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    Thread: Japanese equivalent to Economist, Atlantic Monthly, etc?
Post: Japanese equivalent to Economist, Atlantic Monthly...

You may like AERA, a weekly newspaper produced by the Asahi Shinbun. It goes into the week's main stories in more depth. This weeks issue has features about the cancer risks due to nuclear radiation ...
joesan General discussion 8 2,566 2011-06-16, 6:55 am
    Thread: English is dead, long live Engrish!
Post: English is dead, long live Engrish!

Asriel Wrote:Regarding sign language -- you know, there's different sign "languages" too. American Sign Language would probably be quite different than Japanese sign language, spanish, or what have yo...
joesan Off topic 43 5,727 2011-01-24, 10:39 pm
    Thread: Hi my name is Amy Walker
Post: Hi my name is Amy Walker

Her Irish accents were crap
joesan Off topic 11 2,452 2009-12-08, 6:37 pm
    Thread: Kanji to English/keyword
Post: Kanji to English/keyword

I'll have to go against the consensus here. Like everyone else I started out only reviewing Keyword->Kanji. I managed to finish Rtk1 and then went on to sentences. While I still continued my Heisi...
joesan Remembering the Kanji 14 3,776 2009-07-29, 6:29 pm
    Thread: Kanji In Context sentences project
Post: Kanji In Context sentences project

Chapters 97 + 98 are done. 5 chapters or so a week seems like a maintainable pace for me.
joesan Group study 109 61,170 2009-06-30, 8:45 am
    Thread: to delete or not to delete?advice needed
Post: to delete or not to delete?advice needed

http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blo...throw-away
joesan General discussion 13 1,858 2009-06-27, 9:18 pm
    Thread: Kanji In Context sentences project
Post: Kanji In Context sentences project

Chapter 96 is done. I'll try to do 97 & 98 over the weekend
joesan Group study 109 61,170 2009-06-26, 8:31 am
    Thread: Kanji In Context sentences project
Post: Kanji In Context sentences project

I've added chapter 95, the first one of workbook 2. I'll try to do chapter 96 tomorrow, time permitting.
joesan Group study 109 61,170 2009-06-24, 8:31 am
    Thread: Favorite Japanese Podcast?
Post: Favorite Japanese Podcast?

jmkeralis Wrote:I also found a news podcast called "Yomiuri." Has anyone ever heard of this? I listen to that one every day. It's from the newspaper 読売新聞, which is Japan's (and the world's apparently...
joesan Learning resources 20 15,817 2009-05-24, 3:02 am
    Thread: kanji not in RTK 1 or 3
Post: kanji not in RTK 1 or 3

I've been adding them to my Anki deck as I come across them for about a year now since I finished RTK1 and went on to sentences. I have about 30 non-heisig kanji in my deck. If someone sets up a googl...
joesan Remembering the Kanji 28 11,057 2009-05-12, 10:50 pm
    Thread: Spontaneous JPN audio??
Post: Spontaneous JPN audio??

Try this podcast, Its from a radio show broadcast every saturday and it features guests talking about just about anything. Genuine Japanese meant for japanese listeners. Unfortunately, there's no tran...
joesan Learning resources 21 6,305 2009-02-26, 10:20 pm
    Thread: Anki discussion (no bug reports)
Post: Anki discussion (no bug reports)

resolve Wrote:In the Anki editor, choose 'sort by difficulty' How do you export the data from the Anki editor? I can't find an option for doing that. Alternatively is there another way to export the...
joesan Learning resources 309 61,818 2008-05-24, 4:12 am
    Thread: Worst review?
Post: Worst review?

One thing I've noticed is that if, for whatever reason, I didn't get a full night sleep the night before, the review rate falls even if I don't feel particularly tired. Just shows how important it is ...
joesan Remembering the Kanji 14 2,723 2008-05-14, 4:59 pm
    Thread: The AJATT Method
Post: The AJATT Method

nest0r Wrote:Do you do kanji-->kana/passive recognition as well, or just the kana-->kanji? I review in both directions, though I find the kanji-->kana review usually takes very little time; I...
joesan General discussion 1,517 595,138 2008-05-05, 3:53 pm
    Thread: The AJATT Method
Post: The AJATT Method

nest0r Wrote:So, for those doing the kana-->kanji sentences, how many of those do you do a day? I'm thinking I might have to revise the 25-30/day I had originally intended. My goal of 10,000 differ...
joesan General discussion 1,517 595,138 2008-05-05, 6:33 am
    Thread: How Many Cards Are In Your Last Stack?
Post: How Many Cards Are In Your Last Stack?

1975/2042 I finished RTK1 on Jan 2 and got to 1950 in the final stack around the end of Feb. Filling the last stack has been really slow recently though and I doubt I'll ever manage to get it to 2042...
joesan General discussion 12 2,368 2008-03-20, 9:34 am
    Thread: Difficulties with という
Post: Difficulties with という

By the way I would recommend the books "A dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar" and "A dictionary of Intermediate Japanese Grammar" by Seiichi Makino and Michio Tsutsui and published by The Japan Time...
joesan General discussion 10 2,458 2008-03-11, 10:45 am
    Thread: Difficulties with という
Post: Difficulties with という

From "A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar": to iu: "a phrase marking information which identifies or explains the noun following the phrase" called; that says ~; that Ok, maybe not that helpful....
joesan General discussion 10 2,458 2008-03-11, 10:35 am