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    Thread: Similar codewords
Post: Similar codewords

It helps me to use the keyword in a common phrase or euphemism that contains it to make it unique from similar code words. Like for bag and sack. You could use "bag lunch" in your story ... but "sa...
scottamus Remembering the Kanji 11 2,472 2006-10-02, 1:29 pm
    Thread: Difficulties in obtaining RTK1
Post: Difficulties in obtaining RTK1

Hopefully in time for xmas! Wow, you got me a RTKII and III. How did you know?
scottamus Remembering the Kanji 8 2,100 2006-09-27, 11:39 am
    Thread: Story contest
Post: Story contest

I guess the best choices would be the demon kanjis that everyone misses a lot. It would be interesting to see if there is an overall trend of hard to remember kanji. We would need Fab's help to compil...
scottamus Remembering the Kanji 20 5,259 2006-09-14, 10:44 pm
    Thread: Furigana over Kanji on any website!
Post: Furigana over Kanji on any website!

Wow, you totally opened my eyes to bookmarklets with. I used one before but I never gave it much thought. I looked up some examples on the net and there are a lot of incredible useful ones. Sorry for ...
scottamus Learning resources 21 16,218 2006-09-12, 12:28 pm
    Thread: Anticipation Plays a Powerful Role in Human Memory
Post: Anticipation Plays a Powerful Role in Human Memory

I have to say one of the most disturbing things I've ever seen was some site where people had posted pictures of asian women murdering cute little animals by stepping on them while wearing high heels....
scottamus Remembering the Kanji 3 1,731 2006-09-10, 9:19 pm
    Thread: Advice needed: any rule for posting stories?
Post: Advice needed: any rule for posting stories?

I suppose in a perfect world there would be seperate sections for notes, hints, and stories ... but information like "in none of the kanji of RTK1 is head in the left position of the kanji" is very us...
scottamus Remembering the Kanji 4 2,910 2006-09-09, 11:56 pm
    Thread: Vocab mnemonics
Post: Vocab mnemonics

止めを刺す 【とどめをさす】 (exp) to put an end to; to finish by a stab in the neck =Tomato sauce
scottamus General discussion 5 4,143 2006-09-07, 10:31 am
    Thread: Story contest
Post: Story contest

Drilling is naughty. Have you tried going back and visualizing the story in your head? Spend at least 5 minutes on each missed kanji and be sure to follow Heisig's steps. Get a nice clear story with t...
scottamus Remembering the Kanji 20 5,259 2006-09-05, 9:34 am
    Thread: Anticipation Plays a Powerful Role in Human Memory
Post: Anticipation Plays a Powerful Role in Human Memory

http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/523205/ If only we could harness this for remembering kanji. Maybe a disclaimer: "The kanji you are about to study may contain scenes of graphic violence contai...
scottamus Remembering the Kanji 3 1,731 2006-09-05, 9:29 am
    Thread: Story contest
Post: Story contest

If competition helps you to learn kanji then it's a good thing. Just don't be consumed by it. Another good competition might be 'most kanji learned this week'.
scottamus Remembering the Kanji 20 5,259 2006-09-04, 9:42 pm
    Thread: kanji to print on a t-shirt
Post: kanji to print on a t-shirt

Pay to play: http://www.kanjigraphy.com/index.html Download free fonts into your computer and use them somehow: http://wakan.manga.cz/forum/viewtopic.ph...819b6a765d Collection on the net: http://ww...
scottamus Remembering the Kanji 3 1,735 2006-09-01, 2:03 am
    Thread: The quick brown fox...
Post: The quick brown fox...

Here's a crazy thought. In english there's sentences that let you type every key on a keyboard. Why don't we do similar for all the kanji in RTK1. Here's the details. Create a list of compounds (pre...
scottamus Remembering the Kanji 3 1,362 2006-08-31, 12:22 pm
    Thread: Give yourself a Christmas gift: Complete RTKI by Christmas
Post: Give yourself a Christmas gift: Complete RTKI by C...

About 17 weeks till xmas? I have about 440 left so roughly 26 per week.
scottamus Remembering the Kanji 23 7,078 2006-08-31, 10:59 am
    Thread: index numbers mnemonic NO. 1, THE LARCH
Post: index numbers mnemonic NO. 1, THE LARCH

Houston. When I read the pegging method I thought, "Hey if I pegged a number for each kanji then I could write them all down in order from 1 to 2000+ from memory." But then I decided it is hard enoug...
scottamus Learning resources 6 2,491 2006-08-28, 1:05 pm
    Thread: Commonly confused kanji
Post: Commonly confused kanji

拐/招 whee
scottamus Remembering the Kanji 43 15,249 2006-08-28, 9:05 am
    Thread: index numbers mnemonic NO. 1, THE LARCH
Post: index numbers mnemonic NO. 1, THE LARCH

You talkin' bout this method? http://www.buildyourmemory.com/pegging.php
scottamus Learning resources 6 2,491 2006-08-28, 9:00 am
    Thread: Hand-writing kanji character recognition in your browser
Post: Hand-writing kanji character recognition in your b...

Very cool. So when can we expect to see it integrated into the kanji review? :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
scottamus Learning resources 3 6,741 2006-08-24, 11:06 am
    Thread: Origins of 仮名
Post: Origins of 仮名

IIRC, the derivations are also in Heisig's book remembering the kana, which I recommend to anyone who hasn't mastered them yet. At least check it out from the library.
scottamus The Japanese language 13 4,425 2006-08-24, 10:57 am
    Thread: the blue kanji box
Post: the blue kanji box

wrightak Wrote:What does 大塚愛 mean? A few guesses come to mind. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ai_Otsuka
scottamus Remembering the Kanji 26 12,575 2006-08-22, 8:21 am
    Thread: What's the best time to start Heisig?
Post: What's the best time to start Heisig?

ivoSF Wrote:a bit off-topic, but this seemed the best topic to fent mine irritation.... is anyone else wondering why hesig uses on some occasions expensive words? i`m not a native english speaker and ...
scottamus Remembering the Kanji 46 14,710 2006-08-04, 9:30 am
    Thread: What's the best time to start Heisig?
Post: What's the best time to start Heisig?

The only answer is 今! My real answer is as soon as you start wanting to learn kanji. I started by using henshall's book and never got past a couple hundred after years off and on of which I only vagu...
scottamus Remembering the Kanji 46 14,710 2006-08-01, 4:59 am
    Thread: Vocab mnemonics
Post: Vocab mnemonics

No I just saw it today. It's only ten bux and it has decent reviews so I will probably go ahead and grab it.
scottamus General discussion 5 4,143 2006-07-25, 5:23 pm
    Thread: Vocab mnemonics
Post: Vocab mnemonics

Does anyone have a significant list of mnemonics for Japanese Vocab? I have seen a few here and there and have made many of my own but with the exception of the book below I can't find a significant s...
scottamus General discussion 5 4,143 2006-07-25, 10:49 am
    Thread: Free japanese eBooks
Post: Free japanese eBooks

I can't figure out how to browse any of the japanese books aside from the "popular" ones on the front page. Looks like a good find if we can get to them. ok, just search for "japanese_collection" ht...
scottamus Learning resources 5 4,997 2006-07-14, 10:32 pm
    Thread: Stroke Order Rules
Post: Stroke Order Rules

Hand - Linen (cloth). Is that gentle cycle or something?
scottamus Remembering the Kanji 48 22,844 2006-07-06, 1:28 pm
    Thread: Anybody doing calligraphy ? 書道 ?
Post: Anybody doing calligraphy ? 書道 ?

I'd be interested in doing some calligraphy just so I can understand how to read the characters. As it is, I can't understand most kanji written like that because it's so hard to make out the primativ...
scottamus The Japanese language 28 14,003 2006-07-05, 5:58 pm
    Thread: So how do you get about RTK2?
Post: So how do you get about RTK2?

For learning compounds do you use a different kanji town for them? i.e. find all the compounds that start with heart and create a heart shaped house (or whatever) and have all the compounds in a chain...
scottamus Remembering the Kanji 58 19,115 2006-06-28, 10:15 am
    Thread: So how do you get about RTK2?
Post: So how do you get about RTK2?

Immacolata Wrote:So the chances are that you will get confused are so small compared to the tower of BENEFIT you will reap following this approach. Camman, man. Give it a try if you already did RTK1....
scottamus Remembering the Kanji 58 19,115 2006-06-26, 4:06 pm
    Thread: So how do you get about RTK2?
Post: So how do you get about RTK2?

So you're saying once you've learned the readings then you can pronounce unfamilar compounds correctly. But how do you know which reading to use? It it something that just makes sense the more you do ...
scottamus Remembering the Kanji 58 19,115 2006-06-26, 2:26 pm
    Thread: So how do you get about RTK2?
Post: So how do you get about RTK2?

I see the 'how' of kanjitown but I'm still a little confused on the 'why'. I'm trying to understand the motivation for learning all the readings. I haven't gotten into the readings yet so I may not ha...
scottamus Remembering the Kanji 58 19,115 2006-06-26, 12:19 pm