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Thread: Learn Kanji While Focusing on Writing Skills ~ Best Practices Post: Learn Kanji While Focusing on Writing Skills ~ Bes... I began by writing each kanji 5-10 times as I learned it, and it really didn't improve my writing or memorization of the characters at all. Once I switched to only writing each new character once, I r... |
weatherman | Remembering the Kanji | 11 | 2,362 | 2015-01-25, 2:56 am | ||
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Thread: Best way to use live tutoring sessions? Post: Best way to use live tutoring sessions? I haven't used it (am thinking about starting), but I found http://www.japonin.com recommended on here. |
weatherman | General discussion | 28 | 5,947 | 2014-12-26, 2:47 am | ||
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Thread: Best way to use live tutoring sessions? Post: Best way to use live tutoring sessions? Admittedly, I don't have a great deal of experience with this at the advanced level in Japanese--I've done it at the beginner level in Japanese and the advanced level in Korean though, and have found ... |
weatherman | General discussion | 28 | 5,947 | 2014-12-25, 8:20 pm | ||
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Thread: Kindle Paperwhite: Better to Buy from Amazon U.S. or Amazon Japan? Post: Kindle Paperwhite: Better to Buy from Amazon U.S. ... Thanks, I may just use the Paperwhite for Amazon Japan books and my current Kindle for Amazon.com books then. There's really only one English book I want to read on the Paperwhite and it's available o... |
weatherman | Learning resources | 7 | 5,282 | 2014-11-05, 7:34 pm | ||
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Thread: Kindle Paperwhite: Better to Buy from Amazon U.S. or Amazon Japan? Post: Kindle Paperwhite: Better to Buy from Amazon U.S. ... I'm looking to buy a Kindle Paperwhite in the near future and basically have two options. I can either buy one from the U.S. store and ship it here (currently Korea but soon Japan) or buy one from the... |
weatherman | Learning resources | 7 | 5,282 | 2014-11-04, 7:16 pm | ||
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Thread: Is it common to miss a lot your first time reviewing? Post: Is it common to miss a lot your first time reviewi... Like others have said, don't worry too much about failing. Failing a card is just part of the process and an opportunity to learn the character better, not an indication that you are doing anything wr... |
weatherman | Remembering the Kanji | 23 | 8,133 | 2014-11-02, 12:47 am | ||
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Thread: Did anyone take a break at the 1000 mark? Post: Did anyone take a break at the 1000 mark? I did and am taking a long break after reaching the 1200-1300 range. I plan to start adding new kanji again in a few weeks or a month, but right now, I'm reviewing the ones I already know while also l... |
weatherman | Remembering the Kanji | 20 | 4,379 | 2014-10-29, 8:25 am | ||
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Thread: Asia Torrents Invites -- Active Users Only Post: Asia Torrents Invites -- Active Users Only Oops, so it does. Thanks :) |
weatherman | Off topic | 199 | 73,071 | 2014-10-21, 12:09 am | ||
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Thread: Asia Torrents Invites -- Active Users Only Post: Asia Torrents Invites -- Active Users Only Anybody? :( |
weatherman | Off topic | 199 | 73,071 | 2014-10-20, 9:51 pm | ||
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Thread: Systemically deleting vocab cards? Post: Systemically deleting vocab cards? I think you could certainly delete a word like that without worrying too much about it. The real question, however, is how much is deleting it going to help lower your current number of reviews. Unles... |
weatherman | The Japanese language | 23 | 3,579 | 2014-10-19, 9:10 pm | ||
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Thread: Nine Months in Japan: Best Approach? Post: Nine Months in Japan: Best Approach? The visa doesn't seem to be as automatic as one might expect. One school I'm looking at in Fukuoka, for example, won't be able to get me a visa until April and even then only if I sign up for a year o... |
weatherman | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 13 | 3,275 | 2014-10-12, 8:06 pm | ||
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Thread: Nine Months in Japan: Best Approach? Post: Nine Months in Japan: Best Approach? LOL I looked into that and it seems I can travel in and out of Japan on a tourist visa for a total of six months per calendar year. Beyond that and there's a good chance of getting turned away, though... |
weatherman | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 13 | 3,275 | 2014-10-12, 5:40 am | ||
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Thread: Nine Months in Japan: Best Approach? Post: Nine Months in Japan: Best Approach? I've been looking into this more and am still about where I started in terms of planning. Right now, I'm still going to go and just see what happens--but I do want at least a tentative plan for later ... |
weatherman | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 13 | 3,275 | 2014-10-12, 3:39 am | ||
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Thread: How do you deal with not feeling like studying? Post: How do you deal with not feeling like studying? I'm working through RTK for the second time now and having much more success because I don't push myself (I just review 20-30 cards on days when I don't feel like adding new cards) and am working thro... |
weatherman | Remembering the Kanji | 25 | 5,925 | 2014-10-01, 2:18 am | ||
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Thread: Asia Torrents Invites -- Active Users Only Post: Asia Torrents Invites -- Active Users Only I'd appreciate an invite too, please. Will put it to good use =) |
weatherman | Off topic | 199 | 73,071 | 2014-09-30, 3:10 am | ||
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Thread: Toktogi: Korean version of Rikaichan/Rikaikun Post: Toktogi: Korean version of Rikaichan/Rikaikun Thanks for making this. I've been trying it out and find it quite helpful. As someone else suggested, it'd be awesome to have a vocabulary card function available, if you haven't made one available al... |
weatherman | Learning resources | 9 | 4,100 | 2014-09-16, 8:56 pm | ||
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Thread: Starting Over (Kinda) Post: Starting Over (Kinda) Thanks, I'm going to start reviewing again today and see how things go with the adjustments I've made (trying to make things easier on myself as you mentioned). The "steps" and "starting ease" adjustm... |
weatherman | Remembering the Kanji | 7 | 2,112 | 2014-08-31, 9:58 pm | ||
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Thread: Starting Over (Kinda) Post: Starting Over (Kinda) You could be right, but still, I find myself really struggling with long-term retention. I just checked and, for mature cards, I was getting 88% for cards I was learning, 84% for young cards, and 70% ... |
weatherman | Remembering the Kanji | 7 | 2,112 | 2014-08-31, 6:53 am | ||
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Thread: Starting Over (Kinda) Post: Starting Over (Kinda) Thanks, I'm going to play around with different card layouts and see how it goes. Would switching over to the Movie Method now be a good idea, or should I wait until I finish the RTK first and then mo... |
weatherman | Remembering the Kanji | 7 | 2,112 | 2014-08-29, 6:35 am | ||
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Thread: Nine Months in Japan: Best Approach? Post: Nine Months in Japan: Best Approach? Awesome, thanks for all your help, vix86. Thanks to you too, yogert909--the woofing looks like a cool option I hadn't considered. Gonna start to look into both further now. |
weatherman | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 13 | 3,275 | 2014-08-27, 9:02 pm | ||
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Thread: Starting Over (Kinda) Post: Starting Over (Kinda) I got through about 1200-1300 of Heisig's Kanji earlier this year after five or six months of study. Looking at other people's experiences, I'm not sure why it took me so long other than that I was wr... |
weatherman | Remembering the Kanji | 7 | 2,112 | 2014-08-27, 7:38 pm | ||
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Thread: Nine Months in Japan: Best Approach? Post: Nine Months in Japan: Best Approach? Thanks, that sounds like a perfect plan, actually. Do you know if your friend had a hard time finding a teaching job with low hours like that and whether he had to work full-time at first to get his v... |
weatherman | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 13 | 3,275 | 2014-08-25, 7:28 pm | ||
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Thread: Nine Months in Japan: Best Approach? Post: Nine Months in Japan: Best Approach? Thanks for the reply. I'm thinking about just doing a visa run when my three months are up if I don't end up attending a language school or finding work. That would give me six months total in Japan, ... |
weatherman | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 13 | 3,275 | 2014-08-24, 9:45 pm | ||
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Thread: Nine Months in Japan: Best Approach? Post: Nine Months in Japan: Best Approach? I'm currently thinking about spending nine or ten months in Japan before graduate school (November to August) just hanging out and learning the language. My main goals are, just that, to improve my Ja... |
weatherman | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 13 | 3,275 | 2014-08-24, 8:10 pm | ||
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Thread: Those Japanese teenage girls kidnapped by the North Koreans... Post: Those Japanese teenage girls kidnapped by the Nort... I've been listening to the audio book autobiography of Kim Hyun-hee, the North Korean terrorist/spy who bombed the Korean Airlines plane back in 1988. She spent about three years, I believe, living wi... |
weatherman | Off topic | 3 | 1,116 | 2014-08-10, 10:24 pm | ||
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Thread: Plateau Post: Plateau I second lang-8. Great resource. |
weatherman | The Japanese language | 11 | 3,429 | 2014-07-21, 8:02 pm | ||
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Thread: Plateau Post: Plateau I have the same problem when using Korean and, though I've never tried it, have always thought some form of copying would be the best way. I can attest that it works with creative writing (you try to ... |
weatherman | The Japanese language | 11 | 3,429 | 2014-07-20, 10:19 pm | ||
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Thread: Overwhelming number of Anki reviews Post: Overwhelming number of Anki reviews Thanks, Splatted. I saw your advice while I was in the middle of doing my reviews and tried to apply it. 1) When I first started RTK, I was drawing the characters out with my finger but then switched... |
weatherman | Remembering the Kanji | 9 | 3,470 | 2014-04-15, 9:48 pm | ||
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Thread: Overwhelming number of Anki reviews Post: Overwhelming number of Anki reviews I've been working through RTK for a while, and though I've generally gone at a leisurely pace, am now trying to pick things up so that I can finish everything in the next couple of months. Unfortunate... |
weatherman | Remembering the Kanji | 9 | 3,470 | 2014-04-15, 8:35 pm | ||
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Thread: Two questions Post: Two questions I also enjoyed the link, Heron. Thanks for posting it. I'm going to give this method a go, I think--possibly starting out at 5 seconds per card and working down from there. I don't really want to use ... |
weatherman | Off topic | 30 | 5,488 | 2014-04-14, 7:53 pm | ||
