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Thread: Pissed off, How does this visa thing work Post: Pissed off, How does this visa thing work I am in a similar boat (job to start on 1 April, but visa very probably won't be done by then). As far as I understand, you have to make the visa application from outside Japan anyway. Plus, while the... |
Melamelachan | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 22 | 4,921 | 2015-03-06, 3:54 am | ||
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Thread: Any interesting (native) material at N4 level? Post: Any interesting (native) material at N4 level? I really like Read Real Japanese (http://www.amazon.com/Read-Real-Japanese...1568365292). It's a collection of short stories from different contemporary authors. It comes with translations of difficul... |
Melamelachan | Learning resources | 21 | 4,545 | 2014-08-09, 10:04 am | ||
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Thread: Reasons why English is just as hard to learn as Japanese Post: Reasons why English is just as hard to learn as Ja... Camreeno, I agree with your general point. But you have the umlaut "o" wrong. |
Melamelachan | Off topic | 67 | 13,203 | 2014-07-06, 9:00 am | ||
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Thread: Learning 500 new vocabularies everyday Post: Learning 500 new vocabularies everyday Apart from the issue of burn-out, there is also the question of learning itself. Memory needs time to consolidate, and cramming in a lot in a short time won't do anything for your long-term retention.... |
Melamelachan | Learning resources | 81 | 10,443 | 2014-06-27, 7:12 am | ||
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Thread: Japanese Movies -- Community Reviews. Post: Japanese Movies -- Community Reviews. Welcome Back Mr McDonald (ラヂオの時間) (1997) This is a comedy set during a live broadcast of a mediocre radio play. One of the actors requests a small alteration to the script. Then the other actors want... |
Melamelachan | Learning resources | 54 | 12,203 | 2014-06-19, 5:42 pm | ||
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Thread: Arcane Secrets! (or one man's language learning story) Post: Arcane Secrets! (or one man's language learning st... OK, so you took classes, went through RTK, Tae Kim and several textbooks and made thousands of Anki cards. In what way exactly is this "don't study"? Don't get me wrong, I think what you did is aw... |
Melamelachan | General discussion | 104 | 37,101 | 2013-10-22, 7:12 am | ||
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Thread: 1M Challenge - NHK News Easy & NHK News #1 Post: 1M Challenge - NHK News Easy & NHK News #1 Today's article (and video!) about the "Penguin Cam" totally made my day :) |
Melamelachan | Learning resources | 36 | 7,200 | 2013-01-22, 5:11 pm | ||
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Thread: 1M Challenge - NHK News Easy & NHK News #1 Post: 1M Challenge - NHK News Easy & NHK News #1 This is a great idea! I'll stick to the Easy news for now, but I'm definitely in. |
Melamelachan | Learning resources | 36 | 7,200 | 2013-01-17, 12:16 pm | ||
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Thread: Gift Ideas Post: Gift Ideas If you don't feel like tackling an entire Japanese novel, I can recommend "Read Real Japanese" (http://www.amazon.com/Read-Real-Japanese...4770030584). It's a collection of short stories by contempora... |
Melamelachan | Off topic | 10 | 2,341 | 2012-06-13, 12:14 pm | ||
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Thread: Japan Times Column - "Microagressions" Post: Japan Times Column - "Microagressions" kitakitsune Wrote:There was a book and documentary made in the 80s about a western guy born and raised in Japan and his interactions with Japanese people. He would go up to Japanese people and start s... |
Melamelachan | General discussion | 99 | 12,517 | 2012-05-23, 12:05 pm | ||
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Thread: Are some people just good at learning a new language? Post: Are some people just good at learning a new langua... My parents didn't speak each other's language when they first met, and neither of them took any formal classes after that - they just learned from each other and from their respective environments (an... |
Melamelachan | General discussion | 29 | 5,566 | 2012-04-03, 1:45 pm | ||
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Thread: Japanese speech contest at my local consulate... Post: Japanese speech contest at my local consulate... TheVinster Wrote:Does anyone have any experience doing such a thing? I'm already not so great with speeches in English, and I have no clue what to talk about in Japanese. Just need some advice on what... |
Melamelachan | Off topic | 11 | 3,245 | 2012-01-21, 1:45 am | ||
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Thread: Those who live in Japan: tell me your story Post: Those who live in Japan: tell me your story I worked in Japan from January to July of 2010 as a visiting scientist (on a JSPS fellowship). It was an interesting experience, although I prefer the working style in my "home lab" in England (where,... |
Melamelachan | General discussion | 17 | 5,179 | 2011-02-05, 9:57 pm | ||
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Thread: A problem that bothers me..... Post: A problem that bothers me..... When I am abroad and someone strikes up a conversation with me in my native language, I am usually so surprised and pleased, that it really doesn't matter what exactly they say or whether it is 100% c... |
Melamelachan | The Japanese language | 7 | 2,076 | 2010-03-16, 7:14 am | ||
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Thread: Increasing listening skills Post: Increasing listening skills Quote:So for vocab deck, i guess i should aim for 20,000-50,000 in a year? (These are huge numbers, so will take time lol) 50000? I don't think I don't know that many words in my native language, to b... |
Melamelachan | The Japanese language | 51 | 9,598 | 2010-02-21, 10:25 am | ||
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Thread: JLPT 2006 Post: JLPT 2006 wrightak Wrote:Better check the deadline. The application period has only just started and the deadline is in the first week of October. So, you have plenty of time :) |
Melamelachan | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 60 | 20,584 | 2006-08-18, 3:24 am | ||
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Thread: JLPT 2006 Post: JLPT 2006 Cool, we could have a JLPT-coffee-break-get-together in London then! :) |
Melamelachan | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 60 | 20,584 | 2006-08-07, 2:18 pm | ||