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    Thread: help buying manga
Post: RE: help buying manga

If you have a device on which you can read iBooks, I'd give the Japanese iTunes a browse. Obviously there's no shipping costs, but it can be a pain to keep your iTunes account in Japan.
RawToast General discussion 10 997 2016-05-21, 3:58 am
    Thread: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge
Post: RE: 多読 Tadoku Reading Challenge

(2016-05-19, 11:52 pm)RawrPk Wrote: Tadoku round in 2 weeks. Just signed up. I'm feeling ambitious and set a steep goal of 1000 pages xD  Will I meet it? Probably not but ***** it I'll try anyways. ...
RawToast Group study 361 68,914 2016-05-20, 4:45 pm
    Thread: My humble 2016 JLPT N3 thread
Post: RE: My humble 2016 JLPT N3 thread

Reading this thread makes we want to try watching some of these 'easier anime'. I failed to get much from anime the last time I tried, so it would be an interesting experiment. Still reading away her...
RawToast JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 355 39,502 2016-05-12, 8:18 am
    Thread: Aozora Bunko recommendations for advanced learners
Post: RE: Aozora Bunko recommendations for advanced lear...

Bokusenou Wrote:Natsume Soseki (夏目漱石) is good. I haven't read his stuff in Japanese yet, but I really loved them in English. This site might be useful when reading his work: http://www.sosekiproject.o...
RawToast Learning resources 22 2,283 2016-04-05, 5:53 am
    Thread: My humble 2016 JLPT N3 thread
Post: RE: My humble 2016 JLPT N3 thread

@RawrPk  I remember most of the names on this thread, I have a better memory for usernames than I do Japanese!  :dodgy:  Quote: As for intensive reading what was your process? I've tried (and failed)...
RawToast JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 355 39,502 2016-04-04, 10:12 am
    Thread: My humble 2016 JLPT N3 thread
Post: RE: My humble 2016 JLPT N3 thread

Mega busy with running my own 'business', but I've managed to crawl back into learning Japanese. Took a few iTalki lessons this month and I've taken some advise from my tutor and started reading more....
RawToast JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 355 39,502 2016-04-03, 2:40 pm
    Thread: Multiple vs Consolidated Anki Decks
Post: RE: Multiple vs Consolidated Anki Decks

After keeping decks separate for a long time, I ended up mixing decks (and tagging the cards so I could go back). I don't know if this is still a problem, but in Anki 2 when you attempted a full revi...
RawToast General discussion 43 15,714 2016-03-27, 6:39 am
    Thread: My humble 2016 JLPT N3 thread
Post: RE: My humble 2016 JLPT N3 thread

(2016-01-11, 1:54 am)SomeCallMeChris Wrote: (2016-01-10, 11:27 pm)ariariari Wrote: I knew neither cicada, net nor capture. It was humbling! All good words to know. 網 and 掴む are common words, if th...
RawToast JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 355 39,502 2016-01-11, 8:15 am
    Thread: My humble 2016 JLPT N3 thread
Post: RE: My humble 2016 JLPT N3 thread

I've been busy with a job hunt, and only just found out about your results ariariari. Sorry to hear you didn't make it this time; I am sure it will be easier next time round. I have copies of childre...
RawToast JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 355 39,502 2016-01-09, 8:46 am
    Thread: JFE Anki deck?
Post: JFE Anki deck?

I thought I had that one, but I don't. I would try reddit if no-one here has the deck.
RawToast Learning resources 4 1,172 2015-10-07, 3:26 am
    Thread: 2015 JLPT N3 Thread
Post: 2015 JLPT N3 Thread

I am not going to sign-up this winter due to changes in my work life, which has become rather hectic after finishing my previous project. I now have to focus my time over the next 3 weeks on learning ...
RawToast JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 307 50,860 2015-09-20, 5:34 am
    Thread: Nayr's Core VS Core2k
Post: Nayr's Core VS Core2k

...and let's back on topic :) ryuudou Wrote:Matthias Wrote:Nayr's Core 5K is completely independent of Core 2k/6k/10k. It uses a different corpus – not necessarily a better one: I know it's completel...
RawToast The Japanese language 48 8,284 2015-09-16, 4:22 am
    Thread: Starting again after a year's break
Post: Starting again after a year's break

gorogoro Wrote:"An Integrated Approach to Intermediate Japanese" is considered to be Book 3 of the Genki series and "Authentic Japanese: Progressing From Intermediate to Advanced" is what I called Gen...
RawToast General discussion 7 1,122 2015-09-14, 7:21 am
    Thread: Need help with new Linux / Ubuntu VM
Post: Need help with new Linux / Ubuntu VM

ファブリス Wrote:Finally! Managed to install ssmtp by pointing sources to old releases. Creating a new VM is going to take forever >_> Excellent :) I don't know which VM software you are using, but ...
RawToast Off topic 11 1,391 2015-09-12, 8:34 am
    Thread: Mighty Morphin Morphology
Post: Mighty Morphin Morphology

I tend to review cards that are marked 'comprehension', but I'd rather not review a card if I have already covered each morphene multiple times. Is it possible to adjust the scheduling to review card...
RawToast Learning resources 443 135,808 2015-09-11, 3:38 am
    Thread: Need help with new Linux / Ubuntu VM
Post: Need help with new Linux / Ubuntu VM

ファブリス Wrote:I'm confused now. Thought FakeSMTP was just the gui. Wait FakeSMTP says "Configure your application to use "localhost" as your SMTP server"... maybe I can do that in the php.ini FakeSMTP s...
RawToast Off topic 11 1,391 2015-09-08, 10:44 am
    Thread: Need help with new Linux / Ubuntu VM
Post: Need help with new Linux / Ubuntu VM

Would something like FakeSMTP do? https://nilhcem.github.io/FakeSMTP/
RawToast Off topic 11 1,391 2015-09-07, 11:01 am
    Thread: Core10k link pls
Post: Core10k link pls

Probably in here: http://forum.koohii.com/showthread.php?tid=5110
RawToast Learning resources 2 859 2015-09-07, 10:46 am
    Thread: Netflix Japan is awesome!
Post: Netflix Japan is awesome!

jimeux Wrote:cracky Wrote:This is cool. Only downside is that the japanese subs aren't based on the dub. It's inconvenient when I can't catch something, but otherwise it's been quite interesting. Whe...
RawToast General discussion 31 8,038 2015-09-03, 6:26 am
    Thread: 2015 JLPT N3 Thread
Post: 2015 JLPT N3 Thread

Quote:@RawToast: my school didn't the popular Japanese books like Genki and others xD I don't have the textbooks at hand atm but I am looking at an old scan I saved in my dropbox. It was for my 3rd co...
RawToast JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 307 50,860 2015-09-03, 6:24 am
    Thread: 2015 JLPT N3 Thread
Post: 2015 JLPT N3 Thread

uaifestival Wrote:I report here my N3 failing results: Language knowledge 27/60 reading 35/60 Listening 28/60 Total score 90/180. Any comments from the pro would be appreciated, how far I am to pass ...
RawToast JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 307 50,860 2015-09-02, 4:31 pm
    Thread: 2015 JLPT N3 Thread
Post: 2015 JLPT N3 Thread

Quote:Background: About 2 years of college Japanese classes, I find grammar the easiest to learn as I can eventually see trends in the example sentences. Kanji and listening are probably the weakest f...
RawToast JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 307 50,860 2015-09-02, 5:22 am
    Thread: Netflix Japan is awesome!
Post: Netflix Japan is awesome!

cracky Wrote:This is cool. Only downside is that the japanese subs aren't based on the dub. Yeah that's strange. It's like watching the English dub of an anime with fansubs, a total mismatch! If you...
RawToast General discussion 31 8,038 2015-09-02, 5:15 am
    Thread: 2015 JLPT N3 Thread
Post: 2015 JLPT N3 Thread

Quote:I like the way that you count totals. I just summarized my total mature counts, and was really happy to see that I've added 1,300+ total mature cards this year. ありがとう :) I like to count mature ...
RawToast JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 307 50,860 2015-09-01, 1:57 pm
    Thread: Netflix Japan is awesome!
Post: Netflix Japan is awesome!

Quote:I have a VPN server in Japan, but I'd rather know exactly how you got access to Japanese content before I start a Netflix subscription. You just VPN before logging in. Works for me when I want U...
RawToast General discussion 31 8,038 2015-09-01, 1:12 pm
    Thread: 2015 JLPT N3 Thread
Post: 2015 JLPT N3 Thread

Since the 1st of July: Sentence Cards: Mature Cards: 2303 (1996) +307 :D Young&Learn: 373 (418) -45 (Could mean anything :S ) Total: 2676 (2411) +265 Kanji Stats: 815 total u...
RawToast JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 307 50,860 2015-09-01, 3:38 am
    Thread: 2015 JLPT N3 Thread
Post: 2015 JLPT N3 Thread

Never seen this site before, it might be useful to someone here: http://japanesetest4you.com/ This is an example N3 page: http://japanesetest4you.com/flashcard/le...#more-3416 I don't know where the...
RawToast JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 307 50,860 2015-08-30, 5:58 am
    Thread: Sorting and suspending cards in Anki
Post: Sorting and suspending cards in Anki

It's possible, but could be a lot of hassle. You might be able to simply import the new deck and Anki will update the values. Suspending all the production cards is rather simple. Open the browser an...
RawToast Learning resources 9 1,676 2015-08-28, 6:41 am
    Thread: buonaparte's audio and text links
Post: buonaparte's audio and text links

Lame solution, but I have one -- delete all the index.html files xD Everything under the "! Malala" folder should work. It shouldn't be too difficult to change the wget command to ignore all index.htm...
RawToast Learning resources 497 278,079 2015-08-27, 12:03 pm
    Thread: buonaparte's audio and text links
Post: buonaparte's audio and text links

Mmm... Giving it another try, with some other options. I think --restrict-file-names=nocontrol should do it, but we'll have to wait and see :) EDIT: Nope didn't work. This link does not work, and is...
RawToast Learning resources 497 278,079 2015-08-27, 10:52 am