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    Thread: calibre ebook conversion
Post: RE: calibre ebook conversion

Thanks so much!!
kraemder General discussion 2 510 2016-04-18, 10:37 pm
    Thread: calibre ebook conversion
Post: calibre ebook conversion

Is it possible to have it strip the furigana from ebooks?  I'm converting to read with firefox and rikaisama and the furigana just makes the lookups more of a pain.
kraemder General discussion 2 510 2016-04-14, 10:56 pm
    Thread: kindle voyager
Post: RE: kindle voyager

(2016-02-18, 4:07 am)cophnia61 Wrote: I had the same issue a while ago, and after a google search I saw I wasn't the only one. Basically there are two solutions: 1) keep the power button pressed f...
kraemder General discussion 16 1,338 2016-02-18, 10:42 am
    Thread: kindle voyager
Post: RE: kindle voyager

Ehhh it works pretty well if you tap between the kanji instead on the first kanji (as if it were rikai sama). Glad I found this out.
kraemder General discussion 16 1,338 2016-02-17, 7:20 am
    Thread: kindle voyager
Post: RE: kindle voyager

I have an iPad and an iPhone. What I dislike about those devices and the kindle app is that when I go to look up a word it has to highlight it first and then I can click the highlight and it looks tha...
kraemder General discussion 16 1,338 2016-02-17, 7:01 am
    Thread: kindle voyager
Post: kindle voyager

I've got the 2013 Kindle and I'm wondering how much faster the newer versions are for looking up words.  A nicer screen would be ok but not enough to upgrade, however, I get kind of tired of highlight...
kraemder General discussion 16 1,338 2016-02-17, 4:37 am
    Thread: KanjiTomo - New OCR program for Japanese text
Post: RE: KanjiTomo - New OCR program for Japanese text

Any tips on getting the OCR to work as well as possible? I used to use this program and I remember it being fairly accurate and a real help. I'm in Japan now trying to use it but it's rarely getting...
kraemder Learning resources 139 56,360 2016-02-07, 6:43 am
    Thread: Rikaichan: RevTK Community Edition
Post: RE: Rikaichan: RevTK Community Edition

I'm getting an error that Rikai-sama is unsigned and it's disabled... without hacking Firefox, it won't let me use it. I'm using Firefox 43 and version 22.9 of Rika-sama.
kraemder Learning resources 859 243,790 2015-12-29, 10:17 pm
    Thread: Is it true that even natives Japanese people will struggle on JLPT N1?
Post: RE: Is it true that even natives Japanese people w...

I think if you say its English name they might figure out it's not the same test?
kraemder JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 53 28,326 2015-12-01, 12:11 pm
    Thread: Is it true that even natives Japanese people will struggle on JLPT N1?
Post: RE: Is it true that even natives Japanese people w...

Kinokuniya in Shinjuku has -tons- of JLPT books just like you find on Amazon or whatever. It's a huge book store though - I wouldn't expect to find much of anything geared towards foreigners in the s...
kraemder JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 53 28,326 2015-11-30, 12:28 pm
    Thread: JPN3 test - letter of complaints
Post: RE: JPN3 test - letter of complaints

I enjoyed the letter but I don't agree with your point about the time. I personally just go as fast as I can and when they say there's 5 minutes left or whatever, 2 minutes, I just guess the rest. I...
kraemder JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 24 3,461 2015-11-28, 3:34 am
    Thread: What is your third language (L3)?
Post: RE: What is your third language (L3)?

I've always felt anyone doing really well with Japanese and looking for another language should pick a European one for several reasons. #1 you will get to see just how HARD Japanese is compared to o...
kraemder Off topic 19 2,918 2015-11-28, 3:26 am
    Thread: Reading
Post: Reading

Here's a site you might like: http://yomou.syosetu.com/ I am reading a book about well.. it's a little weird. It might be about a guy who gets reborn as a dragon in a video game. This ebook woul...
kraemder Learning resources 6 2,987 2015-11-11, 11:11 pm
    Thread: 日本語総まとめN1 Anki Decks
Post: 日本語総まとめN1 Anki Decks

I would think it's ok unless you do what I'm doing now with a lot of text books... screen shots of the sentences into anki =p. If you have the book and a good scanner, I think this is a great way to ...
kraemder Learning resources 1 2,499 2015-11-11, 10:39 pm
    Thread: Regarding Anki word recalling
Post: Regarding Anki word recalling

There's some good replies here already but it's an interesting topic and I wanted to throw in my two cents. I think what kind of flashcards you use to study can depend on what you're trying to accomp...
kraemder Learning resources 48 5,509 2015-11-11, 10:14 pm
    Thread: Where are all the good Core anki decks?
Post: Where are all the good Core anki decks?

slako Wrote:Anyone has core 15k supplement please? My vocab is currently 13k and I got tired of adding several words per page. I'd be interested too. Does the 15k supplement have example sentences?
kraemder Learning resources 15 3,844 2015-10-26, 9:39 pm
    Thread: Vocab deck or just pure sentences?
Post: Vocab deck or just pure sentences?

I personally have struggled with switching between sentence decks and straight vocabulary decks too. I love the idea of the sentence deck giving you context and just being overall more interesting bu...
kraemder General discussion 58 7,181 2015-10-26, 1:16 pm
    Thread: Are You An Above Average Language Learner?
Post: Are You An Above Average Language Learner?

CreepyAF Wrote:or do you suck like me but you've been at it for so long that you have gained tangible results? Yep. This one. I think most people are pretty equal at language learning however. Sure...
kraemder The Japanese language 27 3,348 2015-10-23, 8:53 pm
    Thread: Is there a card deck to match these lists?
Post: Is there a card deck to match these lists?

I can't believe how fat that book is. I've studied the Core 6k a lot although I never truly completed it. I personally don't think a paper version of the book would really help me much. You can buy...
kraemder Learning resources 8 1,277 2015-10-16, 9:30 pm
    Thread: Coming back... overwhelmed.
Post: Coming back... overwhelmed.

Dreambox Wrote:I can read a few hundred words, my listening is not too bad if the speaker isn't talking ridiculously fast. Damn I am being vague as hell, I'm sorry. If you are J-J only, how do you ...
kraemder Learning resources 8 1,681 2015-10-08, 10:39 pm
    Thread: Would you like to eat here? (In Japanese)
Post: Would you like to eat here? (In Japanese)

I think I am going to record them when I go back. I heard 店内 at McDonalds at the airport and こちらへ in Tokyo a lot... and a lot where I just couldn't catch what they were saying. I've studied keigo gr...
kraemder The Japanese language 8 1,421 2015-09-27, 9:20 am
    Thread: Would you like to eat here? (In Japanese)
Post: Would you like to eat here? (In Japanese)

When I was in Tokyo the past few weeks restaurant people asked me this over and over and I never really understood what they said, I just got better at knowing when they would say it or rather, if the...
kraemder The Japanese language 8 1,421 2015-09-26, 9:36 pm
    Thread: kanji deck similar to white rabbit kanji deck?
Post: kanji deck similar to white rabbit kanji deck?

I just googled KO2001 and found the website. It would appear you can order the book or a book from the site. Is there an anki deck using books 3/4? I -do- need to study the first two books but they...
kraemder Learning resources 4 894 2015-09-03, 9:13 pm
    Thread: kanji deck similar to white rabbit kanji deck?
Post: kanji deck similar to white rabbit kanji deck?

Is there an anki deck built similarly to the white rabbit kanji decks? I'm looking to try learning kanji and vocab by grouping by kanji. (It might make it easier?) The White Rabbit Decks seem popul...
kraemder Learning resources 4 894 2015-09-02, 10:05 pm
    Thread: Japanese to Japanese dictionary app
Post: Japanese to Japanese dictionary app

That would work. Does that exist?
kraemder Learning resources 13 1,763 2015-09-02, 10:00 pm
    Thread: Japanese to Japanese dictionary app
Post: Japanese to Japanese dictionary app

must be nice
kraemder Learning resources 13 1,763 2015-08-31, 7:43 pm
    Thread: KanjiTomo - New OCR program for Japanese text
Post: KanjiTomo - New OCR program for Japanese text

Well I have it working well using Simple Comic app to view the manga instead. I've been using it an hour without any problems so I should have tried this from the beginning I think. Anyway - I've fo...
kraemder Learning resources 139 56,360 2015-08-31, 12:43 am
    Thread: Copyright issue with eBooks from Japanese Amazon - please help
Post: Copyright issue with eBooks from Japanese Amazon -...

So some 'thoughtful' attorney thunk it up and put it in the contract telling his boss how he's protecting their interest etc. As if. I think you're right though.
kraemder Learning resources 30 3,474 2015-08-30, 8:37 pm
    Thread: Japanese to Japanese dictionary app
Post: Japanese to Japanese dictionary app

Good reminder. I haven't used that feature in a while. If the phone is set to English it's a pain in the butt to do the manage thing every time you want to look something up so I should probably jus...
kraemder Learning resources 13 1,763 2015-08-30, 7:50 pm
    Thread: Japanese to Japanese dictionary app
Post: Japanese to Japanese dictionary app

Any apps with mono Japanese and flashcard capability (SRS or Leitner or something more than just start to finish)? Or (it possible?) ability to export to anki or another SRS app?
kraemder Learning resources 13 1,763 2015-08-30, 6:18 pm