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    Thread: conjugating verbs, ru verbs, u verbs that end in ru
Post: conjugating verbs, ru verbs, u verbs that end in r...

Yes, it seems it's not worth the effort to try to make a rule or set of rules. It would be too complicated to be able to actually use the rule when actually speaking Japanese. I've noticed through r...
zatarra The Japanese language 12 2,367 2014-02-06, 2:07 am
    Thread: conjugating verbs, ru verbs, u verbs that end in ru
Post: conjugating verbs, ru verbs, u verbs that end in r...

I've had it! I have no idea how I'm ever going to learn how to conjugate verbs in Japanese. I read the conjugation rules a million times. It never sticks and I always end up resorting to guessing o...
zatarra The Japanese language 12 2,367 2014-02-05, 11:58 pm
    Thread: furigana generator
Post: furigana generator

I must have lost this in my bookmarks a while back when I was looking for something like this. This totally beats any other option including the ones you guys posted. http://www.furiganizer.com/ Th...
zatarra Learning resources 3 2,051 2013-01-28, 3:02 am
    Thread: Learning through listening - suggestions?
Post: Learning through listening - suggestions?

I don't have time to respond to you each individually right now, but THANK YOU so much! This is a lot of great stuff. I'll be going through this material when I get the time.
zatarra Learning resources 8 1,197 2013-01-27, 11:59 pm
    Thread: furigana generator
Post: furigana generator

I've searched the web for some kind of program that I could paste a bunch of Japanese text into and generate furigana, just like the plugin on anki. I haven't found anything that does exactly what I ...
zatarra Learning resources 3 2,051 2013-01-27, 5:52 pm
    Thread: Learning through listening - suggestions?
Post: Learning through listening - suggestions?

I work on a farm and spend much of my time doing repetitive tasks that require very little concentration. My sit-down study time is limited, which is why I'm trying to get the most out of my time whi...
zatarra Learning resources 8 1,197 2013-01-26, 11:44 pm
    Thread: writing down vocab during reviews
Post: writing down vocab during reviews

At what point do you stop writing your vocab words down during reviews? I read that beginners should write down all the words that they study, and that's what I've been doing. It slows me down a lot...
zatarra The Japanese language 5 1,348 2012-12-03, 3:11 pm
    Thread: subs2srs for a beginner
Post: subs2srs for a beginner

I decided to keep my Genki deck separate. I like it because it has sibling cards. I was trying to merge the two together but it turned out to be more trouble than it's worth. The CorePlus deck look...
zatarra Learning resources 11 3,502 2012-11-29, 5:59 pm
    Thread: subs2srs for a beginner
Post: subs2srs for a beginner

I was using this thread as a rough guide to merging my decks: http://forum.koohii.com/showthread.php?p...#pid167981 But this is becoming too big of an ordeal. I'm considering just deleting my old dec...
zatarra Learning resources 11 3,502 2012-11-29, 2:09 pm
    Thread: subs2srs for a beginner
Post: subs2srs for a beginner

Damn, that CorePlus deck is massive. I like it though. This would solve my problems with repeat cards. How could I get the study data from my previous Core2K deck to be used in the CorePlus Deck?
zatarra Learning resources 11 3,502 2012-11-29, 12:08 pm
    Thread: subs2srs for a beginner
Post: subs2srs for a beginner

I read a little bit about the morphology plugin. That's going to take some time to figure out. I'm trying to decide how to most efficiently go about my studying. I've been doing the same thing for ...
zatarra Learning resources 11 3,502 2012-11-28, 11:03 pm
    Thread: Japanese Level Up Guide to Kanji
Post: Japanese Level Up Guide to Kanji

Ok, thanks for the tips. If I can keep going at the rate I am going I should be finished with RTK1 in less than 6 months. My japanese gf always yells at me because I'm learning such obscure kanji, b...
zatarra Remembering the Kanji 5 2,574 2012-11-27, 9:48 pm
    Thread: Japanese Level Up Guide to Kanji
Post: Japanese Level Up Guide to Kanji

I downloaded his version of the RTK deck and took a look. The major difference is that he's added Japanese keywords along with the English keywords. I guess that would be a major vocab booster. Wha...
zatarra Remembering the Kanji 5 2,574 2012-11-27, 6:49 pm
    Thread: Japanese Level Up Guide to Kanji
Post: Japanese Level Up Guide to Kanji

I just read this: http://japaneselevelup.com/2011/01/29/ho...t-1-kanji/ and I'm pretty confused after reading it. I guess I'm confused because I haven't even looked at RTK2 yet and I don't know what ...
zatarra Remembering the Kanji 5 2,574 2012-11-27, 6:44 pm
    Thread: subs2srs for a beginner
Post: subs2srs for a beginner

That's a good alternative way of going through the deck. One guide I was reading was saying to add any word you don't know to a vocab card, and they acknowledged the fact that if you're a beginner th...
zatarra Learning resources 11 3,502 2012-11-27, 8:32 am
    Thread: subs2srs for a beginner
Post: subs2srs for a beginner

I just made a deck with subs2srs using a drama I've been watching, GTO. I'm still in the beginning stages of learning Japanese. I've got abut 700 kanji under my belt, and a very basic set of Japanes...
zatarra Learning resources 11 3,502 2012-11-26, 2:26 pm
    Thread: stroke order
Post: stroke order

followed the instructions you gave in your link. Now it's working fine. Thanks!
zatarra Remembering the Kanji 11 2,778 2012-08-12, 10:24 am
    Thread: stroke order
Post: stroke order

Ah, I'm a fool. Why didn't I think of that. Actually I tried to install the Kanjistrokeorders font but I couldn't do it, so I just decided to download the pictures from Yamasa. The Kanjistrokeorder...
zatarra Remembering the Kanji 11 2,778 2012-08-12, 8:29 am
    Thread: stroke order
Post: stroke order

I saw the kanjistrokeorders font but it does not indicate the direction of the stroke. I don't usually have trouble with the stroke order, but I do get confused with the direction of the strokes from...
zatarra Remembering the Kanji 11 2,778 2012-08-12, 12:03 am
    Thread: Yamasa online dictionary - shorthand kanji
Post: Yamasa online dictionary - shorthand kanji

Thanks. I'll just focus on the standard writing of kanji. I'm only in the beginning stages; learning abbreviated versions of the kanji is still far ahead of me.
zatarra Remembering the Kanji 4 1,667 2012-08-11, 12:46 am
    Thread: Yamasa online dictionary - shorthand kanji
Post: Yamasa online dictionary - shorthand kanji

Yeah, that's what I thought, but I thought it might be important to be aware of the shortcuts you can take to write the kanji. Some of the kanji that are written with several strokes are reduced to a...
zatarra Remembering the Kanji 4 1,667 2012-08-11, 12:09 am
    Thread: Yamasa online dictionary - shorthand kanji
Post: Yamasa online dictionary - shorthand kanji

When I look up kanji on Yamasa, there are 3 pictures one shows the kanji in print as you would find a in a book, then there's another demonstrating the stroke order, then the last one is a sloppy vers...
zatarra Remembering the Kanji 4 1,667 2012-08-10, 11:54 pm
    Thread: stroke order
Post: stroke order

I found Yamasa online dictionary very helpful with stroke order. http://yamasa.cc/members/ocjs/kanjidic.n...3?OpenForm
zatarra Remembering the Kanji 11 2,778 2012-08-10, 11:50 pm
    Thread: importing RTK data to a new RTK deck
Post: importing RTK data to a new RTK deck

I downloaded a shared RTK deck a while ago and I've been studying it for over six months. Recently I've looked at some other RTK decks and realized that there are others that are much better than th...
zatarra The Japanese language 1 426 2012-08-10, 2:38 am
    Thread: stroke order
Post: stroke order

Thanks!
zatarra Remembering the Kanji 11 2,778 2012-07-21, 12:11 pm
    Thread: stroke order
Post: stroke order

Sometimes when I'm studying a new kanji I get confused about which directions the strokes should start from. The book tells you how many strokes but there's no arrows to show in which direction each ...
zatarra Remembering the Kanji 11 2,778 2012-07-17, 12:10 am