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    Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread.
Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"...

to suffah: i just read about the Kanji in Context. "the effective use of Kanji in Context is that the learner has mastered the 200-300 kanji normally taught in a typical beginning course". what are ...
twincy Remembering the Kanji 1,845 424,651 2007-06-23, 6:53 am
    Thread: problematic keyword
Post: problematic keyword

ah. cool. so i kinda should wait with it until i get to RTK2 when i'll start with the readings?
twincy The Japanese language 4 1,790 2007-03-09, 4:06 pm
    Thread: Kana compounds (キャ...)
Post: Kana compounds (キャ...)

well... "jan" is for sure not a girls name... duh :) welcome to czech republic (and sweden as well) :)
twincy General discussion 16 4,355 2007-03-09, 4:03 pm
    Thread: problematic keyword
Post: problematic keyword

so i studied, for example, the kanji 安 (relax) and saw in my rikaichan that it means "cheap". huh? it means that when i'll read a japanese text and find the 安 kanji will read it like "relax' instead...
twincy The Japanese language 4 1,790 2007-03-09, 3:28 pm
    Thread: similarity problem...
Post: similarity problem...

hopefully i don't need to change all the "Large ST. Bernard shitting Strange Needles" to nails/spikes. ;) i think i remember'em anyways.
twincy Remembering the Kanji 10 3,191 2007-03-07, 6:34 pm
    Thread: similarity problem...
Post: similarity problem...

ah. くそ... true. maybe i should go to sleep. seems as if i can't concentrate on small details anymore today ;) thanx4answer :) ::twincy
twincy Remembering the Kanji 10 3,191 2007-03-07, 6:28 pm
    Thread: similarity problem...
Post: similarity problem...

yo. was thinking about the 十 needle and the 丁 street-primitives. looking for an answer but can't find it. since heisig (and users here) use the 丁 street primitive as a needle is some stories i start...
twincy Remembering the Kanji 10 3,191 2007-03-07, 6:19 pm
    Thread: Kana compounds (キャ...)
Post: Kana compounds (キャ...)

hey! wanted to ask it myself. i wonder if you can make your own spellings according to the sounds, and if so: would the nihonjins understand it?
twincy General discussion 16 4,355 2007-03-07, 11:33 am
    Thread: funny compounds
Post: funny compounds

haha. "he's got gaaame".
twincy The Japanese language 14 5,051 2007-03-03, 8:05 pm
    Thread: funny compounds
Post: funny compounds

from the KanjiDB: 沈埋工法 ちんまいこうほう (EDICT) (n) underwater tunnel construction by sinking prefabricated box culverts yes!
twincy The Japanese language 14 5,051 2007-03-03, 5:29 pm
    Thread: funny compounds
Post: funny compounds

非 is not + 常 normal = 非常 emergency 発 let out + 熱 heat = 発熱 attack of fever ... neat :)
twincy The Japanese language 14 5,051 2007-02-22, 4:11 pm
    Thread: funny compounds
Post: funny compounds

hehe. great :) i see u guys use rikaichan. great thing! edit: (or is the rikaichan dic taken from another one?) ::u
twincy The Japanese language 14 5,051 2007-02-21, 11:18 am
    Thread: funny compounds
Post: funny compounds

this is so funny: 携帯電話 (carry in hand-belt-electricity-speak) - mobile phone 狂牛病 (lunatic-cow-ill) - mad cow disease 高所恐怖症 (high-place-fear-fearful-pathological condition) fear of heights 自殺未遂 (sel...
twincy The Japanese language 14 5,051 2007-02-20, 9:39 pm
    Thread: Organic Mnemonics
Post: Organic Mnemonics

chamcham Wrote:Though I think it would be more productive to just think instead of "thinking about thinking"....lol..... Just go on with the Heisig method and if you happen to remember kanji randomly,...
twincy Remembering the Kanji 11 2,740 2007-02-20, 7:45 pm
    Thread: Creating Stories
Post: Creating Stories

guys... when u make stories, do you actually make one for keyword>kanji and one for kanji>keyword? like this: 66. TEXTURE kanji > keyword: a bodypart in the wind gets its texture affected. k...
twincy Remembering the Kanji 9 3,246 2007-02-20, 12:32 pm
    Thread: Organic Mnemonics
Post: Organic Mnemonics

i had problems of making a good story for the kanji 頁 (page) , though a lot of different users here made up some (- i just can't get it to fit!), so i actually made myself a mail account with the nam...
twincy Remembering the Kanji 11 2,740 2007-02-20, 11:06 am
    Thread: Hitting "The Wall"
Post: Hitting "The Wall"

thanx. got it! and actually i'm taking more time on each kanji. feels good! :) ::twincy
twincy Remembering the Kanji 25 6,627 2007-02-20, 10:42 am
    Thread: Hitting "The Wall"
Post: Hitting "The Wall"

dingomick Wrote:Hesig makes this distinction repeatedly in throughout the book. It's his main point. I'm sorry you missed it, but don't see how you did. (>_<) the thing is that i have to work wi...
twincy Remembering the Kanji 25 6,627 2007-02-19, 6:58 am
    Thread: Hitting "The Wall"
Post: Hitting "The Wall"

ziggr Wrote:the whole point is to reinforce keyword->story->kanji memory links. --Z uhu... yeah... that's the thing, right... hmm... when i started with the RTK 1 (wow! great system!! etc etc b...
twincy Remembering the Kanji 25 6,627 2007-02-18, 3:13 pm