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    Thread: Core 6K vs Core 10k
Post: Core 6K vs Core 10k

Learning vocabulary is only part of learning Japanese. When you go through Core6k, even with the example sentences, you learn the meanings of the words in a superficial level. To really understand the...
DevvaR Learning resources 13 6,430 2013-12-01, 7:34 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

Ok thanks.
DevvaR The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,988 2013-04-13, 8:34 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

Hey guys. I just need to check something. 彼の提案にだれ一人として反対できなかった。 Does this sentence mean something like "Not even one person could agree with his idea"?
DevvaR The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,988 2013-04-13, 8:21 am
    Thread: 1M Challenge - NHK News Easy & NHK News #2
Post: 1M Challenge - NHK News Easy & NHK News #2

Whenever I run out of easy articles with a normal equivalent, I just jump onto the main site and other news sites. There are plenty of new articles with videos to choose from.
DevvaR Group study 62 22,270 2013-04-05, 8:44 am
    Thread: SRSing vocab
Post: SRSing vocab

Well N1 has a list of 10,000 possible words if I recall correctly. If you use a premade deck like Core6k, it'll will cover about half of those words while saving you time from individually making each...
DevvaR The Japanese language 12 3,619 2013-04-04, 8:34 am
    Thread: How to learn to read from photos of kanji
Post: How to learn to read from photos of kanji

Be careful, that sentence is written in keigo.
DevvaR Learning resources 14 2,082 2013-03-13, 3:08 am
    Thread: How to learn to read from photos of kanji
Post: How to learn to read from photos of kanji

jisho.org Online Kanji Dictionary.
DevvaR Learning resources 14 2,082 2013-03-13, 2:10 am
    Thread: 1M Challenge - NHK News Easy & NHK News #1
Post: 1M Challenge - NHK News Easy & NHK News #1

Looks like a lot of people didn't go too well for this one but there's always chance for improvement. I suggest we restart this 1st of next month and make this a monthly challenge.
DevvaR Learning resources 36 7,246 2013-02-19, 12:33 am
    Thread: Rikai + Android
Post: Rikai + Android

I'd be interested in it. I was considering developing a Japanese reader like this to read 小説 but didn't have the time, so publish it on the App store or just even provide the apk. I'm also interested ...
DevvaR Learning resources 43 32,654 2013-02-05, 5:17 pm
    Thread: JLPT 2013 Preparations
Post: JLPT 2013 Preparations

I always thought 目的 always represented the purpose/intention/aim and immediate goals(e.g goals in a game) whereas 目標 represents those "distant ideal goals" as in when set long term goals/new year reso...
DevvaR The Japanese language 47 12,455 2013-01-30, 12:29 am
    Thread: AFATT -> all french all the time
Post: AFATT -> all french all the time

If you didn't realise, you just bumped a nearly 4 year old thread. Nevertheless, I guess it'll help people who are looking for French resources.
DevvaR General discussion 19 7,033 2013-01-24, 7:44 am
    Thread: Japanese and language fossilization
Post: Japanese and language fossilization

I'm Australian born Chinese and in this situation, so I can provide some insight. When I was growing up, I was spoken to in Chinese and I spoke back in Chinese. I only used it at home and in general c...
DevvaR The Japanese language 76 12,928 2013-01-23, 7:06 am
    Thread: JLPT 2013 Preparations
Post: JLPT 2013 Preparations

I agree with pm215. I took the N2 sample test and realised at least for those words on the sample test, I could pick out the right answer and knew the other answers were "off" because of seeing those ...
DevvaR The Japanese language 47 12,455 2013-01-23, 1:02 am
    Thread: Kanji makes me insanely drowsy. Help!!
Post: Kanji makes me insanely drowsy. Help!!

The fact that reading is a passive activity, reading can make you sleepy. I suggest every now and then, get up and grab a drink of water.
DevvaR The Japanese language 20 3,410 2013-01-22, 6:55 am
    Thread: 1M Challenge - NHK News Easy & NHK News #1
Post: 1M Challenge - NHK News Easy & NHK News #1

hirata Wrote:Hopefully, like the Easy articles, the Normal articles will quickly become easier to handle. Maybe not as quickly as the Easy articles, but the Normal articles will become easier to handl...
DevvaR Learning resources 36 7,246 2013-01-18, 6:10 pm
    Thread: 1M Challenge - NHK News Easy
Post: 1M Challenge - NHK News Easy

Completed the last day just now. Just wanted to say, it was a great challenge and it's really helped establish a regular reading routine. I'm looking forward to the next challenge. :)
DevvaR Learning resources 68 15,014 2013-01-16, 2:13 pm
    Thread: 1M Challenge - NHK News Easy & NHK News #1
Post: 1M Challenge - NHK News Easy & NHK News #1

I want to use this to develop a habit of reading using peer accountability but the NHK Easy articles are below my level. For the previous challenge, essentially what I'd been doing is reading the full...
DevvaR Learning resources 36 7,246 2013-01-13, 8:51 am
    Thread: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here
Post: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here

kitakitsune Wrote:After 3 years and one month living in Japan, I finally got stopped and gaijin carded by the police. Did you get checked at the train station? I got checked while on holiday in Japan ...
DevvaR General discussion 1,389 294,405 2013-01-08, 12:47 am
    Thread: 1M Challenge - NHK News Easy
Post: 1M Challenge - NHK News Easy

I'm switching to just reading 3 full news articles so I still can complete the challenge over the weekends.
DevvaR Learning resources 68 15,014 2012-12-24, 11:49 pm
    Thread: 1M Challenge - NHK News Easy
Post: 1M Challenge - NHK News Easy

Its the day you do the reading. I've already done 18/12 cause of the different time zones. Its 18/12 where I live right now.
DevvaR Learning resources 68 15,014 2012-12-18, 3:02 am
    Thread: Sex ratio of this forum?
Post: Sex ratio of this forum?

Sorry to make it more unbalanced. Boys: Girls 39:20
DevvaR Off topic 148 26,507 2012-09-12, 10:28 am
    Thread: Why did Christianity succeed in Korea but failed in Japan?
Post: Why did Christianity succeed in Korea but failed i...

I think there's a difference between insulting and discussing.
DevvaR Off topic 123 30,636 2012-09-06, 8:40 am
    Thread: Kotoba! app gone?
Post: Kotoba! app gone?

chamcham Wrote:The iphone/ipad has built-in jap-jap and jap-eng dictionaries now. Just highlight a japanese word and click on "Define". The only problem with it is that it can't handle verb conjugatio...
DevvaR Learning resources 16 10,604 2012-08-06, 8:11 am
    Thread: an interesting discussion about pronouns...
Post: an interesting discussion about pronouns...

I got some input from a Japanese friend about this, she agrees with pretty much everything. Just a few of things she added. -Girls something refer to themselves by their own names or うち but it's consi...
DevvaR The Japanese language 23 5,767 2012-07-21, 8:11 am
    Thread: Japanese TV shows (but I don't watch anime)
Post: Japanese TV shows (but I don't watch anime)

I can't think of any similar comedies but what you can do is look for dubbed versions of English shows you like.
DevvaR General discussion 17 6,045 2012-03-12, 3:57 am
    Thread: Reviews per day
Post: Reviews per day

Right now my vocab/sentence deck is average 300-400 a day and I'm adding about 200 cards a day.
DevvaR General discussion 8 1,717 2012-02-15, 7:40 am
    Thread: 2011 JLPT study thread
Post: 2011 JLPT study thread

kusterdu Wrote:rich_f Wrote:If by some fluke I pass N1, then yay. If not, then I'll probably take it sometime in 2013, because I discovered two important things: 1) the way I studied for the JLPT (N2 ...
DevvaR JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 506 139,912 2012-02-11, 5:33 am
    Thread: "I just had my first conversation in Japanese" thread
Post: "I just had my first conversation in Japanese" thr...

It's amazing how fast you improve when you just start talking. I stayed with my Japanese friends for a weekend last year, and my speaking just shot through the roof. It's the best feeling the world.
DevvaR General discussion 16 4,682 2012-02-03, 11:06 am
    Thread: How to practice with a Tutor?
Post: How to practice with a Tutor?

I'd say, just pick a topic and start talking. At first it'll be slow, difficult, you'll make a lot of mistakes and be corrected a lot. But you'll get used to it and improve. I don't think theres a bet...
DevvaR Learning resources 7 1,125 2012-02-03, 1:59 am
    Thread: Is this word in edict? --> 春雪
Post: Is this word in edict? --> 春雪

JimmySeal Wrote:Maybe Melbourne's just very cold? I laughed when I read that. The closest we get to snow is massive hailstones smashing up everyones cars in Summer. Melbourne weather is really messed ...
DevvaR The Japanese language 9 1,763 2012-01-24, 9:17 pm