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    Thread: iiKanji: learning the readings of the kanji
Post: iiKanji: learning the readings of the kanji

Hi ColdCore (and everyone else), I'm Stefan, long-time RvTK user, mostly lurker and fan (since 2007), now working with Tao on iiKanji. I build and maintain the Benkyo.co site and SRS core and Tao is ...
styrmis Learning resources 105 18,159 2013-10-16, 11:32 am
    Thread: Making Out In Japanese
Post: Making Out In Japanese

I was given a copy of the sequel to this book ("More Making..."). Unfortunately I really don't like it, so if anyone in the UK would like it send me your address and I'll drop it in the post.
styrmis Learning resources 134 30,015 2008-09-21, 5:43 am
    Thread: 思う vs. 想う
Post: 思う vs. 想う

deathspi Wrote:I`ve noticed that too, and it also seems to be the case other kanji such as for 聞く and 聴く. The difference for this one is that the former is for when you hear something, the latter is f...
styrmis General discussion 8 3,988 2008-06-19, 4:39 am
    Thread: Easy Kanji Reading
Post: Easy Kanji Reading

Reading children's stories such as ちびまる子ちゃん is indeed rather difficult as since there are so few kanji you're left to find the word boundaries in amongst a lot of very casual Japanese, all in kana. T...
styrmis Learning resources 24 9,183 2008-05-21, 5:03 am
    Thread: How well do Japanese themselves write in web forums?
Post: How well do Japanese themselves write in web forum...

atreya Wrote:One thing I noticed in 電車男 was that, instead of "お前ら(おまえら)", the board members were using "おまいら"/"おまい" Also, 「分かりますた」instead of 「分かりました」。
styrmis General discussion 10 2,092 2008-04-11, 4:21 am
    Thread: Shadowing
Post: Shadowing

nac_est Wrote:laner36 Wrote:I sometimes even shadow conversation I hear on the train (in my mind). Ahah, for a moment I imagined shadowing someone on the train, out loud... I wonder what the reaction ...
styrmis General discussion 24 6,936 2008-02-15, 4:24 am
    Thread: Shadowing
Post: Shadowing

wrightak Wrote:Despite translating an entire book full of shadowing exercises, I've never been a big proponent of trying to say words simultaneously with the audio. I think it's a better exercise just...
styrmis General discussion 24 6,936 2008-02-14, 1:08 pm
    Thread: Monolinguals
Post: Monolinguals

wrightak Wrote:watashimo Wrote:"Shadowing" is a technique where you listen to a text in a foreign language while speaking along (kind of echoing). I went to a Japanese language school in Tokyo where s...
styrmis General discussion 37 6,478 2008-02-09, 7:04 am
    Thread: Monolinguals
Post: Monolinguals

I grew up in a house where two languages were spoken equally. While my speaking in the 2nd language is not so good, I am able to think in that language (Icelandic) without first translating from my na...
styrmis General discussion 37 6,478 2008-02-08, 3:27 am
    Thread: Post RTK1-What are you guys doing?
Post: Post RTK1-What are you guys doing?

stehr Wrote:I don't even trust dictionaries sometimes. The reason is because things don't ever translate perfectly. Ex : Watashi = I , wrong! -> wastashi=wastashi & Boku=Boku. Sometimes during ...
styrmis General discussion 53 14,699 2008-01-30, 4:36 pm
    Thread: Anki on a PDA/Handheld
Post: Anki on a PDA/Handheld

resolve Wrote:The stock OS supports qt/embedded? The stock OS supports Python 2.4 and PyQt3.
styrmis Learning resources 172 51,040 2008-01-27, 10:19 am
    Thread: Anki on a PDA/Handheld
Post: Anki on a PDA/Handheld

Misha's port also runs on the stock EEEPC OS.
styrmis Learning resources 172 51,040 2008-01-27, 9:58 am
    Thread: Part 1, Part 2, ...
Post: Part 1, Part 2, ...

Shmurk Wrote:or should I keep going considering I frequently use Anki and Kanji Gym Light every day? I'd say you've answered your own question here. If you use this site every day too then the Leitner...
styrmis Remembering the Kanji 4 1,224 2008-01-22, 8:53 am
    Thread: When to say 'No' I don't know this Kanji?
Post: When to say 'No' I don't know this Kanji?

I fail a character if I write it incorrectly (even just one stroke incorrect). What I'd like to see is a button which would let me put that kanji in stack 1 directly. Failing the kanji and then clic...
styrmis Remembering the Kanji 21 4,427 2008-01-14, 8:31 am
    Thread: Situational Functional Japanese
Post: Situational Functional Japanese

I agree with rich_f in that Genki is really a classroom text. I was just discussing with a friend today about how we should meet up once a week to do the exercises since our current Japanese class doe...
styrmis Learning resources 13 7,186 2008-01-07, 4:35 pm
    Thread: RevTK and Anki on Asus EEE PC
Post: RevTK and Anki on Asus EEE PC

resolve, Do you know if these EEEPC+Anki users are running Windows or the stock OS? So far I haven't been able to meet Anki's dependencies on the stock Linux install. As for RvTK, I use it in Firefo...
styrmis General discussion 45 10,804 2007-12-27, 6:39 am
    Thread: Prism and MindMeister
Post: Prism and MindMeister

If you'd like to work locally then I've used Freemind with some success.
styrmis Off topic 10 2,727 2007-12-21, 5:42 am
    Thread: University of Hawaii Press reply regarding RTK1 problem
Post: University of Hawaii Press reply regarding RTK1 pr...

I bought mine from Blackwell's in the UK and the binding is weak, so I doubt their claim of Amazon selling cheap copies.
styrmis Remembering the Kanji 17 5,415 2007-11-30, 8:23 am
    Thread: Japanese TV downloads
Post: Japanese TV downloads

番組を、どうもありがとうございます!
styrmis General discussion 67 17,280 2007-11-10, 7:34 am
    Thread: Japanese TV downloads
Post: Japanese TV downloads

synewave Wrote:Glad to hear I'm not wasting my time FTPing files for download. ありがとうございます、synewave!全部の番組を観て楽しかったですよ。
styrmis General discussion 67 17,280 2007-10-29, 6:37 pm
    Thread: Japanese TV downloads
Post: Japanese TV downloads

Thank you very much!
styrmis General discussion 67 17,280 2007-10-21, 4:06 am
    Thread: Anki and Reviewing the Kanji Synch up??
Post: Anki and Reviewing the Kanji Synch up??

I too find myself without internet access and would be interested in a J2ME (Java mobile) app that could sync with this site and also read Anki deck files (at a later stage). ファブリス、if I wrote an RvK ...
styrmis General discussion 7 2,310 2007-10-15, 6:34 pm
    Thread: Your favourite songs
Post: Your favourite songs

No mention of 宇多田ヒカル(Utada Hikaru)? I particularly like her album "ULTRA BLUE".
styrmis Learning resources 30 8,333 2007-09-22, 12:29 pm
    Thread: Anki?
Post: Anki?

resolve, I've got it working now and believe that the problem lies with the Gentoo wiki entry about input methods (I'll update that in time). For now, anyone on Gentoo having trouble getting Anki or...
styrmis Learning resources 999 230,448 2007-09-21, 2:33 pm
    Thread: Anki?
Post: Anki?

resolve Wrote:You need to run "setup.py" from the libanki directory first, then again from the main directory. This is pointed out in the installation instructions :-) Gah, I thought that was for deve...
styrmis Learning resources 999 230,448 2007-09-21, 1:11 pm
    Thread: Anki?
Post: Anki?

I've since switched to using UIM only which I like a lot; now Anthy is enabled all the time for all applications. Unfortunately, Anki is still ignoring this somehow.
styrmis Learning resources 999 230,448 2007-09-21, 9:16 am
    Thread: Anki?
Post: Anki?

resolve Wrote:What distro? I think this is an ubuntu/gentoo scim problem. It works fine in debian. I can provide links to workarounds for ubuntu if that's what you're using. I'm using Gentoo. Glad to ...
styrmis Learning resources 999 230,448 2007-09-21, 8:31 am
    Thread: Anki?
Post: Anki?

I'd like to use Anki, but I've hit a problem with running it on Linux. I use scim and uim for Japanese input, but it doesn't seem to register with Anki (works for all other applications tried). Has ...
styrmis Learning resources 999 230,448 2007-09-20, 2:00 pm