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    Thread: The "I just finished RTK3, please follow me" thread
Post: The "I just finished RTK3, please follow me" threa...

Congratulations Evil_Dragon with the accomplishment!! It seems that we are indeed a small group, approximately ~ 35 (according to the memberstats on kanji.koohii.com).
abaddon Remembering the Kanji 93 58,965 2009-08-30, 2:07 pm
    Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread.
Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"...

Congratulations all! @TheSpartan: It will never end, there is always more to learn. But... the road to fluency is a big part of the fun! The sense of making progress with 'real Japanese' while going t...
abaddon Remembering the Kanji 1,845 424,611 2008-11-09, 10:00 am
    Thread: The "I just finished RTK3, please follow me" thread
Post: The "I just finished RTK3, please follow me" threa...

Congratulations!
abaddon Remembering the Kanji 93 58,965 2008-09-15, 2:59 pm
    Thread: Readings are killing me
Post: Readings are killing me

Hehe.. I think I'm using the same method. And I also use the Sai of Hikaru no Go... :) Of the kanji that I keep forgetting the readings of after a few tries, I just write down the reading, and then th...
abaddon General discussion 11 1,803 2008-09-14, 3:23 pm
    Thread: All About Particles (Kodansha Book)
Post: All About Particles (Kodansha Book)

Finished HODO and BAKARI.
abaddon Learning resources 94 20,998 2008-09-07, 8:42 am
    Thread: All About Particles (Kodansha Book)
Post: All About Particles (Kodansha Book)

It seems were getting up steam. :)
abaddon Learning resources 94 20,998 2008-08-21, 4:28 pm
    Thread: All About Particles (Kodansha Book)
Post: All About Particles (Kodansha Book)

Finished E and KARA. Due to work related issues, I don't have much time the coming 1.5 weeks. I'll continue with HODO and BAKARI (chap 20 and 21) at that time...
abaddon Learning resources 94 20,998 2008-08-21, 3:37 pm
    Thread: AJATTsentences forum : launch of a new forum KO2001 and others
Post: AJATTsentences forum : launch of a new forum KO200...

Haha... good one.
abaddon Learning resources 59 25,609 2008-08-19, 4:42 pm
    Thread: All About Particles (Kodansha Book)
Post: All About Particles (Kodansha Book)

I'm also interested and have the booklet at home already.
abaddon Learning resources 94 20,998 2008-08-19, 4:13 pm
    Thread: Other Things to do along with RTK.
Post: Other Things to do along with RTK.

To add to what rich_f said, Heisig has also written a nice little booklet where he teaches you the hiragana and katakana in 3 hours each ("Remembering the Kana"). I used this booklet to learn them and...
abaddon Remembering the Kanji 74 14,168 2008-08-19, 4:12 pm
    Thread: AJATTsentences forum : launch of a new forum KO2001 and others
Post: AJATTsentences forum : launch of a new forum KO200...

> What are thoughts on this? Maybe give him some more time? Has anyone actually been talking with ghinzdra? I feel like if I did go ahead and set something else up, he would return the next day ...
abaddon Learning resources 59 25,609 2008-08-19, 4:02 pm
    Thread: Making Out In Japanese
Post: Making Out In Japanese

I checked CH 1, 3, 4 and 5 and adjusted if required. I think they are pretty much ok now. Unfortunately I don't have much time in the coming 2 weeks, so if anyone could continue the checking of the ...
abaddon Learning resources 134 29,917 2008-08-17, 11:12 am
    Thread: Making Out In Japanese
Post: Making Out In Japanese

Shakkun, I hope the broken finger was not caused by typing in too many Japanese sentences? ;) As for the booklet, it was just delivered by the mailman! Amazon really surprised me with a shipping time...
abaddon Learning resources 134 29,917 2008-08-14, 9:50 am
    Thread: Making Out In Japanese
Post: Making Out In Japanese

This is going faster than I thought. :) As mentioned earlier my copy of the book is underway from the US to Europe but all chapters seem to be distributed already. I could take on a chapter of one of ...
abaddon Learning resources 134 29,917 2008-08-14, 6:14 am
    Thread: Making Out In Japanese
Post: Making Out In Japanese

Count me in too. Just ordered it at Amazon, might take 2 weeks for the book to 'travel' to Europe though.
abaddon Learning resources 134 29,917 2008-08-07, 9:23 am
    Thread: Can someone offer advice to a poor Australian lad?
Post: Can someone offer advice to a poor Australian lad?

Yes.. that's right. I finished RTK not so long ago and started learning the 'readings' via sentences. In my experience, RTK really helps to keep the kanji distinct and recognisable. Further, I noticed...
abaddon Remembering the Kanji 14 2,442 2008-07-21, 2:30 pm
    Thread: The AJATT Method
Post: The AJATT Method

Hmmm... but probably they didn't learn their English via the AJATT method and a SRS? I'm sure that must be the explanation. :)
abaddon General discussion 1,517 595,125 2008-07-12, 10:25 am
    Thread: The AJATT Method
Post: The AJATT Method

I'm getting the impression that it is unavoidable that the AJATT method (or sentence method) results in an excellent command of Japanese grammar. I got this feeling when I saw the word 'grammar': 文法 ...
abaddon General discussion 1,517 595,125 2008-07-12, 7:38 am
    Thread: AJATTsentences forum : launch of a new forum KO2001 and others
Post: AJATTsentences forum : launch of a new forum KO200...

My guess is that there won't be any people who will -after having proven ownership of the books- share it with the wide world. There are many reasons not to do it, but I think one of them that we keep...
abaddon Learning resources 59 25,609 2008-07-08, 3:54 pm
    Thread: RTK2 'pure groups' - signal primitive 白
Post: RTK2 'pure groups' - signal primitive 白

Interesting reference. Reading the description of the 'phonetic-ideographic' type of kanji, it would seem that the pure groups are of this type. Looking again at the 工 example, one could indeed identi...
abaddon Remembering the Kanji 15 6,334 2008-06-25, 2:36 pm
    Thread: What methods have you guys been using to learn onyomi?
Post: What methods have you guys been using to learn ony...

I'm learning kanji readings via a few different methods: i) learning the kanji readings for words that I already knew. I originally learned these words using the hiragana/katakana. Words come from the...
abaddon Remembering the Kanji 26 8,388 2008-06-25, 11:27 am
    Thread: RTK2 'pure groups' - signal primitive 白
Post: RTK2 'pure groups' - signal primitive 白

I'm not sure about that. For example, in 工 (R-114/121) the signal primitive can be both on the left and the right side and still carry the ON reading. With what I have seen up till now (and please cor...
abaddon Remembering the Kanji 15 6,334 2008-06-24, 4:05 pm
    Thread: RTK2 'pure groups' - signal primitive 白
Post: RTK2 'pure groups' - signal primitive 白

Hmm... yes. I see a pattern there. I think I will check out these pure groups a little bit further. If it is only a matter of positioning, with clear rules, then it should not be a big problem and a b...
abaddon Remembering the Kanji 15 6,334 2008-06-23, 11:13 pm
    Thread: RTK2 'pure groups' - signal primitive 白
Post: RTK2 'pure groups' - signal primitive 白

I recently checked out RTK2 (the 'pure' groups) and the idea of having a signal primitive to signal a single, unique chinese reading for each kanji containing this primitive sounds great. One of the...
abaddon Remembering the Kanji 15 6,334 2008-06-23, 2:37 pm
    Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread.
Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"...

Wow... 3 months. Impressive!
abaddon Remembering the Kanji 1,845 424,611 2008-06-23, 1:13 pm
    Thread: The "I just finished RTK3, please follow me" thread
Post: The "I just finished RTK3, please follow me" threa...

I'm glad to say that today I added the last kanji of RTK3 to the reviewing stacks and consider myself 'finished with it'. Of course reviewing will continue, but this will grow easier in time, as the n...
abaddon Remembering the Kanji 93 58,965 2008-06-20, 11:49 am
    Thread: RTK3 2nd edition keywords
Post: RTK3 2nd edition keywords

I encountered another one in RTK3 2nd ed: frame 2991: the book gives as primitive bamboo, float. This should be bamboo, fiesta (2x)
abaddon Remembering the Kanji 34 20,097 2008-06-19, 4:08 pm
    Thread: RTK3 2nd edition keywords
Post: RTK3 2nd edition keywords

It also isn't in RTK3 2nd edition index
abaddon Remembering the Kanji 34 20,097 2008-06-17, 10:24 am
    Thread: RTK3 2nd edition keywords
Post: RTK3 2nd edition keywords

woelpad: You're right. I think I wrote down 2836 since in RtK we use the 'kite falcon' keyword instead of 'black kite'. It doesn't have do to with the book itself, more with changing this keyword in ...
abaddon Remembering the Kanji 34 20,097 2008-06-17, 12:29 am
    Thread: RTK3 2nd edition keywords
Post: RTK3 2nd edition keywords

I think the next edition must be perfect, with all these corrections supplied by us...:) 2334 (grandpa). Frame 2680 (exclamation) may be learned first 2336 (indecent). Expects frame 2569 (apprehensiv...
abaddon Remembering the Kanji 34 20,097 2008-06-16, 11:29 am