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    Thread: Motivation for learning Japanese
Post: RE: Motivation for learning Japanese

Thank you all for your ideas and inspiration! I now see JLPT in a better daylight, although I will put that on my long-term goal when I'm reaching N2 levels. Quote:Honestly... my motivations have alw...
NumesSanguis General discussion 14 1,821 2016-03-01, 6:10 am
    Thread: Motivation for learning Japanese
Post: RE: Motivation for learning Japanese

Thank you for all your stories :) Personally I don't really like the idea of studying for JLPT tests as I care more about getting my thoughts across than perfect simple sentences (when spending the sa...
NumesSanguis General discussion 14 1,821 2016-02-27, 7:57 pm
    Thread: Motivation for learning Japanese
Post: RE: Motivation for learning Japanese

Sorry. I've been studying Japanese for a longer time now. It's hard to pinpoint my level since I've not really been studying from books but more from watching anime and hanging out with Japanese stude...
NumesSanguis General discussion 14 1,821 2016-02-26, 1:21 pm
    Thread: Motivation for learning Japanese
Post: Motivation for learning Japanese

Hey, I'm a student going in 1 month to Japan for a full master with a MEXT scholarship. Also I'm making an app to study the Japanese Kanji (but I don't want this forum topic to be about this). Since ...
NumesSanguis General discussion 14 1,821 2016-02-25, 7:24 pm
    Thread: Confused about 嗅 with 大 (big) or 犬 (dog)
Post: Confused about 嗅 with 大 (big) or 犬 (dog)

Should 嗅 be written with 大 (big) or 犬 (dog)? Kanji Koohii uses 犬, but in edition 6 of Remembering the Kanji it is 大. RK1-Supplement states the following: The only difference between the old and simpl...
NumesSanguis The Japanese language 3 858 2015-10-27, 9:25 am
    Thread: Is 町 really village and 村 town?
Post: Is 町 really village and 村 town?

@poblequadrat Thanks for your recommendation. My aim for now is when I study Kanji I just want to be able to tell them apart and have a vague sense of what each Kanji can mean. This should be possible...
NumesSanguis The Japanese language 11 1,587 2015-08-04, 5:10 pm
    Thread: Is 町 really village and 村 town?
Post: Is 町 really village and 村 town?

I agree with you yogert909, it's better to learn multiple meanings and get a true understanding by reading a lot. In this case with 'actual' I meant: if 町 is more associated with town than village (ir...
NumesSanguis The Japanese language 11 1,587 2015-08-04, 4:26 pm
    Thread: Is 町 really village and 村 town?
Post: Is 町 really village and 村 town?

I think it's more important to associate a Kanji with it's actual use than a distinct keyword. Thanks for the information, then I go for 町 as town and 村 for village.
NumesSanguis The Japanese language 11 1,587 2015-08-04, 3:52 pm
    Thread: Is 町 really village and 村 town?
Post: Is 町 really village and 村 town?

If you go to 町: http://kanji.koohii.com/study/kanji/町 and 村: http://kanji.koohii.com/study/kanji/村 You see that the keywords Heisig used is 町 for village and 村 for town. However in the comments and t...
NumesSanguis The Japanese language 11 1,587 2015-08-04, 3:16 pm
    Thread: Difference ノ and 丿
Post: Difference ノ and 丿

What is the difference between ノ(?) and 丿(drop)? http://classic.jisho.org/kanji/details/万 says that 万 exist out of ノ(?), however I can't find in the radical list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...
NumesSanguis The Japanese language 1 879 2015-07-28, 8:51 am
    Thread: Why 千 associated with needles?
Post: Why 千 associated with needles?

In many of the stories about 千 (http://kanji.koohii.com/study/kanji/40), I see it associated with needles. Is 十 (ten) somehow related to needles?
NumesSanguis The Japanese language 3 915 2015-06-17, 8:11 am
    Thread: Difference 口 囗
Post: Difference 口 囗

I've been looking around the internet, but I didn't find a clear answer stating the difference between 口 and 囗. 口: Kanji mouth 囗: radical box/enclosure - If something is inside the square, is it alwa...
NumesSanguis The Japanese language 10 2,024 2015-05-26, 3:49 pm
    Thread: Search by Kanji index, get primitives
Post: Search by Kanji index, get primitives

Very useful, thanks :)
NumesSanguis Learning resources 2 610 2015-05-23, 8:09 am
    Thread: Search by Kanji index, get primitives
Post: Search by Kanji index, get primitives

Hey everyone, Does anyone know a website/software/app that when you type in the Kanji index of RTK (Remember The Kanji) and you get back which radicals and smaller Kanji's are used to make up that Ka...
NumesSanguis Learning resources 2 610 2015-05-22, 6:09 am
    Thread: Using Kanji stories for App
Post: Using Kanji stories for App

Thank you for your reply Faburisu. I'm not sure of the details of the implementation, but the current idea is to only include 1 story per Kanji. I would be happy to collaborate with you so both our w...
NumesSanguis Learning resources 4 1,071 2014-06-02, 2:28 pm
    Thread: Using Kanji stories for App
Post: Using Kanji stories for App

Of course the attribution requirements will be followed. That's indeed true, that's why I will do something like include all stories in the free version (.txt files don't take much space) or provide ...
NumesSanguis Learning resources 4 1,071 2014-06-01, 12:11 pm
    Thread: Kanji stories on this site
Post: Kanji stories on this site

Thanks everyone for answering my questions.
NumesSanguis Learning resources 5 886 2014-06-01, 8:58 am
    Thread: Using Kanji stories for App
Post: Using Kanji stories for App

I was thinking of creating an App for studying Kanji and for this I would like to use the Kanji stories of this website licensed under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ I was thinking...
NumesSanguis Learning resources 4 1,071 2014-06-01, 8:55 am
    Thread: Kanji stories on this site
Post: Kanji stories on this site

Aah I see, I have to fill in the number of the Kanji and browse it, thanks. Is there also an overview page with all the Kanji listed?
NumesSanguis Learning resources 5 886 2014-05-31, 4:15 am
    Thread: Kanji stories on this site
Post: Kanji stories on this site

Dear forum members, Sorry if this is something obvious, but I couldn't find it anywhere on the site. This site is promoted with "Edit and share kanji stories with fellow learners". Where can I find t...
NumesSanguis Learning resources 5 886 2014-05-27, 6:02 pm