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    Thread: The Special Things Going On In Japan
Post: The Special Things Going On In Japan

As well as the lack of public bins and benches, the other thing that I noticed was the lack of grass/lawn. Most of the parks are paved. There was one day in Tokyo where all I wanted to do was lie on s...
taupe General discussion 208 34,038 2011-12-05, 11:18 pm
    Thread: Loss of passion for Japanese.. help!
Post: Loss of passion for Japanese.. help!

It's drastic and possibly unfeasible for you, but consider taking a short trip to Japan. Nothing like rekindling one's passion for a language than visiting a country in which it is spoken! Or, if you...
taupe General discussion 29 6,357 2011-11-27, 6:09 am
    Thread: The Best option for my situation
Post: The Best option for my situation

Realism Wrote:taupe Wrote:Personally, I wouldn't bother with silverspoon. It costs a lot and you still have to have 250 per month or something to buy Japanese media. Since you're considering it, I'm a...
taupe General discussion 38 7,356 2011-10-29, 12:18 am
    Thread: The Best option for my situation
Post: The Best option for my situation

Personally, I wouldn't bother with silverspoon. It costs a lot and you still have to have 250 per month or something to buy Japanese media. Since you're considering it, I'm assuming you must be a rich...
taupe General discussion 38 7,356 2011-10-28, 6:50 pm
    Thread: Please tell me about your study methods
Post: Please tell me about your study methods

Maybe people don't want to give the OP their data for free, if the end product is not going to be free. This is reasonable.
taupe General discussion 20 5,804 2011-10-24, 8:29 am
    Thread: I am feeling stupid.. a beginner.
Post: I am feeling stupid.. a beginner.

When you want to add new cards, you can click on the "Manage" tab of the main site. This will give you a field where you can enter how many frames you are up to. Then the new kanji will be added to yo...
taupe General discussion 2 831 2011-10-19, 7:23 pm
    Thread: Post your *ambitious* goal here!
Post: Post your *ambitious* goal here!

Cool thread. My ambitious Japanese goal is to achieve the language level of a smart high school student over the next 3-5 years. I figure it's a good yardstick, because smart high school students can ...
taupe General discussion 96 18,438 2011-10-15, 11:10 pm
    Thread: Post Your Recent Milestone Failure Here
Post: Post Your Recent Milestone Failure Here

A friend of mine has just started learning Japanese, and the other day I was trying to explain the difference between は and が to him. I couldn't do it. LOL. I have an intuitive sense of when to use ei...
taupe General discussion 23 6,462 2011-10-14, 10:13 pm
    Thread: sentences while working through RtK1 - your thoughts?
Post: sentences while working through RtK1 - your though...

Thanks for your suggestions, Nagareboshi and Splatted. Very helpful. Honestly, I think I like language learning theory just as much as learning languages, heh. I find these discussions fascinating. ...
taupe The Japanese language 10 3,369 2011-10-09, 8:40 am
    Thread: sentences while working through RtK1 - your thoughts?
Post: sentences while working through RtK1 - your though...

Thanks for your reply! I also have the book "Read Real Japanese" which I bought when I originally started my Japanese studies. I am nowhere near the level where I can even attempt to read it, but I us...
taupe The Japanese language 10 3,369 2011-10-09, 5:55 am
    Thread: sentences while working through RtK1 - your thoughts?
Post: sentences while working through RtK1 - your though...

A few years ago I completed half of RtK1, but for various reasons I stopped (and basically stopped learning Japanese altogether). I'm going to start again with RtK from scratch. One of the reasons...
taupe The Japanese language 10 3,369 2011-10-09, 5:22 am