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    Thread: Learning Japanese w/ Free & Cheap Materials: Study Guide & Big List
Post: Learning Japanese w/ Free & Cheap Materials: Study...

If you've got an Anime or Jdrama and it's in .mkv format. I've been extracting the audio from these files using this: http://www.videohelp.com/tools/MKVcleaver it takes the file and you are able to ...
dyslexicporn Learning resources 36 67,803 2011-12-10, 2:39 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

yudantaiteki ありがとう。 I think I got what they are saying now. I didn't now you could drop the だ as in the sentence which threw me off. Also the って(私が)思っている part is correct because the actor was thinking...
dyslexicporn The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,151 2011-12-09, 12:01 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

i'm having a similar problem with this sentence: 親友っていう立場も  案外ありなのかなって what does this mean at the end: ありなのかなって ? I think it means something like: saying from a friends standpoint is unexpected?? wh...
dyslexicporn The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,151 2011-12-08, 11:00 pm
    Thread: Preparing for My Flight
Post: Preparing for My Flight

For deodorant, just use baking soda. It lasts all day even if you workout a lot. I've tried every type of deodorant and baking soda beats everything. After the shower, dip two fingertips in the soda a...
dyslexicporn Off topic 77 11,338 2011-11-11, 5:13 pm
    Thread: Japanese crossword puzzles
Post: Japanese crossword puzzles

I've been searching google for クロスワードパズル but I haven't been able to find anything in the beginner - intermediate range. I'm hoping someone maybe has found something because I like using them for vo...
dyslexicporn Learning resources 0 510 2011-11-10, 12:17 am
    Thread: Fastest track to the translation industry?
Post: Fastest track to the translation industry?

I know a few Japanese people that graduated from my University and are now translating from Eng --> Japanese. They write manuals for various items that you may find at a convenience store or appli...
dyslexicporn The Japanese language 29 8,636 2011-10-28, 10:13 am
    Thread: www.imabijapaneselearningcenter.com
Post: www.imabijapaneselearningcenter.com

imabi, don't listen to all of these haters nitpicking every detail of your site. You got this far didn't you? You've already accomplished more than most on this forum, congrats. Who cares if there's a...
dyslexicporn Learning resources 503 66,738 2011-10-17, 1:38 pm
    Thread: How to learn Japanese the right way
Post: How to learn Japanese the right way

I think learning to speak a language is much similar to learning an instrument. You can't just study music theory and then all of a sudden your a master at the instrument. You have to practice your i...
dyslexicporn General discussion 141 26,349 2011-09-21, 11:58 pm
    Thread: Has anyone NOT used RTK?
Post: Has anyone NOT used RTK?

It depends on what your goals are. But it seems like the more extroverted you are the more you will pick up the language. One of the things I've noticed at college was that the international students ...
dyslexicporn The Japanese language 107 23,178 2011-08-01, 10:09 pm
    Thread: 873 expired kanji
Post: 873 expired kanji

I've been doing the start and stop method. Get 700 + expired cards, feel guilty, review till I have about 150 or so left, then get bored, take a week - to a month off, feel guilty, review again, get ...
dyslexicporn Remembering the Kanji 17 4,619 2011-08-01, 9:45 pm
    Thread: SRSing for school courses.
Post: SRSing for school courses.

Yea, I've also used it for biology and it can kinda of get tedious at times inputing 4 big chapters and cramming 2 days before the test. But it's better if used daily, adding a little at a time. The...
dyslexicporn Off topic 13 3,240 2011-08-01, 9:34 pm
    Thread: College Advice
Post: College Advice

Major in general studies, then you will have time to study whatever you want on the side. Take your piece of paper that says you graduated from somewhere and did something and go teach english. Thats ...
dyslexicporn Off topic 5 756 2011-04-04, 6:25 pm
    Thread: Earthquake in Japan March 11th 2011
Post: Earthquake in Japan March 11th 2011

No looting, no rioting, no roaming bands of criminals seeking to exploit the situation. It speaks volumes about the culture and dignity of the Japanese people when compared to other nations whose peop...
dyslexicporn Off topic 690 113,309 2011-03-14, 5:20 pm
    Thread: Lazy vocab method
Post: Lazy vocab method

I've already done about 2200 sentences this way, and it seems to work fine, i'm able to read/write/recognize when it appears in real time and i don't associate it with anything "weird" because those a...
dyslexicporn The Japanese language 12 3,085 2011-03-04, 7:29 pm
    Thread: Lazy vocab method
Post: Lazy vocab method

dusmar84 Wrote:I kinda see what you're doing but I dont think its necessary to break up the first kanji into radicals. Why now just leave the kanji as it is and still give the hint in hiragana. I thi...
dyslexicporn The Japanese language 12 3,085 2011-03-04, 9:48 am
    Thread: Lazy vocab method
Post: Lazy vocab method

I just wanted to share this method i've been using so far to study vocab, maybe its not for some but it seems a hell of a lot easier than than grinding through words using kanji-kana or kana-kanji. ...
dyslexicporn The Japanese language 12 3,085 2011-03-04, 4:34 am