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    Thread: Free Manga Magazines on Amazon Japan
Post: RE: Free Manga Magazines on Amazon Japan

Wow, thanks! :D
Woodsei General discussion 2 731 2016-01-05, 11:10 pm
    Thread: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge
Post: RE: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge

I'm participating as well. I used to participate in Tadoku, but last year was pretty hectic, so no reading was done at all. I have the Sakurada Resetto light novels which I've purchased when I was sti...
Woodsei Group study 361 69,313 2016-01-04, 10:40 pm
    Thread: Where's Khatzumoto?
Post: RE: Where's Khatzumoto?

I certainly hope he is doing ok...It's been a while since I last visited this thread, and the way things went down seems really alarming. I do agree that if he's done, he's done, and best of luck to h...
Woodsei Off topic 529 102,790 2016-01-03, 11:00 pm
    Thread: Intermediate/advanced Japanese learner starting RTK
Post: Intermediate/advanced Japanese learner starting RT...

Hi, QTmoto. First, are you planning on doing only RTK 1, or 1+3? I started RTK in the beginning, but, even though I've already finished it, I neglected my reviews, and it shows. So I'm basically re...
Woodsei Remembering the Kanji 6 1,249 2015-08-15, 10:29 pm
    Thread: Where's Khatzumoto?
Post: Where's Khatzumoto?

RandomQuotes Wrote:Please don't be random, inappropriate, and vulgar. Thank you You're right, I shouldn't have asked what AF is, I apologize. Thanks for the heads up.
Woodsei Off topic 529 102,790 2015-08-15, 10:11 pm
    Thread: Japan TV IPTV set top box?
Post: Japan TV IPTV set top box?

@gaiaslastlaugh: Thanks a bunch for the recommendations! Checkin 'em out right now.....
Woodsei Learning resources 53 16,985 2015-08-15, 7:41 pm
    Thread: Where's Khatzumoto?
Post: Where's Khatzumoto?

kapalama Wrote:to a Japanese person AF has a very different meaning. Just as creepy, though. Care to share? :D CreepyAF is right, though. BTW, loved that "creeping responsibility" line :D This discu...
Woodsei Off topic 529 102,790 2015-08-15, 7:21 pm
    Thread: Variety Shows/Radio Podcasts for Females 20s-30s?
Post: Variety Shows/Radio Podcasts for Females 20s-30s?

Tom Cruise...That guy never ceases to amaze me :D He looked totally out of place lol :D Those clips were entertaining, though. Thanks a lot for the suggestions, kapalama. That was good bit of history...
Woodsei The Japanese language 13 1,651 2015-08-08, 5:00 am
    Thread: Is immersion an effective early phase for monolingual people?
Post: Is immersion an effective early phase for monoling...

kapalama Wrote:So help me out here. AJATT is about doing work away from native speakers, and its stated attainable goal is to get fluent in speech?   I'm not siding with Khatzumoto, or even claiming t...
Woodsei General discussion 42 4,376 2015-08-06, 11:48 pm
    Thread: Variety Shows/Radio Podcasts for Females 20s-30s?
Post: Variety Shows/Radio Podcasts for Females 20s-30s?

kapalama Wrote:And it's always fun to watch the MechaIke version (search めちゃいけ 騒ぎ) of that where everyone Okamura knows puts on a dress and does the same panel, and Okumura and Miyasako end up in a bi...
Woodsei The Japanese language 13 1,651 2015-08-06, 10:37 pm
    Thread: Is immersion an effective early phase for monolingual people?
Post: Is immersion an effective early phase for monoling...

CreepyAF, I think what happened here is that you've misinterpreted what "immersion" should be like. And that's not your fault at all, because Khatz's writing was so....he would circumvent and take for...
Woodsei General discussion 42 4,376 2015-08-06, 10:11 pm
    Thread: Variety Shows/Radio Podcasts for Females 20s-30s?
Post: Variety Shows/Radio Podcasts for Females 20s-30s?

@Ash_s and @TheVinster: Thanks a lot! I still have to explore around through these links further, but from what I've seen, they look great. I love this forum :) Everyone is so helpful. @kapalama: ...
Woodsei The Japanese language 13 1,651 2015-08-06, 9:17 pm
    Thread: Variety Shows/Radio Podcasts for Females 20s-30s?
Post: Variety Shows/Radio Podcasts for Females 20s-30s?

こんにちは! Thanks a lot for the input, kapalama! It's always interesting to see how people evolve and change over the years. I have no problems with them at all, and they're definitely within my target,...
Woodsei The Japanese language 13 1,651 2015-08-06, 10:55 am
    Thread: Variety Shows/Radio Podcasts for Females 20s-30s?
Post: Variety Shows/Radio Podcasts for Females 20s-30s?

Hi. I'm currently trying to find some variety shows or radio podcasts for females, just to get used to the female speech, as it seems most out there are for men. Maybe I'm not looking around enough. I...
Woodsei The Japanese language 13 1,651 2015-08-05, 11:15 pm
    Thread: Is immersion an effective early phase for monolingual people?
Post: Is immersion an effective early phase for monoling...

yogert909 Wrote:Woodsei Wrote:I really like any kind of native input that would allow me to work out the meaning and the language without resorting to a dictionary. Exactly! I don't think I'm quite t...
Woodsei General discussion 42 4,376 2015-08-05, 7:56 pm
    Thread: Is immersion an effective early phase for monolingual people?
Post: Is immersion an effective early phase for monoling...

yogert909 Wrote:Woodsei Wrote:NHK Educational Television/E Terebi (NHK ETV). I used to watch that on NTKTV (it was the only channel that was free on there) before it stopped airing a few months ago. T...
Woodsei General discussion 42 4,376 2015-08-05, 6:36 pm
    Thread: Is immersion an effective early phase for monolingual people?
Post: Is immersion an effective early phase for monoling...

yogert909 Wrote:With the romance languages, I've heard the cogantes with english are around 60%. I don't know how accurate that it's but that's enough similar vocabulary where I can read an instructi...
Woodsei General discussion 42 4,376 2015-08-05, 6:30 pm
    Thread: Is immersion an effective early phase for monolingual people?
Post: Is immersion an effective early phase for monoling...

yogert909 Wrote:I really believe that time is best spent on vocabulary acquisition until you know at minimum 1,500+ vocabulary. Then, gradually adding in grammar study, reading and listening comprehe...
Woodsei General discussion 42 4,376 2015-08-05, 4:26 pm
    Thread: Is immersion an effective early phase for monolingual people?
Post: Is immersion an effective early phase for monoling...

yogert909 Wrote:Woodsei Wrote:I also started out watching things on ETV, which generally employ somewhat slower speeds, and "show and tell" type shows that helped with both getting used to the speed o...
Woodsei General discussion 42 4,376 2015-08-05, 4:23 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

kapalama Wrote:One way of grabbing a hold of koto is to recognize that in English we have the ability to turn verbs into nouns a variety of ways. "Swimming" can just be use as a noun, as can "to swim"...
Woodsei The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,836 2015-08-05, 4:11 pm
    Thread: Is immersion an effective early phase for monolingual people?
Post: Is immersion an effective early phase for monoling...

Oh, I apologize, I wasn't very clear. I didn't mean to understand individual words on the go. Yes, I was able to do that to with the very obvious ones, which are not much. But what I meant to be able ...
Woodsei General discussion 42 4,376 2015-08-05, 3:54 pm
    Thread: Is immersion an effective early phase for monolingual people?
Post: Is immersion an effective early phase for monoling...

I grew up bilingual, but I don't know how that has or has not affected my learning process in Japanese. Speaking from my own experience, I think input in any form is useful, but for purely effective...
Woodsei General discussion 42 4,376 2015-08-05, 2:08 pm
    Thread: Where's Khatzumoto?
Post: Where's Khatzumoto?

Bokusenou Wrote:Well, there's one good thing about his hiatus: it means that archive.org has archived all his articles. https://web.archive.org/web/201504061218...g/archives I'll still miss the site ...
Woodsei Off topic 529 102,790 2015-08-05, 12:51 pm
    Thread: Where's Khatzumoto?
Post: Where's Khatzumoto?

CreepyAF Wrote:I understand. For some reason I have a lot of nostalgia for the site and Khatz. There is a certain glowing fondness of AJATT circa 2006 - 2010 that feels tainted now. Same here. Althoug...
Woodsei Off topic 529 102,790 2015-08-05, 12:20 pm
    Thread: Where's Khatzumoto?
Post: Where's Khatzumoto?

JapaneseRuleOf7 Wrote:Woodsei Wrote:CreepyAF Wrote:Look for the domain called Pakapa. 0_0 http://mindfud.com/ http://pakapa.com/ ó__ò Eye opening, and not in a good way. I know, right? It certainl...
Woodsei Off topic 529 102,790 2015-08-05, 12:02 pm
    Thread: Where's Khatzumoto?
Post: Where's Khatzumoto?

Honestly, I'd rather not know of Khatzu's whereabouts than see something like this. A lot of the ideas and motivation in my own learning came from AJATT and this forum.
Woodsei Off topic 529 102,790 2015-08-04, 9:02 pm
    Thread: Where's Khatzumoto?
Post: Where's Khatzumoto?

CreepyAF Wrote:Look for the domain called Pakapa. 0_0
Woodsei Off topic 529 102,790 2015-08-04, 8:16 pm
    Thread: Where's Khatzumoto?
Post: Where's Khatzumoto?

CreepyAF Wrote:Hey guys, I've been an on/off creeper of this forum for the past few years, and an on/off follower of Khatz since 2009. Anyway, just wanted to contribute to this thread something I fo...
Woodsei Off topic 529 102,790 2015-08-04, 5:56 pm
    Thread: Let's read the 百人一首
Post: Let's read the 百人一首

Yudan, this is very useful! Much better than just reading the poems with a translation. Hope you haven't scratched the project completely; you know you'll have at least one intrigued user who'll keep ...
Woodsei The Japanese language 103 38,655 2015-08-04, 1:31 pm