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    Thread: How would you replace the Kanji writing system?
Post: RE: How would you replace the Kanji writing system...

I never thought I'd get to the point where I'd be saying this, but instead of replacing kanji the change I'd make to Japanese if I had to would be reducing the use of kana to only the bare-bones gramm...
Snesgamer General discussion 25 2,581 2016-03-19, 11:42 am
    Thread: Do you plan on or have used the "AJATT" immersion method for other languages?
Post: RE: Do you plan on or have used the "AJATT" immers...

(2016-02-10, 4:15 pm)kameden Wrote: You should turn off English subs from day 1. Yeah, I know I'm breaking the "rules" by doing that. But it's nice to understand something of the plot of what you'r...
Snesgamer General discussion 8 1,152 2016-02-18, 10:34 am
    Thread: Do you plan on or have used the "AJATT" immersion method for other languages?
Post: RE: Do you plan on or have used the "AJATT" immers...

(2016-02-10, 10:58 pm)gaiaslastlaugh Wrote: I'm with CureDolly. I want to pick up some Korean at some point, but won't do through via immersion. Japanese is my "primary secondary" language, so to sp...
Snesgamer General discussion 8 1,152 2016-02-18, 10:31 am
    Thread: Do you plan on or have used the "AJATT" immersion method for other languages?
Post: Do you plan on or have used the "AJATT" immersion ...

I want to first of course get to the point in Japanese where I can take off my "subs training wheels", but once I've done that I'm kind of curious about how much faster the constant immersion system w...
Snesgamer General discussion 8 1,152 2016-02-10, 1:34 pm
    Thread: Is there really such a thing as using "bad listening resources"?
Post: Is there really such a thing as using "bad listeni...

Aside from you know, using sources from someone not very well educated and therefore who makes lots of incorrect grammar errors? I've been watching lots of anime and tokusatsu, which probably aren't ...
Snesgamer The Japanese language 11 1,285 2016-02-09, 2:36 am
    Thread: Any way to shove cards to the BACK of an Anki deck(no review until I reach the end)?
Post: RE: Any way to shove cards to the BACK of an Anki ...

(2016-02-02, 8:02 am)RandomQuotes Wrote: (2016-02-02, 7:11 am)Snesgamer Wrote: Yes, I know it goes against the "spirit" of Anki to not do frequent reviews of cards/words you've already seen. But I...
Snesgamer Learning resources 15 1,345 2016-02-02, 8:38 am
    Thread: Any way to shove cards to the BACK of an Anki deck(no review until I reach the end)?
Post: RE: Any way to shove cards to the BACK of an Anki ...

(2016-02-02, 7:53 am)Vempele Wrote: Quote:I have the "Show new cards in random order" selected, and 0 under Maximum Reviews a day selected - and that seems to help a little bit, but not enough. What...
Snesgamer Learning resources 15 1,345 2016-02-02, 8:23 am
    Thread: Any way to shove cards to the BACK of an Anki deck(no review until I reach the end)?
Post: Any way to shove cards to the BACK of an Anki deck...

Yes, I know it goes against the "spirit" of Anki to not do frequent reviews of cards/words you've already seen. But I kind of want to go through an entire deck to get exposed to each card at least onc...
Snesgamer Learning resources 15 1,345 2016-02-02, 7:11 am
    Thread: What is your way of studying Kanji?
Post: RE: What is your way of studying Kanji?

At the end of the day, it's the WORDS you want, not the readings, right? I mean, you can memorize all the lists of on and kun you want, but even after all that I'd imagine you'd run into situations wh...
Snesgamer The Japanese language 8 1,317 2016-02-02, 3:40 am
    Thread: Is it normal for reading to progress faster than listening?
Post: RE: Is it normal for reading to progress faster th...

(2016-01-28, 12:12 pm)cophnia61 Wrote: Snesgamer Wrote:At the same time though, I've noticed the indirect effect of my listening exercises on my reading has been tremendous and has been well outpaci...
Snesgamer The Japanese language 22 2,780 2016-01-30, 8:18 am
    Thread: Who is your "Person" (Lesson 27)?
Post: RE: Who is your "Person" (Lesson 27)?

It isn't difficult to see why so many use Mr T. Even if you aren't his biggest fan, you have to admit he's got a pretty big and outlandish personality that makes the kanji you associate with him reall...
Snesgamer Remembering the Kanji 66 19,443 2016-01-27, 6:32 am
    Thread: Is it normal for reading to progress faster than listening?
Post: RE: Is it normal for reading to progress faster th...

(2016-01-26, 9:47 pm)gaiaslastlaugh Wrote: I've found it helps to find at least one show with Japanese subtitles, watch it once or twice with subs, and then listen to it over a period of a week or t...
Snesgamer The Japanese language 22 2,780 2016-01-27, 6:17 am
    Thread: Is it normal for reading to progress faster than listening?
Post: Is it normal for reading to progress faster than l...

I currently am off from work, so I am using a lot of my time sinking in a lot of listening training time. One thing I'm noticing is that while my listening skills ARE improving, they seem to be moving...
Snesgamer The Japanese language 22 2,780 2016-01-25, 9:18 pm
    Thread: Good sites for free constant streaming Japanese?
Post: Good sites for free constant streaming Japanese?

I can find Japanese on the Internet, but either it's on Youtube videos where I have to keep looking for new videos or risk the auto-play selecting a video in another language when I'm not controlling ...
Snesgamer Learning resources 10 2,097 2015-12-27, 6:27 pm
    Thread: Great Japanese martial arts movies?
Post: Great Japanese martial arts movies?

Before I started trying to do the immersion method, it hadn't dawned on me just how many martial arts movies out there were in Chinese, not Japanese. I mean, when most people think about karate, they ...
Snesgamer General discussion 12 2,038 2015-09-11, 3:45 am
    Thread: Good Japanese Facebook pages to follow (for immersion)?
Post: Good Japanese Facebook pages to follow (for immers...

Thanks! I added about 3-4 or those, and already my feed is quite full of Japanese! I'll keep the list so I can add even more as I become more comfortable.
Snesgamer General discussion 2 1,245 2015-09-02, 12:22 am
    Thread: Good Japanese Facebook pages to follow (for immersion)?
Post: Good Japanese Facebook pages to follow (for immers...

I've decided to clear my Facebook of any English-only feeds I absolutely didn't need, and hopefully replace them with ones that regularly posts Japanese content to their subscribers so I can get a lit...
Snesgamer General discussion 2 1,245 2015-09-01, 4:34 am
    Thread: English Is Easy? (fun read)
Post: English Is Easy? (fun read)

I think there's a lot more difficulties to English than even just that. No matter how many difficulties we go through with Japanese - let's just say we are extremely lucky to have learned English, pro...
Snesgamer General discussion 13 13,954 2007-08-12, 5:06 pm
    Thread: The Katakana are kicking my ***
Post: The Katakana are kicking my ***

Especially with those lines with the dots on top, you know, the ones that look like happy faces? Those are killing me. Is there any easy way to remember and write these? It's the major barrier I'm fac...
Snesgamer The Japanese language 17 6,315 2007-08-12, 1:43 am