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    Thread: Asia Torrents Invites -- Active Users Only
Post: Asia Torrents Invites -- Active Users Only

Asia Torrents is open, just registered... I'm bummed that you can't seed many torrents to get lots of points to redeem for upload credit... that's how I got so much upload credit on JPopSuki, I have a...
LittleFishChan Off topic 199 73,063 2013-03-05, 8:00 pm
    Thread: Asia Torrents Invites -- Active Users Only
Post: Asia Torrents Invites -- Active Users Only

If asian music is what you want, nothing beats JPopSuki, it's one of the best asian music trackers I've EVER seen. Most albums have multiple bitrates you can download, speeds are absurdly fast and I v...
LittleFishChan Off topic 199 73,063 2013-03-03, 5:16 pm
    Thread: Has anyone noticed that fluent Japanese speakers are arrogant?
Post: Has anyone noticed that fluent Japanese speakers a...

Many people that try to start learning Japanese are the cringy "Japanophiles" that think the world revolves around manga, samurai swords and prepubescent anime girls. That personality type is annoying...
LittleFishChan Off topic 77 17,686 2013-02-28, 4:45 pm
    Thread: OnYomi index + "on groups"
Post: OnYomi index + "on groups"

Is there a spreadsheet that has all of the RtK3 kanji with the corresponding ON yomi? I can find many RtK1 kanji with ON yomi, but not RtK3... sorry if I missed something that should be obvious...
LittleFishChan Remembering the Kanji 38 34,572 2013-02-28, 4:27 pm
    Thread: Kanji lists, Joyo, non-joyo etc. (Sticky topic)
Post: Kanji lists, Joyo, non-joyo etc. (Sticky topic)

I'm having trouble finding a list of RtK3 characters organized by ON yomi. There are a few links, but all of them seem to be dead...
LittleFishChan The Japanese language 45 95,938 2013-02-28, 4:25 pm
    Thread: Are there negative effects from using RTK?
Post: Are there negative effects from using RTK?

So you're saying that when you look at a character, you don't break the character down? You don't examine the parts of the character? You're starting to contradict the basic rules of human cognition. ...
LittleFishChan Remembering the Kanji 52 8,146 2012-04-24, 1:00 pm
    Thread: Are there negative effects from using RTK?
Post: Are there negative effects from using RTK?

But if you look at the radicals in a kanji to figure out which kanji it is, you are doing EXACTLY what RtK helps internalize, the ability to tell the difference between characters based on how they ar...
LittleFishChan Remembering the Kanji 52 8,146 2012-04-24, 12:12 pm
    Thread: Passive association of readings?
Post: Passive association of readings?

The goal of a flashcard is so that you can work on a single memory unit. In the case of kanji, one flashcard should work with only one thing (Meaning, reading, etc.). Thus, having one flashcard dedic...
LittleFishChan Remembering the Kanji 9 2,188 2012-04-24, 11:47 am
    Thread: One Tiny Idea That Could Make a Significant Difference
Post: One Tiny Idea That Could Make a Significant Differ...

Yes, having a stake in your material used for language learning is always a great boost.
LittleFishChan General discussion 4 1,993 2012-04-24, 11:43 am
    Thread: Are there negative effects from using RTK?
Post: Are there negative effects from using RTK?

When a Japanese person sees a kanji, two things come to mind: a) what is means and b) how it is read. That is why my Japanese friends say that when they see something in Chinese they cannot read it, b...
LittleFishChan Remembering the Kanji 52 8,146 2012-04-24, 11:41 am
    Thread: Reading Suggestions for Advanced Learners
Post: Reading Suggestions for Advanced Learners

Dude, find some Haruki Murakami! He's one of the biggest modern authors in Japan!
LittleFishChan The Japanese language 25 4,995 2012-04-24, 8:51 am
    Thread: Are there negative effects from using RTK?
Post: Are there negative effects from using RTK?

Using RTK will make kanji a million times easier to relate to. Seeing a kanji will call to mind the concept that the kanji embodies. It simply takes down one barrier to understanding with the kanji. ...
LittleFishChan Remembering the Kanji 52 8,146 2012-04-24, 8:49 am
    Thread: Does anybody draw actual pictures?
Post: Does anybody draw actual pictures?

I have all of the characters organized into locations based on their ON yomi. All of the kanji interact with each other based on what area they are in. I drew lots and lots of pictures during this pro...
LittleFishChan Remembering the Kanji 39 12,202 2008-04-24, 10:44 pm
    Thread: Flashcard Program for PDA. Any ideas?
Post: Flashcard Program for PDA. Any ideas?

I had a lot of fun with KingKanji when it came to reviewing the Heisig lessons (RtK files were included in the install file) but I never intended to use KingKanji as an SRS system. I played around wit...
LittleFishChan Learning resources 4 1,507 2008-04-24, 10:37 pm
    Thread: Long-time Supermemo User - Questions?
Post: Long-time Supermemo User - Questions?

Your description of incremental reading is spot on. Read something until you're bored, but as you're reading (and let's say a pretty lengthy entry on something) if you find a paragraph that contains s...
LittleFishChan Learning resources 37 9,363 2008-04-24, 5:43 am
    Thread: Long-time Supermemo User - Questions?
Post: Long-time Supermemo User - Questions?

Huh, that's weird. Thanks for telling me that, I'll use Google more from now on. Anyways, the point is 'using whole sentences makes it easier to use words naturally.'
LittleFishChan Learning resources 37 9,363 2008-04-23, 7:35 pm
    Thread: Long-time Supermemo User - Questions?
Post: Long-time Supermemo User - Questions?

Really? I wasn't aware of that. Do you know what percentage of the example sentences are inaccurate?
LittleFishChan Learning resources 37 9,363 2008-04-23, 7:04 pm
    Thread: Long-time Supermemo User - Questions?
Post: Long-time Supermemo User - Questions?

What's wrong with the EDICT example sentences? (And if I can't find example sentences on there, Google is your best friend)
LittleFishChan Learning resources 37 9,363 2008-04-23, 6:54 pm
    Thread: Long-time Supermemo User - Questions?
Post: Long-time Supermemo User - Questions?

As far as the idioms go, I copied them from the aforementioned Idiom book. I have also pulled together other examples from sample sentences in various books. If it was a "normal" word I would download...
LittleFishChan Learning resources 37 9,363 2008-04-23, 6:40 pm
    Thread: Long-time Supermemo User - Questions?
Post: Long-time Supermemo User - Questions?

"I still by stand by what I said earlier. SM is clunkly, archaic, and difficult to use." And I don't disagree with you. The problems you speak of are reasons why most stop using SM, so such problems ...
LittleFishChan Learning resources 37 9,363 2008-04-23, 5:37 pm
    Thread: Long-time Supermemo User - Questions?
Post: Long-time Supermemo User - Questions?

I didn't want to stray far off of using SM to learn languages. Oh well. (This one's long...) "It has become pretty clear over the years that the only reason these changes have been introduced is to c...
LittleFishChan Learning resources 37 9,363 2008-04-23, 5:13 pm
    Thread: Long-time Supermemo User - Questions?
Post: Long-time Supermemo User - Questions?

roderik Wrote:I think it is good that the downsides compared to other SRS programs have been made clear. However, I also think this thread changing into a pro-con Supermemo thread is precisely what Li...
LittleFishChan Learning resources 37 9,363 2008-04-23, 7:11 am
    Thread: Long-time Supermemo User - Questions?
Post: Long-time Supermemo User - Questions?

Based on your experience, you like other programs better than Supermemo. That's cool, there's nothing wrong with that, but one shouldn't entirely dismiss something simply because they had a hard time ...
LittleFishChan Learning resources 37 9,363 2008-04-23, 7:02 am
    Thread: Long-time Supermemo User - Questions?
Post: Long-time Supermemo User - Questions?

Again with the baseless "This program is better than that program." Disappointing to see. :(
LittleFishChan Learning resources 37 9,363 2008-04-23, 5:37 am
    Thread: Long-time Supermemo User - Questions?
Post: Long-time Supermemo User - Questions?

Everybody has a certain style of learning that fits their circumstances. If I lived in Japan I would study Japanese in a VERY different way than I do right now. If I didn't use RtK to learn the kanji ...
LittleFishChan Learning resources 37 9,363 2008-04-22, 9:50 pm
    Thread: Long-time Supermemo User - Questions?
Post: Long-time Supermemo User - Questions?

I knew that was a loaded statement, Floatingweed5. :P I'm glad you asked, roderik! To pass JLPT 2q what I did was make flashcards for each vocabulary word that appeared in JLPT 2q(There's lists every...
LittleFishChan Learning resources 37 9,363 2008-04-22, 4:50 pm
    Thread: Long-time Supermemo User - Questions?
Post: Long-time Supermemo User - Questions?

It would take a long time to compare the results from Supermemo with someone using a different program if the entire process were not all documented and the test itself conducted in the manner of a sc...
LittleFishChan Learning resources 37 9,363 2008-04-22, 3:56 pm
    Thread: Long-time Supermemo User - Questions?
Post: Long-time Supermemo User - Questions?

Hi, I've been knocking this web site up for stories for quite some time now, and I've never really spent the time to check out the forums. After reading a few posts on flashcard programs, I felt compe...
LittleFishChan Learning resources 37 9,363 2008-04-22, 9:16 am
    Thread: Beyond RtK 3
Post: Beyond RtK 3

Yes, because there is no set list to go off of, it makes things difficult, but studying stuff in groups makes it easier on the individual lost in the kanji jungle (Not to say it's not fun to do, it ju...
LittleFishChan The Japanese language 21 13,337 2007-10-25, 9:26 pm
    Thread: Beyond RtK 3
Post: Beyond RtK 3

Hi, I'm going over all of the kanji covered in RtK1~3 one final time as I put them into Supermemo. I found this site and wasn't aware at how useful reading other people's stories can be, so I'm modify...
LittleFishChan The Japanese language 21 13,337 2007-10-25, 5:52 pm