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    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

RandomQuotes Wrote:"さえいとおしい" and "さえ愛しい mean nothing. さえ is a postfix not a prefix. If you google "さえ高い" you get 67K hits, and if you google "さえ難しい" you get 176K hits. Most of those come from (ただで)...
tenken3 The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,846 2015-07-12, 12:41 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

RandomQuotes Wrote:"さえいとおしい" and "さえ愛しい mean nothing. さえ is a postfix not a prefix. It means something like "Even ~" So, something like それは子供さえ分かるだろう would be something like "Ugh, even children kno...
tenken3 The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,846 2015-07-12, 1:52 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

Hello, I was wondering what the construction "さえいとおしい" or "さえ愛しい" means exactly. I could not find a good definition Googling it, but it seems it's generally preceded by some undesirable characteristi...
tenken3 The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,846 2015-07-10, 1:44 pm
    Thread: Just started again ..
Post: Just started again ..

Been awhile since I posted here, since I've been rather busy. Haven't had much time/motivation to add more cards, so I'm a bit behind my schedule of 20/day minimum, and at least 140 per week, which I ...
tenken3 Off topic 11 2,211 2010-10-28, 4:50 pm
    Thread: Is 100 new kanji a day exaggerated?
Post: Is 100 new kanji a day exaggerated?

It also depends on what you consider "doing" a kanji is. I get the feeling some people just try to get as many as possible in day since they like to see the high number, but their review rate is poor ...
tenken3 Remembering the Kanji 76 23,541 2010-10-11, 9:28 am
    Thread: Just started again ..
Post: Just started again ..

^Thanks. I like checking to see the progress chart in the review section, seeing all those filled green bars makes me feel good. :) As for update, haven't done much this week, partially because I ha...
tenken3 Off topic 11 2,211 2010-10-10, 4:01 pm
    Thread: Just started again ..
Post: Just started again ..

Up to 769 now, guess I've been in a studious mood this weekend. I did 42 cards today, and finished up the really long lesson with 130 characters. Maybe I'll do a bit more later in the evening if I got...
tenken3 Off topic 11 2,211 2010-10-03, 7:57 am
    Thread: Just started again ..
Post: Just started again ..

Wasn't at home in the weekend ..and didn't do anything until yesterday evening. Finished the reviews of all the cards that were piled up (around 350), and missed about 10 of them. Not as good as previ...
tenken3 Off topic 11 2,211 2010-09-28, 5:13 am
    Thread: Just started again ..
Post: Just started again ..

Didn't really do anything yesterday (the slacking begins ..), but I did all the reviews from yesterday and today this morning, and added 21 new cards just now. Reviews were around 180 cards (add many...
tenken3 Off topic 11 2,211 2010-09-23, 3:18 am
    Thread: Started for the first time yesterday
Post: Started for the first time yesterday

Yep, it's better to do it right the first time, spend the time to really build up solid stories rather than speeding through it now and losing them all or getting them mixed up down the line.
tenken3 Remembering the Kanji 6 1,981 2010-09-22, 3:50 am
    Thread: Just started again ..
Post: Just started again ..

Up to 439 now, which means I did 207 kanji this week. Maybe I'll finish the rest of lesson 18 later today, since it's a pretty long lesson (80 kanji). Reviewing is going OK as well. I add the cards I...
tenken3 Off topic 11 2,211 2010-09-19, 8:00 am
    Thread: Just started again ..
Post: Just started again ..

EratiK Wrote:Good luck to you! At this pace, you should be over way before January (you'll keep remembering as you'll get going), but don't burn out. Don't forget to do some assimil too (3 months cou...
tenken3 Off topic 11 2,211 2010-09-13, 2:12 pm
    Thread: Just started again ..
Post: Just started again ..

And hopefully I'll muster the discipline to finish it this time. I got to around 1550 the last time, but then I lost all motivation and stopped reviewing. I'll be leaving for Japan in January as an e...
tenken3 Off topic 11 2,211 2010-09-13, 2:45 am
    Thread: 100 Kanji A Day Project -- the report.
Post: 100 Kanji A Day Project -- the report.

Wow, I got huge respect for your discipline. Myself, I don't think I ever got about 30-40/day, and I think that is alot. Then I got into a rut and stopped for some weeks, after that I did a whole bunc...
tenken3 General discussion 36 13,046 2007-06-28, 1:15 pm
    Thread: Confused
Post: Confused

akrodha Wrote:RTK1 is actually a pretty good way of brushing up on some English vocabulary :) Be sure you have a good English dictionary nearby. Agreed, I thought my English was pretty good for a non-...
tenken3 Remembering the Kanji 11 2,325 2007-06-28, 1:08 pm
    Thread: Great Kanji words
Post: Great Kanji words

The title depends on your post count, not the join date
tenken3 Remembering the Kanji 55 15,471 2007-06-14, 11:56 am
    Thread: Kanji too small?
Post: Kanji too small?

I'm using FF 2.0, I tried following your suggestion, but in the first box (titled 'Proportional') I can only choose between 'Serif' and 'Sans Serif', the other 3 are selected on MS Gothic now. If I se...
tenken3 Remembering the Kanji 4 3,262 2007-06-13, 1:51 pm
    Thread: Kanji too small?
Post: Kanji too small?

Hi, I'm about 1200 kanji in book 1 now, when I run into kanji online often I can't even make out some of the primitives in the more complicated kanji because they are so small. Is this a common probl...
tenken3 Remembering the Kanji 4 3,262 2007-06-13, 12:41 pm