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Thread: Revisiting the movie method: how to order the onyomi Post: Revisiting the movie method: how to order the onyo... I didn't see anybody address your question about the dot in kunyomi, and since that's one that I can comment on, I shall! That marks the spot in the japanese word where it would switch from kanji to ... |
CharleyGarrett | Learning resources | 11 | 3,328 | 2014-08-04, 1:46 pm | ||
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Thread: Why bother to learn to write the kanji by hand? Post: Why bother to learn to write the kanji by hand? I'll merely observe that if you are familiar with how the kanji are written, then when reading your friend's handwriting, sometimes you can see what they meant from subtle clues based on stroke order ... |
CharleyGarrett | Remembering the Kanji | 89 | 12,566 | 2014-08-04, 1:26 pm | ||
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Thread: 数学用語 Post: 数学用語 I'm a bum. I don't know how to import the text file into anki. Please post again when the deck has been shared. That'll work. |
CharleyGarrett | Learning resources | 11 | 7,492 | 2012-09-12, 6:36 pm | ||
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Thread: yomichan: a tool for reading books with Anki vocab deck integration Post: yomichan: a tool for reading books with Anki vocab... I googled the word yomichan, and found a link without https, and saw the 7z and gz files, and a link there that said "show all". That show all also gave the 500 server error. But I was able to downl... |
CharleyGarrett | Learning resources | 298 | 107,497 | 2011-02-10, 6:26 am | ||
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Thread: yomichan: a tool for reading books with Anki vocab deck integration Post: yomichan: a tool for reading books with Anki vocab... I'm getting a "500 server error" on that link to yomichan. Any clue about that? Just try later? Thanks in advance. Charley |
CharleyGarrett | Learning resources | 298 | 107,497 | 2011-02-09, 9:37 pm | ||
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Thread: Old TV samurai show? Post: Old TV samurai show? That really could be him! Nakamura Umenosuke 中村梅之助 Thanks! |
CharleyGarrett | General discussion | 5 | 2,087 | 2010-06-17, 4:44 am | ||
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Thread: Old TV samurai show? Post: Old TV samurai show? That is not it. No, I think him snarling at them as he slaps his tattoo in the end scene is pretty much a signature. The principle actor has a sort of a round face, maybe a bit on the plump-ish side... |
CharleyGarrett | General discussion | 5 | 2,087 | 2010-06-17, 3:50 am | ||
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Thread: Old TV samurai show? Post: Old TV samurai show? '70 - '74, I lived in Japan with my parents, but spoke almost no Japanese. There was a TV show that came on once a week. There was something about throwing 3 shuriken in the title shots. The main c... |
CharleyGarrett | General discussion | 5 | 2,087 | 2010-06-16, 1:00 am | ||
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Thread: Down and out, Where do I go from here? Post: Down and out, Where do I go from here? All good advice. I just wanted to chime in and say the word "shadowing". You're listening to some native speaker speaking Japanese. You're goal is merely to repeat everything you hear them say, as ... |
CharleyGarrett | The Japanese language | 47 | 8,188 | 2010-03-10, 9:48 am | ||
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Thread: Japanese font on win mobile Post: Japanese font on win mobile There was something about a registry entry that substituted the kanji capable font for another one, but it's been long enough ago that I don't recall the exact procedure to get it to work on my WM pho... |
CharleyGarrett | Off topic | 4 | 5,062 | 2010-03-07, 6:36 pm | ||
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Thread: Resources to learn good written Japanese? Post: Resources to learn good written Japanese? Here's an interesting blog by a Tokyo english tutor who talks about Japanese in Japanese. It's not updated all that often, but I do find the discussion interesting. http://nihongodaybyday.blogspot.c... |
CharleyGarrett | Learning resources | 14 | 2,429 | 2010-02-08, 3:36 pm | ||
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Thread: Google Chrome Tips Post: Google Chrome Tips Extensions are now available in the Chrome beta version. I've got Rikaikun working, and I've got my KanjiStokeOrders on hover working. I've got GreaseMetal, but the GreaseMonkey scripts are not work... |
CharleyGarrett | General discussion | 40 | 28,221 | 2010-01-12, 6:26 am | ||
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Thread: Comments on route: Kanjidamage mnemonics, laddering w/ sentence method Post: Comments on route: Kanjidamage mnemonics, ladderin... The first thing is always the caveat: Your mileage may vary! What works for you works, even if it doesn't work for others. That is truly the only measure that is significant. So, for me, this woul... |
CharleyGarrett | Learning resources | 3 | 3,825 | 2010-01-11, 6:23 am | ||
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Thread: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - Page 1 Vocabulary (Anki Deck) Post: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - Page 1 Voc... You're still not getting my point. I'm reading japanese WORDS, to become familiar with reading kanji. I don't suppose that we gain the use of words from any one reading of any one book. I'm not afr... |
CharleyGarrett | Learning resources | 120 | 31,076 | 2009-12-31, 10:33 am | ||
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Thread: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - Page 1 Vocabulary (Anki Deck) Post: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - Page 1 Voc... All this is S-O-o-o interesting, but my point is that I'm reading kanji into Japanese words. Having it be a familiar story that I'm reading just helps me somewhat in doing the reading. I can guess t... |
CharleyGarrett | Learning resources | 120 | 31,076 | 2009-12-30, 8:50 pm | ||
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Thread: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - Page 1 Vocabulary (Anki Deck) Post: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - Page 1 Voc... Thanks for the deck. It's actually my first sample of an audio prompt type of deck. I've got to say that I like that. I should try to do more of that. Still, I'd imagine that a sentence might be b... |
CharleyGarrett | Learning resources | 120 | 31,076 | 2009-12-28, 9:36 am | ||
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Thread: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - Page 1 Vocabulary (Anki Deck) Post: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - Page 1 Voc... Why read HP in Japanese? Well, I think of it as a baby step. Divide and conquer. That sort of thing. I already know the story. I know I'm going to like the story. Fun vocab to learn, etc. Part ... |
CharleyGarrett | Learning resources | 120 | 31,076 | 2009-12-28, 3:31 am | ||
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Thread: new rikaichan Post: new rikaichan As you hover over Japanese words on web pages, it will look it up in a dictionary for you. If you press the shift key, it will switch to info about the first kanji in the compound, including the radi... |
CharleyGarrett | Off topic | 6 | 2,117 | 2009-12-09, 9:08 pm | ||
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Thread: Rikaichan - I never noticed that before! Post: Rikaichan - I never noticed that before! I was reviewing and accidentally moved my cursor over the kanji and got this pop-up. I've seen it a million times. I see that it has the on-yomi and the kun-yomi. The Heisig number is there. But w... |
CharleyGarrett | Learning resources | 0 | 760 | 2009-11-29, 6:44 pm | ||
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Thread: Very complete PC based dictionary? Post: Very complete PC based dictionary? I like Rikaichan, and I do use it a lot. But to use it, the text has to be on a web page, which adds another step to the process. I'm reading a hardcover book. To look up a word in any PC or web-ba... |
CharleyGarrett | Learning resources | 18 | 6,704 | 2009-10-08, 6:15 am | ||
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Thread: Very complete PC based dictionary? Post: Very complete PC based dictionary? I guess I didn't express myself very clearly. I'm looking for a solution to the frustrating problem that I have of not knowing the correct pronunciation of words that I find in my reading. If I can ... |
CharleyGarrett | Learning resources | 18 | 6,704 | 2009-10-07, 5:39 am | ||
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Thread: Very complete PC based dictionary? Post: Very complete PC based dictionary? Here's an example (maybe not the best one) of a question I asked my friend: 同じように変てこりんで、同じように…まともじゃないってね。 This little sentence has several questions for me. "変てこりん" ("へんてこりん") I couldn't find in an... |
CharleyGarrett | Learning resources | 18 | 6,704 | 2009-10-06, 6:23 am | ||
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Thread: Very complete PC based dictionary? Post: Very complete PC based dictionary? I've seen some discussion of dictionaries lately, which have been quite good. The only problem is that my frustration is a bit different. I want a dictionary that I can use to look up kanji compound... |
CharleyGarrett | Learning resources | 18 | 6,704 | 2009-10-05, 6:07 am | ||
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Thread: Why do you still visit the RevTK forum? Post: Why do you still visit the RevTK forum? I have mixed emotions. There is a part that says that the forum is a distraction. An excuse not to be studying Japanese. Procrastination. etc. The other part realizes that I'm a wanderer on a jou... |
CharleyGarrett | Off topic | 41 | 6,553 | 2009-09-14, 4:12 am | ||
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Thread: Advice for starting over- Please Help!!!! Post: Advice for starting over- Please Help!!!! I haven't quit to the point you describe, but I have "come back" with lots of expired kanji. So, I may have some perspective that might be right for you as well. I also have a smattering of japanese... |
CharleyGarrett | Remembering the Kanji | 6 | 1,240 | 2009-08-22, 2:06 pm | ||
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Thread: Diminishing Return Post: Diminishing Return I suspect that sweet time lasts for a different length for different people, and for the same person it'll be different at different times of the day, or week, or depend on so many other factors, stre... |
CharleyGarrett | General discussion | 55 | 8,764 | 2009-07-25, 4:39 am | ||
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Thread: shifting into japanese Post: shifting into japanese The words that always trip me up are "gambatte", "genki" and "kibishii". There just aren't good English words for this nuance (IMO). |
CharleyGarrett | General discussion | 28 | 6,890 | 2009-07-07, 8:30 pm | ||
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Thread: All English All The Time Post: All English All The Time So, what does that say about English speakers with an American accent? |
CharleyGarrett | General discussion | 37 | 7,643 | 2009-07-07, 4:22 am | ||
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Thread: Start over from scratch or try and continue? Post: Start over from scratch or try and continue? I'm of the "keep going" school. If you have indeed forgotten the kanji, you'll fail it, and it will start all over in the failed kanji stack, for you to focus your review on what has been forgotten. ... |
CharleyGarrett | General discussion | 18 | 2,116 | 2009-06-20, 6:39 pm | ||
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Thread: Keywords for obscure grammatical characters Post: Keywords for obscure grammatical characters I'd like to get those books too, but they're too expensive. If I understand correctly, they group the hanzi by phonetic markers, and they go right to Chinese words. |
CharleyGarrett | General discussion | 14 | 2,047 | 2009-03-07, 4:59 pm | ||
