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    Thread: Japanese core 2k/6k/10k
Post: Japanese core 2k/6k/10k

10k is a superset of 6k which is a superset of 2k. As suggested above, just grab a combined deck. Quote:Which decks should I focus more on? It doesn't matter. If you see a word, and you recognize it ...
unauthorized General discussion 3 1,673 2014-06-25, 10:03 pm
    Thread: RTK1 for Non-native English
Post: RTK1 for Non-native English

Quote:Do you have any other advices coming from your experiences with this book, what would you advice to do or avoid? My advise is: get over with it as fast as possible. Whatever works, even if imper...
unauthorized Remembering the Kanji 21 5,438 2014-06-21, 8:06 am
    Thread: x new cards per day = typically y reviews per day total
Post: x new cards per day = typically y reviews per day ...

@hyvel The formula for Anki's review cycle is: f(x) = initial_interval * ease^period With default ease (2.5) and initial (1), the review cycles grow like this: 1,3,7,16,40,98,245,611,1526 (in days). ...
unauthorized General discussion 12 3,088 2014-06-14, 3:44 am
    Thread: x new cards per day = typically y reviews per day total
Post: x new cards per day = typically y reviews per day ...

Assume that your reviews will average out on about 7 times your typical daily dose if you have a failure rate of about 0.1 to 0.2. If you review regularly, you will get a review spike on your 3rd day,...
unauthorized General discussion 12 3,088 2014-06-12, 6:45 am
    Thread: Question about a rather ambitious project
Post: Question about a rather ambitious project

Don't listen to the haters. It's entirely possible to do something crazy like 150 words per day and still leave a few hours left for more mandate purposes. If you chose that method, then I strongly re...
unauthorized General discussion 14 2,753 2014-03-31, 7:28 am
    Thread: Is there a tool that can break apart a Japanese sentence?
Post: Is there a tool that can break apart a Japanese se...

If you are not afraid of the command line, mecab can do exactly what you want. See http://sourceforge.net/projects/mecab
unauthorized Learning resources 7 1,676 2014-03-19, 2:32 pm
    Thread: Finish Remembering the Kanji in One Month?
Post: Finish Remembering the Kanji in One Month?

Two things. First, don't use lessons to measure your progress. Some of them are obscenely long, while others are extremely short. I believe the longest is somewhere along 130 chars while the shortest ...
unauthorized Remembering the Kanji 50 17,999 2013-05-18, 5:07 am
    Thread: Exporting
Post: Exporting

If you already use anki, for vocab, it would probably be slightly more convenient to transfer there. Otherwise, the only reasons one may want to migrate are: - offline reviews - more formatting opti...
unauthorized Remembering the Kanji 5 1,582 2011-01-03, 10:04 am
    Thread: Japanese Games That Are IP Banned.
Post: Japanese Games That Are IP Banned.

Blahah Wrote:The game is probably using a protocol other than HTTP. Your safest bet is to use a Japanese VPN instead of a proxy - then all your traffic will outwardly appear to come from within Japan....
unauthorized General discussion 5 5,341 2010-08-05, 12:13 pm
    Thread: Japanese Games That Are IP Banned.
Post: Japanese Games That Are IP Banned.

You can use a packet capturing software like Wireshark and check what happens to all your connections. Specifically, look for dropped packages, and packages that don't get tunnelled through the proxy.
unauthorized General discussion 5 5,341 2010-08-04, 9:53 am
    Thread: Updating wiki with RTH/RSH info, what do you want to see included?
Post: Updating wiki with RTH/RSH info, what do you want ...

ファブリス Wrote:Most websites have a significant portion of traffic source from search engines. For "forum.koohii.com" there is 43% search engine traffic, according to Google Analytics tracking. Google an...
unauthorized Chinese and Hanzi 10 1,907 2010-07-23, 2:37 pm
    Thread: People don’t trust foreign accents, says study
Post: People don’t trust foreign accents, says study

People also prefer people from the same race, sexuality, religion, etc... It's already established fact in psychology, that (most) people prefer others who are like them. Foreign accent just reeks of ...
unauthorized Off topic 7 1,556 2010-07-23, 1:38 pm
    Thread: Anyone in NYC or Philly?
Post: Anyone in NYC or Philly?

InTransition Wrote:Overall though, I'd rather have my own hard-copy. So the offer stands. I have things to barter, so if you are through with your copy of the book then let's trade. How about buying i...
unauthorized General discussion 15 2,313 2010-07-15, 4:11 pm
    Thread: FFXIV out in 2 months
Post: FFXIV out in 2 months

Burritolingus Wrote:Slightly off topic, but I wonder why Japan is often skipped over by western MMO devs? Considering the overall popularity of RPGs and (increasingly) MMOs in Japan, I'd think that at...
unauthorized Off topic 7 1,282 2010-07-15, 3:53 pm
    Thread: Swearing in Japan
Post: Swearing in Japan

masaman Wrote:There really isn't many direct cuss words. If you want to cuss somebody though, you can downgrade the politeness of the phrase. If you want to say "What the F are you doing?" you say "お前...
unauthorized Off topic 17 13,679 2010-07-06, 5:16 pm
    Thread: Half way!
Post: Half way!

meredithcat Wrote:Just hit 1026. WHAT WHAT. Doing about 75/day right now (I'm on summer break)... let's see if I can keep it up? Just keep in mind that you will be deep into 300+ reviews/day before l...
unauthorized Remembering the Kanji 616 180,502 2010-06-30, 7:24 am
    Thread: What's the best thing to do with $250,000?
Post: What's the best thing to do with $250,000?

Eikyu Wrote:I'm surprised that no one mentioned this yet, but clearly the best thing to do with $250,000 is to give it to charity. :P Sure, as long as it's just a promise. You know how legal docum...
unauthorized Off topic 69 19,530 2010-06-17, 10:20 am
    Thread: What's the best thing to do with $250,000?
Post: What's the best thing to do with $250,000?

Money, obviously. That's a silly question.
unauthorized Off topic 69 19,530 2010-06-16, 2:29 pm
    Thread: Am I doing things wrong?
Post: Am I doing things wrong?

Don't put your primitives on the front of the card. Anything else is up to your personal style of learning. The goal is to remember the kanji, not to tie them to some obscure, and often very misleadin...
unauthorized Remembering the Kanji 7 1,867 2010-06-16, 2:14 pm
    Thread: Rikaichan problem
Post: Rikaichan problem

I've never seen a more horribly disfigured DOM tree in my life. Unless you feel like fixing it page by page, you can just copy-paste the text into a suitable document. In case you aren't too hot on H...
unauthorized Learning resources 5 3,240 2010-06-15, 6:10 pm
    Thread: Rikaichan problem
Post: Rikaichan problem

You can start by attaching an example of a page that doesn't work for you. I've used rikaichan on offline files before, and it worked fine.
unauthorized Learning resources 5 3,240 2010-06-15, 3:29 pm
    Thread: okurigana or no okurigana. is there a rule
Post: okurigana or no okurigana. is there a rule

*smartass mode on* That's not actual 送り仮名, but *smartass mode off* it's reasonable to use the most common convention. Your IME and dictionary will usually prefer the more common version, unless you pi...
unauthorized The Japanese language 3 1,954 2010-05-12, 4:25 pm
    Thread: How to improve oral/conversational skills?
Post: How to improve oral/conversational skills?

There is no other way to acquire conversational skills than listening to natural speech for prolonged periods of time. Speaking it yourself is far less important, especially in the early phases. You m...
unauthorized The Japanese language 13 6,311 2010-05-06, 3:40 pm
    Thread: 7 months since finishing, and still 40 reviews per day
Post: 7 months since finishing, and still 40 reviews per...

Move to Anki and you'll soon see your reviews decline rapidly, as review periods for well known kanji become larger than one year. You can also add hints and images to the front of the card to help y...
unauthorized Remembering the Kanji 13 4,107 2010-04-27, 3:28 pm
    Thread: Hanzi counter?
Post: Hanzi counter?

vorpal Wrote:Do you just want the number? This could be done in Python in one line of code. If you need it done, let me know. (I can also get you the list of characters in one line, if need be.) Well,...
unauthorized Chinese and Hanzi 10 2,767 2010-04-27, 3:13 am
    Thread: That's it, I'm finishing this now!
Post: That's it, I'm finishing this now!

Few months are more than enough time to study the rest of RTK and still be able to study whatever other information you may need (kon- and on- yomi, most likely). It all comes down to how much time yo...
unauthorized Remembering the Kanji 10 3,569 2010-03-23, 10:52 am
    Thread: Blu Ray or External HDD for storage
Post: Blu Ray or External HDD for storage

The nerd inside me wants to yell at you about the evils of cloud based solutions, but let's not do that. The best way to keep backups is to have a secondary HDD which is an exact mirror of your prima...
unauthorized Off topic 29 7,114 2010-02-23, 10:52 am
    Thread: When will it ever stop???
Post: When will it ever stop???

[要出典]。。。 I wouldn't trust wikipedia that much. 50k words is way too much for a speakers of the more complex Slavic languages (which are HARD, even for us native speakers), let alone Japanese which is...
unauthorized General discussion 46 10,990 2010-02-01, 4:02 pm
    Thread: Science studies with SRS
Post: Science studies with SRS

I'm an undergrad in CompSci and SRS is very useful in some ways. Of course, most of my objectives are radically different from "long term memorization", which makes the way I use SRS rather different....
unauthorized General discussion 18 2,987 2010-01-29, 9:44 am
    Thread: Lesson 18 *headdesk*
Post: Lesson 18 *headdesk*

Ciermel Wrote:Yay, thanks for the quick replies. By the way I just realized it's lesson 17 I'm having troubles with, not 18 - my bad hmm Whew, I was afraid I'd actually get flamed for asking if it's ...
unauthorized Remembering the Kanji 15 2,457 2010-01-25, 4:22 pm