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    Thread: Pet Peeves with the Japanese Language
Post: Pet Peeves with the Japanese Language

My pet peeve is `desune', `desune' used ad infinitum. I hate you `know too' in English, you know!
liveone General discussion 117 15,045 2008-12-11, 7:40 pm
    Thread: grammar excercises
Post: grammar excercises

A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar by Seiichi Makino and Michio Tsutsui published by The Japan Times isbn: 4-7890-0456-6 is a good reference book. Try not to compare English and Japanese gramma...
liveone Learning resources 19 4,416 2008-11-27, 8:53 pm
    Thread: Book/Novel recommendation thread
Post: Book/Novel recommendation thread

Factual material is good to read. This book is in English and Japanese: The History of England at a Glance あらすじで読む 英国の歴史 by James Vardaman Jnr./Aiko Watanabe ISBN978-4-8061-2962-2 C2082
liveone General discussion 34 6,425 2008-11-18, 7:56 pm
    Thread: Heavy faliure
Post: Heavy faliure

I'm forgetting 15 to 20% first time around. My problem is Japanese getting in the way! I know some Japanese readings from exposure, but am trying to keep them out of mind at the moment. I find they ar...
liveone Remembering the Kanji 13 2,299 2008-11-09, 9:00 pm
    Thread: Who writes these days?
Post: Who writes these days?

My original post has generated quite a reaction. I asked my question mainly in relation to RTKII when you are trying to learn the Japanese reading of the kanji. At this stage I believe that typing (us...
liveone General discussion 23 3,072 2008-11-06, 12:01 am
    Thread: Who writes these days?
Post: Who writes these days?

There is a constant stress on writing the kanji to reinforce the learning process, but who actually bothers to write nowadays? The reality is everyone uses a computer; types using a romaji keyboard in...
liveone General discussion 23 3,072 2008-11-02, 8:54 pm