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