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Thread: (accomplished speakers) What was your way of Speaking practice? Post: (accomplished speakers) What was your way of Speak... I didn't speak Japanese for about the whole first year I studied. What I think is most important is listening to Japanese a lot. I mean, there are millions of people who are far better than you; you d... |
Kyoshi88 | The Japanese language | 9 | 2,424 | 2012-10-26, 10:54 pm | ||
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Thread: Anyone interested in classical Japanese literature? Post: Anyone interested in classical Japanese literature... The Konjaku Monogatarishu has a lot of relatively easy to read stories since they're setsuwa 説話 (narratives) so it's fairly easy to follow who is saying what. Note that not all stories are about Japan... |
Kyoshi88 | General discussion | 30 | 11,536 | 2012-10-18, 7:45 am | ||
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Thread: Anyone interested in classical Japanese literature? Post: Anyone interested in classical Japanese literature... The Konjaku Monogatarishū is a ton of fun to read, I recommend it. |
Kyoshi88 | General discussion | 30 | 11,536 | 2012-10-15, 4:45 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread I'm not sure but I think 字引 is more of like a character dictionary. |
Kyoshi88 | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,151 | 2012-10-08, 9:24 am | ||
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Thread: What is your personality type? (MBTI, etc.) Post: What is your personality type? (MBTI, etc.) INTJ as I suspected, with a 100% introvert. I must say that I felt some kind of recognition in the questions that are clearly introvert vs. extrovert, for as far as I know I've only encountered people... |
Kyoshi88 | Off topic | 60 | 9,981 | 2012-10-05, 8:58 pm | ||
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Thread: Anyone interested in classical Japanese literature? Post: Anyone interested in classical Japanese literature... I'm interested in pre-modern Japanese, I mainly read stories from the 今昔物語集. I'll be watching your blog, though I'm not particularly interested in Edo. Remember, Japanese wasn't standardized until a... |
Kyoshi88 | General discussion | 30 | 11,536 | 2012-10-05, 4:22 pm | ||
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Thread: -ていく vs -てゆく Post: -ていく vs -てゆく Note that ゆく is a much more older reading than いく. In classical Japanese, at least until the Heian period it's always ゆく. |
Kyoshi88 | The Japanese language | 2 | 972 | 2012-09-28, 6:18 pm | ||
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Thread: Sex ratio of this forum? Post: Sex ratio of this forum? 61:34 |
Kyoshi88 | Off topic | 148 | 26,508 | 2012-09-28, 6:15 pm | ||
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Thread: Kitsunekko down, japanese anime subtitles Post: Kitsunekko down, japanese anime subtitles Last time I checked it was an IIS 404 error, now it seems to come from the provider. They might be transferring or have some configuration problems. |
Kyoshi88 | Learning resources | 21 | 11,514 | 2012-07-11, 12:24 am | ||
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Thread: japanese drama recommendations Post: japanese drama recommendations The new GTO is actually pretty fun, but might be dull if you already watched the anime/previous drama. Tobo bengoshi or Liar Game is pretty good too. |
Kyoshi88 | Off topic | 17 | 8,877 | 2012-07-11, 12:11 am | ||
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Thread: Is there a japanese word for '"Japanophile'' Post: Is there a japanese word for '"Japanophile'' I'd say 親日家. I've heard 日本通 too, but as far as I can guess that means purely "knowlegdeable about Japan" sethg: 日本贔屓 means something like, preferring Japan, especially over other countries. |
Kyoshi88 | General discussion | 6 | 2,734 | 2012-06-24, 12:34 pm | ||
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Thread: Why are children books so hard to read? Post: Why are children books so hard to read? I agree, kana only texts are really difficult to read and understand. Not only can the same 'word' actually be more than a dozen words, kanji also serve as spacing and makes me tumble over. Also, know... |
Kyoshi88 | General discussion | 78 | 17,100 | 2011-10-09, 1:22 pm | ||
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Thread: how far does 2 years of university classes take you? Post: how far does 2 years of university classes take yo... I thought I was the only one that was bothered by the fact that language and culture classes totally aren't related. There are no other programs offered either, too bad. Aside from that, English bo... |
Kyoshi88 | Learning resources | 81 | 18,126 | 2011-10-02, 9:41 pm | ||
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Thread: how far does 2 years of university classes take you? Post: how far does 2 years of university classes take yo... I've scanned though most messages in the topic, and I don't think Dutch Universities are any better either. I've attended only for about 4 weeks now, but I think I get an idea. I've done a year of sel... |
Kyoshi88 | Learning resources | 81 | 18,126 | 2011-10-01, 9:34 pm | ||
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Thread: Dragon Ball Kai + Japanese Subs with Furigana Post: Dragon Ball Kai + Japanese Subs with Furigana In my opinion, especially the kanji in Japanese subs increases the comprehensibility a LOT. When you're not so experienced you never really know which kanji is meant, and just seeing the kanji and rem... |
Kyoshi88 | Learning resources | 18 | 8,493 | 2011-09-28, 8:18 pm | ||
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Thread: almost done and getting annoyed Post: almost done and getting annoyed I know what you mean, I stopped for a few days after reaching around 1000 and the reviews kept piling up to the point that they were so old it was like seeing the kanji for the first time, so I had to... |
Kyoshi88 | Remembering the Kanji | 33 | 10,450 | 2011-09-28, 8:12 pm | ||
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Thread: How are the Core decks? Post: How are the Core decks? Learning the whole sentence does give you the skill to rapidly get though native material, but it does make you very used to only those specific forms. For instance, I've seen 幸せ a million times and r... |
Kyoshi88 | Remembering the Kanji | 15 | 7,713 | 2011-09-28, 8:08 pm | ||
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Thread: A Norwegian guy speaking Japanese? Post: A Norwegian guy speaking Japanese? Thanks for posting your progress so far, it gives me a way good way to compare to myself. You're far ahead of me, but at least now I know I'm going in the right direction. |
Kyoshi88 | The Japanese language | 76 | 22,487 | 2011-09-25, 4:53 pm | ||
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Thread: How are the Core decks? Post: How are the Core decks? I've completed the Core 6000 and am now doing the Core 10000 too. I've also been collecting my own sentences and now I notice that the Core 10000 covers a lot of sentences I found necessary to mine my... |
Kyoshi88 | Remembering the Kanji | 15 | 7,713 | 2011-09-25, 4:50 pm | ||
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Thread: Correct usage of squared paper when writing Japanese? Post: Correct usage of squared paper when writing Japane... This reminds me, I was told this: As for small っ and ょ and the like, when writing vertically you should place them on the right of a new square, when writing horizontally on the lower half of a new sq... |
Kyoshi88 | The Japanese language | 21 | 18,917 | 2011-09-18, 11:48 am | ||
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Thread: Users study methods Post: Users study methods What's rikiasama and how does it work to automatically add? It looks like a typo, but I'm not sure what you mean. |
Kyoshi88 | The Japanese language | 178 | 128,260 | 2011-09-16, 3:57 pm | ||
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Thread: Learn to read without learning writing or stories? Post: Learn to read without learning writing or stories? I'm not fond of creating stories either, and it too isn't fit for me. I mainly use RTK for Heisig's order of kanji. He actually puts kanji in an order that makes sense when talking about kanji parts. ... |
Kyoshi88 | Remembering the Kanji | 15 | 7,063 | 2011-09-06, 3:35 pm | ||
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Thread: How are the Core decks? Post: How are the Core decks? Might as well go for the Core 10,000. The sentences are very good, especially for vocabulary. Don't forget to download the audio files. They also include a fair amount of informal Japanese, Japanese t... |
Kyoshi88 | Remembering the Kanji | 15 | 7,713 | 2011-08-21, 4:01 pm | ||
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Thread: JLPT N1 books / resources? Post: JLPT N1 books / resources? Hey, the FNN News is a great tip. There's also a RSS feed to keep track more easily, just add this to your reader. |
Kyoshi88 | Learning resources | 8 | 7,202 | 2011-08-20, 1:01 pm | ||
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Thread: Another question about the core.... Post: Another question about the core.... The Core 10,000 has some Core 6,000 sentences but there's no overlap in Core 2000 and 6000. |
Kyoshi88 | Learning resources | 9 | 2,641 | 2011-08-19, 11:52 am | ||
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Thread: Should I take an undergrad study in Japan? Post: Should I take an undergrad study in Japan? You'll need at least the equivalent of JLPT 2 or higher. |
Kyoshi88 | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 36 | 9,260 | 2011-08-17, 10:23 pm | ||
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Thread: Asia Torrents Invites -- Active Users Only Post: Asia Torrents Invites -- Active Users Only I have some invites left, if anyone wants one send me a PM. Not for free, I'll do a background check and then decide if you're going to make good use of it or not. |
Kyoshi88 | Off topic | 199 | 73,062 | 2011-08-17, 9:29 am | ||
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Thread: White People Can't Read Japanese. Post: White People Can't Read Japanese. The Manager of a hotel in Tokyo I stayed at spoke English just like Jackie Chan. It was really hard not to laugh! |
Kyoshi88 | The Japanese language | 97 | 19,719 | 2011-08-17, 1:38 am | ||
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Thread: Android apps Post: Android apps It seems the new Android version aims to combine the Tablet and Smartphone versions, as far as I've heard, they're also planning things like hardware accelerated GUI's. I hope these surprises come out... |
Kyoshi88 | Learning resources | 157 | 85,756 | 2011-08-16, 11:06 pm | ||
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Thread: 10 hours of studying a day Post: 10 hours of studying a day In my opinion 10 hours a day is a bit vague, it seems many also include passive Japanese, that does count as a plus, but doesn't equal actual studying. Also being in Japan, I wonder, lots of everyday ... |
Kyoshi88 | General discussion | 56 | 18,463 | 2011-08-16, 2:51 pm | ||
