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    Thread: New vocabulary drilling tool
Post: New vocabulary drilling tool

jondesousa Wrote:I spent about 30 minutes on the level four test, saved my file, and closed excel to work on some other things. When I tried to open the file the Test Kanji toolbar was not automatica...
darg_sama Learning resources 48 16,503 2006-09-27, 8:42 pm
    Thread: New vocabulary drilling tool
Post: New vocabulary drilling tool

We did at least discuss the ability to select which JLPT level you're on and start by testing all words up until your selected level - would that be hard to add as an option? I can at least imagine ho...
darg_sama Learning resources 48 16,503 2006-09-27, 7:06 am
    Thread: Responses when talking about the Heisig system??
Post: Responses when talking about the Heisig system??

lol, I wouldn't take the opinion of someone who can't even write one comprehensible sentence very seriously!:rolleyes:
darg_sama Remembering the Kanji 25 11,741 2006-07-17, 7:46 pm
    Thread: お勧め
Post: お勧め

Sounds good to me too. I'm all for people here improving their Japanese, and the only way to do that is practice! Like wrightak said, don't be intimidated by people that are better than you - try to t...
darg_sama General discussion 14 6,721 2006-07-05, 7:36 pm
    Thread: Proficiency tests
Post: Proficiency tests

Ok, 5級 sounds like a decent place to start off then. I found a table of kanken levels for those interested, as well as this site which lets you practice for it online a little. You have to be able to ...
darg_sama JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 18 6,498 2006-07-04, 2:28 am
    Thread: お勧め
Post: お勧め

Dargかダグでいいよ?このHPに申し込んだときにそのつもりだったけど、Dargって短すぎるって言われちゃって。実はね、自分の名前に「様」を付けるなんてちょっと偉そうな感じだな。 だから止めよう。笑 もう言った映画以外で何がいいかなぁ?たけしビートがけっこう好きだけど、彼がちょっと分かりにくいと思うので、勉強にならないだろう、それは。電車男は?他のセクションでは「茶の味」も勧められた。 やっぱ...
darg_sama General discussion 14 6,721 2006-07-03, 10:33 pm
    Thread: What's the best time to start Heisig?
Post: What's the best time to start Heisig?

Immacolata Wrote:And on the humurous side. You study japanese and you worry about creating more work for yourself? LOL :-D Work smart, not hard. ;) I started studying Japanese for the challenge, but t...
darg_sama Remembering the Kanji 46 14,710 2006-07-03, 9:39 pm
    Thread: Proficiency tests
Post: Proficiency tests

So has anyone either taken or looking to take any proficiency tests for Japanese? I've taken JLPT(日本語能力試験) a couple times and have thought about trying my hand at 漢検(漢字検定). I'd think that kanken woul...
darg_sama JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 18 6,498 2006-07-03, 3:43 pm
    Thread: What's the best time to start Heisig?
Post: What's the best time to start Heisig?

I brought this up in another thread, but thought it was worth it's own discussion and didn't want to make the discussion wander any further. So when did you start Heisig and when do you think you sho...
darg_sama Remembering the Kanji 46 14,710 2006-07-03, 3:34 pm
    Thread: The kanji meanings and "dictionary" meanings
Post: The kanji meanings and "dictionary" meanings

Ok, found it! It's all in Japanese, so I'll provide the original text and then try to translate below. a. 老人「老いた→人」→前の漢字が、後の漢字を説明..........親友、物価 b. 読書「読む←書を」→後の字が前の動詞の目的語・対象語...開会、登山 c. 身体「身 = 体」→同じ...
darg_sama General discussion 7 5,337 2006-07-02, 5:14 pm
    Thread: The kanji meanings and "dictionary" meanings
Post: The kanji meanings and "dictionary" meanings

There are several characters that have 2 or more meanings that I would say are common enough that they warrant knowledge. An interesting thing to note is that I've noticed that when you get to that po...
darg_sama General discussion 7 5,337 2006-07-01, 2:47 pm
    Thread: Responses when talking about the Heisig system??
Post: Responses when talking about the Heisig system??

That's actually the best way to pick up the kunyomi for characters from what I've seen. You know that 犬 means dog and that the word for dog is pronounced いぬ, so you put them together. Knowing what the...
darg_sama Remembering the Kanji 25 11,741 2006-07-01, 2:31 pm
    Thread: textbooks
Post: textbooks

My favorite all-time text was An Integrated Approach to Intermediate Japanese. For the first 3 years I used Jorden's Japanese: the Spoken Language and Japanese: the Written Language, which are good fo...
darg_sama Learning resources 119 45,240 2006-06-30, 8:13 pm
    Thread: websites
Post: websites

Well, there's Japan Today's Learning Section. I'm a mod there and I recognize a few names from here over there. If you're looking for online resources I could name a few, or you could check out the li...
darg_sama Learning resources 6 2,202 2006-06-30, 8:05 pm
    Thread: Responses when talking about the Heisig system??
Post: Responses when talking about the Heisig system??

I still went through RTKII up until about halfway through the semi-pure groups - there's still atleast a good 500 or so that I don't know the onyomi for. The pure/semi-pure group sections are useful, ...
darg_sama Remembering the Kanji 25 11,741 2006-06-30, 7:13 pm
    Thread: お勧め
Post: お勧め

ファブリス Wrote:スレ is this the kana for a (forum) thread ? Yep, スレ=thread. Even if your grammar isn't that far along, I'd suggest trying to write as much as you can. Writing can be even better practice...
darg_sama General discussion 14 6,721 2006-06-30, 6:33 pm
    Thread: お勧め
Post: お勧め

Sorry in advance if I got too complicated here, but I'm sure you'll get the drift from the looks of it.;) いいアイデアですね、このスレ。音楽や本などがよく勉強になれるでしょう。 お勧めか?まあ、Heisigに関する勉強といえば、やっぱりまず本や他の読解練習を探したほうが一番今まで習ったこと...
darg_sama General discussion 14 6,721 2006-06-29, 11:23 pm
    Thread: Responses when talking about the Heisig system??
Post: Responses when talking about the Heisig system??

Ok, my case is probably going to differ significantly from a lot of the people here - I had JLPT2Q before I started the book and am going for 1Q this year (last year I barely failed). Because of that,...
darg_sama Remembering the Kanji 25 11,741 2006-06-29, 10:18 pm
    Thread: The traditional version of 双 (pair)
Post: The traditional version of 双 (pair)

...or maybe Matthew's in Seattle and it's just some random white guy being trendy ;)
darg_sama The Japanese language 8 3,822 2006-06-21, 11:30 am
    Thread: the blue kanji box
Post: the blue kanji box

Yes, you are meant to do onyomi first and move on to kunyomi afterwards. RTKII deals almost exclusively with onyomi, then has a small DIY kunyomi section that is really just meant to get you started. ...
darg_sama Remembering the Kanji 26 12,582 2006-06-21, 11:27 am
    Thread: Vocabulary Software
Post: Vocabulary Software

I'm using Ocha no Kanji, of which I've finished making an JLPT 1Q version. I haven't finished putting all of RTK2 in there, but an RTK version is in the works - if enough people seem interested then I...
darg_sama Learning resources 57 17,115 2006-06-19, 6:57 pm