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    Thread: Level 2 vocab
Post: Level 2 vocab

I'm hoping to finish RTK1 in the next two or three weeks, and that means moving onto the 2kyu vocab. I want a list of vocab that I can print out and work from (i don't want to have to use a PC), that...
craigvanaman JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 5 2,350 2007-09-26, 8:20 pm
    Thread: JLPT 2007
Post: JLPT 2007

last year is was at 450 kanji in RTK and needed to learn 200 new ones with readings and compounds for JLPT lvl 3. So, I found every kanji that I needed to know and back tracked it in RTK, learning al...
craigvanaman JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 72 23,030 2007-08-20, 8:32 pm
    Thread: JLPT 2007
Post: JLPT 2007

http://jlpt.info/ has the past tests and things on there last year, but looking at it quickly now i've got no idea where they are. Do you have to register now?
craigvanaman JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 72 23,030 2007-08-20, 1:13 am
    Thread: The Katakana are kicking my ***
Post: The Katakana are kicking my ***

found this when I was researching stuff for a friend, thought it looked pretty good (and free): http://www.thefoxsear.com/kana.php
craigvanaman The Japanese language 17 6,316 2007-08-14, 12:59 am
    Thread: "Person", no. 951. What's good?
Post: "Person", no. 951. What's good?

@ファブリス: That is a really good point about back tracking from kanji to story and the problems that will arise with multiple characters, I never thought of that. I think I like Ned Flanders as a charact...
craigvanaman Remembering the Kanji 16 3,198 2007-07-10, 6:23 pm
    Thread: "Person", no. 951. What's good?
Post: "Person", no. 951. What's good?

I saw Mr. T, but i'm a bit reluctant to use him because he is so flat as a character (in that he has no character). I'm worried about using one person for so many kanji. For example, for the feeling...
craigvanaman Remembering the Kanji 16 3,198 2007-07-10, 3:13 am
    Thread: "Person", no. 951. What's good?
Post: "Person", no. 951. What's good?

I'm aware that the radical for person is in *a lot* of kanji, and when I crammed for 3kyu last year, I used the mental image of a manequin. This was fine, but I want to find out if anyone has come up...
craigvanaman Remembering the Kanji 16 3,198 2007-07-10, 12:41 am
    Thread: State of mind primitive
Post: State of mind primitive

Sorry, I know this is an old thread but I thought that I would add one in anyway - I used Jedis and Sith from Star Wars. It's imperitive for them to have control over their state of mind, and the uni...
craigvanaman Remembering the Kanji 13 4,116 2007-05-10, 8:23 am
    Thread: JLPT-2 Grammar
Post: JLPT-2 Grammar

Thanks guys, that helps clear some things up. I think, if I can get one more text book with some English in it, I can get myself up to a level of learning Japanese in Japanese. I'll take a look for ...
craigvanaman JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 4 2,662 2007-05-08, 1:43 am
    Thread: JLPT-2 Grammar
Post: JLPT-2 Grammar

Hey ho, I'm starting my study for the grammar on JLPT 2 and I'm trying to find a text book with explanations *in English*, not just in Japanese. Does anyone know of such a book? I don't want to spe...
craigvanaman JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 4 2,662 2007-05-06, 6:54 am