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    Thread: What is your third language (L3)?
Post: What is your third language (L3)?

Well, actually Japanese is my third language, since my native one is Spanish and L2 is obviously English. After I'm finished with Japanese I'd like to tackle Korean and French. I'm just a sucker for l...
Givala Off topic 19 2,922 2015-09-15, 7:23 pm
    Thread: Need some honest insight: Too old to become a tranlator?
Post: Need some honest insight: Too old to become a tran...

I'd say go for it! You may have to work for it a lot, and it may not be easy, but I think if you really want it, and keep on working for it, you can do it. (Sorry I don't have any concrete advise tho...
Givala General discussion 27 6,090 2015-02-11, 7:49 pm
    Thread: How do you go about learning 50+ kanji a day?
Post: How do you go about learning 50+ kanji a day?

I did them all in one go but, my review pile just kept getting bigger, and with school on the way I barely had time to review, so in the end it took me a couple of months, and a week on wich I did 100...
Givala Remembering the Kanji 25 7,968 2014-09-13, 6:49 pm
    Thread: Japanese Dub of Game of Thrones?
Post: Japanese Dub of Game of Thrones?

I have no idea on how to set it up, what port to use or anything. I copied one from a website and it shows this after I click okay? ご使用のインターネット接続回線の種類を設定してください。 実際の接続回線異なると、ダウロード・アップロード共に効率が大幅低下するため、...
Givala Learning resources 11 2,464 2014-09-13, 8:36 am
    Thread: Japanese Dub of Game of Thrones?
Post: Japanese Dub of Game of Thrones?

vix86 Wrote:Japanese don't torrent. They use Perfect Dark or Share. That or direct downloads. Are those programms somewhat similar? Are they hard to use?
Givala Learning resources 11 2,464 2014-09-12, 11:17 am
    Thread: Japanese Dub of Game of Thrones?
Post: Japanese Dub of Game of Thrones?

I've read the books already, and if I'm going to watch the series it might as well be in japanese. Sadly, I don't know where to find it (not just some scatered videos on niconico) or even if I can dow...
Givala Learning resources 11 2,464 2014-09-11, 6:45 pm
    Thread: My favorite thing about Japan.
Post: My favorite thing about Japan.

...Visual Kei? (JK)
Givala General discussion 26 4,909 2014-09-05, 7:37 pm
    Thread: program that stream live TV?
Post: program that stream live TV?

But I have Windows, maybe is because it's Windows 8.1?
Givala General discussion 278 155,990 2014-09-03, 9:46 pm
    Thread: program that stream live TV?
Post: program that stream live TV?

It didn't work for me, the download is just a .jar file that doesn't do anything when I click it :/. Also I can't register on NijiTv, the page is blank!
Givala General discussion 278 155,990 2014-09-03, 8:16 pm
    Thread: Using native materials to really advance your language ability?
Post: Using native materials to really advance your lang...

Hmm, well when I truly became fluent in English was when I started using native materials, namely books. I just sort of unconsciously replicated patterns, got a 'feel' of the use of the language, sta...
Givala Off topic 25 4,077 2014-09-02, 6:41 pm
    Thread: Book Club
Post: Book Club

Do you guys know how to change the encoding to UTF8? No matter how many times I save it with the UTF8 encoding everything remains nonsense text.
Givala Group study 159 27,948 2014-08-30, 3:41 pm
    Thread: Book Club
Post: Book Club

Guys guys. I found a free J-E dictionary for the kindle! Don't know how well it works, but you might as well check it out. https://github.com/jrfonseca/jmdict-kindle He also has a version of the edict...
Givala Group study 159 27,948 2014-08-29, 5:57 pm
    Thread: Book Club
Post: Book Club

Well, I reckon you can use Ctrl + F and type the book you want. Btw, how can you get a japanese-english dictionary in your kindle? Do you have to pay for it?
Givala Group study 159 27,948 2014-08-29, 6:34 am
    Thread: Starting Over (Kinda)
Post: Starting Over (Kinda)

Well, my card layout was Front = Keyword + Story // Back = Kanji. It worked pretty well for me. Maybe you should give it a try? Also don't bother writing the kanji more than once, or when reviewing. ...
Givala Remembering the Kanji 7 2,111 2014-08-27, 8:12 pm
    Thread: Check out this website that has pictures for RTK's stories
Post: Check out this website that has pictures for RTK's...

These are seriously awesome, can you imagine if there were pics for each kanji though? People would finish it in no time!
Givala Learning resources 4 682 2014-08-22, 7:56 pm
    Thread: a totally innocent thread about 日本語 books
Post: a totally innocent thread about 日本語 books

There's a lot of reviews to go through... What reviews would you recommend going through first? In a easy level I mean.
Givala Learning resources 277 117,274 2014-08-15, 8:04 am
    Thread: program that stream live TV?
Post: program that stream live TV?

Then, do you know about any other ones?
Givala General discussion 278 155,990 2014-08-06, 7:30 am
    Thread: Streaming Hollywood movies Japanese dubbed
Post: Streaming Hollywood movies Japanese dubbed

Well, there's always the asian torrents site. (To get asian movies and dramas, dunno about dubs) And also this site http://pepe6868new.blog113.fc2.com/(Is in japanese, just use rikainkun and chose the...
Givala Learning resources 10 6,283 2014-08-05, 7:56 pm
    Thread: POST TRANSLATIONS REQUESTS HERE
Post: POST TRANSLATIONS REQUESTS HERE

This sentence is from the song 自由の翼, and I don't get what is trying to say at all. Is the と working as an ''if'' or as ''and''? What is the に doing there? 鎖された其の《深層》闇と《表層》光に潜む《巨人達》 
Givala General discussion 96 30,368 2014-07-18, 8:08 pm
    Thread: Subtitled drama suggestions
Post: Subtitled drama suggestions

カラマーゾフの兄弟 It's one of the best out there. Though I think only two episodes have J-subs. It's worth it though.
Givala Learning resources 1 465 2014-07-14, 6:50 pm
    Thread: Aozora Bunko recommendations.
Post: Aozora Bunko recommendations.

I just saw this; Thanks a lot for all the useful links!
Givala Learning resources 8 2,451 2014-07-04, 5:56 am
    Thread: Aozora Bunko recommendations.
Post: Aozora Bunko recommendations.

I'm at the beginner's stage, having done both RTK and Tae Kims Grammar; currently working my way through 2k Core. And I've been wondering, which books (or authors) can you suggest for my level? (The ...
Givala Learning resources 8 2,451 2014-07-02, 5:17 am
    Thread: News sites to read that are interesting and informative
Post: News sites to read that are interesting and inform...

What about forums in which anime and manga are discussed?
Givala Learning resources 8 1,415 2014-06-27, 8:11 am
    Thread: Learning 500 new vocabularies everyday
Post: Learning 500 new vocabularies everyday

In theory, yes, it might work. But I fear you'll burn yourself out, even so, go ahead! It seems like a nice experiment.
Givala Learning resources 81 10,445 2014-06-26, 9:09 pm
    Thread: Does Japan have a crying culture?
Post: Does Japan have a crying culture?

visualsense Wrote:It is the reverse, the problem is a sexist "culture" stereotyping people who cry as weak, or crying as "abnormal" or a "problem" that needs solving. I think I get what you said. Inst...
Givala General discussion 13 4,177 2014-02-24, 7:53 am
    Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread.
Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"...

I finished yesterday, and I couldn't be happier even though I still have a loooong way to go. Thanks to everyone for the stories, you made it possible!
Givala Remembering the Kanji 1,845 424,633 2014-02-20, 9:41 am
    Thread: About the way I study vocabulary.
Post: About the way I study vocabulary.

...You guys are confusing me. What is the best way to start studying vocabulary? I just finished RTK so I want to know... Can you settle on 1 method or something?
Givala General discussion 15 2,322 2014-02-20, 9:38 am
    Thread: How many Kanji/Hanzi ARE there?
Post: How many Kanji/Hanzi ARE there?

Hmm... Interesting. Thank you both for answering! :)
Givala General discussion 3 737 2014-02-16, 12:01 pm
    Thread: How many Kanji/Hanzi ARE there?
Post: How many Kanji/Hanzi ARE there?

I mean, in total, since the first character was created, how many exist? 50.000? 100.000? More? Does anyone actually know? Tried googling it, but no concrete answer.
Givala General discussion 3 737 2014-02-16, 10:29 am
    Thread: 500 frames and counting! ROOOOARRRR!!!
Post: 500 frames and counting! ROOOOARRRR!!!

I´m at 1412, I´m doing 100 kanjis a day so the end is SO CLOSE. Really, I can´t wait to prove everyone who thought I couldn´t do it wrong.
Givala Remembering the Kanji 526 167,132 2014-02-15, 11:33 am