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    Thread: Protect and Praise Strokes
Post: Protect and Praise Strokes

There is actually the same issue in the kanji for prefecture as well : 県 http://www.yamasa.cc/members/ocjs/kanjid...enDocument
windykat Remembering the Kanji 8 1,902 2008-07-03, 6:21 pm
    Thread: Protect and Praise Strokes
Post: Protect and Praise Strokes

Has anyone else noticed that the way Heisig draws protect (保) and praise (褒) is different from how it should be hand drawn (as far as I can tell)? According to the Yamasa kanji dictionary both kanji s...
windykat Remembering the Kanji 8 1,902 2008-07-03, 6:16 pm
    Thread: Who remembers the person that said he doesn't use heisigs method
Post: Who remembers the person that said he doesn't use ...

Whenever I read threads like this I am surprised by the fact that no one suggests that using a textbook for learning Japanese might be a decent addition to your Japanese studies. Maybe that would help...
windykat General discussion 143 23,356 2008-07-03, 5:44 pm
    Thread: Nice Kanji Stroke-Order Website...
Post: Nice Kanji Stroke-Order Website...

Yay! The Yamasa site is back up after 3 days of being down.
windykat Learning resources 13 6,828 2008-05-31, 1:05 am
    Thread: Nice Kanji Stroke-Order Website...
Post: Nice Kanji Stroke-Order Website...

The Yamasa site seems to be having problems. Has anyone else noticed this?
windykat Learning resources 13 6,828 2008-05-30, 9:42 am
    Thread: Japanese TV on the web
Post: Japanese TV on the web

Only for Windows... too bad.
windykat Off topic 4 1,373 2008-05-30, 9:30 am
    Thread: 500 frames and counting! ROOOOARRRR!!!
Post: 500 frames and counting! ROOOOARRRR!!!

Yay! Reaching the 508th frame after two weeks is great :)! Being a quarter of the way done (almost) sure is a nice reward as well!
windykat Remembering the Kanji 526 167,143 2008-05-25, 6:33 pm
    Thread: Electronic Dictionary and Nintendo DS
Post: Electronic Dictionary and Nintendo DS

I agree with kumadondon 漢字そのまま楽引辞典 (kanji sonomama rakuhijiten) is all I use for a dictionary most of the time. It has great recognition capabilities plus some quizzes and other tools that make it re...
windykat Learning resources 13 4,811 2008-05-12, 3:14 pm
    Thread: watashi, boku or ore
Post: watashi, boku or ore

This has pretty much been covered, but I also just want to put in my experience. As far as I know, 自分 is considered the most neutral personal pronoun and actually started coming into popular use in th...
windykat General discussion 38 12,531 2008-04-19, 2:37 am
    Thread: What age are you?
Post: What age are you?

I'm 21 I've been studying Japanese for about 2 years now at my University, and I found this site and this book a little less than a year ago. I started it and got through the first couple of chapters,...
windykat Off topic 357 73,694 2008-04-14, 5:17 pm
    Thread: Update on Hawaii Press Book Binding
Post: Update on Hawaii Press Book Binding

Unfortunately (I seem to hear) I have the 5th edition.. while I haven't really started using it much since I don't have the time I hope it doesn't fall apart too much ...
windykat Remembering the Kanji 10 3,116 2008-01-15, 6:42 pm