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    Thread: Typhon: eBook reader with Rikai dictionary lookup for Android
Post: RE: Typhon: eBook reader with Rikai dictionary loo...

It scanned my device for epub files and found none. Fine, I will open it manually from my Google drive. I go to menu "Open ePub file". I navigate to google drive and find my epub file, but it is graye...
mpericks Learning resources 39 4,548 2016-03-19, 10:19 am
    Thread: 376 and it is getting hard
Post: 376 and it is getting hard

How many new cards are you adding per day. It's easy to get caught up in the machista outlook of adding the absolute maximum number of cards per day. This will sometimes burn you out. Try stopping add...
mpericks Remembering the Kanji 46 5,980 2015-09-28, 3:09 pm
    Thread: 2001 Kanji Odyssey Question
Post: 2001 Kanji Odyssey Question

I do Kanji Odyssey and I make my own cards. I recommend this. It gets you familiar with the Japanese input system of your computer, and honestly, it doesn't take that much time. Also, if you push the ...
mpericks Learning resources 2 1,069 2015-09-21, 7:01 am
    Thread: Question on learning kanji readings
Post: Question on learning kanji readings

I started to make pronunciation flashcards. When I got to the kanji 後, I suddenly realized how naive and misguided this approach is. How many pronunciations does that kanji have? 5? 6? Which ones are ...
mpericks The Japanese language 19 4,836 2014-07-22, 6:51 am
    Thread: Is keigo 古い?
Post: Is keigo 古い?

Dead wrong. Keigo is extremely important. I think maybe a native speaker might say it is never used because they don't even realize they go into that mode of speaking because it is nearly automatic ...
mpericks General discussion 25 4,844 2013-06-22, 7:13 am
    Thread: After RTK
Post: After RTK

I would give Core2K a try and see if it agrees with you. I paid the money and did it on iknow.jp. The anki decks were very boring for me and I couldn't stay motivated. Iknow was just a tiny bit more...
mpericks General discussion 12 3,771 2013-02-24, 9:24 am
    Thread: [Youtube/NicoNico] Good-looking white/half-white females and Japan.
Post: [Youtube/NicoNico] Good-looking white/half-white f...

Hee hee! Entertaining thread. Sitting back and watching the fight!
mpericks General discussion 57 10,357 2013-02-22, 10:30 am
    Thread: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done!
Post: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done!

Thank goodness I'm almost there. I'm at frame 1586! I am hoping to be done by the end of the year. I'm getting seriously burned out, though.
mpericks Remembering the Kanji 462 138,043 2012-12-12, 7:53 pm
    Thread: Kindle Manga Formatting
Post: Kindle Manga Formatting

Amazon officially announced the Japanese Kindle store today: http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtm...ID=1749134
mpericks Learning resources 12 2,608 2012-10-24, 4:13 pm
    Thread: iPhone app ideas?
Post: iPhone app ideas?

Norman Wrote:Most iphone app users who are studying with these kanji apps often carry a notebook around to physically write the kanji after viewing the keyword. An app with a whiteboard would eliminat...
mpericks Learning resources 27 7,195 2012-09-06, 7:02 am
    Thread: Kotoba! app gone?
Post: Kotoba! app gone?

Midori works well for me: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/midori-ja...31773?mt=8
mpericks Learning resources 16 10,604 2012-08-01, 8:36 pm