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    Thread: Activities to boost business japanese in Tokyo
Post: Activities to boost business japanese in Tokyo

Thx. Actually I understand most of keigo. I'm not afraid of my listening skills but afraid of having a fluent business conversation :) Of course I could learn more set phrases and study more keigo bu...
deign General discussion 5 1,060 2011-12-15, 12:24 pm
    Thread: Activities to boost business japanese in Tokyo
Post: Activities to boost business japanese in Tokyo

Hey all, I will soon start to work as mechanical engineer near Tokyo. During my job I will have to do many meetings and express myself in japanese in front of many peoples. To tell the truth, I'm no...
deign General discussion 5 1,060 2011-12-14, 8:15 am
    Thread: Kanji Challenge / 2 weeks to perfection
Post: Kanji Challenge / 2 weeks to perfection

As Zorlee said, if you rush the new cards in the first days you will have a crazy amount of reviews then. In 2 weeks you can see a lot of new cards and you won't have any problem because you will be m...
deign Remembering the Kanji 69 17,228 2011-12-06, 6:34 am
    Thread: What's your area of study?
Post: What's your area of study?

I am mechanical engineer. I worked 2years abroad in Hong Kong after my graduation and I will head to Tokyo in coming January
deign Off topic 45 10,651 2011-11-25, 7:14 am
    Thread: Kanji VS Sentences
Post: Kanji VS Sentences

I think you what you need is to state clearly your objectives. For example, if reach N4 level is your objective, then you need the N4 vocab + N4 grammar + N4 reading + N4 listening. You can use anki...
deign General discussion 18 3,469 2011-09-08, 10:14 pm
    Thread: Basic Sentence Writing: Workbook Ideas?
Post: Basic Sentence Writing: Workbook Ideas?

Try to look at the Genki's series Exerice book. Inside there are many exercises for full sentence translation, they are organised by grammar points.
deign Learning resources 10 4,851 2011-09-06, 8:47 pm
    Thread: N2 and RTK3 kanjis
Post: N2 and RTK3 kanjis

zigmonty Wrote:JimmySeal Wrote:There are plenty of N2 (and N3 and N4) words whose kanji spellings use RTK3 kanji. 林檎 such a word. That doesn't mean you will be tested on those kanji. To the best of...
deign JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 5 2,732 2011-08-29, 8:44 pm
    Thread: N2 and RTK3 kanjis
Post: N2 and RTK3 kanjis

Hi all, I plan to take the N2 in december. I have started by studies with RTK1 1.5years ago which helped me a lot. However so far I have encountered several words that I should know for N2 which are...
deign JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 5 2,732 2011-08-28, 9:42 pm
    Thread: What are you currently reading?
Post: What are you currently reading?

I like to play to the visual novels (PSP or computer), it's like books but with sound and background. I am currently reading Clannad.
deign Off topic 109 48,769 2011-07-15, 10:45 pm
    Thread: 2011 JLPT study thread
Post: 2011 JLPT study thread

Does anyone know where I can find the last N3 past exams papers?? Can only find the answer sheet on the net...
deign JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 506 139,874 2011-06-18, 3:34 am
    Thread: Essential Needs
Post: Essential Needs

mark95427 Wrote:To be happy one must have a goal and strive for it. I'm in track; one goal of mine is to beat my friends. I also want to get under 4:40 for the 1600m event [a mile]. My other goal is ...
deign Off topic 45 4,947 2011-05-19, 10:43 pm
    Thread: Essential Needs
Post: Essential Needs

Do you mean in order to create the healthiest environment for learning?
deign Off topic 45 4,947 2011-05-19, 10:14 pm
    Thread: Critical frequency - hogwash or hogwash?
Post: Critical frequency - hogwash or hogwash?

I think the key of the "critical frequency" is that it stimulates your motivation. I don't think you can learn a lot by studying 2min every hour...
deign The Japanese language 24 6,151 2011-05-17, 11:15 pm
    Thread: Reading Assistant
Post: Reading Assistant

If the page doesn't take too long to load, it can be a good alternative of rikaichan :D
deign Learning resources 9 1,843 2011-05-13, 7:16 pm
    Thread: Mind Mapping
Post: Mind Mapping

A very complete one is XMIND also
deign Learning resources 7 4,569 2011-04-27, 9:31 pm
    Thread: Rikaichan: RevTK Community Edition
Post: Rikaichan: RevTK Community Edition

that's great! great tool!
deign Learning resources 859 243,822 2011-04-11, 7:51 am
    Thread: buonaparte's audio and text links
Post: buonaparte's audio and text links

thanks a lot! all these ressources are awesome
deign Learning resources 497 278,554 2011-03-19, 7:45 am
    Thread: Conjugation's practice software?
Post: Conjugation's practice software?

I also believe that passive exposure is not enough...though it can help. What I actually observed is that after practicing with the "t-form" app, I am now instant in producing a verb in t-form. The pr...
deign Learning resources 9 2,439 2011-03-04, 10:48 pm
    Thread: Conjugation's practice software?
Post: Conjugation's practice software?

Hi all, Actually I am always slow when having to build a verb termination. I would like to improve my flow. Does anyone know a software to practice verb conjugation? or maybe a excel spreadsheet ? ...
deign Learning resources 9 2,439 2011-03-04, 1:49 am
    Thread: cbJisho - E-J Dictionary Based on Word Frequency
Post: cbJisho - E-J Dictionary Based on Word Frequency

Awesome!! I hope this will be integrated in Anki also one day!
deign Learning resources 56 28,253 2011-02-06, 9:04 am
    Thread: 日本語で気持ちを伝える。 Express Your Feelings In Japanese DECK!
Post: 日本語で気持ちを伝える。 Express Your Feelings In Japanese DEC...

Yeah very good! Thx a lot
deign Learning resources 28 8,995 2011-02-05, 12:14 am
    Thread: manga & drama with JP hard subs
Post: manga & drama with JP hard subs

Hey everyone, It's not easy to find some anime with in japanese + japanese subtitles. If you're like me and you like to see the japanese words written while watching your favorite manga, here is the...
deign Learning resources 6 2,596 2011-02-05, 12:00 am
    Thread: Reading by level?
Post: Reading by level?

wccrawford Wrote:Reading above your level is TOUGH but you will learn a lot faster. I recently picked up a light novel for 6th graders because I thought I was ready for that level, and I wasn't. I s...
deign Learning resources 7 1,724 2011-02-02, 10:33 pm
    Thread: Reading by level?
Post: Reading by level?

Hi all, Do you know any reading materials organized by level? My reading level is little under N3 and it's difficult for me to find texts that meet my level and can bring me new knowledge. The manga...
deign Learning resources 7 1,724 2011-02-01, 8:21 pm
    Thread: Core 6001 to 12000
Post: Core 6001 to 12000

BlackMarsh that's a good idea. According to my own experience, to memorize a new vocab word the best situation is to learn it inside of simple sentence with AUDIO ONLY, which is exactly such as in Co...
deign Learning resources 18 3,444 2010-11-29, 6:31 am
    Thread: Final Fantasy XIII
Post: Final Fantasy XIII

great thanks!
deign General discussion 186 31,569 2010-11-10, 9:13 am
    Thread: Final Fantasy XIII
Post: Final Fantasy XIII

Thanks ta12121. This is bad there are only 40 words there. I have purchased the omega strategy guide book in japanese, however this is not very convenient for mining the vocab as I don't know many k...
deign General discussion 186 31,569 2010-11-09, 6:34 am
    Thread: Final Fantasy XIII
Post: Final Fantasy XIII

Does someone have a recommandation of where I could find some FFXIII related vocabulary? or a list of words? I plan to buy the game for Christmas. I'm afraid of struggling on every word and quickly l...
deign General discussion 186 31,569 2010-11-07, 9:57 am
    Thread: Forcing myself to take a break
Post: Forcing myself to take a break

Hello all, I have been strongly studying japanese since last january. I finished RTK1 in March and now doing the sorted Core6k deck from Nukemarine, I'm arround 2000 sentences. Since the beginning, ...
deign Learning resources 2 796 2010-09-22, 11:03 pm
    Thread: Looking desperately for NANA anime japanese subtitles...
Post: Looking desperately for NANA anime japanese subtit...

Has anyone of you already seen NANA japanese subtitles ? I think it's a great anime since there are a lot of discussions between characters. Unfortunately I have search all the web without success.
deign Learning resources 1 2,496 2010-06-10, 4:36 am