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    Thread: Most failed Kanji
Post: Most failed Kanji

1954 嘱 entrust 1980 験 verification 1813 触 contact 1575 棒 rod 1864 伺 pay respects
Fishface Remembering the Kanji 30 8,560 2011-04-14, 11:54 pm
    Thread: Getting a Japanese girlfriend?
Post: Getting a Japanese girlfriend?

Walking up and down through long grass has always worked for me.
Fishface General discussion 94 23,738 2011-04-08, 1:30 pm
    Thread: The "I just finished RTK3, please follow me" thread
Post: The "I just finished RTK3, please follow me" threa...

Just finished RTK3 after only a few months at a pace of 20 a day! This is probably not really a big deal on this forum what with all the overachievers on here but since I took 17 months to finish RTK1...
Fishface Remembering the Kanji 93 58,967 2011-03-30, 6:48 pm
    Thread: What's happened to Icecream?
Post: What's happened to Icecream?

I wanted to see if it was possible to add something like what I suggested so I looked through the PunBB source and came up with this. Even though adding it would probably open some massive security ho...
Fishface General discussion 132 25,027 2011-02-10, 1:43 pm
    Thread: What's happened to Icecream?
Post: What's happened to Icecream?

It seems a bit pointless to me to disable the delete option when as long as the edit option is still there, someone can still "do an Icecream" and replace all their posts with full stops. I think the ...
Fishface General discussion 132 25,027 2011-02-10, 9:36 am
    Thread: The thread 4 the rest of us
Post: The thread 4 the rest of us

Back when I was doing RTK1, I made the mistake of working really hard and burning myself out. My record, I think, was 100 kanji in one day then taking a 3 month break even though I was at 1800 kanji. ...
Fishface General discussion 50 10,411 2011-02-10, 9:25 am
    Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread.
Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"...

Done! It took me 17 months and 20k reviews and I know I'm far from actually knowing them all but it sure felt great finally adding 巳! Congratulations to the many people who've done it faster than me a...
Fishface Remembering the Kanji 1,845 424,666 2010-11-20, 9:27 am
    Thread: Queston about KO2001
Post: Queston about KO2001

The と is a particle and the verb is 叩く. If you're ever having the same problem again, try just typing the whole thing and your IME should pick up the word boundaries (that's how I figured it out).
Fishface General discussion 9 1,639 2010-09-24, 4:02 pm
    Thread: How to say "sort of like" leaning to the positive side.
Post: How to say "sort of like" leaning to the positive ...

I'm no expert but how about なかなかおいしい?
Fishface The Japanese language 9 2,527 2010-08-10, 3:24 am
    Thread: Question about Reading those small Kanjis online
Post: Question about Reading those small Kanjis online

After a while you'll not only recognise Kanji by themselves but as groups. To use your example of 日本語, even when it's really small you'll know what it is because you know 日木語 for example would make no...
Fishface Remembering the Kanji 3 1,218 2010-08-09, 2:24 pm
    Thread: Help with subtitles
Post: Help with subtitles

alphador Wrote:Thanks, I will try that. As for the suspicious file, I hope they remove it soon, because one of the 2 tonari no totoro subs posted on kitsunekko actually contains a series of malicious ...
Fishface Learning resources 10 1,732 2010-08-02, 4:21 pm
    Thread: Embarrassing myself in ハワイ
Post: Embarrassing myself in ハワイ

You're definitely braver than I am :)
Fishface General discussion 61 11,151 2010-07-30, 6:24 am
    Thread: 舞 - 15画?
Post: 舞 - 15画?

15: http://www.yamasa.cc/members/ocjs/kanjid...enDocument
Fishface Remembering the Kanji 5 1,155 2010-07-18, 9:30 pm
    Thread: YouTube Series: Using Dramas To Improve Your Japanese
Post: YouTube Series: Using Dramas To Improve Your Japan...

thanks for the videos! sub2srs has always intimidated me with its millions of options but you explained them all really well. looking forward to the rest!
Fishface Learning resources 12 5,369 2010-07-10, 3:01 am
    Thread: Which word is the hardest to pronounce
Post: Which word is the hardest to pronounce

竜 (りゅう) Two sounds not found in English combined and to make it extra fun a long vowel too. Arghh!
Fishface The Japanese language 61 19,360 2010-05-25, 2:03 am
    Thread: Survey: When, where, and why did you start RTK?
Post: Survey: When, where, and why did you start RTK?

When: Last summer Where: London Why: I finished secondary school with no idea what to do with my life so I ended up having a gap year. Watching TV all day was just depressing so I decided that I'd lea...
Fishface Remembering the Kanji 22 4,455 2010-04-21, 8:46 pm
    Thread: Croatian Girl Goes into Coma, Wakes Up Fluent in German
Post: Croatian Girl Goes into Coma, Wakes Up Fluent in G...

If anyone needs me, I'll be playing in traffic.
Fishface Off topic 40 10,161 2010-04-13, 2:06 pm
    Thread: Speed reading
Post: Speed reading

right so i just need to memorize that and that's two 音読み and one word learnt :D
Fishface General discussion 31 8,358 2010-03-22, 6:38 pm
    Thread: TV Series Recommendations and Index Thread
Post: TV Series Recommendations and Index Thread

http://forum.koohii.com/showthread.php?tid=4860 http://forum.koohii.com/showthread.php?tid=4447
Fishface Group study 3 1,906 2010-03-18, 8:29 am
    Thread: Gobbledygook in fnn-news (OS X)
Post: Gobbledygook in fnn-news (OS X)

It's exactly the same for me on Windows 7.
Fishface General discussion 7 1,949 2010-03-10, 8:01 am
    Thread: Some guy at Kotaku rants on Japan...
Post: Some guy at Kotaku rants on Japan...

Squintox Wrote:I doubt the walls will be all yellow if you go to a smoker's house. What kind of logic is this?! I think smoking actually does turn walls yellow.
Fishface General discussion 131 24,151 2010-03-03, 7:20 pm
    Thread: It's KANJI not **KANJIS**
Post: It's KANJI not **KANJIS**

Babyrat Wrote:they shits everywhere wouldn't it just be shit, since it's a verb and not the plural of shit?
Fishface The Japanese language 17 2,525 2010-02-19, 10:19 am
    Thread: Which font should I mimic?
Post: Which font should I mimic?

vgambit Wrote:Copy the KanjiStrokeOrders font. http://sites.google.com/site/nihilistorguk/ i tried doing that but people have started asking me why my kanji is full of little numbers :(
Fishface General discussion 6 1,489 2010-01-24, 6:56 am
    Thread: Significance of verb stem + 込む
Post: Significance of verb stem + 込む

These might help: http://www.zanthan.com/japan/nihongo/arc...01910.html http://www.japanesepod101.com/forum/view...php?t=1345
Fishface The Japanese language 7 2,308 2010-01-01, 9:02 pm
    Thread: Which kanji the kana came from?
Post: Which kanji the kana came from?

Heisg's Remembering The Kana books have what you're looking for.
Fishface The Japanese language 12 1,770 2010-01-01, 8:15 pm
    Thread: interesting graph and stats
Post: interesting graph and stats

Here's mine! [Image: http://imgur.com/Dipve.png] edit: now with failure too! [Image: http://imgur.com/LSqcS.png]
Fishface Remembering the Kanji 22 3,989 2009-10-15, 10:41 pm
    Thread: what do you use to write the kanji?
Post: what do you use to write the kanji?

i use a uniball signo which i've permanently borrowed from my sister. i also printed some 1x1cm squared paper but i find it really difficult to fit certain kanji into the squares.
Fishface The Japanese language 46 21,002 2009-07-24, 9:30 am
    Thread: Surprising my friends with plane tickects to Japan. Best time to go?
Post: Surprising my friends with plane tickects to Japan...

Make sure they have passports :p
Fishface General discussion 19 3,050 2009-07-02, 6:27 pm