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    Thread: I've failed...and I've been lying to myself
Post: RE: I've failed...and I've been lying to myself

(2016-02-21, 8:42 pm)ryuudou Wrote: (2016-02-21, 8:33 pm)kanttuvei Wrote: (2016-02-21, 8:08 pm)ryuudou Wrote: (2016-02-21, 5:14 pm)zx573 Wrote: There's a pretty big list of countries where you...
kanttuvei The Japanese language 60 7,048 2016-02-21, 11:07 pm
    Thread: I've failed...and I've been lying to myself
Post: RE: I've failed...and I've been lying to myself

(2016-02-21, 8:08 pm)ryuudou Wrote: (2016-02-21, 5:14 pm)zx573 Wrote: There's a pretty big list of countries where you can transfer your foreign driver's license to a Japanese driver's license Tem...
kanttuvei The Japanese language 60 7,048 2016-02-21, 8:33 pm
    Thread: N5 to N3 in 5 months
Post: RE: N5 to N3 in 5 months

I think it is not so much about the 5 months but rather how many hours you are can study each day. If you start now, you have exactly 150 days of study time before the test in July. 1h per day equals...
kanttuvei JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 9 1,811 2016-02-03, 9:45 pm
    Thread: 2015 JLPT N2-N1 Thread
Post: RE: 2015 JLPT N2-N1 Thread

Only a few more days of uncertainty left as the results of December test can be checked online from the 26th. I have been a bit lazy in adding new cards after the test, waiting for the results... if ...
kanttuvei JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 313 56,649 2016-01-20, 8:57 pm
    Thread: 2015 JLPT N2-N1 Thread
Post: RE: 2015 JLPT N2-N1 Thread

Thanks for the full link. Should be at least >= 50% from the reading section (9 answers difficult to check because of Chinese-only, so not counting them). So before the final verdict end of next mo...
kanttuvei JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 313 56,649 2015-12-07, 6:51 am
    Thread: 2015 JLPT N2-N1 Thread
Post: RE: 2015 JLPT N2-N1 Thread

Yesterday's N2 questions and answers seem to be up at: http://jp.hjenglish.com/riyucihui/p758518/ http://jp.hjenglish.com/riyuyufa/p758531/ http://jp.hjenglish.com/nenglikaon2/p437000/ Edit: It seem...
kanttuvei JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 313 56,649 2015-12-07, 2:24 am
    Thread: 2015 JLPT N2-N1 Thread
Post: RE: 2015 JLPT N2-N1 Thread

Ok, the actual N2 test was more difficult than any of the mock tests I did before. Kanji part was easy, but the grammar part was a killer for me ... Reading was probably OK for the most part, but some...
kanttuvei JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 313 56,649 2015-12-06, 3:21 am
    Thread: Taking the JLPT? How much have you been studying?
Post: RE: Taking the JLPT? How much have you been study...

N2 (tomorrow) 300h of 1v1 lessons, 110h of Anki (split over KIC,Core6k,RTK). So about 420 hours over 2.5 years starting from 0 after transferring to Japan. Daily listening and speaking impossible to c...
kanttuvei General discussion 9 978 2015-12-04, 7:32 pm
    Thread: 2015 JLPT N2-N1 Thread
Post: RE: 2015 JLPT N2-N1 Thread

(2015-11-23, 3:33 am)datrukup Wrote: Anyone else taking the JLPT at Rikkyo University in Saitama? The orientation of the directions they give in the ticket is upside down-- ie North is on the bottom...
kanttuvei JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 313 56,649 2015-11-24, 8:03 pm
    Thread: 2015 JLPT N2-N1 Thread
Post: 2015 JLPT N2-N1 Thread

zx573 Wrote:Who is ready for JLPT next month? Not ready yet, but there is still a month to go... I am going for the N2. For vocab, I am doing the Kanji in Context - series and it seems to be working q...
kanttuvei JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 313 56,649 2015-11-05, 8:02 pm
    Thread: Try listening to this and see if you can hear it clearly
Post: Try listening to this and see if you can hear it c...

kapalama Wrote:I mean, I believe that's what the drama says, but the fact that she cannot hear that, even knowing what she is to be hearing, says something. Probably mostly, not to expect Japanese med...
kanttuvei The Japanese language 18 2,779 2015-07-30, 10:45 pm
    Thread: Overwork
Post: Overwork

Also from my experience (working here, living here, discussions with co-workers and friends) both make many valid points. My field is not in teaching or video game industry. So I can also make some ge...
kanttuvei General discussion 39 7,053 2015-05-13, 8:31 am
    Thread: December 2014 JLPT signups coming soon!
Post: December 2014 JLPT signups coming soon!

I did the N3 here in Tokyo (my first JLPT experience) and hard to say what the score will be. Listening section seemed relatively easy, so if it fails it will be in the grammar part. I Should study mo...
kanttuvei JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 193 37,256 2014-12-07, 4:39 am
    Thread: Please Help Me Find This Place in Tokyo
Post: Please Help Me Find This Place in Tokyo

I have been to the Shinjuku "Robot" bar and it's not the same from the picture. It is similar, especially the waiting lounge but I wouldn't say it's the same. It's definitely an experience but it is n...
kanttuvei General discussion 9 3,691 2014-06-26, 7:31 am
    Thread: Kindle books in Japanese...
Post: Kindle books in Japanese...

NickT Wrote:The final and most major complaint though is that the dictionary is rubbish. It is a J-J dictionary, which is fine, but it just doesn't work very well. It does not recognise the boundaries...
kanttuvei Learning resources 52 14,757 2014-04-12, 6:41 am
    Thread: JLPT3+ and getting stuff done in Japan
Post: JLPT3+ and getting stuff done in Japan

afterglowefx Wrote:Today I'm going down to the driving license center (bad memories there) to see about getting an international driver's license for my Japanese license, which I am sure will make at ...
kanttuvei General discussion 4 912 2014-03-25, 7:30 pm
    Thread: What are good ways to study besides SRS?
Post: What are good ways to study besides SRS?

Just think of "reading native materials" as studying and you will do fine. It takes a lot of effort in the beginning even for easy texts. Since those graded readers are very cheap, I have gotten quite...
kanttuvei General discussion 13 5,784 2014-03-14, 9:09 am
    Thread: cb's Japanese Text Analysis Tool
Post: cb's Japanese Text Analysis Tool

I found what the problem was with my word list file. If you leave extra line feed at the end of your file, the program crashes. If you export from Excel sheet as a txt file there always seems to be ex...
kanttuvei Learning resources 125 56,118 2013-12-05, 12:20 am
    Thread: cb's Japanese Text Analysis Tool
Post: cb's Japanese Text Analysis Tool

There is a minor bug: If you click "User-based readability", choose a file. Then uncheck the "user-based readability" you still get a popup Unable to read the "known words" file. (Yeah, there was so...
kanttuvei Learning resources 125 56,118 2013-12-04, 6:33 am
    Thread: Core 2k/6k optimized and post-rtk1
Post: Core 2k/6k optimized and post-rtk1

RawToast Wrote:I reduced my own types down to 2 card types: Meaning (Kanji, reading, and sentence on front) and Recognition (Kanji and sentence on the front). I zoom through the Meaning deck and let t...
kanttuvei The Japanese language 15 5,257 2013-11-12, 7:13 am
    Thread: Ultimate Reading Thread!
Post: Ultimate Reading Thread!

After reading this thread I went to the local Maruzen and got one book each of grades 1,2,3 and 4. It seems they are very cheap, 700 / 800 円 each. I don't have time to start on them until I get back h...
kanttuvei Learning resources 51 16,372 2013-10-29, 11:45 pm
    Thread: Final Countdown
Post: Final Countdown

The final sprint has begun and 287 left.
kanttuvei Remembering the Kanji 71 23,827 2013-10-07, 8:26 am
    Thread: Half way!
Post: Half way!

Recently passed the half way point on the RTK (6th ed). I moved to Japan 4 months ago but of course due to work, RL, etc I haven't devoted as much time to finishing RTK as I originally planned. So I h...
kanttuvei Remembering the Kanji 616 180,448 2013-09-30, 10:35 pm