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    Thread: Gender of RTK learners
Post: Gender of RTK learners

A similar "survey" were carried out in the past on the forums, and it ended up being fairly close to a 2:1 ratio in favour of the men amongst those who decided to participate. Mind you that this might...
Isbilenper Remembering the Kanji 4 1,109 2014-02-12, 2:36 pm
    Thread: Reasons why English is just as hard to learn as Japanese
Post: Reasons why English is just as hard to learn as Ja...

anotherjohn Wrote:Isbilenper Wrote:For instance I still feel that "circle" should be spelled as "circel" in terms of pronounciation. I would pronounce 'circel' as 'SIRsell', c.f. parcel, cancel, Marce...
Isbilenper Off topic 67 13,206 2014-01-26, 9:30 am
    Thread: Reasons why English is just as hard to learn as Japanese
Post: Reasons why English is just as hard to learn as Ja...

So just for reference all of this is coming from a native speaker of Danish. One of the things that has always annoyed me about English is that two obviously related words can have their common part ...
Isbilenper Off topic 67 13,206 2014-01-26, 6:21 am
    Thread: Help required...
Post: Help required...

It is hard to tell you exactly how long RtK will take, as it is a function of how much work you are willing to put in on a daily basis. The fastest I have heard of is about two weeks to complete the b...
Isbilenper The Japanese language 5 1,016 2013-08-17, 4:46 am
    Thread: can someone tech savvy do me a favor?
Post: can someone tech savvy do me a favor?

Hmm, not sure exactly what format you want the list in, but maybe the PDFs linked to in this thread may be of help: http://forum.koohii.com/showthread.php?tid=9762
Isbilenper General discussion 3 994 2013-08-15, 2:51 pm
    Thread: What is your most failed kanji?
Post: What is your most failed kanji?

For me it's a three-way tie between 総 (general), 岳 (point) and 握 (grip). I've failed each of them four times. I have 25 kanjis that I have failed three times as well.
Isbilenper Remembering the Kanji 24 9,117 2013-03-27, 12:43 pm
    Thread: Accessing interesting AND challenging reading material easier!
Post: Accessing interesting AND challenging reading mate...

s0apgun Wrote:From here you can just copy paste the wall of Japanese and e-mail it to yourself for use with your rikai plugin in your browser for fast dictionary look-ups. Why have I never thought of ...
Isbilenper Learning resources 13 4,637 2013-03-06, 11:35 am
    Thread: About to blitz through RTK, tips for reviewing?
Post: About to blitz through RTK, tips for reviewing?

I'm almost certain there is a core deck floating around somewhere with the words' kanjis in RtK order that you can study while doing RtK. I'd suggest focusing on stories. I experienced that setting a...
Isbilenper Remembering the Kanji 102 21,409 2013-02-05, 11:45 am
    Thread: The key to fluency: 10,000 words in one year.
Post: The key to fluency: 10,000 words in one year.

Saiga Wrote:Hmm... I have only ever hit the space bar when I've gotten them right. Is the 2 key the hotkey for "hard"? Yes, 2 is the hotkey for "hard", which you may need to use more. By default the s...
Isbilenper General discussion 249 67,234 2013-02-04, 10:02 am
    Thread: The key to fluency: 10,000 words in one year.
Post: The key to fluency: 10,000 words in one year.

Saiga Wrote:... and mature cards 65% :( I think this is your problem. I believe it is far below what most of us have, and failing a mature cards makes tons of extra reviews because you have to go thro...
Isbilenper General discussion 249 67,234 2013-02-04, 9:20 am
    Thread: Question about Japanese dictionary
Post: Question about Japanese dictionary

If you just look up a kanji without making it an exact search, you will get any word that starts with the kanji (in some order). Since 罪 is apparently used as the first kanji in a ton of words with th...
Isbilenper The Japanese language 1 433 2013-02-02, 5:42 pm
    Thread: Good Alternatives to Anki?
Post: Good Alternatives to Anki?

Hyperborea Wrote:Isbilenper Wrote:SomeCallMeChris Wrote:Anyway. Hyperborea didn't address this, but, the point is that you can only have -one- Note Type that the Japanese plugin recognizes, which must...
Isbilenper Learning resources 47 19,441 2013-02-02, 8:57 am
    Thread: Good Alternatives to Anki?
Post: Good Alternatives to Anki?

SomeCallMeChris Wrote:Anyway. Hyperborea didn't address this, but, the point is that you can only have -one- Note Type that the Japanese plugin recognizes, which must be called Japanese. Sorry, but th...
Isbilenper Learning resources 47 19,441 2013-02-01, 3:55 am
    Thread: Good Alternatives to Anki?
Post: Good Alternatives to Anki?

Stansfield123 Wrote:Isbilenper Wrote:It did take me a full day or so to get used to Anki 2, but now that I've learned how to use it, I'd take it over Anki 1 any day. I think it just takes a bit of pla...
Isbilenper Learning resources 47 19,441 2013-01-26, 6:09 am
    Thread: Good Alternatives to Anki?
Post: Good Alternatives to Anki?

Hyperborea Wrote:"...their absolutely horrible user interface (you delete things by going into the "Add" function?)... To be fair you can also delete from the "Browse" menu. It did take me a full day...
Isbilenper Learning resources 47 19,441 2013-01-26, 4:13 am
    Thread: Help choosing proper kanji from dictionary entry
Post: Help choosing proper kanji from dictionary entry

Thanks for the answer yudantaiteki. Usually I would put it in my SRS the way I saw it written if it was written in kanji, but the problem is that as my Japanese is still very basic (I'd say a bit sho...
Isbilenper Learning resources 5 1,041 2013-01-01, 7:35 am
    Thread: Help choosing proper kanji from dictionary entry
Post: Help choosing proper kanji from dictionary entry

Although my problem is specifically related to the yahoo online dictionary, I imagine somebody using another dictionary might have come across the same problem before me. So when I look up a word, I ...
Isbilenper Learning resources 5 1,041 2013-01-01, 6:40 am
    Thread: Amount of vocabulary
Post: Amount of vocabulary

The problem with measuring your vocabulary is that you have to define what constitutes a word. This is also why vocabulary tests on the internet may yield very different results, and as such it probab...
Isbilenper The Japanese language 85 18,799 2012-12-23, 3:27 pm
    Thread: 2145 joyo kanji in 90 days HEEELP!!!!!
Post: 2145 joyo kanji in 90 days HEEELP!!!!!

According to my kanji stats in Anki, the RtK1 deck (ver. 6 = supplement included) does indeed cover every single joyo kanji along with about 7% of the jinmeiyo kanji and a few extra besides those.
Isbilenper Remembering the Kanji 7 5,007 2012-09-19, 11:59 pm
    Thread: Sex ratio of this forum?
Post: Sex ratio of this forum?

Boys : girls 8:2
Isbilenper Off topic 148 26,512 2012-09-11, 1:13 pm
    Thread: Kanji number 544 "Intestines" and 851 "Entrails"
Post: Kanji number 544 "Intestines" and 851 "Entrails"

Hey Fakura, You could add Japanese keywords to those cards to help distinguish them. I guess this is what most people do. Alternatively you could try to utilize some sort of word play. This often wo...
Isbilenper Remembering the Kanji 6 1,739 2012-09-09, 9:41 am
    Thread: #2088 稽 "training" - Stroke count (16 Vs. 15)
Post: #2088 稽 "training" - Stroke count (16 Vs. 15)

You can probably safely go ahead and learn the version with the spoon radical in it. As yudantaiteki said, you shouldn't worry too much about it unless you're about to take some test, in which case yo...
Isbilenper Remembering the Kanji 11 3,353 2012-08-17, 4:13 am
    Thread: #2088 稽 "training" - Stroke count (16 Vs. 15)
Post: #2088 稽 "training" - Stroke count (16 Vs. 15)

I think there is a variation of this kanji where the spoon radical is replaced with 上, which would add an extra stroke to the entire kanji. I think this might be the reason you see it listed as a 16 s...
Isbilenper Remembering the Kanji 11 3,353 2012-08-16, 1:09 pm
    Thread: Characters not in RTK, Unicode-9..what?
Post: Characters not in RTK, Unicode-9..what?

My guess is that they are on this site so that you can enter the kanji in the search field and find other people's stories for certain characters if and when you need to learn them. The number is prob...
Isbilenper Remembering the Kanji 8 1,960 2012-08-07, 3:13 pm
    Thread: Can you check this for me? Eep...
Post: Can you check this for me? Eep...

Isn't hello written as こんにちは? My Japanese is too shabby to pick up anything else, but somebody with more experience with the language will surely come by soon enough. xP That said though, for future ...
Isbilenper Group study 14 4,863 2012-08-04, 2:11 am
    Thread: Kanken level 2 kanji and computer fonts
Post: Kanken level 2 kanji and computer fonts

imabi Wrote:The site is http://www.geocities.jp/bunakobo/kanken1.html Thanks a lot, the lists on this site are exactly what I was looking for. =)
Isbilenper The Japanese language 18 7,845 2012-08-03, 2:40 pm
    Thread: Kanken level 2 kanji and computer fonts
Post: Kanken level 2 kanji and computer fonts

imabi Wrote:Good luck. I'm studying for Level 1! It's going to take a lot of time...oh well. The Kanji that have come across...some are just so interesting. Good luck, that sounds pretty hard! Out o...
Isbilenper The Japanese language 18 7,845 2012-08-03, 1:03 pm
    Thread: How do you go about Anki...
Post: How do you go about Anki...

There is a cram feature in Anki, that allows you to review all the cards, even if they aren't due, which is what I suspect they might have been referring to. It could also be that they refer to the fa...
Isbilenper Learning resources 8 2,463 2012-08-03, 4:55 am
    Thread: How do you go about Anki...
Post: How do you go about Anki...

I hit "hard" if the recall time is greater than 15 seconds in my RtK deck (I used 25 seconds as the threshold prior to completing RtK). I also hit "hard" if I could give the answer almost instantly bu...
Isbilenper Learning resources 8 2,463 2012-08-03, 3:21 am
    Thread: Finished RTK 1 in 15 days
Post: Finished RTK 1 in 15 days

Congratulations twofoe! I don't think his/her retention will necessarily suffer from running through RtK at the pace he/she did as long as he/she still took time to learn all the kanjis properly the ...
Isbilenper Remembering the Kanji 54 22,793 2012-08-01, 11:26 am