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Thread: anyone else sick of perverted stories? Post: anyone else sick of perverted stories? I think people have a pretty good idea when they are being offensive to someone religion, race etc. For example, there are a lot of jokes among young Japanese men and women about the sexual (physica... |
Laura | General discussion | 138 | 45,354 | 2008-01-06, 3:53 pm | ||
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Thread: anyone else sick of perverted stories? Post: anyone else sick of perverted stories? How about simple guidelines. e.g. stories should not target a particular, religion, race, disability, etc.. Personally, I am not offended by sexual content. I suppose I'd draw the line at violent s... |
Laura | General discussion | 138 | 45,354 | 2008-01-04, 6:35 pm | ||
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Thread: How can anyone POSSIBLY argue against the Heisig method... Post: How can anyone POSSIBLY argue against the Heisig m... まあHeisigだだっ子ぽいねえ。 |
Laura | General discussion | 139 | 44,720 | 2007-12-19, 11:35 am | ||
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Thread: How can anyone POSSIBLY argue against the Heisig method... Post: How can anyone POSSIBLY argue against the Heisig m... Sorry Codexus, Billyclyde is correct. Yes, umm, you can learn to read a kanji without learning to write it. The largest Japanese language school catering to adults in my area started to deemphasize... |
Laura | General discussion | 139 | 44,720 | 2007-12-19, 1:48 am | ||
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Thread: How can anyone POSSIBLY argue against the Heisig method... Post: How can anyone POSSIBLY argue against the Heisig m... Both wrightak and Nukemarine made logical points. I would add that the Japanese learning environment to which Heisig contributed RTK1 has changed dramatically. I studied Japanese briefly a few year... |
Laura | General discussion | 139 | 44,720 | 2007-12-18, 11:48 am | ||
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Thread: schools Post: schools Sort of off topic, but the University of Guanajuato, Mexico had a really good program in Japanese when I was there. I wasn't a student at the time and was busy, but I hung out with the Japanese teac... |
Laura | General discussion | 12 | 5,583 | 2007-12-13, 11:55 am | ||
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Thread: schools Post: schools I'd love to hear more reports on schools in Japan. I'd be looking at relatively short term programs, but I'm sure there are people looking for long terms programs as well. I did the Intensive 1st ye... |
Laura | General discussion | 12 | 5,583 | 2007-12-12, 1:43 pm | ||
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Thread: Quick question for you guys. Post: Quick question for you guys. If my image is really fuzzy, I sometimes ask myself. What? How big? What Color? How many? Where? Feeling? Sound? etc. I'm not great at imaging and this helps me get something in my head that s... |
Laura | Remembering the Kanji | 20 | 3,749 | 2007-12-11, 7:17 pm | ||
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Thread: A RevTK "Lite" Option Post: A RevTK "Lite" Option Nukemarine, I have been trying to accomplish the advantages of what you are proposing by sometimes just leaving rarely used kanji in my orange box. I've also gone through 基本漢字５００ Book 1 recently. I... |
Laura | Remembering the Kanji | 209 | 126,775 | 2007-12-08, 5:35 pm | ||
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Thread: A RevTK "Lite" Option Post: A RevTK "Lite" Option Nukemarine, I think RTK 1 has value, but like some of the critics have pointed out, you'll know if it works for you when you read, for example, a novel, written in Japanese, for educated Japanese adu... |
Laura | Remembering the Kanji | 209 | 126,775 | 2007-12-08, 2:17 am | ||
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Thread: A RevTK "Lite" Option Post: A RevTK "Lite" Option I like the idea. |
Laura | Remembering the Kanji | 209 | 126,775 | 2007-12-07, 11:06 am | ||
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Thread: Is Japanese More Difficult to Learn Than English? Post: Is Japanese More Difficult to Learn Than English? All a middle-aged Japanese woman needs to keep up her end of a conversation with a Japanese friend is nanka, maa, soo, ne, na and uuuuu(a nasal sound between un and um formed in with the back of the t... |
Laura | Off topic | 46 | 9,075 | 2007-12-06, 10:59 pm | ||
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Thread: Hardback Version? Post: Hardback Version? The 5th edition is made of materials that self-destruct when they come into contact with air. |
Laura | Remembering the Kanji | 28 | 5,696 | 2007-12-06, 3:19 am | ||
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Thread: Advanced Japanese Listening Exercises Website Post: Advanced Japanese Listening Exercises Website I found some Japanese workbooks under "media workbook" in the media library. But, there were only workbooks for 1st semester Japanese. |
Laura | General discussion | 6 | 3,878 | 2007-12-05, 1:39 am | ||
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Thread: Advanced Japanese Listening Exercises Website Post: Advanced Japanese Listening Exercises Website zazen666, Thanks for posting this. Tons of great audio. JSL 1,2, and 3; Genki I and 2 and what they call intermediate advanced listening and video which seems more intermediate than advanced, but ... |
Laura | General discussion | 6 | 3,878 | 2007-12-05, 1:22 am | ||
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Thread: Learning other languages using FSI Post: Learning other languages using FSI Calchas, yes those are the links. Thanks! |
Laura | Learning resources | 25 | 10,463 | 2007-12-01, 11:42 pm | ||
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Thread: Learning other languages using FSI Post: Learning other languages using FSI I posted this before, but I don't know how to send a link. (Yeah, I know, so 19th century!) The audio for this program is online free at Ohio State University digital lab. You can download it or ju... |
Laura | Learning resources | 25 | 10,463 | 2007-12-01, 1:56 pm | ||
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Thread: University of Hawaii Press reply regarding RTK1 problem Post: University of Hawaii Press reply regarding RTK1 pr... Good!. I still recommend getting the 4th edition if you can. I think most people seeing them side by side would be willing to pay more for the 4th edition. The 4th edition uses higher quality paper... |
Laura | Remembering the Kanji | 17 | 5,407 | 2007-12-01, 1:48 pm | ||
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Thread: University of Hawaii Press reply regarding RTK1 problem Post: University of Hawaii Press reply regarding RTK1 pr... billyclyde, yes the 4th edition is nice, feels good in your hands, easy on the eyes. I agree that UH Press would probably listen to complaints and that RTK 1 could be one of their better sellers. I h... |
Laura | Remembering the Kanji | 17 | 5,407 | 2007-12-01, 1:18 am | ||
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Thread: University of Hawaii Press reply regarding RTK1 problem Post: University of Hawaii Press reply regarding RTK1 pr... Received RTK1 4th edition ordered 2 days ago. It was printed in 2005. Quality difference: Night and Day. The original price was $42 dollars, 10 dollars more than the 5th edition and herein ma... |
Laura | Remembering the Kanji | 17 | 5,407 | 2007-11-30, 9:43 pm | ||
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Thread: University of Hawaii Press reply regarding RTK1 problem Post: University of Hawaii Press reply regarding RTK1 pr... I sent the U of Hawaii e-mail to Amazon mainly just to see what the reply would be. Amazon would give me an 80% refund (not 100% because it's over 30 days) if I sent them the book. I wrote my storie... |
Laura | Remembering the Kanji | 17 | 5,407 | 2007-11-30, 11:43 am | ||
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Thread: University of Hawaii Press reply regarding RTK1 problem Post: University of Hawaii Press reply regarding RTK1 pr... The book looked lovely when it arrived and the binding didn't dissolve for a month or two. I'd love to say the fault was Amazon rather than a university press which prints books on Okinawan language ... |
Laura | Remembering the Kanji | 17 | 5,407 | 2007-11-29, 12:26 am | ||
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Thread: Half way! Post: Half way! Good to here news from the middle. The end seems far, far away. |
Laura | Remembering the Kanji | 616 | 180,281 | 2007-11-28, 10:03 pm | ||
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Thread: University of Hawaii Press reply regarding RTK1 problem Post: University of Hawaii Press reply regarding RTK1 pr... Dear Laura, I am sorry to hear about your copy of the book. We have never had this problem before with the binding or the printing of this title. Recently Amazon has been selling copies of our differ... |
Laura | Remembering the Kanji | 17 | 5,407 | 2007-11-28, 9:52 pm | ||
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Thread: Don't buy RTK 1 5th Edition Post: Don't buy RTK 1 5th Edition Hey, Billyclyde, Yeah, my printer friend is awesome. Around these parts, books are expected to outlive their current guardians. I showed him an English language tourist brochure printed in Japan in ... |
Laura | Remembering the Kanji | 9 | 2,517 | 2007-11-28, 1:55 am | ||
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Thread: Don't buy RTK 1 5th Edition Post: Don't buy RTK 1 5th Edition I took my book to a local printer friend with the idea of getting it bound. He said the overall quality of the book made it a waste of money/time to bind unless I was totally desperate. Basically, ... |
Laura | Remembering the Kanji | 9 | 2,517 | 2007-11-27, 11:16 am | ||
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Thread: Don't buy RTK 1 5th Edition Post: Don't buy RTK 1 5th Edition This edition was very, very cheaply produced. I've never had a book that fell apart so easily and it's not one of the books I carry around all the time. |
Laura | Remembering the Kanji | 9 | 2,517 | 2007-11-27, 2:27 am | ||
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Thread: Learning other languages using FSI Post: Learning other languages using FSI The audio for Japanese - The Spoken Language parts 1, 2 and 3 is available free at the Ohio State Digital Language Lab-Japanese. There is some video as well. Yeah, it's a little outdated, but the r... |
Laura | Learning resources | 25 | 10,463 | 2007-11-25, 2:38 pm | ||
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Thread: Used/2nd hand Japanese DVDs? Post: Used/2nd hand Japanese DVDs? This is for the US. DVDs: HTSUS code 8523.40.4000 - Duty Free CDs: HTSUS code 8523.40.3000 - Duty Free Books & Magazines: HTSUS code 4901.99.00XX - Duty Free Calendars: HTSUS code 4910.00.XXXX - ... |
Laura | General discussion | 29 | 6,622 | 2007-11-21, 11:08 am | ||
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Thread: Kanji "stories" based on etymology (Grades 1-6) Post: Kanji "stories" based on etymology (Grades 1-6) Yes, I realized the info was out there in the ether, but since my technical prowess is confined to turning my computer on... Cristine kindly sent me a list in Heisig order. As you pointed the frequ... |
Laura | Learning resources | 3 | 2,375 | 2007-11-21, 12:32 am | ||
