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    Thread: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?
Post: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?

Isn't there a rule against mentioning Benny at HTLAL? Or am I wrong?
Hirakana General discussion 856 195,402 2014-02-25, 6:24 pm
    Thread: Japanese narrative models
Post: Japanese narrative models

I feel like there might be a little bit of cynicism on this board...
Hirakana General discussion 6 2,405 2014-02-24, 2:32 pm
    Thread: How to learn an easy language?
Post: How to learn an easy language?

Stansfield123 Wrote:Hirakana Wrote:I'm trying to improve my French (which I have high speaking and listening abilities in but 0 reading and writing abilities) and I find reading French to be unbelieva...
Hirakana Off topic 11 2,853 2014-02-22, 12:07 pm
    Thread: How to learn an easy language?
Post: How to learn an easy language?

I was just thinking this the other day. I'm trying to improve my French (which I have high speaking and listening abilities in but 0 reading and writing abilities) and I find reading French to be unbe...
Hirakana Off topic 11 2,853 2014-02-21, 11:41 am
    Thread: Is there some kind of DS emulator with a Japanese dictionary?
Post: Is there some kind of DS emulator with a Japanese ...

I want to play 逆転裁判 in Japanese because I really love the series in English and I'm willing to slog through it if it's very difficult. I only have a vocab of around 3000 but I'll try my best. What wou...
Hirakana Learning resources 5 679 2014-02-21, 11:28 am
    Thread: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?
Post: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?

PotbellyPig Wrote:He wrote in his blog today that he failed at his goal. Listed a number of reasons such as sickness and his upcoming book keeping him busy. Doesn't look like he is going back to it ...
Hirakana General discussion 856 195,402 2014-02-21, 9:03 am
    Thread: 日本の生徒がよく言うこと
Post: 日本の生徒がよく言うこと

I'm dying...
Hirakana Off topic 4 991 2014-02-19, 6:10 am
    Thread: iOS 7 define J-E dictionary bug?
Post: iOS 7 define J-E dictionary bug?

Yeah I've been having this problem too, but I thought it was just me... :/ hopefully Apple will fix it soon, but I imagine it's not on their priority list, unfortunately...
Hirakana Learning resources 1 504 2014-02-13, 2:53 pm
    Thread: Weaning from Core to native materials
Post: Weaning from Core to native materials

So I recently reached 2500 in the optimized Core deck (thank god for nukemarine) and it's been a tremendous help. In fact it's been the main thing pushing my progress in the past few months. I want to...
Hirakana Learning resources 2 726 2014-02-13, 1:23 pm
    Thread: My path to literacy (requesting constructive criticism)
Post: My path to literacy (requesting constructive criti...

Stansfield123 Wrote:Plans are nice. However, there's an issue: why would someone who knows a lot about Japanese and even speaks it a little (you, in six months time), follow a plan laid out by someone...
Hirakana The Japanese language 23 4,779 2014-02-03, 2:05 pm
    Thread: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?
Post: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?

I won't preorder, but I'll probably pick it up at some point. He does say that it includes methods beyond his own, so there's that.
Hirakana General discussion 856 195,402 2014-02-03, 1:17 pm
    Thread: Is RTK 3 necessary to read newspaper?
Post: Is RTK 3 necessary to read newspaper?

You don't actually "need" RTK 1 OR 3 unless you specifically want to write the kanji.
Hirakana Remembering the Kanji 10 4,703 2014-01-29, 11:56 am
    Thread: 褐色 vs 茶色
Post: 褐色 vs 茶色

褐色 茶色 to be exact, 茶色 is light brown.
Hirakana The Japanese language 1 479 2014-01-26, 5:33 pm
    Thread: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here
Post: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here

I'm at 2100 words in Core after restarting in December. Continuing at a pace of 50 a day, I'll be done in April. Reviews are really starting to pile up (282 tomorrow!) as well as with my DoBJG deck, b...
Hirakana General discussion 1,389 294,259 2014-01-26, 2:40 pm
    Thread: やっと! I Finished Core2k/6k/10k, the thread
Post: やっと! I Finished Core2k/6k/10k, the thread

I'm at 2000 now, 1/3 of the way there. Hopefully I'll be posting in here as finished by April. But no matter what, 頑張るよ!:D
Hirakana General discussion 95 30,535 2014-01-23, 12:55 pm
    Thread: Inappropriate stories
Post: Inappropriate stories

Does anyone really care?
Hirakana Off topic 121 18,931 2014-01-16, 2:33 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

Hey, I didn't want to make a new thread for this, but I was curious, is the reason the word 二十歳 is usually read はたち because にじゅっさい has the word にじゅ (demon of ill health) in it? I find it pretty inter...
Hirakana The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,067 2014-01-14, 3:11 pm
    Thread: Core retention is very low
Post: Core retention is very low

I have had over 80% consistently in the last week. Why? Because I've incorporated mnemonics into my new cards! The mnemonics fall away after a while, but they're INCREDIBLY effective. I've solved my p...
Hirakana Learning resources 38 8,200 2014-01-14, 12:13 pm
    Thread: Japanese electronic dictionary for iOS
Post: Japanese electronic dictionary for iOS

As far as I know, imiwa should support German if you check the settings.
Hirakana Learning resources 3 859 2014-01-12, 6:29 am
    Thread: Why I've stopped doing soely J-J definitions
Post: Why I've stopped doing soely J-J definitions

Please don't listen to that guy too much. He's full of terrible advice.
Hirakana The Japanese language 32 5,599 2014-01-11, 6:40 am
    Thread: DoXJG
Post: DoXJG

So I decided to go through the DoBJG cover to cover with the Anki deck on the shared site. What JLPT level will this leave me at approximately? Also, what level would you have if you were to complete ...
Hirakana Learning resources 2 845 2014-01-05, 5:11 pm
    Thread: Words you have a mental block about?
Post: Words you have a mental block about?

I had to suspend 解決 because for some reason it doesn't stick at all. I think I've gotten it right, like, once.
Hirakana The Japanese language 38 9,771 2014-01-05, 1:42 pm
    Thread: 2013 Reflections and 2014 Resolutions
Post: 2013 Reflections and 2014 Resolutions

Gaijinme Wrote:Hirakana Wrote:8. Come to terms with the fact that, yes, someday I will die and all my experiences, skills and knowledge will disappear. Failing that, try to put this fact out of my min...
Hirakana General discussion 55 13,386 2014-01-05, 1:03 pm
    Thread: 2013 Reflections and 2014 Resolutions
Post: 2013 Reflections and 2014 Resolutions

Revised Resolutions 2014 1. Finish Core 6k 2. Finish RtK (might not do this) 3. Finish Tae Kim 4. Start mining words from native materials (Reach 10-12000 including Core 6k) 5. Start reading (Read a...
Hirakana General discussion 55 13,386 2014-01-05, 12:28 pm
    Thread: yomichan: a tool for reading books with Anki vocab deck integration
Post: yomichan: a tool for reading books with Anki vocab...

FooSoft Wrote:I've never seen that problem, and it obviously doesn't happen for any of my decks. If you can PM you your deck, I can try and see what the issue there is. Sorry, I'm an idiot. The card f...
Hirakana Learning resources 298 107,555 2014-01-05, 10:15 am
    Thread: yomichan: a tool for reading books with Anki vocab deck integration
Post: yomichan: a tool for reading books with Anki vocab...

Great tool, but whenever I try to use it, it creates two cards per word. This isn't really a problem as I could just suspend the duplicates, but it's kind of annoying. Any solutions?
Hirakana Learning resources 298 107,555 2014-01-05, 9:56 am
    Thread: Core retention is very low
Post: Core retention is very low

Vempele Wrote:Hirakana Wrote:Betelgeuzah Wrote:C'mon bro you're at least level seventeen by now, ditch them J-E crap pronto. dude, I gotta be at least level twenty :p You can take the level test to fi...
Hirakana Learning resources 38 8,200 2014-01-04, 11:18 am
    Thread: Core retention is very low
Post: Core retention is very low

Betelgeuzah Wrote:C'mon bro you're at least level seventeen by now, ditch them J-E crap pronto. dude, I gotta be at least level twenty :p
Hirakana Learning resources 38 8,200 2014-01-04, 6:02 am
    Thread: Core retention is very low
Post: Core retention is very low

arnaldosfjunior Wrote:Hirakana Wrote:arnaldosfjunior Wrote:Just to confirm, you're abviously using Japanese>Japanese since you passed the 1000 sentences, right? I hope that's a joke. http://japanes...
Hirakana Learning resources 38 8,200 2014-01-03, 5:13 pm
    Thread: Core retention is very low
Post: Core retention is very low

arnaldosfjunior Wrote:Hirakana Wrote:...I am at ~1100 in Core... Just to confirm, you're abviously using Japanese>Japanese since you passed the 1000 sentences, right? I hope that's a joke.
Hirakana Learning resources 38 8,200 2014-01-03, 4:59 pm