastlaugh Group study 361 68,878 2016-06-10, 9:38 am
    Thread: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge
Post: RE: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge

(2016-06-10, 12:58 am)RawrPk Wrote: 13 manga pages. Not much but most I had a chance to read this week. Rank 50  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ How is everyone else doing? (I'm pretty sure no one is lower than I am atm....
gaiaslastlaugh Group study 361 68,878 2016-06-10, 7:22 am
    Thread: how to write kanji
Post: RE: how to write kanji

(2016-06-08, 7:30 pm)Joker Wrote: Sorry, what I am interested in is 硬筆書写 Do you mean calligraphy? Or plain writing? For the latter, pick up any book or web site that explains basic stroke order con...
gaiaslastlaugh Learning resources 15 750 2016-06-08, 8:21 pm
    Thread: Core decks vs extensive reading
Post: RE: Core decks vs extensive reading

(2016-06-08, 10:05 am)CureDolly Wrote: The problem with core decks is that they don't give you the vocabulary you need for what you are reading at the time, so I think it is better to acquire vocabu...
gaiaslastlaugh The Japanese language 114 7,442 2016-06-08, 3:48 pm
    Thread: Japanese learning Blogs
Post: RE: Japanese learning Blogs

(2016-06-08, 11:37 am)ryuudou Wrote: (2016-06-02, 6:08 pm)gaiaslastlaugh Wrote: Any such post would be remiss without mentioning Japanese Rule of 7: http://japaneseruleof7.com/ If you've never re...
gaiaslastlaugh General discussion 11 1,089 2016-06-08, 2:35 pm
    Thread: Core decks vs extensive reading
Post: RE: Core decks vs extensive reading

(2016-06-08, 8:20 am)Aikynaro Wrote: Have you actually tried reading any VNs yet? Depending on where you are, 1-2 hours of reading might not actually get you all that far. Anyway, SRS is the way to...
gaiaslastlaugh The Japanese language 114 7,442 2016-06-08, 9:05 am
    Thread: (Light) Japanese Novels
Post: RE: (Light) Japanese Novels

Yes, I read most of my material on the Kindle app for iPad. It works great. Furigana works fine. Also, it's really easy to copy a word from the app and add it to a Midori list for later study/Anki imp...
gaiaslastlaugh General discussion 24 1,876 2016-06-07, 4:14 pm
    Thread: (Light) Japanese Novels
Post: RE: (Light) Japanese Novels

Bookmeter: http://bookmeter.com/u/388077 I will reiterate my broken record recommendation: Anything by 赤川次郎. He was a favorite read of a lot of Japanese people of my generation during their middle s...
gaiaslastlaugh General discussion 24 1,876 2016-06-07, 7:03 am
    Thread: Living Japanese DVD
Post: RE: Living Japanese DVD

Thanks, all! YouTube + offliberty did the trick! Between this, 相棒 and YouTube ranters, I should be set with listening material for June.
gaiaslastlaugh Learning resources 10 661 2016-06-07, 6:44 am
    Thread: Living Japanese DVD
Post: RE: Living Japanese DVD

Great idea! But, sadly, no one in the area has it. :-( I bitched to the seller, as their description didn't say the DVD was missing. Hopefully I can at least get my money back.
gaiaslastlaugh Learning resources 10 661 2016-06-06, 9:58 pm
    Thread: Living Japanese DVD
Post: Living Japanese DVD

I just bout the book, and it came without the DVD. Grrrrrr.  Please pm me if someone can help a brother out.
gaiaslastlaugh Learning resources 10 661 2016-06-06, 9:13 pm
    Thread: Why are some people in the Japanese self learning community so down on Heisig?
Post: RE: Why are some people in the Japanese self learn...

Man, I like Ken's blog (mainly because he's a witty writer). But that post was out of line. And I say that as someone who didn't use RTK. Re: The actual topic - there are a lot of people who love RT...
gaiaslastlaugh Remembering the Kanji 61 3,879 2016-06-05, 4:02 pm
    Thread: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge
Post: RE: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge

(2016-06-05, 6:08 am)Aikynaro Wrote: I don't think there's anything stopping you? You raise a fine point. I'm in.
gaiaslastlaugh Group study 361 68,878 2016-06-05, 6:33 am
    Thread: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge
Post: RE: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge

Are after the fact sign ups allowed? I didn't sign up for this earlier because I "read too slow". Having just blown through four volumes of a manga and about 25% of 俺たち花のバブル組 in the past two days or s...
gaiaslastlaugh Group study 361 68,878 2016-06-05, 5:53 am
    Thread: Yesterday I couldn't study, and today is just as busy. What do I do?!
Post: RE: Yesterday I couldn't study, and today is just ...

In the vein of anotherjohn, I'm a big fan of the "Anki is for remembering, not for learning" mindset. My own approach with my vocab deck is to not add new cards by default. I steal time for reviews ...
gaiaslastlaugh Remembering the Kanji 22 1,306 2016-06-05, 3:46 am
    Thread: 2016 JLPT N2/N1 Thread: A New Hope
Post: RE: 2016 JLPT N2/N1 Thread: A New Hope

(2016-06-04, 5:49 pm)FlameseeK Wrote: I'm not exactly expecting a positive answer, but would you guys happen to have any tips to speed up the ability to immediately recognize numbers and dates when ...
gaiaslastlaugh JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 60 4,280 2016-06-04, 10:08 pm