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    Thread: Using the Japanese IME
Post: Using the Japanese IME

Thora Wrote:Also, in Properties-->General -->Input method, you can select either romaji or kana. Ah, yeah, that's what I was wanting. Looking back over my post, I guess I was rathe ambiguous. An...
kaoskastle The Japanese language 81 60,524 2009-05-27, 5:38 pm
    Thread: Using the Japanese IME
Post: Using the Japanese IME

guys guys guys HALP Okay so I've been using the Japanese IME for a while now, right? And there have been a few times where it's switched to the whole direct kana input -- where Q becomes た, W becomes...
kaoskastle The Japanese language 81 60,524 2009-05-26, 10:34 pm
    Thread: Victory Calendar
Post: Victory Calendar

albion Wrote:Other/misc: そのほか? 読書 seems fine to me. This. Although wouldn't "other" be better put as その他? I see that way more often than I do in just straight kana.
kaoskastle General discussion 4 1,886 2009-03-13, 11:32 pm
    Thread: Ugliest and most Beutiful kanji?
Post: Ugliest and most Beutiful kanji?

tokyostyle Wrote:Let's be honest here. You can easily remember 姦 and 嫐 without going through the full process of making up a story. Just seeing the kanji is enough to put your imaginative memory int...
kaoskastle Off topic 65 15,535 2009-02-11, 8:44 am
    Thread: Ugliest and most Beutiful kanji?
Post: Ugliest and most Beutiful kanji?

Yeah, gonna have to agree: I always thought that 忙 looked pretty stupid. On the other hand, 互 is friggin' awesome. As is 答. I mean, you look at it hard enough... that's a face. A couple of eyes with ...
kaoskastle Off topic 65 15,535 2009-02-09, 3:21 pm
    Thread: Average RtK review score?
Post: Average RtK review score?

For kanji that have been in the rotation a while (my deck's only 21 days old, but :P), I'd guess that if I were to just study those I'd get about 85-90% retention, possibly more. For kanji that were a...
kaoskastle Remembering the Kanji 14 2,476 2009-02-06, 7:28 pm
    Thread: Mechanically difficult kanji
Post: Mechanically difficult kanji

Machine_Gun_Cat Wrote:Anything with that bastard "road" radical Good grief, yes. I forgot about that one. Ugh. It's even worse than "stretch out". Basically, anything that arcs under another primitive...
kaoskastle Remembering the Kanji 51 15,575 2009-02-05, 1:29 pm
    Thread: Mechanically difficult kanji
Post: Mechanically difficult kanji

Yeah, anything with 言 on the bottom is nigh impossible to write well (those kanji always end up looking either absurdly tall or just like a big blob of lines). If I take it slowly I can generally get ...
kaoskastle Remembering the Kanji 51 15,575 2009-02-04, 12:28 pm
    Thread: Half way!
Post: Half way!

GUYS GUYS GUYS HITTING HALFWAY FEELS REALLY GOOD Kudos to all who have hit halfway and beyond. Some of these kanji are just STUPID (totally bizarre keywords with like a billion primitives that make i...
kaoskastle Remembering the Kanji 616 180,464 2009-02-04, 2:08 am
    Thread: Is there a way to get Rikaichan to work when not in Firefox?
Post: Is there a way to get Rikaichan to work when not i...

When I need to do this, I just head to a message board, begin a new reply (the contents of which are whatever you want to use Rikaichan on), and hit "preview". So you can see and check the text withou...
kaoskastle Learning resources 22 11,160 2009-02-02, 5:42 pm
    Thread: The AJATT Method
Post: The AJATT Method

playadom Wrote:Natively raised English speakers that haven't explicitly studied grammar would probably appear to all of us as having unnatural and mistake-ridden English. Well, not necessarily. I for ...
kaoskastle General discussion 1,517 595,135 2009-02-01, 11:38 am
    Thread: The I love learning Japanese thread.
Post: The I love learning Japanese thread.

In response to the original post: YES. VERY YES. I'll be sitting there and thinking "wait, I could be reading Japanese Wikipedia... or gathering even MORE Japanese knowledge!" and jump back into toss...
kaoskastle Off topic 71 13,040 2009-01-29, 6:51 pm
    Thread: A thought about changing my method up
Post: A thought about changing my method up

Wow, overwhelming response. D: I guess that basically confirms it. I'll just stick with this method, maybe look into a couple more (like the movie method and such). Thanks for all the help, you guys. ...
kaoskastle Remembering the Kanji 20 2,598 2009-01-21, 11:55 am
    Thread: RTK1: One kanji, one picture discussion
Post: RTK1: One kanji, one picture discussion

mistamark Wrote:Jeromin Wrote:I thought about a similar idea: pick a good mnemonic for each kanji from this forum and make a little video, with the elements, the story and the key word, sound and anim...
kaoskastle Remembering the Kanji 91 55,717 2009-01-20, 11:54 pm
    Thread: A thought about changing my method up
Post: A thought about changing my method up

Hrmmmm... eh... I might try sticking with it for the next few hundred then, see what happens. Who knows, maybe it'll turn out better as time passes. I'll give it a little longer.
kaoskastle Remembering the Kanji 20 2,598 2009-01-20, 11:28 pm
    Thread: A thought about changing my method up
Post: A thought about changing my method up

igordesu Wrote:lots of words holy cow but don't worry i read them all Aye, it's not that I have a problem with failing; nay, I'm cool with it 'cause it means more chances to go over difficult kanji. T...
kaoskastle Remembering the Kanji 20 2,598 2009-01-20, 11:08 pm
    Thread: A thought about changing my method up
Post: A thought about changing my method up

Smackle Wrote:Although imagining stories and such may work for some people, for others, it is simply enough to be able to break down kanji into different parts. I don't really see the harm in maybe de...
kaoskastle Remembering the Kanji 20 2,598 2009-01-20, 11:03 pm
    Thread: A thought about changing my method up
Post: A thought about changing my method up

A common question I've noticed is "how long can you retain them", so, uh: Well, prior to beginning RtK I'd learned a few kanji through the straight repetition of it; probably around 100 or so. They we...
kaoskastle Remembering the Kanji 20 2,598 2009-01-20, 10:47 pm
    Thread: A thought about changing my method up
Post: A thought about changing my method up

I'm having a thought right now... I'm considering just dumping the remainder of the 2042 kanji into Anki and just learning a set however many a day -- minus the story-creation. Yeah, bad idea, right?...
kaoskastle Remembering the Kanji 20 2,598 2009-01-20, 9:41 pm
    Thread: kanji poster
Post: kanji poster

bodhisamaya Wrote:I made my own. I printed all 3007 kanji from RTK1 and RTK3 in order covering both sides of 11x16 bright yellow construction paper. I took it to the printers and they laminated it f...
kaoskastle Learning resources 25 23,092 2009-01-16, 2:40 pm
    Thread: how to surprise the japanese
Post: how to surprise the japanese

playadom Wrote:Just imagine a Japanese person speaking in a heavy southern US drawl. This is how you will seem to the Japanese. Haha, odd that you say that considering I was just thinking this very ...
kaoskastle Off topic 44 7,854 2009-01-16, 10:46 am
    Thread: Japanese online/internet radio?
Post: Japanese online/internet radio?

pm215 Wrote:mfpole Wrote:I have just found http://www.simulradio.jp/ which collects a few stations. And http://xorsyst.com/japan/watch-japanese-tv-online/ will let you watch Japanese TV on your co...
kaoskastle General discussion 26 12,481 2009-01-15, 10:34 pm
    Thread: Japanese online/internet radio?
Post: Japanese online/internet radio?

Live365.com has quite a few decent Japanese music radio stations. That's what I use, anyway. Sometimes the entire site seems to just stop working, but that's not too common.
kaoskastle General discussion 26 12,481 2009-01-15, 6:53 pm
    Thread: how to surprise the japanese
Post: how to surprise the japanese

urpwnd Wrote:i can personally vouch for that one about using dialects. while in kyoto and osaka, i made a habit of saying little things like ookini (thanks in kansai-ben) and the shopkeepers were bor...
kaoskastle Off topic 44 7,854 2009-01-15, 1:48 pm
    Thread: The weirdest clock you'll ever see
Post: The weirdest clock you'll ever see

ファブリス Wrote:PS: if you're bored there are archives of previous seasons too :D oh goodness what I must explore the site and find these archives. This is the most distracting clock ever and I'm not eve...
kaoskastle Off topic 59 10,596 2009-01-13, 3:14 am
    Thread: The weirdest clock you'll ever see
Post: The weirdest clock you'll ever see

This clock is so good. It's just... so bloody weird. But I like weird. Just found out that the videos and such DO change with the time of day. I knew it! edit: boooo no support html :(
kaoskastle Off topic 59 10,596 2009-01-12, 10:31 am
    Thread: What are your 2009 goals?
Post: What are your 2009 goals?

Yeah, definitely. Kanji always used to be rather hard for me. Then I found RTK. Soooo bloody easy. I love it so much. Suddenly 50 kanji a day didn't seem like such an obscenely difficult task compared...
kaoskastle Off topic 82 12,993 2009-01-11, 11:10 pm
    Thread: What are your 2009 goals?
Post: What are your 2009 goals?

igordesu Wrote:JOE! Buddy, you can totally do more than 100 kanji this year! Reach for the stars, man!" Uh, I think he'll be a little too busy saving the world from the recession to manage any more ...
kaoskastle Off topic 82 12,993 2009-01-10, 9:51 pm
    Thread: how to surprise the japanese
Post: how to surprise the japanese

igordesu Wrote:Jarvik7 Wrote:igordesu Wrote:OMGosh! I think I had this experience with my host family! Every night, we all took a bath (not together, duh). Then, they had this drink that I liked so...
kaoskastle Off topic 44 7,854 2009-01-10, 9:47 pm
    Thread: how to surprise the japanese
Post: how to surprise the japanese

Not to mention! It's even referenced in Majora's Mask! :O [when being given a bottle of milk] "Here's Romani's thanks. When you drink it, put your hand on your hip and take a big gulp like we do here ...
kaoskastle Off topic 44 7,854 2009-01-10, 5:12 pm