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    Thread: Core retention is very low
Post: Core retention is very low

Study kanji by learning words that share the same kanji. That'll help.
Hashiriya Learning resources 38 8,200 2013-12-29, 7:24 pm
    Thread: Has anyone bought Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City on steam?
Post: Has anyone bought Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon...

I have it for PS3... It's a piece of crap.. Nothing like the other Resident Evil games.
Hashiriya Learning resources 5 1,149 2013-07-14, 8:57 pm
    Thread: How long to spend trying to understand a sentence within an article?
Post: How long to spend trying to understand a sentence ...

Go here: http://gloss.dliflc.edu/Default.aspx click on Japanese-> click on a article-> click source-> click view translation. Maybe after going through some of those you will get a better id...
Hashiriya The Japanese language 2 574 2013-06-28, 9:33 pm
    Thread: Just made a bet with my dad...
Post: Just made a bet with my dad...

listen to lots of instrumental music while you study... (i prefer game soundtracks) I can go for 12hours a day no problem as long as I got the right music. If you are into that, there is a lot of good...
Hashiriya Remembering the Kanji 113 16,384 2013-06-28, 7:53 pm
    Thread: Learning Japanese through audio programs
Post: Learning Japanese through audio programs

Japanese TV has always been my audio program. That's the only one you would ever need. http://www.fengyunzhibo.com/space/japan.htm
Hashiriya Learning resources 10 3,198 2013-06-26, 8:53 am
    Thread: How to approach Japanese people
Post: How to approach Japanese people

Just because you are eating at a Japanese restaurant doesn't mean the asians that work there are necessarily going to be Japanese. You might want to practice in a more comfortable environment if you a...
Hashiriya General discussion 7 2,263 2013-06-23, 8:54 am
    Thread: Maintaining Interest in Japanese (or anything)
Post: Maintaining Interest in Japanese (or anything)

Socky Wrote:So a lot of times, I get a new hobby. And I start getting really into it. And I put lots of time and effort into it. And then I stop. You can do this by not treating Japanese as a hobby, b...
Hashiriya The Japanese language 23 3,684 2013-06-16, 8:45 pm
    Thread: Xbox One
Post: Xbox One

I had zero plans on buying it until...Killer Instinct!
Hashiriya Off topic 44 6,113 2013-06-10, 4:40 pm
    Thread: Are paid classes good?
Post: Are paid classes good?

At my university the problem was that everyone knew too much English. Same with the Japan club... Everyone always reverted to English.
Hashiriya General discussion 66 13,791 2013-05-18, 11:17 pm
    Thread: Japanese learning games on the PSP?
Post: Japanese learning games on the PSP?

The best portable game to learn Japanese with is Anki. Once you use it enough, all games become fully playable in Japanese. That is the beauty of advanced Japanese.
Hashiriya Off topic 11 8,729 2013-05-08, 8:38 pm
    Thread: How's a japanese woman for you?
Post: How's a japanese woman for you?

Like most women, Japanese women prefer stability and a steady income. If they don't have it already, they are going to want it from you. Sometimes they want both.
Hashiriya Off topic 46 9,120 2013-05-06, 12:32 am
    Thread: Ankimobile. Now with BLING!
Post: Ankimobile. Now with BLING!

Glad to see another fan of Sword Art Online ;)
Hashiriya Learning resources 49 25,718 2013-04-13, 10:43 pm
    Thread: "Don't repeat my mistakes" thread
Post: "Don't repeat my mistakes" thread

fun is the most important thing in your studies. If you aren't having fun, no matter how iron-willed you are, you are going to wake up one day and just stop it. For listening, sometimes it is just mor...
Hashiriya General discussion 135 48,911 2013-04-08, 7:36 am
    Thread: Asia Torrents Invites -- Active Users Only
Post: Asia Torrents Invites -- Active Users Only

thanks guys! i'll just click on theVinsters... the other one should become available again after 24hrs according to this invitation letter.
Hashiriya Off topic 199 72,922 2013-04-07, 10:48 pm
    Thread: Asia Torrents Invites -- Active Users Only
Post: Asia Torrents Invites -- Active Users Only

私もください! insomniacgamer@hotmail.com
Hashiriya Off topic 199 72,922 2013-04-07, 12:54 pm
    Thread: How does one make the Core 6k 'fun'?
Post: How does one make the Core 6k 'fun'?

instrumental music is the only thing that can really help you... and even it will eventually get old
Hashiriya The Japanese language 42 10,208 2013-04-04, 10:49 am
    Thread: Common Traits of an "English/American Accent" Japanese Perspective
Post: Common Traits of an "English/American Accent" Japa...

SendaiDan Wrote:I have always had trouble with りょ. It's like a weird mix of り、ろ and よ. me too
Hashiriya General discussion 31 14,601 2013-03-22, 8:40 am
    Thread: How to learn to read from photos of kanji
Post: How to learn to read from photos of kanji

i don't see the point in drawing out a kanji when you can just select a few radicals and it pops up.
Hashiriya Learning resources 14 2,080 2013-03-16, 7:58 am
    Thread: How to learn to read from photos of kanji
Post: How to learn to read from photos of kanji

go here: http://tangorin.com/kanji/ and click multi-radical search. It is super easy to look up kanji from photos that way. Go here to look up vocab the same way: http://tangorin.com/general/
Hashiriya Learning resources 14 2,080 2013-03-16, 6:59 am
    Thread: program that stream live TV?
Post: program that stream live TV?

its working now
Hashiriya General discussion 278 155,914 2013-03-15, 9:15 pm
    Thread: Getting more speaking practice with Japanese speakers
Post: Getting more speaking practice with Japanese speak...

Don't limit yourself to the outside world :P There are plenty of opportunities to speak to Japanese online! If you can read Japanese really well, you might want to try to join an MMORPG guild or somet...
Hashiriya General discussion 29 6,618 2013-03-14, 10:07 pm
    Thread: Output neglected
Post: Output neglected

from someone that knows a lot of vocab but neglected output for a long time... all you need to know is the Tae Kim cloze delete deck and you can speak. You will have to listen/read a lot of native mat...
Hashiriya Learning resources 55 8,171 2013-03-09, 12:12 am
    Thread: I look like crap
Post: I look like crap

28? you are too old to want to care about fashion :P
Hashiriya Off topic 19 4,088 2013-03-09, 12:09 am
    Thread: I think I may have a problem
Post: I think I may have a problem

yeh I bought one of those $2k+ mac laptops last year... after 3 days, I took it back... Windowz4life!
Hashiriya Off topic 60 7,943 2013-03-09, 12:06 am
    Thread: Dealing with simple grammar mistakes
Post: Dealing with simple grammar mistakes

download the Tae Kim clozed delete shared deck and it should help you a lot in general with basic Japanese grammar. Helped me a ton.
Hashiriya The Japanese language 42 7,079 2013-02-25, 6:01 pm
    Thread: Driving in Japan
Post: Driving in Japan

if there is a train nearby :P None too close by when I go to my wife's parent's house in Chiba. Not everywhere has the convenience of Tokyo.
Hashiriya General discussion 23 4,522 2013-02-23, 11:50 am
    Thread: I have nothing but time: fastest way to learn Japanese?
Post: I have nothing but time: fastest way to learn Japa...

yes it streams Japanese TV live... The important thing is to listen to Japanese constantly to get your ears used to it. Listen to any channel that you mildly find interesting. Don't get discouraged if...
Hashiriya The Japanese language 19 4,996 2013-02-21, 8:53 am
    Thread: [Youtube/NicoNico] Good-looking white/half-white females and Japan.
Post: [Youtube/NicoNico] Good-looking white/half-white f...

this thread is creepy as hell >_>
Hashiriya General discussion 57 10,357 2013-02-21, 8:48 am
    Thread: I have nothing but time: fastest way to learn Japanese?
Post: I have nothing but time: fastest way to learn Japa...

whatever you are studying, keep this on in the background the entire time (unless watching something else) http://www.fengyunzhibo.com/space/japan.htm
Hashiriya The Japanese language 19 4,996 2013-02-20, 5:32 pm
    Thread: Has anyone noticed that fluent Japanese speakers are arrogant?
Post: Has anyone noticed that fluent Japanese speakers a...

I just hope you would go out of your way to help students out with their mistakes vs. just telling them that they "suck" "sound too much like a textbook" and "should just give up now" etc. It's fine t...
Hashiriya Off topic 77 17,683 2013-02-19, 6:29 pm