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    Thread: Recognizing Kanji
Post: Recognizing Kanji

Hi guys, I have a real problem recognizing kanji. I have been studying Japanese for probably 4-5 years seriously now. I did RTK1 at the start, I have been through both KO2001 books and I have thousan...
trumpet The Japanese language 4 1,087 2015-07-24, 9:37 pm
    Thread: Kanzen Master 2kyuu 文法
Post: Kanzen Master 2kyuu 文法

ikore Wrote:Here is the spreadsheet for N3: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1...kk/pubhtml It has not been checked for typos, but i think most has been fixed while I was reviewing them. I thin...
trumpet Group study 253 93,885 2015-01-21, 10:24 pm
    Thread: Kanzen Master 2kyuu 文法
Post: Kanzen Master 2kyuu 文法

Hinsudesu Wrote:ikore Wrote:I've typed up the sentences for N3 last year, I'll see if I can convert it into a spreadsheet tomorrow. I would be very interested in that too! Same here!
trumpet Group study 253 93,885 2015-01-19, 7:51 pm
    Thread: Kanzen Master 2kyuu 文法
Post: Kanzen Master 2kyuu 文法

ikore Wrote:Most people are now using the shin kanzen master books, you can find the spreadsheets here. do you know if anyone made a spreadsheet for n3? its a lot more work than i expected to type it ...
trumpet Group study 253 93,885 2015-01-05, 8:42 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

Question about this: "静まり返った教室の様子が収められている。" In regards to "収める", is this sentence saying "The classroom's state of silence had been achieved?" Or is the verb saying something else? My understanding ...
trumpet The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,216 2015-01-04, 2:32 pm
    Thread: x new cards per day = typically y reviews per day total
Post: x new cards per day = typically y reviews per day ...

sorry if that is an odd subject. what i am trying to ask is this: is there any kind of estimate for how many reviews a day you will be looking at (once you're into the swing of things) based on how ma...
trumpet General discussion 12 3,088 2014-06-11, 9:30 pm
    Thread: Qualifying は/が particle uses from individual sentences -- harder?
Post: Qualifying は/が particle uses from individual sente...

I have been studying Japanese for a long time but boy do I still struggle mightily with having a solid grasp on the usage of these two particles. The more I learn about them the more they confuse me. ...
trumpet The Japanese language 12 2,316 2014-03-24, 10:26 pm
    Thread: kanzen grammar book question
Post: kanzen grammar book question

this has to do with the conjugations for each grammar point. so sometimes explanations like this will come up and i don't fully understand them: ~に対して… conjugation: 名+に対して 普通形 (ナ形(だ crossed out) な/であ...
trumpet Learning resources 0 479 2014-02-14, 3:10 pm
    Thread: に and で differences
Post: に and で differences

Vempele Wrote:trumpet Wrote:the sentence is from ko2001 but it's 活力している not 活力する It's 活動している. yeah you're right. this isnt the first time my anki deck has had a typo
trumpet The Japanese language 15 3,375 2014-02-10, 7:54 pm
    Thread: に and で differences
Post: に and で differences

the sentence is from ko2001 but it's 活力している not 活力する i am starting to understand better. i've been doing my sentences looking at に this way and so far so good.
trumpet The Japanese language 15 3,375 2014-02-09, 6:18 pm
    Thread: に and で differences
Post: に and で differences

it's starting to make a little bit more sense, especially the difference between the second two examples. about the target vs location though, how do you tell? i can understand it being a target when...
trumpet The Japanese language 15 3,375 2014-02-09, 5:20 pm
    Thread: に and で differences
Post: に and で differences

in some cases i cannot figure out why either に or で are used instead of the other one and i wonder if in these cases they are interchangeable. or, if they're not, what the difference is between the tw...
trumpet The Japanese language 15 3,375 2014-02-09, 4:05 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

yep, i think you're right, thanks!
trumpet The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,216 2014-02-03, 1:46 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

what is the grammar in the bolded part of this sentence: 最後まで笑っちゃいけないんだぜ 勝負ってもんは! does the って have anything to do with という or is ってもん some kind of casual version of ても + explanatory の?
trumpet The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,216 2014-02-03, 1:14 am
    Thread: how to access the japanese kindle store via android?
Post: how to access the japanese kindle store via androi...

i am trying to figure out how to do this. im trying to buy books from the japanese kindle store, i've made a separate account with a japanese address, changed the country associated with this kindle (...
trumpet General discussion 0 781 2013-10-11, 7:58 pm
    Thread: Rikaichan: RevTK Community Edition
Post: Rikaichan: RevTK Community Edition

edit: geez nevermind again lol
trumpet Learning resources 859 244,132 2013-10-07, 4:25 pm
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

i have a question about this sentence and in particular the verb conjugation: マリサ先生には完っ璧な踊り見てもらわにゃならんべしな! for "見てもらわにゃならん" construction of the verb is confusing me as is the にゃ. my guess is, based ...
trumpet The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,216 2013-10-05, 1:47 am
    Thread: Japanese people on Skype
Post: Japanese people on Skype

you are in luck. japan has a great skype directory. i used it a year ago for a month and found tons of people to talk to (and i could barely talk at all!) http://atskype.jp/ i found that the easiest...
trumpet Learning resources 3 1,806 2013-09-28, 3:31 am
    Thread: Rikaichan: RevTK Community Edition
Post: Rikaichan: RevTK Community Edition

edit: nevermind! reinstalling anki fixed it i ran into a problem today with the real-time anki import tool. it doesn't seem to work anymore for whatever reason. i use it every day and sometimes get s...
trumpet Learning resources 859 244,132 2013-09-12, 4:54 pm
    Thread: Vocab learning routine
Post: Vocab learning routine

I just wonder what you guys do when you add vocab to your decks. Do you just add it then only review it when it shows up on your deck? Or do you learn it, maybe look it over a couple times over the co...
trumpet The Japanese language 22 4,234 2013-09-12, 4:01 pm
    Thread: advice needed
Post: advice needed

just want to say, i am currently leaning on re-doing RTK right now but only the 1000 kanji that are in the first two KO2001 books of which i have finished which i think puts my vocab somewhere at 1500...
trumpet The Japanese language 8 1,350 2013-07-22, 4:07 am
    Thread: advice needed
Post: advice needed

hey guys. i will try to make my predicament quick. so after like 4 semesters of japanese in college i decided to self study. i started with RTK1 and after a few months finished all 2000. then after ...
trumpet The Japanese language 8 1,350 2013-07-21, 9:14 pm
    Thread: prepping as much as possible for the jump to native material
Post: prepping as much as possible for the jump to nativ...

hey guys :) so basically, i am in no rush to enjoy native material. my current experience is, a couple years of japanese in college, rtk, tae kim's grammar (though im going to get the manga way) and t...
trumpet The Japanese language 67 12,914 2013-03-30, 4:19 pm
    Thread: windows 7 japanese font differences?
Post: windows 7 japanese font differences?

i just upgraded from xp to 7 recently and i've noticed some kanji characters look kind of different and odd. like 卿. the middle radical has a little mark on top like in 食 and at the bottom, instead of...
trumpet General discussion 5 1,319 2011-12-31, 11:46 am
    Thread: The particles that go along with verbs を、 が、 に、 と。 Confusion
Post: The particles that go along with verbs を、 が、 に、 と。...

for those of you who learned which particles are used through exposure, was this something that got easier for you the better you got at reading? i can understand most stuff i read but my japanese isn...
trumpet The Japanese language 22 4,324 2011-12-16, 12:04 pm
    Thread: What are some easy to read manga?
Post: What are some easy to read manga?

there is a shonen sunday manga called "magi" that i recommend. for me it's the first thing i have ever been able to read and i just finished ko2001. and its pretty well done\interesting. it might be a...
trumpet Learning resources 5 3,066 2011-11-25, 1:58 pm
    Thread: The "I just finished KO2001, please congratulate me" thread.
Post: The "I just finished KO2001, please congratulate m...

i finished ko2001 a few days ago. yesterday i tried reading a shonen manga in japanese to see if i could do it. i would say i know only like 40% of the words i see, but oddly enough, i understand abou...
trumpet General discussion 120 33,799 2011-11-18, 12:10 am