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    Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread.
Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"...

Whooop! Finished RTK1 6th edition today. It sure took me a while. One full restart, two long pauses... But I got there in the end, and that's all that matters. This site is amazing, though it's a sham...
adamus Remembering the Kanji 1,845 424,628 2014-09-04, 11:48 am
    Thread: How should i use this book?
Post: How should i use this book?

hyeok Wrote:Im using rtk 1+3. But it doesnt show stories or anything and the only way i learn is by brute memorization. And sadly after the 400 kanji mark ive started to forget everything. so i got th...
adamus Remembering the Kanji 14 3,525 2014-07-30, 3:17 am
    Thread: RTK1 for Non-native English
Post: RTK1 for Non-native English

rfv14 Wrote:As a non-native english speaker I am especially worried, that despite my feeling, that I understand the meaning of a particular word very well, there still might be something I'm missing. ...
adamus Remembering the Kanji 21 5,436 2014-07-27, 6:10 am
    Thread: The Podcast Thread - Podcasts listed by genre
Post: The Podcast Thread - Podcasts listed by genre

Wonderful thread! I would also like to recommend a podcast: Music Hyper Market https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/musi...27814?mt=2 http://www.j-wave.co.jp/radiobar/hyper.htm Good music, good humo...
adamus Learning resources 200 212,305 2014-07-26, 2:25 pm
    Thread: The correct writing of "嗅"
Post: The correct writing of "嗅"

Thank you, Vempele, for pointing that out. Live and learn, eh? Apparently, the official guidelines do address this issue:  筆写の楷書字形と印刷文字字形の違いが,字体の違いに及ぶもの      以下に示す例で,括弧内は印刷文字である明朝体の字形に倣って書いたもので     ...
adamus Remembering the Kanji 7 2,729 2014-07-25, 12:47 pm
    Thread: The correct writing of "嗅"
Post: The correct writing of "嗅"

comeauch Wrote:This was addressed before :P http://forum.koohii.com/showthread.php?tid=11637 Thank you very much for pointing this out! I'd done a quick search for "嗅" before starting this thread, bu...
adamus Remembering the Kanji 7 2,729 2014-07-03, 2:43 pm
    Thread: The correct writing of "嗅"
Post: The correct writing of "嗅"

yudantaiteki Wrote:I find it hard to believe that Heisig insists on writing 令 using the printed form; that's wrong as far as handwriting goes (from what I know). Well, that's the way the kanji is pres...
adamus Remembering the Kanji 7 2,729 2014-07-03, 10:25 am
    Thread: The correct writing of "嗅"
Post: The correct writing of "嗅"

In RTK1 (6th edition) Heisig lists this character: 嗅 (its keyword is "sniff" both in the book and in the RTK1 supplement) right after 臭 ("stinking"). The stroke order diagram in the book shows that 嗅 ...
adamus Remembering the Kanji 7 2,729 2014-07-03, 9:29 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

ryanjmack Wrote:what does 目「め」 mean? I'm inputting sentences from Genki and the sentence is: 一つ目の信号を右に曲がる。  also, how would you say お金わどこで(change money)か。  It's in an audio course and I can't underst...
adamus The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,993 2013-07-31, 11:41 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

TheVinster Wrote:開けて、中の仕様を見たそうなようすだが、私は黙っていた。 Rough translation: Even though it seemed that he had opened [it] and seen what was inside, I kept quiet. I'm not absolutely sure about this one, so if som...
adamus The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,993 2013-07-30, 5:20 pm
    Thread: Nukemarine's Suggested Guide for Beginners
Post: Nukemarine's Suggested Guide for Beginners

First of all, many thanks to all you wonderful people who helped create all of this. I'm rather puzzled by all of the indexes, though. For example, for N3 the guide says, Quote:Optimized Kore 2k/6k ne...
adamus The Japanese language 712 401,384 2013-07-30, 3:28 pm