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    Thread: Rikai + Android
Post: Rikai + Android

Wow! This is wonderful - works great on my Samsung Galaxy Note 2. Thanks very much!
Umikuma Learning resources 43 32,626 2013-01-06, 10:27 pm
    Thread: Stumbling on 人名用漢字
Post: Stumbling on 人名用漢字

When I was in Japan I would always ask how to write a name I didn't yet know - no one was ever offended. On meishi one will sometimes see furigana or the like for an unusual name. Generally one makes ...
Umikuma The Japanese language 7 1,786 2013-01-03, 8:56 am
    Thread: Stroke order 脊
Post: Stroke order 脊

The stroke order Heisig shows appears to be the Chinese one: http://www.visualmandarin.com/tools/chin...rder/60151 All the Japanese related sites I checked showed the stroke order beginning with the ...
Umikuma The Japanese language 18 3,344 2013-01-03, 8:26 am
    Thread: Mangajin PDFs?
Post: Mangajin PDFs?

Doh! Thanks very much.
Umikuma Learning resources 15 5,055 2012-07-26, 8:55 pm
    Thread: Mangajin PDFs?
Post: Mangajin PDFs?

Ok - how the heck does one navigate that rutracker site? How does one get to the signup page and which links(s) does one click to download the files?
Umikuma Learning resources 15 5,055 2012-07-26, 8:45 pm
    Thread: Help With Honorifics
Post: Help With Honorifics

For even more fun, check out the following: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Us...sePronouns http://www.fuzita.org/jpculture/howmanyi/howmanyi.html http://nihonshock.com/2009/11/the-many-ways-to-...
Umikuma The Japanese language 11 3,675 2012-06-09, 10:02 pm
    Thread: Let's read the 百人一首
Post: Let's read the 百人一首

PLEASE keep going. This is wonderful!
Umikuma The Japanese language 103 38,656 2012-05-21, 8:44 pm
    Thread: Road?
Post: Road?

JimmySeal Wrote:AFAIK, in non-Joyo kanji, both the single-drop and double-drop versions are allowable. For Joyo kanji, only the single-drop versions are standard and are technically the only correct ...
Umikuma Remembering the Kanji 10 4,441 2012-04-22, 2:08 am
    Thread: Road?
Post: Road?

One drop is just a simplified version of the two-drop road radical. You'll see that kind of thing all the time. While many kanji were simplified with the Toyo and Joyo kanji reforms, you'll still see ...
Umikuma Remembering the Kanji 10 4,441 2012-04-21, 8:25 am
    Thread: How to type in Romanji Input on IME Language Bar?
Post: How to type in Romanji Input on IME Language Bar?

'Ro' is on the bottom right, next to the shift key. Wikipedia shows the layout here: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...se.svg.png It's actually not bad - at one time I could touch type on i...
Umikuma Learning resources 3 3,639 2011-03-25, 4:00 am
    Thread: Why is 之字形 [frame 34] not in a dictionary?
Post: Why is 之字形 [frame 34] not in a dictionary?

Jarvik7 Wrote:KMDES Wrote:The reason is doesn't pop up is because it's 2 words. ”V and ŽšŒ`. If it was a common compound it would be in a dictionary regardless. Oh really? "Z shaped" doesn't show up o...
Umikuma Remembering the Kanji 8 4,275 2011-03-14, 3:47 am
    Thread: Potential vs. Intransitive vs. Passive verbs
Post: Potential vs. Intransitive vs. Passive verbs

That's how I learned it back in the dawn of time. This seems to support it: http://www.wikiled.com/english-japaneser...fault.aspx but I'll check my 大辞典 when I get home and see what it has to say. I k...
Umikuma The Japanese language 17 8,616 2010-11-11, 8:13 am
    Thread: Potential vs. Intransitive vs. Passive verbs
Post: Potential vs. Intransitive vs. Passive verbs

nadiatims Wrote:transitive verbs (他動詞)are done by the subject to some object (the を marked word) 牛は草を食べる Cows, (they) eat grass. The action is done by cows to the object grass. passive verbs are som...
Umikuma The Japanese language 17 8,616 2010-11-11, 6:09 am
    Thread: Lack of Street Signs/names in Japan
Post: Lack of Street Signs/names in Japan

It's just a different system of addressing. Though, yes, you do need a map with this one. An example address might be 東京都大田区洗足池5の8の10 That would be in Tokyo, in Ota ku, in the Senzoku Ike neighborho...
Umikuma General discussion 6 2,421 2010-08-22, 4:50 am
    Thread: Things required in Japanese Grammar but aren't in English?
Post: Things required in Japanese Grammar but aren't in ...

Particles.
Umikuma The Japanese language 5 1,179 2010-04-07, 7:16 am
    Thread: Japanese font on win mobile
Post: Japanese font on win mobile

"Let's Japan" has been updated for Windows Mobile 6. See http://asukal.net/blog/?p=364 or just click on http://hn801.hkes.com/Data/Localize/LetsJapanNo6.zip for the direct link. I'm using a T-Mobile...
Umikuma Off topic 4 5,062 2010-04-05, 2:58 am
    Thread: Experimental language learning website seeking feedback
Post: Experimental language learning website seeking fee...

At first read, this did sound like Lang-8, but having visited and taken the survey, it looks quite different. I think it shows promise.
Umikuma Off topic 8 1,397 2010-04-03, 7:30 am
    Thread: Experimental language learning website seeking feedback
Post: Experimental language learning website seeking fee...

Sounds like Lang-8.com
Umikuma Off topic 8 1,397 2010-04-02, 8:02 am
    Thread: Anki on Windows Mobile 6
Post: Anki on Windows Mobile 6

See my post in this thread: http://forum.koohii.com/showthread.php?tid=5149 (Japanese font on win mobile)
Umikuma Learning resources 6 6,592 2010-03-30, 1:57 am
    Thread: Japanese font on win mobile
Post: Japanese font on win mobile

Check out this thread: http://forum.brighthand.com/showthread.php?t=217045 "Lets Japan No5" from http://www.asukal.jp/English/LocalizeCABS.htm is the key for displaying Kanji in WinMobile 5/6. The re...
Umikuma Off topic 4 5,062 2010-03-30, 1:50 am
    Thread: Japanese keyboard
Post: Japanese keyboard

I learned Dvorak on a standard keyboard. The kids hated it because that's how the computer would boot up. Worked well for me. I have to use Qwerty at work though so I've drifted back to using it at ho...
Umikuma General discussion 42 12,135 2010-03-07, 12:44 pm
    Thread: Half way!
Post: Half way!

Restarted about a month ago and just finished lesson 27. Think I'm going to go all the way this time - about time!
Umikuma Remembering the Kanji 616 180,456 2010-02-23, 5:24 am
    Thread: Crazy for Kanji: A Student's Guide to the Wonderful World of Japanese
Post: Crazy for Kanji: A Student's Guide to the Wonderfu...

Looks pretty useful, actually. Playing around with kanji and having fun with them should certainly help. I'm going to order it.
Umikuma Learning resources 1 786 2009-08-23, 4:40 am
    Thread: Memorizing 東京
Post: Memorizing 東京

What Katsuo said. Addresses are different in Japan. A typical Tokyo address is 2-7-2 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo [or more properly 東京都千代田区丸の内2-7-2). This means that the location in question is in ...
Umikuma General discussion 13 3,634 2009-08-14, 7:30 am
    Thread: What is the best all-japanese kanji reference book?
Post: What is the best all-japanese kanji reference book...

tsskiller Wrote:I was referring to a book that would teach individual 常用漢字, like some of the books geared towards younger learners that I've seen for the 小学漢字. 新レインボー小学漢字辞典 is pretty good. 小学校 level b...
Umikuma The Japanese language 7 1,736 2009-07-21, 8:40 pm
    Thread: Inconsistent stroke order
Post: Inconsistent stroke order

Tobberoth Wrote:It's not so much about changing stroke order deliberately as it is the ability to see a kanji for the first time and write it correctly. I do in 95% of all cases, probably more. In th...
Umikuma The Japanese language 27 4,825 2009-07-11, 9:25 am
    Thread: Shodo books?
Post: Shodo books?

I've found this one to be very good: Brush Writing: Calligraphy Techniques for Beginners by Ryokushu Kuiseko http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0870118...oh_product
Umikuma General discussion 2 2,122 2009-07-11, 4:26 am
    Thread: Inconsistent stroke order
Post: Inconsistent stroke order

kazelee Wrote:To hell with stroke order! It's like musical fingering, the end result is all that matters. Um, no. Stroke order is important, particular for handwritten characters that often flow into ...
Umikuma The Japanese language 27 4,825 2009-07-11, 4:21 am
    Thread: Evening... Eventide... wtf?
Post: Evening... Eventide... wtf?

Heisig says: In the next lesson we will meet the character for morning-tide and the element for drops of water. Meantime we have a perfect blend of picture and idea in this kanji to play on the Englis...
Umikuma Remembering the Kanji 8 5,659 2009-06-20, 2:50 am
    Thread: Strategies for the Looooong Lessons (i.e. 18 and 23)
Post: Strategies for the Looooong Lessons (i.e. 18 and 2...

I reommend splitting them up as follows: Ch 18: 396-426, 427-457, 458-475 Ch 23: 637-674, 675-705, 706-737, 738-766 Gambatte!
Umikuma Remembering the Kanji 9 1,482 2009-05-08, 4:35 pm