Search Results

Post Author Forum Replies Views Posted [asc]
    Thread: How to get the most out of Japanese classes?
Post: How to get the most out of Japanese classes?

Thanks captainporridge. I will go summarising everyone's suggestions as I receive them. Anyone else?
youasuki General discussion 7 2,356 2014-12-12, 11:05 pm
    Thread: How to get the most out of Japanese classes?
Post: How to get the most out of Japanese classes?

Thank you, a lot of good advice. I guess I've done a bit of that throughout my learning experience. I also know 2 weeks is a short period of time, but even if I am not a big fan of class study I would...
youasuki General discussion 7 2,356 2014-12-12, 5:28 am
    Thread: How to get the most out of Japanese classes?
Post: How to get the most out of Japanese classes?

TL;DR I am not a huge fan of Japanese language class schools and I will be going back to one ~ 2 weeks and I would like to get the most out of it. Suggestions and / or feedback please. Scroll down to...
youasuki General discussion 7 2,356 2014-12-12, 12:30 am
    Thread: DnD in Japan
Post: DnD in Japan

Actually I used to play with a group in the Nagoya area back when I was living in Aichi. I think one of our DM's still hosts/plays in the Yellow Submarine game shop in Osu. Check it out. http://www...
youasuki General discussion 5 1,171 2014-02-25, 9:57 am
    Thread: How to learn an easy language?
Post: How to learn an easy language?

As dumb as it may seem, I actually can't come up with a straightforward way to go about learning an 'easy' language. For example, Japanese is hard so you have to start pretty much from 0 and sure it's...
youasuki Off topic 11 2,855 2014-02-21, 10:46 am
    Thread: Schools: We, Arc, J's
Post: Schools: We, Arc, J's

Anyone here currently going to any of those Tokyo based-schools?
youasuki Off topic 0 372 2014-02-18, 8:58 am
    Thread: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?
Post: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?

So he failed hacking Japanese. :)
youasuki General discussion 856 195,471 2014-02-11, 4:39 pm
    Thread: JLPT December 2013 - GAME ON!
Post: JLPT December 2013 - GAME ON!

Has anyone been able to get a copy of the Dec/2013 test yet?
youasuki JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 156 35,089 2014-01-03, 2:50 am
    Thread: Forum Upgrade and/or Redesign
Post: Forum Upgrade and/or Redesign

MelonBerry Wrote:I've been lurking this form for a year but I do feel like the layout is has that 'old' feeling behind it. The board itself isn't very attractive to me. Although, I'm not sure if an u...
youasuki General discussion 50 19,097 2014-01-01, 5:37 am
    Thread: Office Japanese
Post: Office Japanese

I'm sorry, what's a majority office?. What about googling ビジネス日本語 Amazon. ?
youasuki Learning resources 7 1,159 2013-12-23, 3:53 pm
    Thread: Anki ruined my study habits!
Post: Anki ruined my study habits!

This thread is really more about how to effectively study anything that is *not* Kanji, which up until now is the only one thing that I have very much successfully used Anki for.
youasuki Off topic 14 4,803 2013-12-22, 9:30 am
    Thread: Anki ruined my study habits!
Post: Anki ruined my study habits!

Oh, *I* love Anki, don't get me wrong. I meant it ruined my study habits as in it made me realize the power of SRS and now I just can't go back to whatever I was doing before. I tried the incremental...
youasuki Off topic 14 4,803 2013-12-22, 3:12 am
    Thread: Anki ruined my study habits!
Post: Anki ruined my study habits!

After discovering Anki >3 years ago, I've have IMO successfully used it to teach me how to read Kanji, memorize short facts, but that's pretty it. I think Anki works best when used to remember shor...
youasuki Off topic 14 4,803 2013-12-22, 2:00 am
    Thread: Where is uisukii?
Post: Where is uisukii?

I just noticed, he's gone! What? Does anyone know what happened to him?
youasuki Off topic 27 4,948 2013-12-19, 10:12 am
    Thread: The 2 things I love are incompatible...
Post: The 2 things I love are incompatible...

@tokyostyle Thanks! I will try that. You know, what I hate the most is when a company rejects you and doesn't give you any advice/feedback, so you are left wondering, what went wrong exactly!
youasuki Off topic 17 3,857 2013-12-11, 11:27 pm
    Thread: Improving general eloquence in a second language
Post: Improving general eloquence in a second language

Did you get the job? What are you working on? I feel identified with a lot of what you are writing, and I am looking for an answer myself.
youasuki General discussion 5 1,747 2013-12-10, 12:38 pm
    Thread: The 2 things I love are incompatible...
Post: The 2 things I love are incompatible...

@NightSky Dude, :lol: he asked me what languages or industry I was interested in, I just answered in the same fashion... I took the one interview you are probably talking about, there were like 10 peo...
youasuki Off topic 17 3,857 2013-12-10, 12:33 pm
    Thread: The 2 things I love are incompatible...
Post: The 2 things I love are incompatible...

Yeah, I'm in Tokyo. I'm currently focused/interested in Objective-C and iOS/OSX game/app/software development.
youasuki Off topic 17 3,857 2013-12-10, 11:05 am
    Thread: The 2 things I love are incompatible...
Post: The 2 things I love are incompatible...

tokyostyle Wrote:If you have the skills you should find a programming job immediately. Immediately? That'd be nice, but where are the jobs? It seems I need more friends, because I really don't know, G...
youasuki Off topic 17 3,857 2013-12-10, 8:24 am
    Thread: JLPT December 2013 - GAME ON!
Post: JLPT December 2013 - GAME ON!

Where did you download a copy of the 2012/12 test? Are you serious?  EDIT: Ok, I just realized we are in 2013, my bad, nevermind. :lol:
youasuki JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 156 35,089 2013-12-10, 4:46 am
    Thread: The 2 things I love are incompatible...
Post: The 2 things I love are incompatible...

The two things I love the most are computer programming and Japanese. I more or less stopped programming since I came to Japan to fully dedicate to the language and went from 0 to fluent in less than ...
youasuki Off topic 17 3,857 2013-12-10, 4:39 am
    Thread: Google Wallet
Post: Google Wallet

I'm trying to add my 三菱東京UFJ銀行 bank account to Google Wallet but it asks for a 9 digit 銀行コード(ルーティング番号) when all I have is a 4 digit code. What?
youasuki Off topic 1 817 2013-10-19, 7:03 am
    Thread: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?
Post: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?

@Vempele This would work if you were an average sample. You are probably too smart for the test. Your average jock will still pass, but not with honors.
youasuki General discussion 856 195,471 2013-10-09, 8:33 am
    Thread: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?
Post: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?

@vileru It'll probably take him forever to learn English though (maybe).
youasuki General discussion 856 195,471 2013-10-08, 7:21 pm
    Thread: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?
Post: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?

@mr_hans_moleman_aka_troll I've never heard of anyone (not even とっても hard-working Chinese prodigies) of anyone passing N1 in less than 2 years, but you did in 1 year and something and were sleeping mo...
youasuki General discussion 856 195,471 2013-10-08, 5:37 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

Yeah, ろ it's usually abbreviating だろう or the imperative for いる, I was confused about the な actually (embarrassed). ああ, so it's like a masculine form of ね, ったく I think I knew that too (well I had to…)....
youasuki The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,714 2013-10-08, 5:00 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

Ah, ok got that! Now what about the ろって?
youasuki The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,714 2013-10-08, 9:30 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

@drdunlap Sorry for the extra work. What is this な here?
youasuki The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,714 2013-10-08, 8:17 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

From 進撃の巨人: 「勝手に戦争ごっこに興じてろってな!!」 (戦争ごっこに興じる to enjoy playing war) I know ろ there is the imperative of いる and that って is just quoting but I'm still fuzzy about it and I am not sure about the last な ...
youasuki The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,714 2013-10-07, 11:08 pm
    Thread: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?
Post: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months?

@egoplant First, kudos to him. He's bold. But I'm just pointing out that I smell (not total) dishonesty from him. Of course beginners make mistakes, but I've seen hundreds of beginners and the mistake...
youasuki General discussion 856 195,471 2013-10-05, 5:18 pm