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Thread: Tips for Japanese Job Interviews Post: Tips for Japanese Job Interviews I do have a beard, but I try to keep it pretty neatly trimmed. The photo attached to my résumé also has a beard. Do you think it will be a problem. I don't look asian at all so it seems like it should... |
erlog | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 9 | 1,787 | 2015-10-13, 12:07 am | ||
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Thread: Tips for Japanese Job Interviews Post: Tips for Japanese Job Interviews Hello everybody, some of you might remember over the years from the KanKen thread or the grammar deck Flamerokz and I built for JLPT. I recently finished up my time on the JET Program, and I'm now lo... |
erlog | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 9 | 1,787 | 2015-10-11, 11:12 pm | ||
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Thread: The KanKen Chronicles Post: The KanKen Chronicles Well, the track record for this kind of software is really terrible. So it wouldn't surprise me if the devs lucked into making great study software with KanKen DS3, but then went back to making medioc... |
erlog | General discussion | 397 | 123,291 | 2015-09-13, 5:21 pm | ||
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Thread: Kanji in Context to SRS or not to SRS Post: Kanji in Context to SRS or not to SRS Put all the sentences into Anki, and drill Japanese -> Pronunciation/Understanding, but don't get too bent out of shape if the super late stuff is crazy hard. KiC's final chapters are kind of ridic... |
erlog | Learning resources | 3 | 939 | 2015-08-12, 1:06 am | ||
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Thread: iKnow engine broken Post: iKnow engine broken This kind of stuff is why I've always been somewhat worried about siloed learning systems that want you to cede control of your progress information to them. When they work well it's fine, but if the ... |
erlog | Learning resources | 2 | 683 | 2015-06-15, 1:13 am | ||
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Thread: Is this a stylistic thing or just random? Post: Is this a stylistic thing or just random? EratiK Wrote:For me the second one is the auxiliary (come about, grow, come to, begin to). See DOBJG p221. This is correct, and in written Japanese the kanji for auxiliary verbs is usually dropped. Ba... |
erlog | The Japanese language | 8 | 1,191 | 2015-06-08, 12:57 am | ||
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Thread: American comedian expresses his frustration in learning Kanji Post: American comedian expresses his frustration in lea... I dislike him intensely because now whenever someone finds out I have Kanji Kentei 2級 they say, "oh you're like Jason!" and it's like, "umm... no. I have actual certifications that took me years to ge... |
erlog | The Japanese language | 31 | 6,672 | 2015-06-04, 1:03 am | ||
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Thread: Do Japanese subtitles help to increase listening comprehension? Post: Do Japanese subtitles help to increase listening c... Japanese subtitles do more to help your reading speed than they do your listening. They can still be very useful, though. You just might not get the benefits you're attempting to get. They were usefu... |
erlog | General discussion | 12 | 2,370 | 2015-05-24, 7:23 pm | ||
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Thread: Overwork Post: Overwork Yo, sholum, nobody cares about your personal philosophy regarding unions and it has nothing to do with Japan. So if you'd like to talk about it I would appreciate you making use of your personal freed... |
erlog | General discussion | 39 | 7,050 | 2015-05-18, 11:07 am | ||
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Thread: Overwork Post: Overwork Robik Wrote:juniperpansy Wrote:So Shalom buddy, you prefer 50% longer work weeks, lower pay (as an employee) and less vacation time over joining a union? You sir are a true Japanese! Can you back up ... |
erlog | General discussion | 39 | 7,050 | 2015-05-17, 10:25 pm | ||
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Thread: Overwork Post: Overwork Taurus Wrote:I think you're pretty angry and you want to somehow blame that on Japan. Fair enough. I posted a more serious reply to this, but now I have deleted it since the only proper response to so... |
erlog | General discussion | 39 | 7,050 | 2015-05-13, 4:30 am | ||
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Thread: Overwork Post: Overwork Taurus Wrote:Yeah, my point is that there is no useful 'norm'. Averages! Statistics! Mere numbers! Reality is unknowable. No wonder you're no longer working in finance. Quote:Seriously, how many vide... |
erlog | General discussion | 39 | 7,050 | 2015-05-13, 3:41 am | ||
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Thread: Overwork Post: Overwork Taurus Wrote:This is simply not true. My London experience is absolutely the norm in investment banking, everywhere in the world. My story from Japan is also pretty representative - in terms of the ho... |
erlog | General discussion | 39 | 7,050 | 2015-05-13, 2:11 am | ||
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Thread: Overwork Post: Overwork Sorry, I'm not going to get into personal archaeology with you since anecdotal evidence isn't really useful. The difference between your London experience and your story from Japan is that one is quit... |
erlog | General discussion | 39 | 7,050 | 2015-05-12, 8:17 pm | ||
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Thread: Do you think that writing your own story is critical? Post: Do you think that writing your own story is critic... Roketzu Wrote:I wrote over 2000 of my own stories (more like sentences) just a few years ago and I probably can't recall a single one of them now, though that's not really a problem because I can read... |
erlog | Remembering the Kanji | 5 | 1,097 | 2015-05-12, 7:54 pm | ||
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Thread: Overwork Post: Overwork Taurus Wrote:erlog Wrote:I understand why you would want to think "the truth is in the middle," but in this case it really isn't. I don't think the truth is in the middle; I think working in the west ... |
erlog | General discussion | 39 | 7,050 | 2015-05-12, 1:14 am | ||
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Thread: Starting again. Review old sentences? Make new sentences? Post: Starting again. Review old sentences? Make new sen... If you do find that retreading the old mined material is killing your old material, though, then feel free to just suspend those cards or split them out into some kind of archive so you can start fres... |
erlog | The Japanese language | 13 | 1,828 | 2015-05-12, 12:25 am | ||
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Thread: Do you think that writing your own story is critical? Post: Do you think that writing your own story is critic... No, I don't think it's critical. I do think Heisig's approach toward you personalizing your stories as much as possible in order to make them memorable is quite valuable, though. That's one of the k... |
erlog | Remembering the Kanji | 5 | 1,097 | 2015-05-12, 12:21 am | ||
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Thread: Overwork Post: Overwork Bokusenou Wrote:Someone who has worked in a Japanese office could probably answer this better than I can, but I've heard that foreigners can get away with not following some unspoken rules like workin... |
erlog | General discussion | 39 | 7,050 | 2015-05-12, 12:03 am | ||
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Thread: Community IRC Channel. Post: Community IRC Channel. I think #rtk on the Rizon IRC network is a good place to discuss learning Japanese. [spoiler]Also, visual novels, manga, DotA, Smash, and Software Development[/spoiler] |
erlog | Group study | 74 | 40,147 | 2015-04-07, 8:34 pm | ||
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Thread: Load balancer (Anki plugin) Post: Load balancer (Anki plugin) cophnia61 Wrote:Erlog, sorry if I mentioned you, it's only because you suggested it to me! Thank you flqmerokz for the detailed explanation, think it will be very useful to me! PS: Well, there is ... |
erlog | Learning resources | 8 | 1,697 | 2015-04-07, 6:44 am | ||
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Thread: Load balancer (Anki plugin) Post: Load balancer (Anki plugin) Since Flamerokz isn't going to help you then I guess I will. Do a search in the Anki browser like "prop:due=5" or "prop:due=10" to get the list of cards due on the days with spikes. Highlight the num... |
erlog | Learning resources | 8 | 1,697 | 2015-04-06, 8:59 pm | ||
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Thread: The KanKen Chronicles Post: The KanKen Chronicles PotbellyPig Wrote:I agree that words from a frequency list or the step books won't be as useful as from actual reading at this point. It may be more interesting to do them from the step books since t... |
erlog | General discussion | 397 | 123,291 | 2015-03-16, 7:14 pm | ||
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Thread: Moving to Japan for 1 year (Nagoya Area) Post: Moving to Japan for 1 year (Nagoya Area) Hey, I'm in the Nagoya area and also from Chicago. You should hit me up in a private message so we can Skype or something. I can tell you all about it. |
erlog | Off topic | 3 | 1,011 | 2015-03-06, 1:58 am | ||
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Thread: Guess iKnow pulled their Creative Common license Post: Guess iKnow pulled their Creative Common license Guys, I don't think Damien is going to remove contents in individual user decks. This is entirely about the shared deck section of the website. If someone has a comment from Damien somewhere that says... |
erlog | General discussion | 80 | 18,141 | 2015-03-05, 5:11 am | ||
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Thread: Guess iKnow pulled their Creative Common license Post: Guess iKnow pulled their Creative Common license If Damien pulls the Core decks because of this then he's a profoundly stupid person. You can't revoke a CC license from released content. That isn't how copyright works. If Cerego were to release an... |
erlog | General discussion | 80 | 18,141 | 2015-03-02, 10:54 pm | ||
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Thread: Am I studying Kanji the WRONG way?! Post: Am I studying Kanji the WRONG way?! Go with whichever one you like better, but I would suggest you go with Heisig instead of Kanji Damage. Kanji Damage has mistakes in it that haven't ever been fixed, and seems to have been put together... |
erlog | Learning resources | 14 | 2,340 | 2015-02-25, 1:50 am | ||
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Thread: One Kanji Deck or Two? Post: One Kanji Deck or Two? Go with whichever one you like better, but I would suggest you go with Heisig instead of Kanji Damage. Kanji Damage has mistakes in it that haven't ever been fixed, and seems to have been put together... |
erlog | Learning resources | 1 | 396 | 2015-02-25, 1:40 am | ||
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Thread: What's Going on in Japanese News? Post: What's Going on in Japanese News? Found a story for it. http://www.asahi.com/articles/ASH2R6W9YH2RPTIL031.html : Court rules police handling of a 81 year male suspect unconstitutional, awards 2 million yen (~$23,000 USD). |
erlog | General discussion | 57 | 8,474 | 2015-02-24, 11:05 pm | ||
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Thread: What's Going on in Japanese News? Post: What's Going on in Japanese News? It could lead to something, and I hope it does. It's hard to be hopeful about social progress in Japan, though. It seems like around '07/'08 there were two cases that made the news, and led to new nat... |
erlog | General discussion | 57 | 8,474 | 2015-02-24, 10:57 pm | ||
