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Thread: How do you remember primitive placement? Post: How do you remember primitive placement? It really sucks when you get all the primitives right but you have them in the wrong order. For example, today I missed ＃８２３ shame 恥 because I put heart on the left side. What I did months ago ... |
laner36 | Remembering the Kanji | 14 | 3,012 | 2008-07-02, 11:25 pm | ||
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Thread: Reviewing from Kanji to Keyword... Any experimentation here? Post: Reviewing from Kanji to Keyword... Any experimenta... lol McJon, I too am with the camp that says you shouldn't review from kanji to ENGLISH keyword. The point is for those keywords to fade away, I thought. Especially, as McJon has so cleverly pointed ... |
laner36 | Remembering the Kanji | 14 | 2,501 | 2008-07-02, 9:30 pm | ||
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Thread: Writing memorable stories Post: Writing memorable stories Katsuo Wrote:3. (Most important) Read a book on memory techniques. What book do you recommend? |
laner36 | General discussion | 13 | 3,530 | 2008-06-29, 4:54 am | ||
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Thread: Report Clarification - Exhaust and Judgement Post: Report Clarification - Exhaust and Judgement Hey Nukemarine, I didn't report your stories but I thought about it for exhaust because the meaning in your story is different then the actual meaning of the kanji (please correct me if I'm wrong). A... |
laner36 | Remembering the Kanji | 12 | 3,083 | 2008-06-26, 10:55 pm | ||
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Thread: So what alternative primitives did you use? Post: So what alternative primitives did you use? Wizard Wrote:I settled on Captain Hook from peter pan (his hook clashes with peter pans sword) for 又 and when it has wind above it, Captain Hook's Ship. I use butt for 又. So naturally when wind is ab... |
laner36 | Remembering the Kanji | 67 | 22,089 | 2008-06-26, 7:25 pm | ||
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Thread: So what alternative primitives did you use? Post: So what alternative primitives did you use? My favorites: for fingers: Colonel Sanders/KFC restaurant/KFC chicken. for taskmaster: hitler Good ones but not favorites: for person: Mr. T for going: the superhero flash I also use my favorite o... |
laner36 | Remembering the Kanji | 67 | 22,089 | 2008-06-26, 1:23 am | ||
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Thread: So I'm probably going to need to switch to another SRS... Post: So I'm probably going to need to switch to another... Ryuujin27 Wrote:Second, if I chose anki, and use the heisig sample deck, is there a way to load my stats into anki? If so, how? Use the plugin here Ryuujin27 Wrote:Part 2 to that is after I load my s... |
laner36 | General discussion | 16 | 3,000 | 2008-06-25, 10:45 pm | ||
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Thread: Anyone get ALL the RTK1 kanji into the stack 5+? Post: Anyone get ALL the RTK1 kanji into the stack 5+? Usually about 35 or so a day but anywhere from 20-50. When I add failed kanji back in I add no more than 10 a day so that it won't be a lot in future reviews. What annoys me the most is when I miss... |
laner36 | Remembering the Kanji | 9 | 2,148 | 2008-06-25, 9:56 pm | ||
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Thread: What methods have you guys been using to learn onyomi? Post: What methods have you guys been using to learn ony... leosmith Wrote:So everyone should be asking themselves if what they are doing is really going to get them to their goal the fastest. Is systematically going through word/sentence lists, designed to hi... |
laner36 | Remembering the Kanji | 26 | 8,383 | 2008-06-25, 9:41 pm | ||
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Thread: Anyone get ALL the RTK1 kanji into the stack 5+? Post: Anyone get ALL the RTK1 kanji into the stack 5+? I finished RTK1 about 6 months ago and I also am hovering in the 1900 (thought I did take a "break" for about a month when I was using anki instead). I peaked at 1983 but haven't got up that high aga... |
laner36 | Remembering the Kanji | 9 | 2,148 | 2008-06-25, 9:17 pm | ||
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Thread: Japanese keywords Post: Japanese keywords mememari Wrote:I have so far completed more than half of the RtK1 using this site, and my problem is that in about a week, I will have to move probably to Anki, if I want to continue my reviews since ... |
laner36 | Remembering the Kanji | 410 | 148,982 | 2008-06-25, 6:53 pm | ||
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Thread: RTK2 'pure groups' - signal primitive 白 Post: RTK2 'pure groups' - signal primitive 白 Katsuo Wrote:RTK1 kanji with 白 that have ON reading "haku": 泊柏迫拍伯舶白 RTK1 kanji with 白 that don't have ON reading "haku": 百的泉皇錦皆激習綿 Can you see the pattern? Sorry, I feel a bit like Watson, but what ... |
laner36 | Remembering the Kanji | 15 | 6,329 | 2008-06-24, 1:36 am | ||
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Thread: Mechanically difficult kanji Post: Mechanically difficult kanji For some reason, I have a really difficult time with 舞 (dance) and also 無 (nothingness). I remember the stories, I just mess up trying to draw the thing. My brain wants me to draw turkey or horse. |
laner36 | Remembering the Kanji | 51 | 15,570 | 2008-06-24, 1:30 am | ||
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Thread: 582 - Group Post: 582 - Group When I think of group, I think of hazing or rituals to get into a group (like a fraternity). In this case I imagine wannabe group members glued to a wall in a pent-in place. It helps to make the ima... |
laner36 | Remembering the Kanji | 12 | 2,240 | 2008-06-22, 9:18 pm | ||
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Thread: pimsleur Post: pimsleur PrettyKitty Wrote:/more info than you wanted... Thank you! Expecially because it _was_ more! |
laner36 | Learning resources | 55 | 14,809 | 2008-06-20, 12:24 am | ||
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Thread: pimsleur Post: pimsleur I came across another phrase that I am having a hard time getting my head around. It is from Intermediate Lesson 28. The English is "I have to go" and the Japanese is something like いかなくてはいけません [行かな... |
laner36 | Learning resources | 55 | 14,809 | 2008-06-19, 9:44 am | ||
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Thread: Japanese keywords Post: Japanese keywords nyquil Wrote:* If the japanese keyword has a different meaning than the english one, do you plan to change all your stories for kanji that use it as a primitive? For example, 呂 is associated with the ... |
laner36 | Remembering the Kanji | 410 | 148,982 | 2008-06-18, 9:35 pm | ||
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Thread: Read Real Japanese-Great new reader Post: Read Real Japanese-Great new reader Thanks for all the reviews! I am leaving Japan next month so I am trying to decide which books I should buy before I leave. I am especially interested in the comparison between the graded reader ser... |
laner36 | Learning resources | 8 | 4,695 | 2008-06-05, 8:59 pm | ||
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Thread: JFE Post: JFE I haven`t seen the older version. So Leo Smith changed the vocabulary words but kept the grammer? That would probably explain it. I`ll check the excercises in my book when I get home. Thanks for ... |
laner36 | Learning resources | 72 | 34,348 | 2008-06-02, 7:18 pm | ||
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Thread: JFE Post: JFE kaiya Wrote:I notice that a new edition of this book is available on Amazon due to be published 18 April 2008 I just bought this new version. Haven't looked extensively but so far I am having a hard ... |
laner36 | Learning resources | 72 | 34,348 | 2008-06-02, 8:15 am | ||
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Thread: RevTK Donation Drive Post: RevTK Donation Drive Great job in starting this thread Zarxrax. (I only wished you had titled it the "I just donated...please congratulate me" thread). I've been meaning to donate for a while. I've never donated to anyt... |
laner36 | Off topic | 43 | 10,096 | 2008-05-31, 8:18 am | ||
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Thread: Easy Kanji Reading Post: Easy Kanji Reading tokyostyle Wrote:I think she was particular disgusted with the Level 1 Volume 1 stuff. There were lots of unnatural sentences in them just so they would be easy to read. This has become a huge probl... |
laner36 | Learning resources | 24 | 9,177 | 2008-05-29, 8:42 pm | ||
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Thread: Easy Kanji Reading Post: Easy Kanji Reading tokyostyle Wrote:Floatingweed5 Wrote:I bought these books recently at the recommendation of someone on the forum. They are quite fun... http://www.thejapanshop.com/home.php?cat=344 Every Japanese pers... |
laner36 | Learning resources | 24 | 9,177 | 2008-05-28, 12:56 am | ||
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Thread: I have a bit of a problem and need some suggestions... Post: I have a bit of a problem and need some suggestion... I am really curious what your parents reasonings are. Not that you should tell me--I'm just nosy. As a father myself, I can't understand why your father wouldn't want you to learn. My guess is he wo... |
laner36 | Learning resources | 17 | 3,792 | 2008-05-23, 5:59 am | ||
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Thread: Japanese keywords Post: Japanese keywords wrightak Wrote:One of the things I want to improve is to try and get hold of some simpler sentences for the first few kanji. The ones there right now are ok but they could introduce less new vocab and... |
laner36 | Remembering the Kanji | 410 | 148,982 | 2008-05-21, 8:31 am | ||
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Thread: Japanese keywords Post: Japanese keywords Hey thanks a lot for sharing your work! I love the idea. It's like put all those kanji I spent so hard learning to good use. So far I've gone through the first 30 or so. I was surprised at how much... |
laner36 | Remembering the Kanji | 410 | 148,982 | 2008-05-20, 9:08 am | ||
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Thread: Sentence mining - collections? Post: Sentence mining - collections? hey glowing face man, how long do you spend in a day reviewing when you have 7000+ cards in your deck? (PS your blog is indeed badass) |
laner36 | General discussion | 28 | 8,923 | 2008-05-18, 8:22 am | ||
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Thread: Help me plan my post-RTK1 study Post: Help me plan my post-RTK1 study It depends mainly on your goals. My goals are more to _understand_ Japanese (rather than to _produce_ Japanese). So the skills I work on the most are listening and reading. Listening: I also got pi... |
laner36 | General discussion | 25 | 6,269 | 2008-05-17, 6:58 pm | ||
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Thread: RTK + Pimsleur + Doramas Post: RTK + Pimsleur + Doramas Sorry for the double post. roderik Wrote:I would recommend stopping the alt + tab process and concentrate on one thing at a time. If you are working: work. If you are learning: learn. If you try to co... |
laner36 | General discussion | 153 | 24,620 | 2008-05-15, 8:55 pm | ||
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Thread: RTK + Pimsleur + Doramas Post: RTK + Pimsleur + Doramas I'm not sure if I'm understanding you right, but it sounds like you are putting too much emphasis on the SRS and not enough on imaginative memory. Using an SRS is good (I use Pimsleur too--and I use ... |
laner36 | General discussion | 153 | 24,620 | 2008-05-15, 8:42 pm | ||
