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    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

I'm reading a book called 泣いちゃいそうだよ and while I can follow the story, I have trouble understanding the title. What does ちゃい do in that sentence? What does the sentence mean? Thanks.
Verdana The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,842 2010-06-03, 10:22 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

Quick question, does 体の小さな動物 mean "small bodied animal" or "small animal body"? Thanks!
Verdana The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,842 2010-02-25, 4:15 pm
    Thread: How to keep motivated during RTK1?
Post: How to keep motivated during RTK1?

I started RTK in February 2009 and now I'm at 1730. It's an average of little more than 5 new kanji per day. In reality though, I've been adding new kanji when I felt like it. If I was too tired or no...
Verdana Remembering the Kanji 10 2,866 2010-01-17, 12:08 am
    Thread: beginner manga/childrens books to start on?
Post: beginner manga/childrens books to start on?

brianobush Wrote:Blahah Wrote:So I'm making my way through Yotsuba. It's quite painful..... I too am reading ドラえもん and it is also quite hard... I'm not quite done with Heisig (currently at kanji 1647)...
Verdana Learning resources 38 16,860 2009-12-29, 2:33 am
    Thread: default language of thought
Post: default language of thought

My native language is Serbian, but I've been living with my family in the US for the past 10 years. I knew almost no English when I came here, but now I speak English at work and with my boyfriend, an...
Verdana General discussion 22 2,702 2009-09-15, 9:29 am
    Thread: Half way!
Post: Half way!

1048! I started some 5 months ago and I'm finally past the half way mark! I don't know if anyone else is learning like I am, but I'm very slow and sporadic with studying the kanji. I do my reviews eve...
Verdana Remembering the Kanji 616 180,544 2009-07-08, 8:37 am
    Thread: 500 frames and counting! ROOOOARRRR!!!
Post: 500 frames and counting! ROOOOARRRR!!!

I'm at 660 currently. It took me almost 2 months to get to 500, since I'm not going as fast. I was scared at first that adding more cards will soon become too much to handle, so I started with some 10...
Verdana Remembering the Kanji 526 167,222 2009-04-06, 8:58 am