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    Thread: Japanese TV downloads
Post: Japanese TV downloads

I don't know if it has been posted here before, but I've been watching Densha Otoko (the train man!), a Japanese drama. I must make a quality recommendation on this series. Because the main characte...
damichan General discussion 67 17,280 2009-03-30, 7:19 pm
    Thread: Spontaneous JPN audio??
Post: Spontaneous JPN audio??

howtwosavealif3 Wrote:[Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8OmyaVu1...re=related] Nice! This is the first time I've seen and heard non-native fluency. It's kind of weird.... ;)
damichan Learning resources 21 6,305 2009-03-03, 7:51 pm
    Thread: new to Japanese, traveling soon, need advice
Post: new to Japanese, traveling soon, need advice

Yes, I appreciate everyone's advice about this. I think this makes sense and is the best approach. However, I'm actually not going to follow it. :D I just did the math: if I do 30 kanji a day, I wi...
damichan General discussion 45 5,857 2009-03-03, 11:56 am
    Thread: new to Japanese, traveling soon, need advice
Post: new to Japanese, traveling soon, need advice

Wow, this is very similar to my situation, except I'm leaving for Japan in approximately 7 weeks. I'll be there for 5 weeks, and I've been studying for 6 weeks. My study schedule and content seems t...
damichan General discussion 45 5,857 2009-03-03, 12:55 am
    Thread: my name in katakana
Post: my name in katakana

Ok, I agree. I'm going with デミアン. :)
damichan Off topic 61 15,079 2009-02-28, 11:08 pm
    Thread: my name in katakana
Post: my name in katakana

Real name: Damian I have a Japanese friend who's been living in the states for 12 years, who swears that the katakana translation of my name is: ダミアン However, this isn't how my name is pronounced. ...
damichan Off topic 61 15,079 2009-02-28, 10:24 pm
    Thread: Spontaneous JPN audio??
Post: Spontaneous JPN audio??

Thanks for the links! This is more along the lines of what I am looking for. :)
damichan Learning resources 21 6,305 2009-02-27, 10:46 pm
    Thread: Am I getting better or worse?
Post: Am I getting better or worse?

I'm to the point now (a bit less than 400 kanji, learning about 40 per day), that I can remember the kanji straight from the key word, without going through the mental imagery necessary to remember th...
damichan Remembering the Kanji 7 1,229 2009-02-26, 2:26 pm
    Thread: Spontaneous JPN audio??
Post: Spontaneous JPN audio??

I'm having a really hard time finding Japanese audio that is of the conversational type, real Nihon-jin speaking in a spontaneous way. I'm getting tired of listening to news broadcasts, and even watc...
damichan Learning resources 21 6,305 2009-02-26, 12:53 pm
    Thread: Using SRS
Post: Using SRS

I'm about 5 weeks into this project of going for the gold of Japanese fluency, and have some questions for those of you farther along. Briefly, my daily study system is AJATT (always listening to Jap...
damichan General discussion 6 1,251 2009-02-21, 11:33 am