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    Thread: Pop/light rock songs - Anki deck
Post: Pop/light rock songs - Anki deck

Great idea. In fact, I did something very similar to this for myself about a year ago. I'd take a song (mostly JPop or intro/ending songs to anime I was watching) and then pop it into AegisSub, copy ...
Ryajinor Group study 12 5,791 2013-01-26, 6:23 pm
    Thread: "Steam" Games in Japanese
Post: "Steam" Games in Japanese

So, if you're like me and you love to mod your Elder Scrolls games, you're probably wondering why the Japanese localization reverts to a previous version. The answer is that Bethesda's QA process is b...
Ryajinor Off topic 84 48,825 2013-01-26, 6:08 pm
    Thread: Struggling with core6k
Post: Struggling with core6k

vix86 Wrote:Fadeway Wrote:Do you think what you suggested can still be done, even without index numbers, vix? [Wall of information] This worked perfectly for me. Thank you!
Ryajinor The Japanese language 37 18,773 2012-04-08, 7:01 pm
    Thread: Use subs2srs to Create Anki Decks Based on Your Favorite Movie or Show
Post: Use subs2srs to Create Anki Decks Based on Your Fa...

cb4960 Wrote:● The subtitle pairing algorithm is now much more intelligent. (Thanks B.L.!). It now considers both start AND end times and will remove any lines that do not have an obvious counterpart ...
Ryajinor Learning resources 1,039 387,689 2012-04-03, 11:57 pm
    Thread: a totally innocent thread about 日本語 books
Post: a totally innocent thread about 日本語 books

You're supposed to pretend it's something else!
Ryajinor Learning resources 277 117,275 2012-01-22, 7:31 pm
    Thread: Vocab "Today I Learned" Thread
Post: Vocab "Today I Learned" Thread

torokun Wrote:What is KY? KY is 空気読めない
Ryajinor The Japanese language 72 24,980 2010-12-22, 1:57 am
    Thread: Tiger and Dragon decks
Post: Tiger and Dragon decks

Huh. I've made a subs2srs deck out of a bunch of random Japanese songs, but I never thought about uploading it. I didn't think it would appeal to anyone, but I guess I can understand wanting to broade...
Ryajinor Learning resources 38 10,718 2010-10-30, 4:52 pm
    Thread: Pokemon Black x White now with KANJI!
Post: Pokemon Black x White now with KANJI!

First time I've actually tried to play a game in Japanese, and I surprised myself with how well I could follow along. Hurray! ... I'm sure it has everything to do with my Japanese skill and not the fa...
Ryajinor Learning resources 81 29,440 2010-09-24, 3:38 pm
    Thread: Visual Novels by Language Difficulty
Post: Visual Novels by Language Difficulty

If I've never played a visual novel before (besides Phoenix Wright, in English) what's a good one to start off with?
Ryajinor Learning resources 44 56,069 2010-09-14, 11:53 pm
    Thread: a totally innocent thread about 日本語 books
Post: a totally innocent thread about 日本語 books

Hypothetically, this is a very interesting, educational, and informative thread. In an alternate universe where it is not, in fact, a discussion about the evils of book piracy vis-a-vis the internet. ...
Ryajinor Learning resources 277 117,275 2010-02-24, 10:52 pm
    Thread: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - Page 1 Vocabulary (Anki Deck)
Post: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - Page 1 Voc...

wccrawford Wrote:Aijin Wrote:The use of esoteric vocabulary makes one a freak, hmm? Shouldst thou talkest thusly, thine friends wouldst think thee a freak. That's what I'm talking about. Go talk to ...
Ryajinor Learning resources 120 31,183 2010-01-22, 2:12 pm
    Thread: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - Page 1 Vocabulary (Anki Deck)
Post: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - Page 1 Voc...

Tobberoth Wrote:I think if you search for Harry Potter on this forum, you find about one million topics about people reading it in Japanese. Search for Lord of the Rings and you find nothing, etc. I'v...
Ryajinor Learning resources 120 31,183 2009-12-29, 2:03 pm
    Thread: beginner manga/childrens books to start on?
Post: beginner manga/childrens books to start on?

wildweathel Wrote:... えぇ from あい/おい/あえ, i-adjectives/negatives and お前 きゃ from ければ, んち from のうち とる from ておる (a Kansai-ism. I haven't seen it in よつば yet, but used by the "Idiot from Osaka" character i...
Ryajinor Learning resources 38 16,854 2009-12-29, 1:19 pm
    Thread: beginner manga/childrens books to start on?
Post: beginner manga/childrens books to start on?

magamo Wrote:"I always sidestep that and teach this dumbed down fake rule because it's a whole lot easier to teach them." We call that lies to children.
Ryajinor Learning resources 38 16,854 2009-12-27, 10:13 pm
    Thread: Cool Japanese girl's name
Post: Cool Japanese girl's name

Hashiriya Wrote:Nukemarine Wrote:Will you daughter ever forgive you if she found out you picked her name off advice from an internet forum? Wait ... isn't that sort of how Densha Otoko got rolling? b...
Ryajinor Off topic 68 15,433 2009-12-21, 7:27 pm
    Thread: A phrase that just boggles me...
Post: A phrase that just boggles me...

On the topic of boggling phrases: I just happened across "豆腐の角に頭をぶつけて死ね" in my dictionary. Wow.
Ryajinor The Japanese language 6 1,989 2009-12-19, 6:37 pm
    Thread: 日本語でFF8をやっていますよ!
Post: 日本語でFF8をやっていますよ!

Evil_Dragon Wrote:I'd play FF8 once again if it wasn't for drawing magic *shudders*. Just card mod everything you need. Doesn't take that long.
Ryajinor General discussion 124 16,051 2009-12-08, 9:47 pm
    Thread: to those using subs2srs: how regular do you use it?
Post: to those using subs2srs: how regular do you use it...

I just downloaded the Toki wo Kakeru Shoujou deck to start with. Once I finished that I got the Clannad deck and I'm working through that. I also started making decks out of some songs. So... a lot of...
Ryajinor Learning resources 5 1,005 2009-12-07, 9:07 pm
    Thread: Sceptic to RTK
Post: Sceptic to RTK

I started doing the Core 2000 from Smart.fm when I was only halfway done with RTK. It was much easier to remember the vocabulary for the words that had kanji that I recognized. Go figure :P
Ryajinor Remembering the Kanji 52 10,516 2009-12-07, 6:34 pm
    Thread: How do you set up your Sub2Srs decks?
Post: How do you set up your Sub2Srs decks?

Front: Image Sound Kanji Back: Kana Meaning Notes (definitions, context notes, etc.) That's it. I should probably set up some other types, but... I'm lazy?
Ryajinor General discussion 17 5,038 2009-11-17, 10:02 pm
    Thread: Multiple Pre-Made SRS Decks?
Post: Multiple Pre-Made SRS Decks?

Yeah, I've got each deck separated. RTK, Tae Kim, Girl who Leapt Through Time, etc. No particular reason why, I suppose.
Ryajinor The Japanese language 18 3,164 2009-10-15, 10:06 pm
    Thread: Anki decks for anime?
Post: Anki decks for anime?

You're looking for this, I think. http://learnanylanguage.wikia.com/wiki/Sub2srs_decks There's some anime on there, and some dramas.
Ryajinor Learning resources 26 12,370 2009-10-11, 8:40 pm
    Thread: Pronouncing special characters like ☆
Post: Pronouncing special characters like ☆

yudantaiteki Wrote:That link also has other useful information in it -- I can't believe it took me over 10 years of using the IME before I knew that you can hit F7 to convert everything you just typed...
Ryajinor The Japanese language 33 4,405 2009-10-06, 2:49 pm
    Thread: Playing RPGs to improve your reading pace
Post: Playing RPGs to improve your reading pace

http://members2.jcom.home.ne.jp/ffstory/ff/index.html That the one you're talking about?
Ryajinor Learning resources 87 21,501 2009-09-27, 9:40 pm
    Thread: Playing RPGs to improve your reading pace
Post: Playing RPGs to improve your reading pace

It's a good idea, but keep an eye out for the games that use only hiragana. (I'm looking at you, Pokemon!)
Ryajinor Learning resources 87 21,501 2009-09-26, 1:25 pm
    Thread: Newbie question about なく
Post: Newbie question about なく

Isn't that the... adjectival form? Something like that. I think this is covered and Tae Kim somewhere?
Ryajinor The Japanese language 7 2,131 2009-09-05, 8:08 pm
    Thread: uchi or ie?
Post: uchi or ie?

This gets brought up a lot. IIRC, it's uchi for your house and ie for a house.
Ryajinor The Japanese language 7 7,622 2009-08-09, 10:47 pm
    Thread: Endless eight at last over !!!!!!
Post: Endless eight at last over !!!!!!

ryuudou Wrote:I don't really understand the Endless Eight thing. There's new episodes righhht? From what I understand? There's a time loop going on. In the books, they just tell you about the final lo...
Ryajinor General discussion 44 5,974 2009-08-07, 7:21 pm
    Thread: Diminishing Return
Post: Diminishing Return

Er... I think some of you have a fundamental misunderstanding of what diminishing returns are, exactly...
Ryajinor General discussion 55 8,765 2009-07-25, 4:07 pm
    Thread: SRS ressource for grammar? How to use?
Post: SRS ressource for grammar? How to use?

totsubo Wrote:I've been using my SRS (Anki) to make it through Heisig (now up to 1600) and would like to start using it for learning grammar (I'm mid-level so something like JLPT 2). I have some quest...
Ryajinor The Japanese language 6 1,083 2009-07-21, 12:30 am