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    Thread: About ~200 kanji in, wondering if I'm going about this the right way..
Post: About ~200 kanji in, wondering if I'm going about ...

BooTheGhost Wrote:Also, when do you do your first review? I've read a lot of different opinions on the forums and it seems most people do it right after they're first done, but a lot of people consid...
Yesterbean Remembering the Kanji 13 2,293 2010-01-09, 5:13 am
    Thread: The "I just finished RTK3, please follow me" thread
Post: The "I just finished RTK3, please follow me" threa...

Oh happy day! I'm done! Now I can spend more time on the fun stuff. Not that RTK was completely unenjoyable. Some people's stories were damn funny. I found it quite satisfying writing my own stories...
Yesterbean Remembering the Kanji 93 58,967 2010-01-09, 4:07 am
    Thread: what percentage do you usually remember on your 2nd review
Post: what percentage do you usually remember on your 2n...

I'm similar, probably something like 50-80%, sometimes worse sometimes better. It varies a lot. Remember you're aiming for long term retention, so you should try and keep the spacing reasonably long, ...
Yesterbean Remembering the Kanji 13 2,066 2009-12-06, 3:57 am
    Thread: dismissing sentence mining for a better japanese mining?
Post: dismissing sentence mining for a better japanese m...

aphasiac Wrote:This is the biggest issue I have with the AJATT method; if you're a total newb and you start mining native sentences, how do you know if you're accurately capturing every nuance of a ne...
Yesterbean General discussion 47 8,691 2009-11-08, 6:03 am
    Thread: Where do you get your Japanese music
Post: Where do you get your Japanese music

I agree that the distribution of Japanese music mostly sucks outside Japan, but I do like to support the artists when possible :). I've found some awesome Japanese music on http://www.emusic.com. Most...
Yesterbean General discussion 34 11,184 2009-11-07, 9:13 am
    Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread.
Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"...

CerpinTaxt Wrote:If you've never studied Japanese before, and you're just going to start delving into beginner material, I would advise not to go too hardcore into it. Maybe a few a day. Because outsi...
Yesterbean Remembering the Kanji 1,845 424,666 2009-10-20, 3:20 am
    Thread: Can I Study Philosophy with an SRS?
Post: Can I Study Philosophy with an SRS?

I don't think its a bad idea at all. Sure when you are learning philosophy you have to do a lot more than memorise facts. As you say a lot is about understanding. Nevertheless, it is probably inevitab...
Yesterbean Off topic 44 6,166 2009-10-20, 1:45 am
    Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread.
Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"...

At last I join the ranks. I was going at it pretty hard 100/day and at the 500 mark I was seriously worrying that my mind would not be able to cope with any more, that for every new kanji I learnt an ...
Yesterbean Remembering the Kanji 1,845 424,666 2009-10-19, 9:10 pm