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    Thread: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here
Post: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here

I haven't been on Reviewing the Kanji for quite a long time, as I've been studying for the Kanji Kentei test in June. I've never taken any Japanese class, but my daughter is in a Japanese supplement...
dzurn General discussion 1,389 294,528 2012-07-13, 12:21 am
    Thread: Best way to study / improve in this situation?
Post: Best way to study / improve in this situation?

Zagato Wrote:... Yeah, Google tablet seems to be great for this type of stuff. It's cheap, seems to be quite fast, has access to internet, and uses Android. It basically almost has everything a guy l...
dzurn The Japanese language 7 2,169 2012-07-13, 12:07 am
    Thread: Best way to study / improve in this situation?
Post: Best way to study / improve in this situation?

Congratulations on your upcoming trip! Sounds like a GREAT way to see Japan. For on-the-go study in Japan, I can't imagine not having my "Kotoba!" app for my iPhone/iPod Touch. It's a completely self...
dzurn The Japanese language 7 2,169 2012-07-12, 11:58 pm
    Thread: Where is a good place to find Japanese women(on the internet)?
Post: Where is a good place to find Japanese women(on th...

Gaijinme Wrote: The Type of Men that Women Like 。。。snip 。。。 [i]"It was adorable. He put cat ears on, brandished some chopsticks and started crying." My best advice for the OP is to become the kind o...
dzurn General discussion 204 49,048 2012-01-13, 11:05 am
    Thread: ebwin pocket dictionnary upload through Itunes ?
Post: ebwin pocket dictionnary upload through Itunes ?

Personally I love the Kotoba! app that I downloaded for my iPod Touch. It's basically a self-contained JMDict (Jim Breen) with lots of extras, like stroke-order animations, lists of JLPT and Jouyou Ka...
dzurn Learning resources 4 1,997 2011-11-14, 3:22 pm
    Thread: Preparing for My Flight
Post: Preparing for My Flight

Back to the original question... double-check the quantities of fluids you are carrying. I put all of them (except my antiperspirant and toothbrush/toothpaste) into my checked luggage. You'll lose tha...
dzurn Off topic 77 11,338 2011-11-14, 3:03 pm
    Thread: www.imabijapaneselearningcenter.com
Post: www.imabijapaneselearningcenter.com

SammyB Wrote:Apache Chief Wrote:JimmySeal Wrote:And everyone knows how to pronounce the word "therapist," but that doesn't make the URL http://www.therapistfinder.com any less unfortunate. *ahem* http...
dzurn Learning resources 503 66,736 2011-10-17, 8:22 am
    Thread: Why are children books so hard to read?
Post: Why are children books so hard to read?

nadiatims Wrote:I remember doing one series of lessons for 中三 where I had the class ... Sorry but I had to post. I'm sure you are talking about middle school, but Rikaichan gave 「中三」 the meaning of "...
dzurn General discussion 78 17,100 2011-10-07, 7:06 am
    Thread: White People Can't Read Japanese.
Post: White People Can't Read Japanese.

SomeCallMeChris Wrote:Certainly, I've known many Americans who showed every sign of believing that everyone in the world could understand English. (This also leads to the 'if I only speak louder and s...
dzurn The Japanese language 97 19,719 2011-08-26, 1:30 pm
    Thread: How should a / or ・ be read verbally?
Post: How should a / or ・ be read verbally?

I just give a little sigh. And to myself, I say, "Sigh". ;)
dzurn General discussion 12 3,014 2011-08-24, 3:21 pm
    Thread: Used RtK books?
Post: Used RtK books?

Frankly I'd love to have a PDF of the book so I can search and take it with me. I'd still hit the author's tip jar, corresponding to his cut of the regular paper book.
dzurn Learning resources 9 1,256 2011-08-18, 3:22 pm
    Thread: Used RtK books?
Post: Used RtK books?

Omoishinji Wrote:@dzurn, you should take into consideration that 196 Kanji have been added to the 常用漢字 (Standard Kanji). They will not be included in the older versions. You might be able to get a sup...
dzurn Learning resources 9 1,256 2011-08-18, 1:20 pm
    Thread: Used RtK books?
Post: Used RtK books?

I would like to purchase the three RtK books, but I'm not sure how much difference there is between the different editions of RtK1. Are the newer versions just tidied up around the edges or that much ...
dzurn Learning resources 9 1,256 2011-08-17, 6:17 am
    Thread: Adults ‘better’ than kids at learning new language
Post: Adults ‘better’ than kids at learning new language

Thanks, @nest0r. I'm already porous. Not sure if I'm metacognitive yet, but I'm hoping there's an Anki stack for that. ;)
dzurn Off topic 21 5,936 2011-08-03, 1:42 pm
    Thread: Adults ‘better’ than kids at learning new language
Post: Adults ‘better’ than kids at learning new language

I always wonder about the language studies that we are not comparing apples to apples when comparing the ease of use. If I sat through 5 hours of Japanese preschool every day, and had people kindly co...
dzurn Off topic 21 5,936 2011-07-25, 10:53 am