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    Thread: Am I going to get in trouble if I don't learn a full story?
Post: Am I going to get in trouble if I don't learn a fu...

If I may reply late, I have my own take on this "remembering stories" problem. For me, I think I'm following exactly what Heisig's introduction suggested and am using my "imagination memory" instead ...
Hyreia Remembering the Kanji 8 2,018 2015-03-25, 10:56 am
    Thread: how to see japanese tv
Post: how to see japanese tv

Works fine for me, but my college has a fairly fast connection. Wooow... I know this isn't the place for this discussion, but I just have to throw in a quick comment: I feel like I don't need nearly ...
Hyreia General discussion 88 27,527 2009-09-03, 12:13 pm
    Thread: Switching to Anki after finishing
Post: Switching to Anki after finishing

I sort of did this myself, but it was after I joined the 1000 expired cards club. My weakest were the 1700s-1800s as those were the ones I rushed the most. I started fresh and added 50 a day, which se...
Hyreia Learning resources 5 1,022 2009-06-19, 10:56 pm
    Thread: Quickly learn to just read a language?
Post: Quickly learn to just read a language?

I would try this method now (the one ahibba is describing) for French, but learning Japanese is too high of a priority. : ) I'll try it in a week or two when my SRS deck gets fuller. Having two years...
Hyreia Off topic 59 12,335 2009-06-03, 11:58 am
    Thread: Quickly learn to just read a language?
Post: Quickly learn to just read a language?

Thank you, ahibba, that's surprisingly fast! 7 days? Only 3500 words plus specialized words? Ah, wait.. hmm... the first 1200 come in French (with no gender), but the rest are 3500 common English word...
Hyreia Off topic 59 12,335 2009-06-03, 1:57 am
    Thread: Quickly learn to just read a language?
Post: Quickly learn to just read a language?

(Not sure if this is in the right spot.) I've taken two years of high school French, they were in my junior and senior year, and I regret not taking French earlier! Although I don't want to start a F...
Hyreia Off topic 59 12,335 2009-06-02, 7:53 pm
    Thread: The 1,000+ Expired Cards Club
Post: The 1,000+ Expired Cards Club

Well, my internet was down for three days, and without any way to get to it, it piled up to many, many hundred. And since I was already near like 1800... I decided to just continue on until I got to 2...
Hyreia General discussion 48 12,426 2009-05-24, 11:07 am
    Thread: What was the first Kanji you learned?
Post: What was the first Kanji you learned?

Mine were in the back of a Japanese grammar book of mine that was entirely in ローマ字. Mine were 雨 and 火. They were trying to teach how they evolved from pictographs or ideographs (they also showed 一), ....
Hyreia The Japanese language 13 1,868 2009-05-11, 10:09 pm
    Thread: Kanji Compounds: It's over 9000! Seriously, though-over 70,000!?
Post: Kanji Compounds: It's over 9000! Seriously, though...

Stolen from this page: http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/f...umberwords English has over 171,476 words in current use, and 47,156 obsolete words. To this may be added around 9,500 derivative wor...
Hyreia The Japanese language 26 20,574 2009-04-29, 9:09 pm
    Thread: The 1,000+ Expired Cards Club
Post: The 1,000+ Expired Cards Club

Edit: OOPS, Necropost... I forget to brush my teeth all the time... Incidentally, I was without internet access for a few days. And even before that, I had neglected a few days. I'm still in the 160...
Hyreia General discussion 48 12,426 2009-04-27, 8:48 pm
    Thread: Japanese Cursive?
Post: Japanese Cursive?

Wow. Great replies, all. I wasn't suspecting such quick and varied responses. Continue discussing if you want, I'll edit this and give a more deserving reply tomorrow (read: today, later in the aftern...
Hyreia The Japanese language 9 10,950 2009-03-31, 1:48 am
    Thread: Japanese Cursive?
Post: Japanese Cursive?

I saw some old Chinese poems on a picture in a Chinese chicken restaurant. Naturally, I knew I wouldn't be able to understand it fully, but like any block of Chinese characters I come across, I have t...
Hyreia The Japanese language 9 10,950 2009-03-30, 10:25 pm