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Thread: google translate Post: google translate Doesn't seem to be doing that for me on either my smartphone or tablet. It might be a thing with speed though. |
JusenkyoGuide | General discussion | 3 | 1,776 | 2014-11-30, 3:36 pm | ||
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Thread: Are your Half kids happier in Japan or in your country? Post: Are your Half kids happier in Japan or in your cou... SammyB Wrote:tashippy Wrote:I have no kids and don't live in Japan. But SammyB, what citizenship does your 7-month old have? Dual? What about you, Mennon? Your kids were born in Japan, right? Do they ... |
JusenkyoGuide | General discussion | 7 | 2,342 | 2014-09-26, 3:27 pm | ||
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Thread: Are your Half kids happier in Japan or in your country? Post: Are your Half kids happier in Japan or in your cou... I have two sons (American and Japanese) 7 and 4, but they were born here in Japan and have never known any different. So far they haven't had any issues really regarding their status excepting some mi... |
JusenkyoGuide | General discussion | 7 | 2,342 | 2014-09-23, 3:40 pm | ||
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Thread: Wanting to travel to Japan next summer, advice? Post: Wanting to travel to Japan next summer, advice? gaiaslastlaugh Wrote:Re: Kyoto - has anyone ever stayed in one of the capsule hotels there? I'm debating a stay in Capsule Ryokan for one night just for the sheer silly experience. http://www.capsul... |
JusenkyoGuide | General discussion | 20 | 4,098 | 2014-08-21, 3:33 pm | ||
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Thread: Wanting to travel to Japan next summer, advice? Post: Wanting to travel to Japan next summer, advice? Summer? June is rainy season, July and August are hot and humid as all hell. Still, it can be fun, just mind the temps and be careful to drink as much as you can. There's tons of websites out there... |
JusenkyoGuide | General discussion | 20 | 4,098 | 2014-08-20, 3:38 pm | ||
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Thread: Why we learn faster new words in L1 Post: Why we learn faster new words in L1 One of these things is not like the other, one of these things is not quite the same... ;) Pretty much you've got it. Since we know the rest of the words, our brains, designed as they are to focus on... |
JusenkyoGuide | The Japanese language | 13 | 2,456 | 2014-08-08, 5:52 pm | ||
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Thread: Why bother to learn to write the kanji by hand? Post: Why bother to learn to write the kanji by hand? yogert909 Wrote:JusenkyoGuide Wrote:That's a rather silly analogy... You don't have to communicate by drawing your house or car, a written language however is a different story. The point I was making... |
JusenkyoGuide | Remembering the Kanji | 89 | 12,576 | 2014-08-02, 7:59 pm | ||
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Thread: Why bother to learn to write the kanji by hand? Post: Why bother to learn to write the kanji by hand? yogert909 Wrote:yudantaiteki Wrote:Do you really not have the experience of being able to flawlessly recognize a kanji in context, but not being able to handwrite it? I'm still learning my kanji but t... |
JusenkyoGuide | Remembering the Kanji | 89 | 12,576 | 2014-08-01, 8:47 pm | ||
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Thread: Why bother to learn to write the kanji by hand? Post: Why bother to learn to write the kanji by hand? For all the smartphones, for all the computers, for all of the supposed technological advances of Japan... You'd be amazed just how often I'm given a piece of paper and a pen and asked to write somet... |
JusenkyoGuide | Remembering the Kanji | 89 | 12,576 | 2014-07-30, 6:08 pm | ||
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Thread: visiting a home, meeting the parents Post: visiting a home, meeting the parents Don't worry about it, by and large they'll be forgiving. The only thing that really comes to mind is mind the toilet slippers, don't use it without them, don't walk off in them. But unless you're sti... |
JusenkyoGuide | General discussion | 19 | 5,289 | 2014-07-12, 3:38 pm | ||
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Thread: Why do you want to move to Japan? Post: Why do you want to move to Japan? In August it will have been 10 years since I immigrated to Japan. I'm still in love with the place, yes, even though there are some massive disadvantages to being here. The ridged rules drive me nuts ... |
JusenkyoGuide | General discussion | 72 | 10,254 | 2014-06-07, 3:41 pm | ||
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Thread: Japanese from Japanese Porn Post: Japanese from Japanese Porn qwertyytrewq Wrote:This week on RTK forums is porn week. You can blame the OP on the other porn thread for directing me to this thread. Let us bring this thread back to the linguistic aspect of porn.... |
JusenkyoGuide | The Japanese language | 113 | 126,317 | 2014-04-18, 6:48 pm | ||
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Thread: First impressions. Give me some advice please! Post: First impressions. Give me some advice please! poblequadrat Wrote:I've been using Heisig and koohii for 3 lessons now. Welcome to the jungle then. :) *snip* Quote:However, there are things that worry me. I understand mnemonics are arbitrary, but... |
JusenkyoGuide | Remembering the Kanji | 22 | 4,358 | 2014-03-11, 6:52 pm | ||
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Thread: Does Japan have a crying culture? Post: Does Japan have a crying culture? It's normal. Every year when the school festival closes, half of my students are in tears and the other half are busy shouting "がんばって!". It's usually a way to express strong emotion, being moved to ... |
JusenkyoGuide | General discussion | 13 | 4,178 | 2014-02-23, 5:59 pm | ||
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Thread: Why does it all sound the same?! Post: Why does it all sound the same?! Nope. You've got to remember though that Japanese has a MUCH more limited range of phonemes than English. It makes for a whole hell of a more more homonyms than English has... and yes, it drives peopl... |
JusenkyoGuide | The Japanese language | 42 | 6,965 | 2014-01-31, 7:38 pm | ||
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Thread: Question about complete immersion. Post: Question about complete immersion. Stansfield123 Wrote:JusenkyoGuide Wrote:I have lived in Japan for 9 years... I deal with Japanese 24/7. Nope, doesn't work. It gets you to a certain level, yes. I got to the point where I could do da... |
JusenkyoGuide | The Japanese language | 36 | 9,153 | 2014-01-13, 7:12 pm | ||
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Thread: Just finished...Do I really need RtK volume 2? Post: Just finished...Do I really need RtK volume 2? Laconexion Wrote:Thanks for all the replies. Very interesting, it seems like some are all for it and others recommend to dive in without studying RtK 2. I think I'll get it just to see how Heisig or... |
JusenkyoGuide | Remembering the Kanji | 20 | 5,473 | 2013-12-28, 8:11 pm | ||
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Thread: Just finished...Do I really need RtK volume 2? Post: Just finished...Do I really need RtK volume 2? I did RTK2, honestly I'm glad I did, it's helped with core. |
JusenkyoGuide | Remembering the Kanji | 20 | 5,473 | 2013-12-27, 4:04 am | ||
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Thread: Question about complete immersion. Post: Question about complete immersion. I have lived in Japan for 9 years... I deal with Japanese 24/7. Nope, doesn't work. It gets you to a certain level, yes. I got to the point where I could do daily stuff because I had to. I learned mo... |
JusenkyoGuide | The Japanese language | 36 | 9,153 | 2013-12-10, 6:55 pm | ||
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Thread: Travelling in Japan this December Post: Travelling in Japan this December For Takayama I'd recommend 2 days, you'll be able to see everything then. Nagoya to Takayama by train is very doable, if you want to start from there, take the bus from Shinjuku to Matsumoto (Nagano).... |
JusenkyoGuide | General discussion | 38 | 7,083 | 2013-12-03, 7:09 pm | ||
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Thread: Some simple kana questions Post: Some simple kana questions KanjiMood Wrote:Interesting thanks! So would the ABC equivalent if you had to choose (for example - like a child's book cover) be あかさ。。 or あいう？ Well, my sons' kana book was just called "かな" and went ... |
JusenkyoGuide | The Japanese language | 9 | 1,153 | 2013-12-02, 6:28 pm | ||
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Thread: Pronunciation of the R sound Post: Pronunciation of the R sound I've always done it halfway between the (l) and ®, it also helps to keep your mouth more closed, even with the vowel sound at the end. |
JusenkyoGuide | The Japanese language | 42 | 7,360 | 2013-11-24, 6:40 pm | ||
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Thread: やっと！ I Finished Core2k/6k/10k, the thread Post: やっと！ I Finished Core2k/6k/10k, the thread With yesterday's cards, I've gone past 2k... 4k more to go. |
JusenkyoGuide | General discussion | 95 | 30,553 | 2013-11-21, 6:11 pm | ||
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Thread: Core 2k/6k optimized and post-rtk1 Post: Core 2k/6k optimized and post-rtk1 BlackIce Wrote:Couple of questions; just finished rtk1 and having read numerous similar threads/advices/nuke's thread, 1. How do you guys study the core 2k/6k deck (https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/1... |
JusenkyoGuide | The Japanese language | 15 | 5,258 | 2013-11-10, 6:44 pm | ||
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Thread: Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown: 東京 Post: Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown: 東京 raharney Wrote:"I heard they don't talk to each other because they all play video games all the time. Is that true?" Oh FO! Er... this one seems to be well on its way... if you replace videogames wit... |
JusenkyoGuide | General discussion | 73 | 17,919 | 2013-11-05, 7:21 pm | ||
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Thread: How do japanese people percieve/remember/operate Kanji? Post: How do japanese people percieve/remember/operate K... NightSky Wrote:Inny Jan Wrote:That seems to be a common approach to studying kanji amongst learners who collected sufficient amount of Japanese vocabulary. For the beginners however, the question that... |
JusenkyoGuide | Remembering the Kanji | 28 | 14,470 | 2013-11-05, 7:17 pm | ||
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Thread: RTK2 again Post: RTK2 again I have more or less ignored the meanings and just concentrated on the readings. I find that doing so has helped me a LOT while making my way through core2/10k. |
JusenkyoGuide | Remembering the Kanji | 6 | 2,656 | 2013-10-31, 7:07 pm | ||
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Thread: Formally apprehensive about speaking Post: Formally apprehensive about speaking learningkanji Wrote:My problem would be what do I talk about? I can only say the most basic things but I would sound robotic and boring. I started off with アイスクリームが好きです. ;) Communication comes from n... |
JusenkyoGuide | The Japanese language | 13 | 4,059 | 2013-10-22, 6:48 pm | ||
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Thread: Formally apprehensive about speaking Post: Formally apprehensive about speaking Congrats. Fear not mistakes, while they are embarrassing at the time, they quickly become stories to tell later on (Such as when I said that people in Nagano are vegetables, 野菜 instead of 優しい) or even... |
JusenkyoGuide | The Japanese language | 13 | 4,059 | 2013-10-20, 8:22 pm | ||
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Thread: Onyomi mnemonics - could this work? Post: Onyomi mnemonics - could this work? Rusty Wrote:AkiKazachan - how do you do your mnemonics. Do you build them into your original story or do you have a second story? And suppose the onyomi is eg 'chou' what word do you use to represent ... |
JusenkyoGuide | Remembering the Kanji | 13 | 6,388 | 2013-10-20, 8:18 pm | ||
