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    Thread: First impressions. Give me some advice please!
Post: First impressions. Give me some advice please!

Hi. My advice is not to worry so much. I did RtK years ago, and I'm glad I did. I, too, worried that I would forget the subtle hooks and other little things... but I didn't. To tell you the truth... ...
crayonmaster Remembering the Kanji 22 4,358 2014-03-12, 9:12 am
    Thread: HabitRPG Japanese study guild?
Post: HabitRPG Japanese study guild?

Wow I can't believe this site has been around and I haven't been taking advantage of it! Thanks for the share. As for a Japanese guild/challenge... I finished Rtk long ago, but could probably use a k...
crayonmaster General discussion 14 5,093 2014-03-03, 4:27 pm
    Thread: Your hardest card(s)
Post: Your hardest card(s)

My lowest cards (1.53) are 祝日 and 絞る. I just noticed that they're some of my oldest cards as well. I wonder why I struggle with them... Not surprisingly, my highest card at 2.99 is へそ.
crayonmaster General discussion 20 3,330 2012-01-15, 11:33 am
    Thread: 2010 JLPT study thread
Post: 2010 JLPT study thread

I just have a quick question about the JLPT scoring for the vocab section. A lot of the questions are 3-7 part questions. If we get 1 part wrong, is the whole question wrong, or are they scored indivi...
crayonmaster JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 433 109,583 2010-11-15, 5:57 am
    Thread: 2010 JLPT study thread
Post: 2010 JLPT study thread

rich_f Wrote:Woot. Admission voucher (US) showed up, along with a long list of "don't"s. Fun. Same here. I'm tacking it to my wall as a reminder to study >_<
crayonmaster JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 433 109,583 2010-11-13, 6:31 pm
    Thread: Unreal Anki
Post: Unreal Anki

I seem to be having the same problem as Sebastian.
crayonmaster Learning resources 37 11,082 2010-10-16, 7:22 pm
    Thread: Quick Grammar/Vocabulary Question
Post: Quick Grammar/Vocabulary Question

誰もジャンプしていません 誰も can mean anyone. It means no one when the verb is negative. So maybe, the literal translation might be: Anyone jumping doesn't exit.
crayonmaster The Japanese language 18 6,587 2010-09-29, 9:42 am
    Thread: Amazon Kindle v2
Post: Amazon Kindle v2

I'm considering buying Kindle 3, since it supports Japanese fonts. What's the selection like for japanese ebooks? And are they as outrageously priced as the hard copy books?
crayonmaster Off topic 24 10,027 2010-09-27, 4:43 am
    Thread: Only Women Teach Japanese
Post: Only Women Teach Japanese

Is it just Japanese teachers in America? Because in my middle school and high school, all of the foreign language teachers were female.
crayonmaster General discussion 61 14,155 2010-09-21, 7:28 am
    Thread: Japan Foundation, LA Database Attacked
Post: Japan Foundation, LA Database Attacked

:( Just got the email. Pretty bummed I have to cancel another credit card.
crayonmaster JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 10 5,810 2010-09-19, 9:07 pm
    Thread: The Encouragement Thread
Post: The Encouragement Thread

EratiK Wrote:Shut up and do it. :o Possibly the most intelligent bit of advice I've ever received... I'm off to master Japanese *without* motivation!
crayonmaster Remembering the Kanji 908 186,135 2010-09-14, 9:14 am
    Thread: The Encouragement Thread
Post: The Encouragement Thread

I lost motivation to study for a week or two... finally refueled my motivation and opened up Anki ready to hit the cards. Vocabulary deck: 1600 due cards Others decks: a total of 750 due cards. ... ...
crayonmaster Remembering the Kanji 908 186,135 2010-09-14, 8:40 am
    Thread: Learning Japanese without Kanjii(reading/writing)
Post: Learning Japanese without Kanjii(reading/writing)

Though you made it clear you want to avoid kanji, you made no mention of hiragana/katakana. I would recommend starting there. It doesn't take long and has huge benefits. Learning the kana enables you ...
crayonmaster The Japanese language 25 11,064 2010-08-13, 4:27 pm
    Thread: How many new cards do you add each day?
Post: How many new cards do you add each day?

If you're studying about one kanji per day, your not gonna finish for another 5 years...
crayonmaster Remembering the Kanji 25 5,011 2010-07-27, 11:53 am
    Thread: Sasuga bookstore closed?
Post: Sasuga bookstore closed?

I saw that too! :( I bought my first novel from that store...
crayonmaster The Japanese language 10 5,538 2010-07-21, 1:07 pm
    Thread: is Jim Breen's website a good place to find sentences ?
Post: is Jim Breen's website a good place to find senten...

I know what you mean... when your just starting out, having a translation along with accurate sentences will let you study and SRS with more confidence. Just make sure you break away from translations...
crayonmaster The Japanese language 10 2,448 2010-07-20, 8:43 pm
    Thread: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here
Post: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here

I went up a level! Instead of 上手ですね, Japanese people are now describing my Japanese as とても上手! or wait... would that actually mean I went down a level?... :/
crayonmaster General discussion 1,389 294,648 2010-07-16, 9:38 am
    Thread: Remembering the answer right at the last moment
Post: Remembering the answer right at the last moment

lol This has happened to me a few times... I usually stare at the screen for a full minute trying to figure out if I cheated or not. I usually just fail it... Maybe we've trained our brains to sudde...
crayonmaster General discussion 5 1,155 2010-07-14, 6:46 pm
    Thread: Anki + Japanese = 6 pack abbs
Post: Anki + Japanese = 6 pack abbs

smartazjb0y Wrote:I have twig arms and I really need to start exercising, and I would love to do this, but no iPhone =/ You don't need an iPhone to do pushups ;)
crayonmaster Learning resources 17 5,177 2010-07-11, 7:42 am
    Thread: How long is manga in print for?
Post: How long is manga in print for?

On a quick related note.... What are some good sites for buying Japanese manga/novels (hopefully cheap US shipping)? I know there was a thread about this before...
crayonmaster General discussion 12 2,480 2010-07-11, 7:39 am
    Thread: how about a video practice thread
Post: how about a video practice thread

I made a video [Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IgrV6DNVeI] I learned that poor speaking ability + nothing to talk about = very short video. Maybe I'll try again another day.
crayonmaster General discussion 34 9,837 2010-07-10, 9:35 pm
    Thread: Interesting new method
Post: Interesting new method

Hmm... I've been doing something like that... When I complete a list, I import it into anki. My flashcards all have the audio on the question side with the japanese on the answer. This deck is sepera...
crayonmaster Learning resources 4 1,219 2010-07-06, 10:15 pm
    Thread: Need a Good Source for Translated Example Sentences
Post: Need a Good Source for Translated Example Sentence...

Did anyone mention goo yet? http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/ I searched for ながれる with the 和英 bullet selected, and got a bunch of example sentences with translations: http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/leaf/je2/5...
crayonmaster Learning resources 20 13,485 2010-07-02, 10:26 am
    Thread: Feedback: iPad and Learning Japanese
Post: Feedback: iPad and Learning Japanese

about how much do those japanese ibooks cost anyway?
crayonmaster Learning resources 12 5,772 2010-06-28, 5:22 pm
    Thread: Stupidly Confused T.T about kana
Post: Stupidly Confused T.T about kana

domanis Wrote:皆さんはお元気。 みなさんはおげんき。 If I don't know the readings for those kanji then I wouldn't be able to read the sentence in Japanese, I would be essentially reading it kanji by kanji in English. ...
crayonmaster Remembering the Kanji 14 4,523 2010-06-24, 2:17 pm
    Thread: Writing and SRS
Post: Writing and SRS

When I was studying, I started off writing them down each time. You are at frame 650, so you're still kind of in the early stages. Trust me, by the time your at 1500, you won't want to keep writing ...
crayonmaster Remembering the Kanji 17 2,637 2010-06-15, 7:58 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

iih-noec Wrote:Could someone help me with these sentences from a novel? 「私は貫くような腹部の痛みに身を捩った。」 "I was tortured by through going abdominal pain." Is this correct? More like, "I was tortured by a pierci...
crayonmaster The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,542 2010-06-13, 6:54 pm
    Thread: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here
Post: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here

gyuujuice Wrote:Does listening to back-ground Japanese actually help me? (As opposed to actively listening to Japanese.) =_= I think so. If you listen to some soothing audiobook, you are going to comp...
crayonmaster General discussion 1,389 294,648 2010-06-04, 6:00 pm
    Thread: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here
Post: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here

thurd Wrote:crayonmaster Wrote:In one month I went from being able to hear and understand only isolated words and phrases (aka, can't understand jack), to being able to understand entire conversations...
crayonmaster General discussion 1,389 294,648 2010-06-04, 4:01 pm
    Thread: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here
Post: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here

In one month I went from being able to hear and understand only isolated words and phrases (aka, can't understand jack), to being able to understand entire conversations (everyday topics, not technica...
crayonmaster General discussion 1,389 294,648 2010-06-04, 11:57 am