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    Thread: American History
Post: American History

thecite Wrote:smartazjb0y Wrote:Thair be some pretentious shiz goin' on in her'! Politics always brings on intense debate, although I agree that I go over the top sometimes and end up sounding like a ...
smartazjb0y Off topic 90 16,348 2010-08-06, 12:55 am
    Thread: American History
Post: American History

Thair be some pretentious shiz goin' on in her'!
smartazjb0y Off topic 90 16,348 2010-08-06, 12:43 am
    Thread: Any recommended text books?
Post: Any recommended text books?

Genki I and II are pretty good textbooks, especially with the CD's and workbook. They have vocabulary, dialogues, practice exercises, and grammar, and they do use kanji/furigana.
smartazjb0y Learning resources 5 1,149 2010-07-25, 7:57 pm
    Thread: JDramas for guys and full running TV shows?
Post: JDramas for guys and full running TV shows?

I wouldn't mind an American/Western Drama, except in Japanese. Imagine House or Breaking Bad or something like that, but in Japanese. That'd be cool.
smartazjb0y General discussion 40 17,394 2010-07-23, 10:37 pm
    Thread: Caption2Ass
Post: Caption2Ass

Cyborg Ninja Wrote:yudantaiteki Wrote:That has to be one of the worst names for a program I've seen. For some reason it reminds me of Requiem for a Dream. The movie? Vaguely, I guess.
smartazjb0y Learning resources 12 6,267 2010-07-19, 10:03 pm
    Thread: *walking legs, *taskmaster
Post: *walking legs, *taskmaster

The ">" shape in walking legs is one stroke, while in taskmaster, it's two. To make them look different, make the first part of the stroke extend farther out horizontally in taskmaster.
smartazjb0y Remembering the Kanji 15 4,785 2010-07-11, 10:10 pm
    Thread: Anki + Japanese = 6 pack abbs
Post: Anki + Japanese = 6 pack abbs

I have twig arms and I really need to start exercising, and I would love to do this, but no iPhone =/
smartazjb0y Learning resources 17 5,177 2010-07-11, 12:40 am
    Thread: Not remembering stories...
Post: Not remembering stories...

I don't know if it's "wrong" or "bad for learning," but maybe try learning just the keyword and story together, without the kanji. At first I did that: I printed out a sheet listing just the keyword a...
smartazjb0y Remembering the Kanji 19 5,860 2010-07-11, 12:38 am
    Thread: Not remembering stories...
Post: Not remembering stories...

95% is a godly retention rate.
smartazjb0y Remembering the Kanji 19 5,860 2010-07-09, 12:26 am
    Thread: Nukemarine's Suggested Guide for Beginners
Post: Nukemarine's Suggested Guide for Beginners

In that case, use this site's stuff. The Anki deck has a lot of extra information that might be overwhelming. On this site, it's just the keyword and the kanji, and the story if you need it.
smartazjb0y The Japanese language 712 401,405 2010-07-08, 7:35 pm
    Thread: Not remembering stories...
Post: Not remembering stories...

As ファブリス detailed in his post, that's the technique you should eventually be using. I'd say stop learning until you feel comfortable with that technique, and when you think you have it down, try learn...
smartazjb0y Remembering the Kanji 19 5,860 2010-07-08, 5:37 pm
    Thread: Not remembering stories...
Post: Not remembering stories...

Well, I'd say to stop learning new kanji for a while. You want to focus on the 100 you already have and try to remember your story for each one. Again, make the story something that's memorable so tha...
smartazjb0y Remembering the Kanji 19 5,860 2010-07-08, 5:08 pm
    Thread: Possible plan for studying sorted-kanji vocab along w/ RTK?
Post: Possible plan for studying sorted-kanji vocab alon...

http://forum.koohii.com/showthread.php?tid=5110 Here, Nukemarine talks about kind of doing sorted vocabulary and RTK at the same time. Maybe have a look and see if that's what you meant.
smartazjb0y Remembering the Kanji 10 2,804 2010-07-07, 12:42 pm
    Thread: Benefits of RTK.
Post: Benefits of RTK.

RTK2 teaches you readings, not new kanji. As far as I know, many don't really like RTK2, and just choose not to use it. If you follow Nukemarine's guide, I believe that you learn many readings when do...
smartazjb0y Remembering the Kanji 53 12,313 2010-07-07, 9:37 am
    Thread: Swearing in Japan
Post: Swearing in Japan

Womacks23 Wrote:smartazjb0y Wrote:Womacks23 Wrote:If you want to "curse" in Japanese you just buck up, roll your r's, and stop speaking with polite grammar. Wonder how that would work in French. When ...
smartazjb0y Off topic 17 13,677 2010-07-06, 9:54 pm
    Thread: Swearing in Japan
Post: Swearing in Japan

Womacks23 Wrote:If you want to "curse" in Japanese you just buck up, roll your r's, and stop speaking with polite grammar. Wonder how that would work in French. When talking to a superior, use "tu" an...
smartazjb0y Off topic 17 13,677 2010-07-06, 8:16 pm
    Thread: Benefits of RTK.
Post: Benefits of RTK.

Groot Wrote:Genki worked out well for me. It was the first Japanese text I used as a total beginner, and I don't regret it. It's a traditional text, with a dialog, followed by a vocab list, followed...
smartazjb0y Remembering the Kanji 53 12,313 2010-07-06, 12:00 pm
    Thread: Benefits of RTK.
Post: Benefits of RTK.

Groot Wrote:Quote:Great! One more thing, I was just taking a look at the Tae Kim website and it's confusing. Should I be reading the complete guide or the grammar guide? They seem a lot different and ...
smartazjb0y Remembering the Kanji 53 12,313 2010-07-06, 12:44 am
    Thread: Benefits of RTK.
Post: Benefits of RTK.

Arckus Wrote:*edit* I see now that you're supposed to do RTK lite in the heisig order and not 2001KO order which is why they were all messed up :P I'm still a little confused though, aren't there goin...
smartazjb0y Remembering the Kanji 53 12,313 2010-07-06, 12:38 am
    Thread: Benefits of RTK.
Post: Benefits of RTK.

Arckus Wrote:Yeah that's what I was using, I was just finding it difficult to read kanji I can't write yet. I'm doing a different RTK lite from the shared decks, it's 1000 JLPT2 kanji from heisig I th...
smartazjb0y Remembering the Kanji 53 12,313 2010-07-06, 12:01 am
    Thread: Benefits of RTK.
Post: Benefits of RTK.

Arckus Wrote:Well, I may have gotten a bit cocky. After reviewing all the stuff I learnt from Tae Kim so far it's proving difficult to review sentences with kanji that I haven't seen in RTK yet. I may...
smartazjb0y Remembering the Kanji 53 12,313 2010-07-05, 11:16 pm
    Thread: Nukemarine's Suggested Guide for Beginners
Post: Nukemarine's Suggested Guide for Beginners

Hmm, that makes sense. Thanks, time to get to it!
smartazjb0y The Japanese language 712 401,405 2010-07-04, 7:41 pm
    Thread: Nukemarine's Suggested Guide for Beginners
Post: Nukemarine's Suggested Guide for Beginners

Just a question: for the first step, when you do Core 2K6K, should some of the kanji be kanji you haven't done RTK for? I just did the first 555, using RTKLite KO2001, and as I was browsing the cards,...
smartazjb0y The Japanese language 712 401,405 2010-07-04, 10:36 am
    Thread: Do you /have/ to SRS grammar? Is it recommended?
Post: Do you /have/ to SRS grammar? Is it recommended?

In my opinion, you don't "have" to do anything, especially if you find it boring. You can easily just read Tae Kim's Grammar Guide and study it in any way you like. Or you can get a grammar book, or a...
smartazjb0y The Japanese language 20 3,528 2010-07-03, 9:47 am
    Thread: A little help, wondering where to start
Post: A little help, wondering where to start

I did RtKana first. It is a good way to remember the kana, but it's better in that it introduces you, kind of, to the method used in RtK. If you have the kana, go ahead and use it. Most people recom...
smartazjb0y Learning resources 11 5,070 2010-07-02, 9:39 pm
    Thread: PS3 JRPGs?
Post: PS3 JRPGs?

I recommend Nier. It's fairly short, has 4 endings, and that took me about 32 hours. But, the dialogue is hilarious and dark. Now, in America there's 1 version, for the PS3 and 360, but Japan has 2 ...
smartazjb0y General discussion 26 7,171 2010-06-30, 12:21 pm
    Thread: 10-month progress-(Constructive Criticism Welcome)
Post: 10-month progress-(Constructive Criticism Welcome)

ta12121 Wrote:Actually, I meant to say "leprechaun", but the word leprechaun came up. I literally reread that sentence like 5 times to see what the difference was between "leprechaun" and leprechaun. ...
smartazjb0y The Japanese language 175 34,983 2010-06-30, 12:15 pm
    Thread: What is/was your area of study?
Post: What is/was your area of study?

I have a PhD in Senior year of high school.
smartazjb0y Off topic 98 16,845 2010-06-29, 6:18 pm
    Thread: new to learning japanese
Post: new to learning japanese

http://forum.koohii.com/showthread.php?p...#pid100518 That's the post that Nukemarine has made, detailing what he thinks is a good plan to follow. I'm currently doing it right now, but since I'm stil...
smartazjb0y The Japanese language 3 945 2010-06-28, 10:26 am
    Thread: Question regarding digital novels / visual novels.
Post: Question regarding digital novels / visual novels.

Fate Stay Night has a good, long story. I clocked in 48 hours. It does have a few sex scenes, but they're very minimal, and feature no premature girls. You can easily skip them, since 1) there's a ski...
smartazjb0y General discussion 9 2,840 2010-06-27, 8:18 pm