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    Thread: How to build a strong foundation? Genki? Tae Kim?
Post: RE: How to build a strong foundation? Genki? Tae K...

Look into Assimil's Japanese With Ease vol 1 and 2. Genki is overly suggested in the self learning community despite not being self learner friendly. After JWE and RTK you can go immediately into nati...
Mars Prism Makeup The Japanese language 15 270 6 hours ago
    Thread: Yesterday I couldn't study, and today is just as busy. What do I do?!
Post: RE: Yesterday I couldn't study, and today is just ...

Random question but should I be recognition from the kanji, the keyword, or both? Because my deck asks both. It'll quiz on what the keyword is, showing the kanji and it'll also show the keyword and yo...
Mars Prism Makeup Remembering the Kanji 22 1,315 2016-06-11, 10:14 pm
    Thread: Core decks vs extensive reading
Post: RE: Core decks vs extensive reading

(2016-06-10, 12:22 am)sholum Wrote: (2016-06-09, 10:36 pm)Mars Prism Makeup Wrote: If I want to play vns that are on the ps1 and ps2 is it possible to use things like visual novel reader? Or is th...
Mars Prism Makeup The Japanese language 114 7,454 2016-06-11, 1:21 pm
    Thread: My Assimil method
Post: RE: My Assimil method

I already know writing. Learning kana was literally the first thing I did via Heisig's Remembering the Kana. Also I absolutely hate romaji and I do not find it conductive towards learning actual Japan...
Mars Prism Makeup The Japanese language 2 347 2016-06-10, 4:10 pm
    Thread: My Assimil method
Post: My Assimil method

Hi! So I got Assiiml and I'm loving it! Just wanted to share how I'm doing this as so far I'm finding it better for furthering my Japanese than Genki. Assimil's Japanese With Ease is an audio based p...
Mars Prism Makeup The Japanese language 2 347 2016-06-10, 2:31 pm
    Thread: Core decks vs extensive reading
Post: RE: Core decks vs extensive reading

If I want to play vns that are on the ps1 and ps2 is it possible to use things like visual novel reader? Or is that strictly for PC titles?
Mars Prism Makeup The Japanese language 114 7,454 2016-06-09, 10:36 pm
    Thread: Why are some people in the Japanese self learning community so down on Heisig?
Post: RE: Why are some people in the Japanese self learn...

I can confirm CureDolly is helpful and informative!
Mars Prism Makeup Remembering the Kanji 61 3,887 2016-06-05, 6:06 pm
    Thread: Why are some people in the Japanese self learning community so down on Heisig?
Post: Why are some people in the Japanese self learning ...

Read this this morning from the mind of Ken Seeroi: Quote:You might think this book will teach you how to read kanji. It won’t. Or that you’ll learn what the kanji mean, or at least their pronunciati...
Mars Prism Makeup Remembering the Kanji 61 3,887 2016-06-05, 9:03 am
    Thread: Making Learning Japanese Fun
Post: RE: Making Learning Japanese Fun

Although I find playing something in Japanese to be really tedious now, looking at a screen of a Japanese game always gives me an urge to practice my Japanese right that second. So I find it can give ...
Mars Prism Makeup General discussion 43 2,819 2016-06-04, 9:09 pm
    Thread: Making Learning Japanese Fun
Post: RE: Making Learning Japanese Fun

I find doing kanji and the language itself fun.
Mars Prism Makeup General discussion 43 2,819 2016-06-04, 7:57 am
    Thread: Yesterday I couldn't study, and today is just as busy. What do I do?!
Post: RE: Yesterday I couldn't study, and today is just ...

(2016-06-03, 4:08 pm)Uanotherjohn Wrote: I would advise against using Anki's new cards feature at all. Standard practice is to suspend all the cards, and selectively unsuspend the ones you want to ...
Mars Prism Makeup Remembering the Kanji 22 1,315 2016-06-03, 4:38 pm
    Thread: Yesterday I couldn't study, and today is just as busy. What do I do?!
Post: RE: Yesterday I couldn't study, and today is just ...

(2016-06-03, 2:51 pm)EratiK Wrote: It's okay to take breaks, this is not a race. I just looked at Anki and I only have 25 new cards today, which is good. I was worried it'd bump it to 50 for some r...
Mars Prism Makeup Remembering the Kanji 22 1,315 2016-06-03, 2:55 pm
    Thread: Yesterday I couldn't study, and today is just as busy. What do I do?!
Post: Yesterday I couldn't study, and today is just as b...

I do 25 kanji a day. Yesterday I couldn't open Anki and review once. I'm behind, and I can't do new cards today. 50 is overkill. What should I do?!
Mars Prism Makeup Remembering the Kanji 22 1,315 2016-06-03, 2:39 pm
    Thread: Stupid question but how much Japanese do I need to know to play a Dragon Quest game?
Post: RE: Stupid question but how much Japanese do I nee...

Although my MAIN goal is to play RPGs in Japanese it's not my only goal. I also want to have a solid foundation and the ability to speak to natives too. I have plans for my Japanese and it also involv...
Mars Prism Makeup General discussion 39 1,660 2016-05-31, 8:24 pm
    Thread: Stupid question but how much Japanese do I need to know to play a Dragon Quest game?
Post: RE: Stupid question but how much Japanese do I nee...

When would it be a good idea to start doing Shadowing: Let's Speak Japanese? After Assimil?
Mars Prism Makeup General discussion 39 1,660 2016-05-30, 11:04 pm
    Thread: Stupid question but how much Japanese do I need to know to play a Dragon Quest game?
Post: RE: Stupid question but how much Japanese do I nee...

(2016-05-30, 4:33 am)I\m sremvik Wrote: (2016-05-29, 10:53 pm)Queen of Mars Wrote: Okay, I decided to go with the Assimil method. Going to do 1 and then 2 while doing the rest of RTK and then afte...
Mars Prism Makeup General discussion 39 1,660 2016-05-30, 8:52 am
    Thread: Stupid question but how much Japanese do I need to know to play a Dragon Quest game?
Post: RE: Stupid question but how much Japanese do I nee...

Okay, I decided to go with the Assimil method. Going to do 1 and then 2 while doing the rest of RTK and then after that start Core10k and dive into native materials. Also, when I brought up searching ...
Mars Prism Makeup General discussion 39 1,660 2016-05-29, 10:53 pm
    Thread: Stupid question but how much Japanese do I need to know to play a Dragon Quest game?
Post: RE: Stupid question but how much Japanese do I nee...

Love the idea! Is it easy searching the Core10k deck for Genki though?
Mars Prism Makeup General discussion 39 1,660 2016-05-29, 7:08 pm
    Thread: Stupid question but how much Japanese do I need to know to play a Dragon Quest game?
Post: RE: Stupid question but how much Japanese do I nee...

Sooo. I feel like I should be doing more than I should. I think I'm going to start doing at minimum 4 hours of Japanese a day. I'm considering balancing the rest of RTK, Genki 1, and Core 2k at the s...
Mars Prism Makeup General discussion 39 1,660 2016-05-29, 6:42 pm
    Thread: Stupid question but how much Japanese do I need to know to play a Dragon Quest game?
Post: RE: Stupid question but how much Japanese do I nee...

Thank you all so much! I love this site and this community!
Mars Prism Makeup General discussion 39 1,660 2016-05-29, 5:56 pm
    Thread: Stupid question but how much Japanese do I need to know to play a Dragon Quest game?
Post: RE: Stupid question but how much Japanese do I nee...

(2016-05-29, 4:49 pm)anotherjohn Wrote: I didn't have a word that uses 晄 but thanks to 魔晄炉 my kanjipeen has grown to 3431 (and one step closer to 100% 人名用 coverage to boot). Welcome to the forum :)...
Mars Prism Makeup General discussion 39 1,660 2016-05-29, 5:00 pm
    Thread: Stupid question but how much Japanese do I need to know to play a Dragon Quest game?
Post: RE: Stupid question but how much Japanese do I nee...

(2016-05-29, 4:18 pm)anotherjohn Wrote: 魔晄炉 extended my kanjipeen, thank you :) How so? Any particular method?
Mars Prism Makeup General discussion 39 1,660 2016-05-29, 4:28 pm
    Thread: Stupid question but how much Japanese do I need to know to play a Dragon Quest game?
Post: RE: Stupid question but how much Japanese do I nee...

(2016-05-29, 3:14 pm)cracky Wrote: (2016-05-29, 2:32 pm)HelenF Wrote: I've not played them, but a quick search suggests I-III are close to all-kana, which doesn't take advantage of the effort that...
Mars Prism Makeup General discussion 39 1,660 2016-05-29, 3:35 pm
    Thread: Stupid question but how much Japanese do I need to know to play a Dragon Quest game?
Post: RE: Stupid question but how much Japanese do I nee...

(2016-05-29, 2:32 pm)HelenF Wrote: I've not played them, but a quick search suggests I-III are close to all-kana, which doesn't take advantage of the effort that went into RTK. If those are the game...
Mars Prism Makeup General discussion 39 1,660 2016-05-29, 3:13 pm
    Thread: Stupid question but how much Japanese do I need to know to play a Dragon Quest game?
Post: RE: Stupid question but how much Japanese do I nee...

DHelenF Wrote:How much time have you spent playing Dragon Quest games in a language that you know well? (I imagine if you're this enthusiastic about them, it's probably a fair amount.) Replaying a gam...
Mars Prism Makeup General discussion 39 1,660 2016-05-29, 2:14 pm
    Thread: Stupid question but how much Japanese do I need to know to play a Dragon Quest game?
Post: RE: Stupid question but how much Japanese do I nee...

That's unfortunate. I guess I did underestimate the language. :( My plan: Learn Kana (finished) Learn every day Kanji (half finished, currently working on and taking a short break) Now that I am h...
Mars Prism Makeup General discussion 39 1,660 2016-05-29, 1:34 pm
    Thread: Stupid question but how much Japanese do I need to know to play a Dragon Quest game?
Post: Stupid question but how much Japanese do I need to...

Hi, I know kana (both hira and kata) and I know some kanji. I'm half way through RTK1, just ordered Genki 1 with Workbook AND  Assimil's Japanese With Ease to fill in blanks. My goal learning Japane...
Mars Prism Makeup General discussion 39 1,660 2016-05-29, 10:49 am