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Thread: Japanese Kindle Store no longer accepts overseas customers... Post: Japanese Kindle Store no longer accepts overseas c... This might be a bit OT, but why don't they want people overseas buying their stuff? Seems like the us-them dichotomy taken to a whole new extreme.... Though what do I know about economics? Nothing XP |
AkiKazachan | Learning resources | 11 | 3,694 | 2013-10-29, 1:15 pm | ||
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Thread: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months? Post: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months? Ah, it's threads like these that remind me why I left this forum in the first place... just so much arguing and hostility. And it's such a shame because I really haven't been able to find another plac... |
AkiKazachan | General discussion | 856 | 195,502 | 2013-10-20, 1:38 pm | ||
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Thread: Onyomi mnemonics - could this work? Post: Onyomi mnemonics - could this work? This is what I'm doing. I went through a Joyo list arranged by onyomi and added onyomi mnemonics to my stories. In the past people have said this was inefficient or a waste of time, but I can't possib... |
AkiKazachan | Remembering the Kanji | 13 | 6,387 | 2013-10-20, 12:24 pm | ||
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Thread: Reasons I'm studying Japanese: Can I even put my finger on it? Post: Reasons I'm studying Japanese: Can I even put my f... I took up the Japanese language about 7 years ago, when I was 13. I'm sure at the time I had good reasons just like everyone else (i.e. katakana looks cool, zomg anime/manga, hot guys in dorama, j-po... |
AkiKazachan | Off topic | 19 | 4,302 | 2013-10-13, 4:30 am | ||
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Thread: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months? Post: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months? NightSky Wrote:I don't really like the scripted videos because I don't see the point of them. Its hard to know how much of his improvement in this video is due to his Japanese getting better or if its... |
AkiKazachan | General discussion | 856 | 195,502 | 2013-10-04, 10:08 pm | ||
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Thread: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months? Post: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months? MelonBerry Wrote:Shouldn't he atleast learn basic words / sayings that every beginners text book teaches? This is what I'm thinking. I was pretty amazed he kept saying スペインにです when 1) the other person... |
AkiKazachan | General discussion | 856 | 195,502 | 2013-09-27, 4:39 pm | ||
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Thread: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months? Post: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months? I read the post for his Japanese Mission and it sounds a lot more realistic than what I've heard from his previous ones. Although he did make the mistake of equating B2+ with N2+, he said he wanted to... |
AkiKazachan | General discussion | 856 | 195,502 | 2013-09-25, 3:40 pm | ||
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Thread: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months? Post: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months? ~ |
AkiKazachan | General discussion | 856 | 195,502 | 2013-09-25, 2:10 am | ||
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Thread: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months? Post: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months? drdunlap Wrote:dizmox Wrote:NightSky Wrote:For the most part I'm still way more impressed by a single person who can speak 3 or 4 languages to an extremely high level than a little bit of 20 different... |
AkiKazachan | General discussion | 856 | 195,502 | 2013-09-24, 3:53 pm | ||
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Thread: JLPT December 2013 - GAME ON! Post: JLPT December 2013 - GAME ON! I just impulse signed up for N2... I'm not yet sure if this was a good move or not @.@ |
AkiKazachan | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 156 | 35,090 | 2013-09-24, 12:56 pm | ||
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Thread: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months? Post: Benny Lewis Fluent in Japanese in 3 months? One thing I noticed that I thought was interesting... I've been reading the Chinese threads that were linked to earlier... Benny seemed to base a lot of his notions on whether he succeeded at becoming... |
AkiKazachan | General discussion | 856 | 195,502 | 2013-09-23, 3:13 pm | ||
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Thread: Technical Translation - A Project Post: Technical Translation - A Project Personally, I would translate the last sentence as follows: "There are many different kinds of apps, so it can be difficult to choose which ones to buy. Here, we'll introduce you to a few apps that a... |
AkiKazachan | Group study | 3 | 1,287 | 2013-05-22, 4:35 pm | ||
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Thread: Completed RTK 1 & NOT OVERNIGHT Post: Completed RTK 1 & NOT OVERNIGHT Stansfield123 Wrote:Daikoru Wrote:I am aware that I must pay attention. But really, the only words I learn are those that are isolated (like when they yell "nigero"). It's 逃げる (にげる, means to escape), ... |
AkiKazachan | Remembering the Kanji | 24 | 5,310 | 2013-04-26, 4:15 pm | ||
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Thread: I wanna learn pronunciation! Post: I wanna learn pronunciation! There's always the option of adding sound indicators to your stories. It will give you at least one onyomi pronunciation for each kanji. This is how I've been working through kanji and it's been extre... |
AkiKazachan | Remembering the Kanji | 8 | 3,803 | 2012-12-06, 2:33 pm | ||
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Thread: Amazon's Japanese Kindle Store opens tomorrow Post: Amazon's Japanese Kindle Store opens tomorrow Does anyone know if Japanese ebooks are supported on the original Kindle Fire? |
AkiKazachan | Learning resources | 100 | 38,752 | 2012-11-16, 11:05 am | ||
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Thread: "Heisig's Remembering the Kanji sucks" - Other Kanji Learning Methods? Post: "Heisig's Remembering the Kanji sucks" - Other Kan... I came to RTK already with an intermediate level of Japanese, and I was extremely frustrated at how the book doesn't teach the readings and how the meanings are sometimes way off. I tried to go throug... |
AkiKazachan | Remembering the Kanji | 66 | 49,348 | 2012-08-30, 1:35 pm | ||
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Thread: RTK for somebody who already know some Japanese Post: RTK for somebody who already know some Japanese I don't post much, but I'm in a similar situation, so I'll try and see if I can help. I found RTK in 2009 after studying Japanese for a few years, maybe somewhere between 3 and 5. I had already taken... |
AkiKazachan | Remembering the Kanji | 9 | 2,011 | 2012-07-10, 3:49 pm | ||
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Thread: What Else Can You do While RTKing Post: What Else Can You do While RTKing lardycake Wrote:When in doubt, *****. Edited by MOD Can't go wrong with that. |
AkiKazachan | Remembering the Kanji | 11 | 1,910 | 2012-07-08, 8:18 pm | ||
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Thread: "I just had my first conversation in Japanese" thread Post: "I just had my first conversation in Japanese" thr... Awesome! This was most definitely not my first conversation in Japanese, but it felt like it. I visited a Japanese speaking table yesterday for the "Japanese community" at my school, and I was really... |
AkiKazachan | General discussion | 16 | 4,682 | 2012-02-03, 11:03 am | ||
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Thread: (very) easy books to practice kana and immerse in kanji Post: (very) easy books to practice kana and immerse in ... howtwosavealif3 Wrote:song lyrics + rikaichan = probably more fun second this. I learned the majority of my first basic vocabulary looking at song lyrics. |
AkiKazachan | The Japanese language | 5 | 1,488 | 2012-02-02, 11:03 am | ||
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Thread: "You're studying Japanese?! You must love anime!/be an otaku!/etc.!" Post: "You're studying Japanese?! You must love anime!/b... Tori-kun Wrote:"Kanji = not possible to learn for westerners"-mentality. Omg, I've kinda been wanting to complain about this too, but I know it's been beaten to death in this forum already, lol. Every... |
AkiKazachan | General discussion | 85 | 26,687 | 2012-02-02, 9:52 am | ||
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Thread: "You're studying Japanese?! You must love anime!/be an otaku!/etc.!" Post: "You're studying Japanese?! You must love anime!/b... Hm. more posts than I thought this would get :p I'm not trying to be a crybaby, or at least I didn't mean to come off as one, though I probably did - I dunno if just venting about something for a sec... |
AkiKazachan | General discussion | 85 | 26,687 | 2012-02-01, 11:08 pm | ||
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Thread: "You're studying Japanese?! You must love anime!/be an otaku!/etc.!" Post: "You're studying Japanese?! You must love anime!/b... @LivingNexus LOL. I try, but just like anything unless it's REALLY good I can't get into it, haha. Ghost In The Shell and Evangelion are on my list, tho ;) Ah, I guess it just kinda frustrates me th... |
AkiKazachan | General discussion | 85 | 26,687 | 2012-02-01, 6:19 pm | ||
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Thread: Horror Stories of Japanese Class? Post: Horror Stories of Japanese Class? @ Hashiriya Ah, while I do live in GA, I'm currently at school out of state. Yeah, there's constant talk outside of class amongst my classmates about how they're thinking of dropping out. The most ... |
AkiKazachan | General discussion | 221 | 36,162 | 2012-02-01, 3:37 pm | ||
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Thread: "You're studying Japanese?! You must love anime!/be an otaku!/etc.!" Post: "You're studying Japanese?! You must love anime!/b... I know a thread like this probably existed some way back when, but I searched and couldn't find it, so I thought I'd make a new one." So I am currently taking a Japanese class at my university. Havin... |
AkiKazachan | General discussion | 85 | 26,687 | 2012-02-01, 3:34 pm | ||
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Thread: Success with Kanji Chains Post: Success with Kanji Chains Hello, all. Recently I've been having some success using chaining to learn onyomi, and I wanted to share with the world. My family didn't seem too interested, so I thought I'd share with you guys :p (... |
AkiKazachan | Remembering the Kanji | 2 | 3,353 | 2012-01-30, 11:31 am | ||
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Thread: Horror Stories of Japanese Class? Post: Horror Stories of Japanese Class? I am currently enrolled in second semester Intermediate Japanese at my Uni as a freshman (placed into it). We are using the 上級への扉 textbook and, like someone mentioned earlier in the thread, it's reall... |
AkiKazachan | General discussion | 221 | 36,162 | 2012-01-25, 10:54 am | ||
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Thread: Has anyone NOT used RTK? Post: Has anyone NOT used RTK? I'm doing KanjiTown instead. It's a lot more appealing to me because I get to learn onyomi at the same time, so the wait until I can read doesn't seem so far away. Bit of a success story, actually, I ... |
AkiKazachan | The Japanese language | 107 | 23,179 | 2011-11-08, 1:30 pm | ||
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Thread: Has anyone NOT used RTK? Post: Has anyone NOT used RTK? tokyostyle Wrote:nohika Wrote:I think that's one thing that's somewhat mis-thought about when these kind of discussions take place...yes, it's awesome to abandon SRS when you can, but for beginners wi... |
AkiKazachan | The Japanese language | 107 | 23,179 | 2011-07-28, 5:25 pm | ||
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Thread: Has anyone NOT used RTK? Post: Has anyone NOT used RTK? ^ not very helpful. I'm just sayin'. ¬.¬ I can't get into RTK either. I've started over like 2 or 3 times. This has been going on for two years. I haven't gotten anywhere. 'Specially since I was anxi... |
AkiKazachan | The Japanese language | 107 | 23,179 | 2011-07-24, 1:26 am | ||
