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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
