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    Thread: Good source for J-Dramas
Post: Good source for J-Dramas

I like http://www.dramacrazy.net/ It has RAWs for nearly everything I think
Sequa General discussion 4 1,157 2013-05-22, 1:34 pm
    Thread: JLPT 2012 Results!
Post: JLPT 2012 Results!

Irixmark Wrote:It's not necessarily "elitism" but also the experience that N1 is what will help you get a job in Japan, N2 possibly as a signal that you're already pretty far ahead in your language st...
Sequa JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 96 25,540 2013-02-04, 1:51 pm
    Thread: Am I actually learning?
Post: Am I actually learning?

SammyB Wrote:Sequa Wrote:Btw, I think putting the sentence on the front of the card is a really really bad idea in general. The sentence should only give you a context so you know how to use the word ...
Sequa The Japanese language 15 3,238 2012-07-18, 1:26 pm
    Thread: Am I actually learning?
Post: Am I actually learning?

I started studying with sentences but had a similar problem like you and felt like I didn't learn much. It somehow feels like you are cheating and you get the meanings and readings right without reall...
Sequa The Japanese language 15 3,238 2012-07-17, 4:38 pm
    Thread: Rikaichan: RevTK Community Edition
Post: Rikaichan: RevTK Community Edition

For all the people who can't get Anki import working on Mac. Go to the Rikaisama plugin folder and find run_udp.sh in the udp folder. Open it and replace it with #!/bin/bash python "$1" $2 ...
Sequa Learning resources 859 244,126 2012-01-18, 7:09 am
    Thread: wrightak's rikaichan mod
Post: wrightak's rikaichan mod

Agree, it's an amazing mod. I just finished the core and finally start studying without precompiled lists. This plugin makes it so much easier!
Sequa Learning resources 5 5,928 2010-10-13, 3:23 am
    Thread: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here
Post: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here

Hi, I am having a hard time increasing my vocabulary. To those of you with 10k+ decks, could you please answer these questions: 1) do you study the words in isolation? 2) do you use sound files? 3) do...
Sequa General discussion 1,389 294,529 2010-09-02, 8:49 am
    Thread: How to use SRS with RtK?
Post: How to use SRS with RtK?

I just finished setting up my deck a few days ago. (on the itouch there would be a scratchpad where there is a gap on the question side) This setup puts emphasis on readings and Japanese meaning (I wo...
Sequa Learning resources 10 8,397 2010-08-17, 4:47 pm
    Thread: Smart.fm and Anki, or Anki alone?
Post: Smart.fm and Anki, or Anki alone?

Hi, I started doing the lists on smart.fm but soon switched to Anki because it's much faster. On smart.fm the lessons take too long to complete. In Anki I use this setup: Question: word in kanji Answ...
Sequa The Japanese language 11 7,110 2010-06-07, 2:27 pm
    Thread: Google Documents - Links to Resources
Post: Google Documents - Links to Resources

Don't use the spreadsheet/deck posted by makurabin (it's in the list of shared decks in anki as well). The sentences for many words from word #126 onwards are off by 1 word (the corresponding sentence...
Sequa Group study 49 55,715 2010-01-25, 6:10 pm
    Thread: Use subs2srs to Create Anki Decks Based on Your Favorite Movie or Show
Post: Use subs2srs to Create Anki Decks Based on Your Fa...

I have a question on how to use the anki decks. I downloaded some of the shared decks and the dramas/animes for each deck. Now when I watch the drama I don't understand most of what is being said. The...
Sequa Learning resources 1,039 387,689 2009-11-10, 4:45 am
    Thread: 2001.Kanji.Odyssey Anki deck with audio for all example sentences
Post: 2001.Kanji.Odyssey Anki deck with audio for all ex...

I would be so grateful if anyone could upload the audio of the sentences that comes with the new e-books. Even if I can't say it's unfair for the people who bought the book instead of the e-book, I th...
Sequa Learning resources 215 71,716 2009-06-14, 6:45 am
    Thread: JLPT 1 in 3 months?
Post: JLPT 1 in 3 months?

Aijin Wrote:Anyway, I've been trying this SRS thing since last night. It's quite interesting, but I don't understand how it's different from just having you decide yourself what you know you're not as...
Sequa General discussion 395 64,340 2009-06-03, 4:22 pm
    Thread: Shortened greetings/thank yous
Post: Shortened greetings/thank yous

When my Japanese friends greet each other they say something that sounds like うっす! which I suppose is just like "hi!". When they greet someone older they say something like こんちわっす! I was quite surpri...
Sequa The Japanese language 12 2,283 2009-05-14, 12:23 pm
    Thread: The 1,000+ Expired Cards Club
Post: The 1,000+ Expired Cards Club

I will join, 1534 expired
Sequa General discussion 48 12,421 2009-04-28, 4:27 am
    Thread: Stop after finishing?
Post: Stop after finishing?

I eventually stopped reviewing the kanji. I simply figured the cost-gain ratio is not good considering how much time it takes me too review. I see many of the kanji in the vocabulary that I learn and ...
Sequa Remembering the Kanji 55 8,371 2009-04-23, 2:01 pm
    Thread: Technology TTS Text to speech
Post: Technology TTS Text to speech

I did the same as you and had the same problem. The textfiles have to use one certain encoding (which I forgot). Try opening one file with the text editor and save it once in Unicode, Unicode Big Endi...
Sequa Learning resources 9 1,836 2008-10-14, 11:52 am
    Thread: Unicom JLPT 2 Grammar Notes
Post: Unicom JLPT 2 Grammar Notes

Thanks a lot. It looks really useful.
Sequa JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 17 10,664 2008-08-17, 3:55 am
    Thread: German vs. English version of RTK-I
Post: German vs. English version of RTK-I

I am German and used the German version of the book. I think it doesn't really matter which version you use. If you can't understand the English keywords (I couldn't understand many, especially trees)...
Sequa Remembering the Kanji 5 2,101 2008-07-13, 7:10 am
    Thread: How to memorize kanji compounds after RtK
Post: How to memorize kanji compounds after RtK

I learn new vocabulary using the sentence method and it works great for passive recognition. However when I try to write a kanji compound that I have learned before I often can't remember the kanji ev...
Sequa General discussion 8 4,239 2008-06-27, 4:50 am
    Thread: AJATT
Post: AJATT

You can't ever become fluent by learning sentences. I have read millions of English sentences and yet I am not fluent. AJATT means more than just learning sentences. It's about immersing yourself in t...
Sequa General discussion 3 1,005 2008-06-22, 8:03 am
    Thread: Japanese text-to-speech
Post: Japanese text-to-speech

I use Misaki on the answer side of my sentence questions. I don't have to read the kana to check if I read all the kanji correctly but I just listen to the voice. I know there are mistakes like wrong ...
Sequa Learning resources 26 15,123 2008-06-13, 7:47 am
    Thread: Example Sound Files
Post: Example Sound Files

There are also some Japanese subtitles for dramas here: http://www.d-addicts.com/forum/subtitles.php#Japanese
Sequa Learning resources 51 12,199 2008-06-11, 2:33 pm
    Thread: The AJATT Method
Post: The AJATT Method

Sorry this is a little off-topic: Neospeech voices don't work on my computer (Vista 64bit) but on another computer (WinXP) everything works fine. I'm considering isntalling XP only to get it to work b...
Sequa General discussion 1,517 595,133 2008-05-07, 6:06 am
    Thread: Study Navigation
Post: Study Navigation

In the old study section when I clicked the 'Learned' button the site automatically took me to the next failed kanji. Now it takes me back to the home of the study section, then I have to load the lis...
Sequa Off topic 5 1,393 2008-02-15, 3:11 pm
    Thread: E-Mail clients
Post: E-Mail clients

I use Thunderbird because of its great spam filter and because you can use rikai-chan with it. That makes reading Japanese e-mails much easier.
Sequa General discussion 4 976 2007-12-07, 5:31 pm
    Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread.
Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"...

Congratulations to those who finished. :-) I just completed RTK1 today and would like to thank Fabrice for this fantastic website and everybody who posted stories. It took me a total of 7 months, I th...
Sequa Remembering the Kanji 1,845 424,637 2007-10-28, 4:56 pm
    Thread: Anki?
Post: Anki?

Hi resolve, thanks for the great program! I have one suggestion. I like how Anki automatically fills in the reading field and that it gives you all possible readings for a kanji. I think it could be e...
Sequa Learning resources 999 230,451 2007-10-09, 1:25 pm
    Thread: A big problem.. advice?
Post: A big problem.. advice?

A week ago I had more than 300 failed kanjis. If you focus just on the failed kanjis and do 30-50 a day, they'll be gone in no time. I recommend doing this before you go on with learning new ones. Rel...
Sequa Remembering the Kanji 18 3,817 2007-10-09, 12:28 pm
    Thread: The AJATT Method
Post: The AJATT Method

That book looks great and is just what I was looking for. Thanks a lot alantin! :-)
Sequa General discussion 1,517 595,133 2007-10-04, 1:43 pm