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    Thread: Remembering 起きる、起こす、起こる?
Post: Remembering 起きる、起こす、起こる?

howtwosavealif3 Wrote:for clever way to distinisuh... DO immersion. otherwise just pure memorize (boring torture) the stuff people wrote to you above my post. i didn't really worry about the differenc...
duder The Japanese language 15 5,888 2011-04-14, 12:48 am
    Thread: Using an SRS for mathematics study
Post: Using an SRS for mathematics study

It's lower level math, but i used anki to study the math for the gmat and found it effective. Of course you quickly memorize the answers, but by continuing to work out each problem, I memorized the "t...
duder Off topic 34 14,150 2011-03-31, 7:27 pm
    Thread: Hard case - Listening impossible
Post: Hard case - Listening impossible

there is a lot of good advice here, but I think I can offer a simple suggestion - listen to the material again (after making some kind of attempt to read it/ look something up). Not the same day, anot...
duder The Japanese language 49 14,771 2011-03-30, 8:47 pm
    Thread: NYT Plan To Charge People Money For Services Called Bold Business Move
Post: NYT Plan To Charge People Money For Services Calle...

while I hate that it's going to become a pay-service, I recognize that there are immense costs involved with producing the NYtimes. It isnt just printing. You still need a building, employees, multipl...
duder Off topic 25 3,421 2011-03-29, 12:32 am
    Thread: 々 - What is it?
Post: 々 - What is it?

dat5h Wrote:duder Wrote:yudantaiteki Wrote:Although 日にち is a pretty common way to write that word also, maybe to avoid confusion. id like to make this more confusing by adding that 日々 is sometimes rea...
duder The Japanese language 12 4,835 2011-03-24, 8:18 pm
    Thread: 々 - What is it?
Post: 々 - What is it?

yudantaiteki Wrote:Although 日にち is a pretty common way to write that word also, maybe to avoid confusion. id like to make this more confusing by adding that 日々 is sometimes read nichi nichi as in 日々是好...
duder The Japanese language 12 4,835 2011-03-22, 8:10 pm
    Thread: To evacuate or not?
Post: To evacuate or not?

Tzadeck Wrote:yudantaiteki Wrote:Here's one view: http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showpost....count=1250 He's actually wrong about this being the only nuclear accident since Chernobyl. One other such ...
duder Off topic 44 10,200 2011-03-16, 8:54 pm
    Thread: To evacuate or not?
Post: To evacuate or not?

if you wait too long it will be impossible to leave
duder Off topic 44 10,200 2011-03-15, 9:08 pm
    Thread: Nihongo So-matome JLPT N2 Collabo!
Post: Nihongo So-matome JLPT N2 Collabo!

if you guys are typing this out, it would probably be better to use this http://www.fba-works.com/detail-plan4.html - that way it's only a copy and paste affair
duder Group study 35 18,853 2011-03-07, 7:47 pm
    Thread: Joining Air Force for Abroad Opportunities?
Post: Joining Air Force for Abroad Opportunities?

my brother (18) just joined the marines and is going off to college soon. Do you think if he got his japanese up to snuff that the military would send him to Japan over other places or does just nobod...
duder Off topic 65 13,927 2011-02-17, 12:26 am
    Thread: What age are you?
Post: What age are you?

27 for all those in H.S. - this site taught me more than any class I ever took about how to study a foreign language.
duder Off topic 357 73,682 2011-02-16, 8:32 pm
    Thread: Offering advice about JET
Post: Offering advice about JET

Jarvik7 Wrote:I'm not really trying to dissuade anyone from doing JET/ALT (short term), just that people do it with their eyes open and always have an exit plan. The economy is crap after-all. I think...
duder JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 40 12,435 2011-02-16, 2:24 am
    Thread: Offering advice about JET
Post: Offering advice about JET

Jarvik7 Wrote:My criterion for judging a job as "real" or not is if it requires skill and involves responsibility. ALT is a resume killer if you do it too long because: 1) It's a job that requires no...
duder JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 40 12,435 2011-02-16, 12:31 am
    Thread: Offering advice about JET
Post: Offering advice about JET

Jarvik7 Wrote:chochajin Wrote:Asriel Wrote:-- and maybe try to find a "real job" when my contract ran out Seriously, could you guys please stop referring to teaching English as "no real job"?! You're ...
duder JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 40 12,435 2011-02-15, 9:07 pm
    Thread: Offering advice about JET
Post: Offering advice about JET

if you can speak a third language, that would really boost your CIR application as 4 of the 5 in my area 4 do. Oh yeah, ill be in yokohama for the free nenkyu
duder JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 40 12,435 2011-02-15, 6:35 pm
    Thread: How do YOU SRS grammar?
Post: How do YOU SRS grammar?

question : audio reading answer : japanese meaning : lengthy grammar explanation from a dictionary or my personal experience I managed to memorize my jlpt 2 grammar this way and I think thats the ...
duder The Japanese language 31 6,644 2011-02-15, 6:28 pm
    Thread: a totally innocent thread about 日本語 books
Post: a totally innocent thread about 日本語 books

Ive got this big recipe book, but I'm a bit lost choosing a tasty recipe. Any suggestions?
duder Learning resources 277 117,272 2011-02-14, 11:24 pm
    Thread: ETC Cards - Driving in Japan
Post: ETC Cards - Driving in Japan

you need to apply for a credit card in japan and ask for an etc card. then they issue you 2 cards. One is a normal credit card, the other is a card without raised letters that fits in the machine. I ...
duder The Japanese language 1 1,278 2011-02-14, 1:37 am
    Thread: Offering advice about JET
Post: Offering advice about JET

kainzero Wrote:how difficult was it to get selected? how many people move on to non-english teaching jobs? how quickly? atm i'm thinking about applying, but i'd rather not teach english and i don'...
duder JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 40 12,435 2011-02-14, 12:50 am
    Thread: Offering advice about JET
Post: Offering advice about JET

shinsen Wrote:I heard that most people get sent to inaka. Is there anything to do there or do people get bored out of their mind after a while? What are the living accomodations, do you have your own ...
duder JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 40 12,435 2011-02-14, 12:38 am
    Thread: Offering advice about JET
Post: Offering advice about JET

bluemarigolds Wrote:ALT or CIR? I thought JET was limited to three years. Any regrets? Anything you wish you had known prior to applying? Would you do it again? Do you feel like a human tape reco...
duder JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 40 12,435 2011-02-13, 10:50 pm
    Thread: Offering advice about JET
Post: Offering advice about JET

currently on my 5th year as a JET. I've got a lot of opinions and experience about the program. I've gotten so much out of this forum that I'd like to give a little bit back by answering any questi...
duder JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 40 12,435 2011-02-13, 8:18 pm
    Thread: cb's JNovel Formatter
Post: cb's JNovel Formatter

someday when im old and graying, ill tell the story of how one day, CB came and changed the way we all learned japanese forever
duder Learning resources 121 54,295 2011-02-09, 7:47 am
    Thread: Sticky notes all over your house? (Real life, physical, SRSing?)
Post: Sticky notes all over your house? (Real life, phy...

i did this for Italian and it was a waste of time. just srs and move on
duder Learning resources 8 3,357 2011-02-07, 1:14 am
    Thread: Brainstorming
Post: Brainstorming

i think that for reading in the beginning, parallel texts that have been "directly" translated are very helpful for seeing how grammar works. tae kim does this rather well
duder General discussion 28 7,508 2011-02-06, 9:24 pm
    Thread: Which is a good grammar book?
Post: Which is a good grammar book?

what are your goals? Is it for work? Hobby? JLPT? love? all would probably be best served by a unique approach
duder Group study 28 13,505 2011-01-31, 11:30 pm
    Thread: Book recommendations for Japanese learning English?
Post: Book recommendations for Japanese learning English...

wccrawford Wrote:The Swiss Family Robinson Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Cinderella Little Red Riding Hood Aesop's Fables (many, many of them... And they're SHORT) Hansel and Gretel Rumpelstiltskin ...
duder General discussion 6 3,656 2011-01-31, 6:46 pm
    Thread: a totally innocent thread about 日本語 books
Post: a totally innocent thread about 日本語 books

This thread makes me feel like Indiana Jones in the library in Venice
duder Learning resources 277 117,272 2011-01-24, 6:34 am
    Thread: Subs2SRS Subtitle idea
Post: Subs2SRS Subtitle idea

recently i tried this http://www.fba-works.com to get a novel (ボッコちゃん) made into a pdf that I could copy and paste with and was very impressed with the results. I'm not really interested in the ni...
duder Learning resources 8 1,389 2011-01-20, 12:49 am
    Thread: Mnemosyne vs. Anki
Post: Mnemosyne vs. Anki

i used mnemosyne for a long time (because it had support for sound before anki did), and during that period anki surpassed Mnemosyne by a long ways how many times has anki ever failed you? It's neve...
duder Learning resources 24 14,218 2010-07-15, 7:06 pm