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    Thread: Nayr's Core5000 deck (Frequency Dictionary of Japanese)
Post: Nayr's Core5000 deck (Frequency Dictionary of Japa...

Great deck! Thank you :)
TheViking Learning resources 204 74,919 2015-01-20, 1:36 am
    Thread: Japanese live-action TV for snobs/discerning people?
Post: Japanese live-action TV for snobs/discerning peopl...

EDIT: These aren't live-action shows. I'm a 19/yo male studying EE. I don't find Japanese dramas worse than American nor British shows. Just different. Maybe I've gotten accustomed after watching man...
TheViking General discussion 53 13,823 2014-06-24, 2:27 pm
    Thread: For those who finished Core 2k/6k/10k
Post: For those who finished Core 2k/6k/10k

I've done 2k and currently on 3k. NHK easy articles are becoming, well.. easy to read. I can also read Doraemon and pick most unknown words up from context. I only listen to Japanese music and watch l...
TheViking Learning resources 58 14,507 2014-06-21, 8:43 pm
    Thread: What Japanese songs do you listen to?
Post: What Japanese songs do you listen to?

I can't stop listening to these songs recently. Am i the only one, who mostly listens to japanese music? I know 100x more japanese artist, compared to my own country's. :) I WiSH 明日への扉: [Video: https...
TheViking General discussion 92 18,861 2014-04-26, 6:18 pm
    Thread: Unique kanji in Core2k
Post: Unique kanji in Core2k

Taken from the Kanji statistics addon in Anki after finishing the first 2000 items. The seen cards in this deck contain: 1064 total unique kanji. Old jouyou: 1016 of 1940 (52.4%). New jouyou: 26 of 1...
TheViking Learning resources 9 3,298 2013-12-29, 7:00 pm
    Thread: Unique kanji in Core2k
Post: Unique kanji in Core2k

Just finished the first 2000 words in Core2k/6k Optimized Japanese Vocabulary (Nukemarines deck). The first 2000 sentences contained 1064 unique kanji. Off-topic: There were pictures for the first 20...
TheViking Learning resources 9 3,298 2013-12-28, 8:51 pm
    Thread: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?
Post: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?

For western learners japanese is way harder to learn than romance languages. I'm from Denmark, and my mothertongue is Danish. So ofcourse swedish and norwegian is very easy for me to learn. Why? Becau...
TheViking General discussion 856 195,402 2013-12-17, 7:31 am
    Thread: Having lots of trouble. How many chapters til it starts working?
Post: Having lots of trouble. How many chapters til it ...

cubbybunny Wrote:Thanks for the responses! What is core? Forgot to mention I am using Anki as well (very useful for my daily vocab quizzes)! Just can't make any sort of brain connection to the Heis...
TheViking Remembering the Kanji 14 2,848 2013-12-16, 9:02 pm
    Thread: How do you motivate yourself?
Post: How do you motivate yourself?

Animosophy Wrote:Consequently care quite a bit about your productivity with Japanese by accumulating healthy jealousy towards people who seem more motivated than you on koohii Haha yea, that's a good ...
TheViking General discussion 21 3,716 2013-12-16, 8:48 pm
    Thread: Having lots of trouble. How many chapters til it starts working?
Post: Having lots of trouble. How many chapters til it ...

Hi cubbybunny I never did RTK but from what i understand u have to really visualize the stories for this method to be better than raw memorization. Watch this video(It has nothing to do with RTK but ...
TheViking Remembering the Kanji 14 2,848 2013-12-16, 8:36 pm
    Thread: How do you motivate yourself?
Post: How do you motivate yourself?

I listen to music and watch drama and anime while doing Core6k in Anki. Depending on how much i like the show im watching i will split my concentration between the 2: If i find the show im watching b...
TheViking General discussion 21 3,716 2013-12-16, 4:43 pm
    Thread: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?
Post: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?

Quote:That's a very long winded way of saying that his Japanese is bad and this was mostly a publicity stunt aimed at ad money from Youtube. And his 3 month language "hack" scheme just went from 3 mon...
TheViking General discussion 856 195,402 2013-12-15, 7:08 am
    Thread: Beginner here, looking for tips on where to go
Post: Beginner here, looking for tips on where to go

I might take some getting used to, some words I cant remember even after having seen it 10 times(grrrr). But they are 1/100 maybe less. I would also recommend altering the deck to show furigana ontop ...
TheViking The Japanese language 17 3,997 2013-12-14, 9:48 pm
    Thread: Beginner here, looking for tips on where to go
Post: Beginner here, looking for tips on where to go

I second using Nukemarines deck with the sound and image files. I just finished the first 2k words using it. I use it production style(english word on front, japanese word on back). For example if th...
TheViking The Japanese language 17 3,997 2013-12-14, 7:04 pm
    Thread: Dictionary of Japanese Grammar Website
Post: Dictionary of Japanese Grammar Website

There's a tiny mistake in one of the first sentenced in 'Basic': あの人ひとは学生だ。 That person is a teacher.
TheViking Learning resources 32 8,824 2013-12-14, 12:30 pm
    Thread: Japanese anidb.net equivalent?
Post: Japanese anidb.net equivalent?

I usually use myanimelist.net, but that site is not in japanese. For japanese you could either use wikipedia.jp or http://lain.gr.jp/mediadb/media/1620 (I looked up code geass, this was the result). T...
TheViking Off topic 3 1,587 2013-12-13, 7:49 am
    Thread: What Japanese songs do you listen to?
Post: What Japanese songs do you listen to?

Heres some of the songs i have heard a lot recently: [Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b797zNguTEE] [Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgjtmlsVhcM] [Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNE...
TheViking General discussion 92 18,861 2013-12-12, 6:28 pm
    Thread: Searching Anki by field.
Post: Searching Anki by field.

Hi BlueBomberXTJ I'm no anki wizzard, so unfortunately i can't help u with the part ur asking for. However, wouldn't it be better to use the premade 'Genki Deck'? https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/942...
TheViking Learning resources 5 3,476 2013-11-18, 5:30 pm
    Thread: Are you self-teaching yourself another skill aside from Japanese?
Post: Are you self-teaching yourself another skill aside...

Yes! But unfortunately the days are only 24h long. I focusing primarily on Japanese in my sparetime. As I'm doing my high school in 1 year, i have to self-study some subjects. I choose math and physic...
TheViking Off topic 56 10,082 2013-11-17, 4:39 pm
    Thread: Unique kanji in Core2k
Post: Unique kanji in Core2k

Wow, thank you very much. That's more kanji than i expected there would be in the core2k. im currently 1300/6000 of nukemarines deck. Now knowing how many kanji I'll be able to recognize, when im do...
TheViking Learning resources 9 3,298 2013-11-10, 3:02 pm
    Thread: Unique kanji in Core2k
Post: Unique kanji in Core2k

Also, sorry if this was the wrong part of the forum to post in.
TheViking Learning resources 9 3,298 2013-11-10, 1:10 pm
    Thread: Unique kanji in Core2k
Post: Unique kanji in Core2k

Hello fellow japanese learners So, just as the title sugests, does anybody know how many Unique kanji are used in Core2k/6k/10k respectively? I know that Core2k are just the first 2000 words in Cor...
TheViking Learning resources 9 3,298 2013-11-10, 1:08 pm