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    Thread: Learning Chinese by watching TV - A blogger's experience
Post: Learning Chinese by watching TV - A blogger's expe...

That's not what I meant to imply. I was only saying, he probably shouldn't give up active studying all together if he wants to improve his Japanese. Do you honestly think that I would shame someone fo...
lumiina General discussion 31 10,293 2014-10-19, 2:19 pm
    Thread: Learning Chinese by watching TV - A blogger's experience
Post: Learning Chinese by watching TV - A blogger's expe...

kameden: Rather than give up your active study and stop using a dictionary, why don't you just increase your audio input and continue with what your doing for active study? Find every opportunity in...
lumiina General discussion 31 10,293 2014-10-19, 12:39 pm
    Thread: Anyone Studying the Other Languages of Japan?
Post: Anyone Studying the Other Languages of Japan?

Decided to give up Aynu again <(^_^). I really hope I don't go back to it and end up giving it up again! I just realized, I love Japanese and JSL so much, I don't really want to pick up another lan...
lumiina General discussion 7 2,272 2014-10-19, 2:37 am
    Thread: Looking for complete beginners to read this manga!
Post: Looking for complete beginners to read this manga!

I'm busy with a few translations at the moment that have short deadlines, so I may not reply right away. Go ahead and leave your rating and I'll look at it when I get the chance! Edit: Feel free to e...
lumiina Group study 3 1,863 2014-10-15, 5:37 pm
    Thread: Looking for complete beginners to read this manga!
Post: Looking for complete beginners to read this manga!

Yay! Enjoy reading!
lumiina Group study 3 1,863 2014-10-15, 10:19 am
    Thread: Looking for complete beginners to read this manga!
Post: Looking for complete beginners to read this manga!

Edit: Feel free to email your ratings to saori.no.email[at]gmail[dot]com. I've kind of had enough of forums in general (-_-). They're not for me. So I won't be coming back. My research team could use...
lumiina Group study 3 1,863 2014-10-13, 2:10 pm
    Thread: Anyone Studying the Other Languages of Japan?
Post: Anyone Studying the Other Languages of Japan?

It's kind of a long story, but after a lot of googling over a long period of time, I finally came up with the results of a JSL signer from Japan in my area who worked at a local university teaching AS...
lumiina General discussion 7 2,272 2014-10-13, 1:26 pm
    Thread: Anyone Studying the Other Languages of Japan?
Post: Anyone Studying the Other Languages of Japan?

I just saw that Miyako video shared on my feed from someone learning Aynu in Japan (which made me wonder who might be learning these other languages, leading to my post here) and had forgotten it was ...
lumiina General discussion 7 2,272 2014-10-10, 2:51 pm
    Thread: Anyone Studying the Other Languages of Japan?
Post: Anyone Studying the Other Languages of Japan?

Not sure if this would go in General Discussion or the Koohii Lounge! I'm curious if anyone here is also studying another Japanese language in addition to Japanese, or thought of studying one. (For e...
lumiina General discussion 7 2,272 2014-10-10, 1:40 pm
    Thread: Watching western TV shows/anime in Japan (Torrenting/Streaming?)
Post: Watching western TV shows/anime in Japan (Torrenti...

Also, Tsukubu University has a free VPN called VPN Gate. Works great for me for the reverse, watching region-blocked content from Japan in the US. I actually don't have cable anymore, but am not miss...
lumiina General discussion 5 2,627 2014-10-07, 2:24 pm
    Thread: Translation Battle contest
Post: Translation Battle contest

Shinichirou Wrote:Sounds like an interesting contest. But the characters are way too small for me to read properly, is there a way to zoom in or something? I translate for Digital Manga and would hav...
lumiina JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 8 1,791 2014-10-03, 11:35 am
    Thread: Translation Battle contest
Post: Translation Battle contest

I am planning on entering. 日常 is such a big title! New deadline is November 7th, I think because the site went under construction for a short while.
lumiina JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 8 1,791 2014-10-03, 11:30 am
    Thread: Project: Tadoku Media Guide to 30 Manga from Manga Got a Chance
Post: Project: Tadoku Media Guide to 30 Manga from Manga...

Thank you for the feedback! I am actually going to create a website for this guide, and expand to rating other content with my team as well after this guide is over. At the moment, the team and I are...
lumiina Group study 4 3,281 2014-10-03, 10:40 am
    Thread: Project: Tadoku Media Guide to 30 Manga from Manga Got a Chance
Post: Project: Tadoku Media Guide to 30 Manga from Manga...

This post has been updated since we've gone through some changes! We have five active members right now who have contributed to the ratings and one official rating so far. We are looking for a comple...
lumiina Group study 4 3,281 2014-10-02, 9:40 pm
    Thread: Wiki for Legal Places to find Japanese Media
Post: Wiki for Legal Places to find Japanese Media

Thank you guys!! Yes, I use both mangag and hanayume online. They are great! I never knew about http://comic-meteor.jp/. Thanks! There are tons of great sources out there for manga! Although I haven...
lumiina Learning resources 3 850 2014-09-20, 8:03 am
    Thread: Wiki for Legal Places to find Japanese Media
Post: Wiki for Legal Places to find Japanese Media

I just wanted to share the wiki I created for legal places to find Japanese media. (Not judging those who watch or read things illegally. Just a source for those looking for legal sources.) I've been ...
lumiina Learning resources 3 850 2014-09-19, 2:33 pm
    Thread: Project: Tadoku Media Guide to 30 Manga from Manga Got a Chance
Post: Project: Tadoku Media Guide to 30 Manga from Manga...

***Update*** We're looking for a complete beginner who's new to Japanese and still learning kana! ***Update*** Manga Got a Chance (http://mangag.com/) is a free, manga website with a lot of high qual...
lumiina Group study 4 3,281 2014-09-17, 3:35 pm
    Thread: 喫茶部へようこそ Project
Post: 喫茶部へようこそ Project

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lumiina Group study 1 883 2014-08-18, 10:09 pm
    Thread: 喫茶部へようこそ Project
Post: 喫茶部へようこそ Project

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lumiina Group study 1 883 2014-08-18, 10:04 am
    Thread: LINE 漫画
Post: LINE 漫画

What about if you use a VPN? Edit: Oh, never mind. It seems that's not the problem, a Japanese phone number is.
lumiina General discussion 12 2,452 2014-08-18, 9:48 am
    Thread: Travelling to Japan in 5 months. Best way to improve my Japanese?
Post: Travelling to Japan in 5 months. Best way to impro...

I recommend going through Erin's Challenge. It has a lot of exposure to various things you might experience in Japan, such as shopping. In addition to that, there is much more listening offered than t...
lumiina The Japanese language 7 2,057 2014-06-08, 9:29 am
    Thread: Listening Skills and Study Methods Survey
Post: Listening Skills and Study Methods Survey

zurisu - I changed your date to reflect when you seriously started. http://petitelumi.blogspot.com/2014/05/s...value.html
lumiina The Japanese language 29 6,228 2014-05-07, 12:30 pm
    Thread: Listening Skills and Study Methods Survey
Post: Listening Skills and Study Methods Survey

zurisu - I really want to thank you for writing that. I will put a note in my follow up notes about your actual study date. It actually makes lot of sense too. I really messed up with the "on and of...
lumiina The Japanese language 29 6,228 2014-05-07, 12:21 pm
    Thread: Listening Skills and Study Methods Survey
Post: Listening Skills and Study Methods Survey

kanon Wrote:Ok shouldn't have done this on an iPad. I accidentally made a bunch of omissions and substitutions that I clearly heard because it was hard to verify when you can't look at what you are ty...
lumiina The Japanese language 29 6,228 2014-05-06, 11:22 pm
    Thread: Listening Skills and Study Methods Survey
Post: Listening Skills and Study Methods Survey

I'm actually still working on analyzing the results. #28 was interesting because even though he got a low accuracy, he picked up a lot of words, contradicting my description for the orange tier. So I...
lumiina The Japanese language 29 6,228 2014-05-06, 10:09 pm
    Thread: Listening Skills and Study Methods Survey
Post: Listening Skills and Study Methods Survey

I'll edit the link out of the main post and put a notice that the survey has ended to prevent further confusion. Thanks though tashippy for wanting to check it out! Chronopolis - No problem!
lumiina The Japanese language 29 6,228 2014-05-06, 9:18 pm
    Thread: Listening Skills and Study Methods Survey
Post: Listening Skills and Study Methods Survey

Chronopolis Wrote:Well, that was fascinating to read. By the way, does anyone know what '向かい同士" meant in trailer? 向かい同士 is referring to the two 餅屋 facing each other on the same street. 同士 means, "互いに...
lumiina The Japanese language 29 6,228 2014-05-05, 8:14 pm
    Thread: Listening Skills and Study Methods Survey
Post: Listening Skills and Study Methods Survey

apirx Wrote:Looks like I did well. Hurray. I think the people who read often would do even better if the dialogue was a little more complex, just because of the greater vocabulary. It'd certainly be ...
lumiina The Japanese language 29 6,228 2014-05-05, 7:59 pm
    Thread: Listening Skills and Study Methods Survey
Post: Listening Skills and Study Methods Survey

kanon Wrote:Ok shouldn't have done this on an iPad. I accidentally made a bunch of omissions and substitutions that I clearly heard because it was hard to verify when you can't look at what you are ty...
lumiina The Japanese language 29 6,228 2014-05-05, 7:49 pm
    Thread: Listening Skills and Study Methods Survey
Post: Listening Skills and Study Methods Survey

The link to my full report can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-uo4jA...sp=sharing If you would like to see how you did on your transcript, scroll down to the bottom to find yours. ...
lumiina The Japanese language 29 6,228 2014-05-05, 12:34 am