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    Thread: When not to fail a flashcard?
Post: RE: When not to fail a flashcard?

Thanks Yogert and RawrPK - those steps are much simplified and very clear!
scooter1 Remembering the Kanji 22 1,636 2016-04-29, 8:45 pm
    Thread: When not to fail a flashcard?
Post: RE: When not to fail a flashcard?

(2016-04-29, 12:17 pm)yogert909 Wrote: Btw, it doesn't have to be tedious if you have a list of kanji and their associated keywords.  If the kanji is the first field, anki can update the existing no...
scooter1 Remembering the Kanji 22 1,636 2016-04-29, 7:05 pm
    Thread: When not to fail a flashcard?
Post: RE: When not to fail a flashcard?

I (fairly) strictly fail cards that are not correct. And also (try to) use the three pass buttons consistently. Like you, my vocab decks are less painful than my RTK decks. I suspect partly because t...
scooter1 Remembering the Kanji 22 1,636 2016-04-28, 2:20 pm
    Thread: Starting to learn again...
Post: RE: Starting to learn again...

When I was studying Spanish in Spain, we had an advanced literature history class. The teacher dictated notes to the class for 45 minutes and everyone scrambled to write them down. My colleagues and I...
scooter1 The Japanese language 18 2,075 2016-04-25, 11:24 am
    Thread: KanJi Hybrid Times
Post: KanJi Hybrid Times

I bumped into an interesting site today, called the Kanji Hybrid Times. Basically, an article replaces first letters with a kanji related to the definition of the word. A book review shows the concept...
scooter1 General discussion 6 873 2016-04-22, 11:00 am
    Thread: University of Tokyo - International Program in Economics (UTIPE) - Master's Program
Post: RE: University of Tokyo - International Program in...

My best advice ==> If you want to work in finance in HK or Singapore, you should network with 10+ people on the ground in Asia to get their views on your background, your plans for a Masters degree...
scooter1 JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 4 755 2016-04-19, 11:36 am
    Thread: To Tae Kim or not?
Post: RE: To Tae Kim or not?

I think it makes all the sense in the world to get a basic foundation in grammar. If you like to be independent, you can simultaneously study vocab, do listening activities, etc. Typical language tex...
scooter1 The Japanese language 22 2,212 2016-04-16, 12:30 am
    Thread: Am I doing the most appropriate things to improve listening ability?
Post: RE: Am I doing the most appropriate things to impr...

(2016-04-07, 8:04 am)Stansfield123 Wrote: But, when listening to natives, they speak way too fast for that. And they don't do it by composing words into grammatically correct sentences, as they're s...
scooter1 The Japanese language 61 9,826 2016-04-07, 10:19 am
    Thread: Reading towards the N2
Post: RE: Reading towards the N2

Checkout the wayback machine
scooter1 General discussion 16 1,626 2016-03-30, 12:12 pm
    Thread: anki color schemes
Post: RE: anki color schemes

(2015-05-10, 10:03 am)cophnia61 Wrote: I know some of you use colors to make anki more pleasurable / less tiring to the eyes, so today I decided to do the same but I need some examples to take inspi...
scooter1 Off topic 25 4,297 2016-03-14, 10:59 am
    Thread: How to properly pause learning Japanese: preventing skill degeneration
Post: RE: How to properly pause learning Japanese: preve...

That sounds exciting. Spanish is reportedly one of the easiest languages to begin learning. Spanish people on both sides of the ocean tend to be extroverts and there is plenty of interesting history t...
scooter1 General discussion 6 1,139 2016-03-13, 11:08 am
    Thread: Choosing always the hard option
Post: RE: Choosing always the hard option

(2016-03-01, 3:44 am)EratiK Wrote: People usually burn out with this approach. (imagine with 10-20k decks). And when you think about it pressing "hard" when it isn't is just messing around with the ...
scooter1 General discussion 12 1,590 2016-03-02, 1:30 pm
    Thread: Systematic approach to story creation?
Post: RE: Systematic approach to story creation?

(2016-02-23, 3:55 am)Caralain Wrote: I was just thinking that perhaps my approach to naming and creating stories for primitives might be holding me back. As I'm restarting my study after a loooong b...
scooter1 General discussion 6 787 2016-02-23, 10:35 am
    Thread: where can download daijirin epwing?
Post: RE: where can download daijirin epwing?

(2016-02-19, 9:35 am)Bokusenou Wrote: (2016-02-19, 9:05 am)tokaimoto Wrote: Is there an English website where one can buy the EPIWING version of the Kenkuysha E-to-J dictionary? I'd like to get i...
scooter1 Learning resources 5 6,878 2016-02-19, 10:22 am
    Thread: Has anyone purchased Eijiro for OS X?
Post: RE: Has anyone purchased Eijiro for OS X?

I use a "customized" Eijiro version from the following site: http://japaneselanguagetools.com/docs/Eijiro.html I have it running principally on osx (EBMac) and the iphone (EBPocket). The default ka...
scooter1 Learning resources 3 648 2016-02-06, 5:39 pm
    Thread: App That Helps You Learn Chinese Songs
Post: RE: App That Helps You Learn Chinese Songs

Interesting resource - I could follow the song easily. Sony's Japanese portable music players could play with karaoke-style text. If I remember correctly, as a song played, the text changed color. Re...
scooter1 Chinese and Hanzi 2 569 2016-02-01, 1:52 am
    Thread: How Do I Start Investing?
Post: RE: How Do I Start Investing?

Interesting question for a kanji study site. Even more interesting responses. My 2c: 1. One golden rule of investing is to buy low and sell high. Problem is that timing broad asset market movements i...
scooter1 Off topic 42 4,976 2016-01-24, 10:55 am
    Thread: NEW FORUM: General feedback
Post: RE: NEW FORUM: General feedback

Very quick refresh time... Thanks Fabrice!
scooter1 General discussion 122 15,838 2015-11-15, 2:46 pm
    Thread: Should I do RTK twice?
Post: Should I do RTK twice?

Scientists still know very little about the human mind. Some speculate that the mind does a great job of recording information and the trick is recall. Using Anki for nearly the past year makes me bel...
scooter1 Remembering the Kanji 11 1,743 2015-11-10, 12:56 am
    Thread: help with long reviews / should I finish the RTK earlier
Post: help with long reviews / should I finish the RTK e...

Hi Flame, That is pretty good progress so don't get discouraged. At this stage of your Anki reviews, I personally think you should be writing down all the kanji, at least with your finger. I think ...
scooter1 Remembering the Kanji 17 1,514 2015-10-23, 2:25 pm
    Thread: Music & memory improvement
Post: Music & memory improvement

Approximately two weeks ago, I decided to take up the piano. This is because I like music, always wanted to play the piano, was looking for a relaxing hobby, and hoped it might help my thinking proces...
scooter1 Learning resources 3 682 2015-10-19, 11:43 am
    Thread: Nightclubs in Japan
Post: Nightclubs in Japan

It is important to remember that some of these Japanese establishments are dangerous, particularly for foreigners. Don't just go bumbling around. The criminal elements are always looking for easy "wo...
scooter1 Off topic 22 1,944 2015-10-10, 7:14 am
    Thread: Abe's Administration Censoring the Media
Post: Abe's Administration Censoring the Media

john555 Wrote:The USA became the greatest country in the world ?
scooter1 Off topic 28 3,955 2015-09-27, 8:47 am
    Thread: When your brain isn't working right
Post: When your brain isn't working right

Hi Sholum - I really hope you feel better soon. There are a lot of good tips here so you see a lot of internet "strangers," including the guy who runs the community, are concerned about you. This m...
scooter1 General discussion 19 2,923 2015-09-24, 9:14 am
    Thread: Vsauce - The Zipf Mystery
Post: Vsauce - The Zipf Mystery

This is one of the most interesting videos I have seen in a long time! Absolutely worth taking a look at.
scooter1 Off topic 13 2,501 2015-09-16, 11:26 am
    Thread: RTK or remembering the kana first?
Post: RTK or remembering the kana first?

The 50-odd kana (x2) are much like the 20-odd letters we use in the west. There are about 100 new kana to learn, which people can do superficially in a few days. So learning the kana is one of the eas...
scooter1 Remembering the Kanji 36 3,043 2015-09-08, 11:58 pm
    Thread: Radiation levels (moved posts)
Post: Radiation levels (moved posts)

There is a movie from 1987 called radium city about the young women hired to paint watch faces. Close access to radium really did a job on the workers. The subsequent government "health reviews," pro...
scooter1 Off topic 37 4,685 2015-09-04, 1:02 pm
    Thread: kanji deck similar to white rabbit kanji deck?
Post: kanji deck similar to white rabbit kanji deck?

Is the KO2001 series of paper books with CD still being sold? Or is this now just an internet site?
scooter1 Learning resources 4 894 2015-09-03, 11:35 am
    Thread: Where's Khatzumoto?
Post: Where's Khatzumoto?

drdunlap Wrote:RTK is certainly not just for writing. I would go so far as to say that it may have been far more helpful for me with reading and learning vocabulary from that reading than it was with ...
scooter1 Off topic 529 102,708 2015-08-23, 9:56 pm
    Thread: Reading, furigana, and learning vocab
Post: Reading, furigana, and learning vocab

I always cover up furigana. If I don't know the reading or forget it, it can be helpful. But this is a crutch that is not reliably around. Moving the book further back can put the furigana out of foc...
scooter1 The Japanese language 31 3,844 2015-08-19, 6:21 pm