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    Thread: Any Final Fantasy III [JAP] app (iPod/iPad) owners?
Post: Any Final Fantasy III [JAP] app (iPod/iPad) owners...

But apparently Final Fantasy Tactics from the American store is strictly English only, so be careful!
Ryuujin27 General discussion 6 2,496 2011-11-14, 12:40 am
    Thread: Help with translation E > J
Post: Help with translation E > J

pudding cat Wrote:僕らの掟「絶対盗まない!」 捨てられたもの、それしか使わない My attempt, I wanted to make it rhyme like the original :) Not sure about the rhythm though. Props on the addition of trying to make it rhyme. Though...
Ryuujin27 General discussion 12 2,182 2011-09-02, 1:06 pm
    Thread: Free Language Exchange: langoLab
Post: Free Language Exchange: langoLab

zhfac Wrote:I wish you could just use text, without the webcam. Or even just audio only. Gotta get over your shyness sometime, eh?
Ryuujin27 Learning resources 8 2,153 2011-09-02, 12:10 pm
    Thread: Help with translation E > J
Post: Help with translation E > J

pudding cat Wrote:It does make sense: "We never steal" - that's what we say We only use what's thrown away Ok, I'll amend my original. 僕たちは盗まない - 僕たちの言っていることだ 捨てられた物のみを使う! Agreed that the space/per...
Ryuujin27 General discussion 12 2,182 2011-09-02, 11:13 am
    Thread: Help with translation E > J
Post: Help with translation E > J

I'd love to help, but the English doesn't make sense. Do you mean: "We never steal- that's why we say we only use what's thrown away!" ? If so, try: 「僕たちは盗まない - だから捨てられた物のみを使うと言っているわけ!」 Might nee...
Ryuujin27 General discussion 12 2,182 2011-09-02, 10:25 am
    Thread: Mandaring Chinese for dummies...?
Post: Mandaring Chinese for dummies...?

Zhongwen Red I'm almost done with an Anki deck where I spliced up the audio and did all the sentences. One exists, I know. However, it wasn't to my study style. Mine is simple and has the Sentence in...
Ryuujin27 Chinese and Hanzi 22 4,091 2011-09-02, 10:13 am
    Thread: Hanzi beyond RTH
Post: Hanzi beyond RTH

How useful is this list? http://www.zein.se/patrick/3000char.html
Ryuujin27 Chinese and Hanzi 22 28,858 2011-08-24, 10:55 am
    Thread: How often is Pinyin Tools wrong?
Post: How often is Pinyin Tools wrong?

I've been adding a lot of Chinese cards recently using Pinyin Tools, just because it is so useful, but I noticed that on one occasion, it is usually wrong. Whenever the character 要 appears, it always ...
Ryuujin27 Chinese and Hanzi 5 2,029 2011-08-24, 9:50 am
    Thread: Japanese websites
Post: Japanese websites

http://www.jin115.com/ My favorite blog.
Ryuujin27 Learning resources 12 3,109 2011-08-04, 7:35 pm
    Thread: Send me $1500! (AJATT Silverspoon)
Post: Send me $1500! (AJATT Silverspoon)

I just don't get it. He's obviously trying to sell his product, but what's the major problem with it? Does it affect you so much? It's simply a way for people who know what they have to do yet lack s...
Ryuujin27 Off topic 567 98,500 2011-08-02, 11:04 am
    Thread: Send me $1500! (AJATT Silverspoon)
Post: Send me $1500! (AJATT Silverspoon)

Does anyone else find this thread amusing for the same reasons I do? For example: A vast majority of the people here undoubtedly found this site (or at least Remembering the Kanji) through AJATT, and...
Ryuujin27 Off topic 567 98,500 2011-08-02, 10:22 am
    Thread: SRSing for school courses.
Post: SRSing for school courses.

I'd be interested in the results and actual time it takes to complete those tasks every day. Also, it would be nice to see some sample cards from those subjects. It's hard for me to imagine in what s...
Ryuujin27 Off topic 13 3,240 2011-08-01, 4:01 pm
    Thread: Japanese Subs Google Group
Post: Japanese Subs Google Group

I was so hoping it would have been another name that was previously used...
Ryuujin27 Group study 10 4,342 2011-08-01, 2:07 pm
    Thread: Send me $1500! (AJATT Silverspoon)
Post: Send me $1500! (AJATT Silverspoon)

Yeah but, why you so mad, brah?
Ryuujin27 Off topic 567 98,500 2011-08-01, 12:56 pm
    Thread: iPhone/iPad app: Juku
Post: iPhone/iPad app: Juku

And of course the BEST approach is combining the two by cramming information, then continuing to study over the long term. It REALLY sets in then.
Ryuujin27 Learning resources 9 2,866 2011-07-27, 10:35 am
    Thread: iPhone/iPad app: Juku
Post: iPhone/iPad app: Juku

How about... using both? I'll give it a try later, not sure how useful it'll be but looks decent. And free universal app? I'm intrigued.
Ryuujin27 Learning resources 9 2,866 2011-07-27, 10:05 am
    Thread: Career vs. Study in Japan
Post: Career vs. Study in Japan

Two important questions and a statement. Q1) Why will you get your masters/PhD in? Q2) Will you use this to work in Japan or England? S1) Japan is notorious for looking down upon "higher, higher edu...
Ryuujin27 JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 34 9,276 2011-07-20, 3:45 pm
    Thread: Google+
Post: Google+

https://plus.google.com/112307888879322952828/ I've been posting some Japanese stuff, and will continue to do so as I have a number of people in my 日本語が喋られる人 circle - but start adding me and I'll add...
Ryuujin27 Off topic 77 14,920 2011-07-18, 11:31 am
    Thread: Japanese TV Streams
Post: Japanese TV Streams

Asriel Wrote:Hashiriya Wrote:Yeh they were the best... I'd pay $20/month to have something like that again. If that's how you feel, then you can get NHK総合, NHK教育, 日本テレビ, TBSテレビ, フジテレビ, テレビ朝日, テレビ東...
Ryuujin27 Learning resources 13 7,834 2011-07-18, 9:51 am
    Thread: Living Japanese
Post: Living Japanese

wccrawford Wrote:-sigh- Having your first post on a board be spam (even if related) is not a good thing. Spam... even if related... what?
Ryuujin27 General discussion 6 1,572 2011-07-15, 12:17 pm
    Thread: Mezbup'z First Trip To JAPAN!!!
Post: Mezbup'z First Trip To JAPAN!!!

mezbup Wrote:I've nearly finished reading a book I bought only a few days ago! 東大生が選んだ勉強法. Its an easy read if you're at JLPT1 level and highly recommend for anyone who is either serious about study o...
Ryuujin27 General discussion 172 24,884 2011-07-15, 10:52 am
    Thread: Mezbup'z First Trip To JAPAN!!!
Post: Mezbup'z First Trip To JAPAN!!!

So many people talk about Japanese girls being in shape. Thin ≠ in shape. Most Japanese girls aren't in good shape at all. Oh and congrats on getting to Japan, Mezbup. Have a blast!
Ryuujin27 General discussion 172 24,884 2011-07-06, 8:48 am
    Thread: HIGH cholesterol?....Fear not!
Post: HIGH cholesterol?....Fear not!

Here's the explanation: cholesterol in food has absolutely no correlation to cholesterol levels in the body, and eating foods high in cholesterol will not raise your own cholesterol levels. It's a va...
Ryuujin27 Off topic 68 8,988 2011-07-05, 12:40 pm
    Thread: For anyone interested in AJATT..
Post: For anyone interested in AJATT..

tarkonis Wrote:Ryuujin27 Wrote:I meant to read your whole site, I really did... but after I got near the bottom of the first post and saw the Google+ +1 Icon, I immediately became jealous and closed t...
Ryuujin27 General discussion 81 21,686 2011-07-05, 8:38 am
    Thread: For anyone interested in AJATT..
Post: For anyone interested in AJATT..

I meant to read your whole site, I really did... but after I got near the bottom of the first post and saw the Google+ +1 Icon, I immediately became jealous and closed the browser.
Ryuujin27 General discussion 81 21,686 2011-07-01, 1:35 pm
    Thread: Weird Kana
Post: Weird Kana

mottles Wrote:http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/rose.jpg Hi guys, Starting with 〆, what do the characters mean? In other words, are the last six entries (shime, koto, toki, tomo, yori, sourou) on ...
Ryuujin27 The Japanese language 9 3,036 2011-06-28, 11:35 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

Tzadeck Wrote:Nagareboshi Wrote:面白いだね。 Just as a heads up--you can't use だ with an い-adjective. Either 面白いね or 面白いですね. Grammatically, you can. It's just more native-like when speaking to drop the だ.
Ryuujin27 The Japanese language 8,332 1,452,087 2011-06-28, 3:02 pm
    Thread: 江=へ?
Post: 江=へ?

vonPeterhof Wrote:But if they were using actual man'yogana, wouldn't 部 (man'yogana for へ) make more sense? I don't think you read my description of manyogana... There's no real rhyme or reason to whi...
Ryuujin27 The Japanese language 10 2,799 2011-06-09, 10:00 am
    Thread: 江=へ?
Post: 江=へ?

Jarvik7 Wrote:江 is a manyogana for E/YE And to save some people the work of looking up what manyogana is (and simultaneously put the two classes on classical Japanese I took to good use) let me give a...
Ryuujin27 The Japanese language 10 2,799 2011-06-09, 8:43 am
    Thread: Why do stories which are not stories get high scores?
Post: Why do stories which are not stories get high scor...

These were my favorite stories. The reason? The play on words was a nice start, and then it was short enough that it kind of clued me in to a good way to approach the keywords, thus allowing me to m...
Ryuujin27 Remembering the Kanji 33 8,930 2011-06-06, 1:30 pm