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    Thread: 2010 JLPT study thread
Post: 2010 JLPT study thread

pm215 Wrote:I think the interesting question is where they set the per-section minimum requirement. (The guide to the new format that they published said "we'll announce this later" but I couldn't fin...
Istvan JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 433 109,576 2010-07-04, 8:42 am
    Thread: MBA in Japan
Post: MBA in Japan

dusmar84 Wrote:Hello RTK universe, I've come to a fork in the proverbial road here and I'm hoping to get some advice or a fresh perspective. Let me give you a little background first. I'm 26 years ...
Istvan JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 9 4,305 2010-06-23, 2:49 am
    Thread: RTK get together?
Post: RTK get together?

Beer, Thai food, and beaches? Sounds like heaven!
Istvan Off topic 232 102,374 2007-07-29, 8:55 pm
    Thread: The AJATT Method
Post: The AJATT Method

Hey everyone, I think I may have found the holygrail of the AJATT 10,000 sentence method. http://www.amazon.com/Effective-Japanese...457&sr=8-1 It is called the Effective Japanese Useage Guide ...
Istvan General discussion 1,517 595,168 2007-07-23, 8:21 pm
    Thread: Why?
Post: Why?

synewave Wrote:If it's not too private, care to elaborate? Not too private at all, but likely too long ;). If you ever come up Tokyo way (or if I ever head down Susono way), we can talk about it over ...
Istvan Off topic 29 6,710 2007-07-17, 9:58 pm
    Thread: Why?
Post: Why?

Yorki Wrote:I also love to learn and tend to get fully absorbed in something that I like, trying to take it to the best level that I can. Unfortunately, I think too much about what I don't know rather...
Istvan Off topic 29 6,710 2007-07-17, 8:13 pm
    Thread: Why?
Post: Why?

You could extend that question to just about anything we do. Why do we do it? What's the point? For me, life is about the trip, not the destination. The destination is dead...so if we don't enjoy the ...
Istvan Off topic 29 6,710 2007-07-17, 12:29 am
    Thread: Your favourite songs
Post: Your favourite songs

I think my favourtite Japanese band is the Ulfuls. Fun, and of course you get to brush up on the Kansai-ben. Samurai Soul ええ ねん And of course the top Karaoke favourite. バンザイー
Istvan Learning resources 30 8,335 2007-07-15, 9:15 pm
    Thread: lyrics for japanese songs in japanese not romaji and copyable!
Post: lyrics for japanese songs in japanese not romaji a...

I have found this site to be very helpful http://www.mognet.net/index.php It has English translations, Romanji, and Full Japanese version of many songs.
Istvan General discussion 18 10,461 2007-07-15, 8:53 pm
    Thread: span trouble
Post: span trouble

Whenever I have changed a Primative meaning, I have found it works quite well. What has happened with me, is that for somer eason, by attaching a new primative meaning, it actually reinforces the orig...
Istvan Remembering the Kanji 4 1,666 2007-07-13, 6:30 pm
    Thread: What if instead of spending 5 minutes on 1 story...
Post: What if instead of spending 5 minutes on 1 story.....

Heisig himself said that after a while the full stories aren't necessary and that there is a natural progression from stories to plots to primatives and eventually to form, and as you progress, you ca...
Istvan Remembering the Kanji 16 3,044 2007-07-03, 9:41 pm
    Thread: What if instead of spending 5 minutes on 1 story...
Post: What if instead of spending 5 minutes on 1 story.....

I have done this at times, and found that I often have to go back and redo specific Kanji later when my story is too weak. I am currently sitting at 1100 (still) and have a little over 110 failed Kanj...
Istvan Remembering the Kanji 16 3,044 2007-07-03, 4:20 am
    Thread: Weak Primitives
Post: Weak Primitives

yukamina Wrote:I would be careful with just "brute forcing it". If there's a primitive that's giving you trouble, chances are you will encounter it again, and you will get more mileage out of having ...
Istvan Remembering the Kanji 7 2,192 2007-06-29, 8:28 pm
    Thread: Weak Primitives
Post: Weak Primitives

Hi Jim, I had trouble with mend and just so as well. Also running. I took a step back and looked at it and I found that with me, I just felt uncomfortable with the characters themselves. I took a ste...
Istvan Remembering the Kanji 7 2,192 2007-06-28, 10:46 pm
    Thread: Why do people think the Kana are hard?
Post: Why do people think the Kana are hard?

For me, at the beginning, Katakana seemed easy because most of the words came from English, and I didn't have any grounding in the Japanese Language. I think that once you attain a certain level of pr...
Istvan The Japanese language 92 28,253 2007-06-18, 5:20 pm
    Thread: Writing the kanji only once
Post: Writing the kanji only once

Thanks ファブリス. I have been in living in Tokyo for 7 years, and am tired of being functionally illiterate. Though I can read basics, like menus and street signs, and am fine to speak in Japanese casual...
Istvan Remembering the Kanji 13 2,946 2007-06-12, 6:01 pm
    Thread: Writing the kanji only once
Post: Writing the kanji only once

Hi guys, new here and this is my first post. I agree that writing more than once helps, especially for drilling stroke order and form. When I learn the new Kanji, I will write it once. If it is prese...
Istvan Remembering the Kanji 13 2,946 2007-06-11, 8:39 pm