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    Thread: JLPT July 2013
Post: JLPT July 2013

Tori-kun Wrote:For the Vocabulary/Grammar part (N2), I just blazed through it. Like that I had more time for the 読解, which was, in terms of difficulty of texts, easier than what I have practiced, howe...
Nagareboshi JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 65 18,236 2013-07-09, 12:01 pm
    Thread: Kanji odyssey text files
Post: Kanji odyssey text files

uisukii Wrote:buonaparte has uploaded countless media, including much from Coscom. If it were "against board policy", the thread wouldn't be A) a Sticky thread in the "Learning Resources" subforum, or...
Nagareboshi Learning resources 10 3,662 2013-07-09, 11:49 am
    Thread: Reviewing under unideal circumstances = downright unwise?
Post: Reviewing under unideal circumstances = downright ...

Anki can take away a lot of your stress. The software offers the option to set a maximum number of cards per day, old and new, and you can use this function to adapt to the circumstances you are in. W...
Nagareboshi Remembering the Kanji 13 2,882 2013-07-09, 11:40 am
    Thread: Kanji odyssey text files
Post: Kanji odyssey text files

You can hardly call it stingy when all I try is not to infringe someones copyrights. Think of it what you will, but since the deck contains all the sentences + audio + kanji, which is the full program...
Nagareboshi Learning resources 10 3,662 2013-07-08, 3:22 pm
    Thread: Kanji odyssey text files
Post: Kanji odyssey text files

I created a deck full text with audio while working through KO. If you can proof your ownership of the original material, meaning taking a picture of it together with your e-mail address written on a ...
Nagareboshi Learning resources 10 3,662 2013-07-08, 8:58 am
    Thread: Rikaichan: RevTK Community Edition
Post: Rikaichan: RevTK Community Edition

randyrandy Wrote:I have a problem where pressing 'F' doesn't play the audio. Is a firewall or real-time virus scanner running on your PC? If so check the settings and allow all traffic for the process...
Nagareboshi Learning resources 859 243,833 2013-07-08, 7:04 am
    Thread: do you consider SRS a secret?
Post: do you consider SRS a secret?

Blahah Wrote:Why would anyone want to keep it to themselves? The question is not why, but rather how? I knew about SRS way before learning Japanese, which was way back in school, in a time SRS meant p...
Nagareboshi Learning resources 79 14,597 2012-08-03, 2:11 pm
    Thread: I think about qutting SRS
Post: I think about qutting SRS

quark Wrote:I'm in the same boat as you, Thurd. I've just finished entering in all the sentences from KO2001 and other than doing the reps in that deck, I'm getting ready to take a break from SRS. I...
Nagareboshi Learning resources 35 8,947 2012-08-03, 1:44 pm
    Thread: Sentences - Memorize or not?
Post: Sentences - Memorize or not?

somstuff Wrote:Okay, I have a followup question: how exactly do you guys learn and repeat learning vocab? Obviously, as a beginner, I don't know a lot the readings already, though I am up to about 150...
Nagareboshi The Japanese language 10 3,680 2012-08-01, 8:09 am
    Thread: Making up for the short comings of Kanji Odyssey
Post: Making up for the short comings of Kanji Odyssey

erlog Wrote:Nagareboshi Wrote:You can also go and work through one of the Core decks with Audio. There are enough new words in the decks that it is worth the effort. Just see to it that you put more e...
Nagareboshi Learning resources 7 1,429 2012-07-31, 5:53 pm
    Thread: I think about qutting SRS
Post: I think about qutting SRS

My approach since learning mass amounts of vocabulary with Anki was always this. When I couldn't really read but decipher sentences, due to the lack of grammar knowledge, particles and lack of vocabul...
Nagareboshi Learning resources 35 8,947 2012-07-31, 5:22 pm
    Thread: Making up for the short comings of Kanji Odyssey
Post: Making up for the short comings of Kanji Odyssey

I worked through KO Levels 1 and 2 myself, considered doing Level 3 also, but without the example sentences and more importantly Audio, I left off there. You can either choose to learn the additional ...
Nagareboshi Learning resources 7 1,429 2012-07-31, 4:53 pm
    Thread: Quiting core 6000
Post: Quiting core 6000

SammyB Wrote:Nagareboshi Wrote:Normally it would take about 10 months at a pace of 20 cards to finish off that portion of the deck. OP only has 1500 words left, if I read correctly. That's more like 2...
Nagareboshi General discussion 28 11,231 2012-07-16, 2:58 pm
    Thread: Quiting core 6000
Post: Quiting core 6000

It is by no means a shame to quit. If you feel that it has become a burden to a degree that it hinders your progress than furthering it, this is by far better than keep reviewing and adding. Normall...
Nagareboshi General discussion 28 11,231 2012-07-15, 8:00 pm
    Thread: 2012 JLPT Study Thread
Post: 2012 JLPT Study Thread

Splatted Wrote:Hope it went well everyone! :) I'll bet a thousand with you that everyone here will receive the 合格証明書 very soon. (Don't want to jinx it for others or anything), but, seeing how hard ev...
Nagareboshi JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 297 78,482 2012-07-01, 7:57 am
    Thread: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here
Post: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here

Marble101 Wrote:Nagareboshi Wrote:I finished Core6k today I'm thinking of doing Core 6k in the near future. How did it help your Japanese? It improved my listening comprehension. I was reviewing Hirag...
Nagareboshi General discussion 1,389 294,310 2012-06-09, 6:07 pm
    Thread: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here
Post: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here

I finished Core6k today, and I am past the half-way point through DoIJG, which I read for the second time. Keeping the schedule I should be done in about three or four days with this one. By next mont...
Nagareboshi General discussion 1,389 294,310 2012-06-09, 1:51 pm
    Thread: [Searching] Paraphrasing Software / Resources
Post: [Searching] Paraphrasing Software / Resources

prink Wrote:Very, very unlikely. The technology to do this just isn't there, and I doubt there is much demand. Look how much demand there is for digital translators, yet the technology is still fairly...
Nagareboshi Learning resources 4 1,620 2012-06-09, 1:32 pm
    Thread: [Searching] Paraphrasing Software / Resources
Post: [Searching] Paraphrasing Software / Resources

partner55083777 Wrote:I've never heard of paraphrasing software before. Is it something that is commonly used? I didn't think we have the technology to do it effectively yet. Just look at how bad i...
Nagareboshi Learning resources 4 1,620 2012-06-09, 1:15 pm
    Thread: [Searching] Paraphrasing Software / Resources
Post: [Searching] Paraphrasing Software / Resources

Does anyone know of any resources? I would be mainly interested in software, and found one, at the Hokkaido University website, but this seems to be under development, and no one can say whether or no...
Nagareboshi Learning resources 4 1,620 2012-06-08, 9:05 am
    Thread: I sometimes wonder is just hiragana enough?
Post: I sometimes wonder is just hiragana enough?

I guess that it is very well possible to do without Kanji. If in case you don't plan to take JLPT, Kanji kentei, or some similar test to proof your proficiency, and depending on your goals, why not? R...
Nagareboshi General discussion 35 10,496 2012-06-08, 8:56 am
    Thread: It feels very uncomfortable making online japanese contacts.
Post: It feels very uncomfortable making online japanese...

Purrlsta Wrote:I decided to try and make friends through a different channel rather then the classic lang-8 style of language exchange. I decided to play a game I had played a few times before, but th...
Nagareboshi General discussion 14 5,919 2012-06-06, 6:42 am
    Thread: A sick concept of freedom?
Post: A sick concept of freedom?

Death as an escape, from what? The pains and hardships of life? If everyones going to kill themselves for something, the planet would be empty soon. Loosing some is hard, being forced into situations ...
Nagareboshi Off topic 29 4,075 2012-06-05, 11:17 am
    Thread: How do you "study" RTK?
Post: How do you "study" RTK?

Purrlsta Wrote:simblyne Wrote:Do you just use a piece of computer paper or lined paper? If I have computer paper I get sloppy and my kanji are all over the place, but with lined paper it's hard to wri...
Nagareboshi Remembering the Kanji 18 4,989 2012-06-04, 6:05 am
    Thread: Learning Vocabulary is going too slow
Post: Learning Vocabulary is going too slow

yudantaiteki Wrote:chamcham Wrote:Books roughly have 1500 to 1900 unique kanji (basically you need to know all of the joyo kanji and a some obscure ones). "Need to know" is misleading; you do not need...
Nagareboshi The Japanese language 25 7,779 2012-06-04, 5:26 am
    Thread: Learning Vocabulary is going too slow
Post: Learning Vocabulary is going too slow

Lavasioth Wrote:There are people who can do 50/day but I don't think that's common. Quote:Ok then :/ thats a shame, cause I hear people do like 100 a day, and it would be nice to be able to at least g...
Nagareboshi The Japanese language 25 7,779 2012-06-02, 8:53 pm
    Thread: Listening with headphones Vs not listening with headphones
Post: Listening with headphones Vs not listening with he...

I guess is because you have to actively listen to the content on your mobile phone, ipod, or whatever other source. You are more concentrated because audio is your only source. While being on the PC /...
Nagareboshi General discussion 4 1,123 2012-06-02, 1:40 am
    Thread: うるさいなり
Post: うるさいなり

ファブリス Wrote:vix86 Wrote:I find it annoying, but ultimately its up to ファブリス if he's ok with people making tons of threads like this. What's the problem? That's what topics are for. (?_?) Database-wise...
Nagareboshi The Japanese language 22 3,054 2012-06-02, 12:42 am
    Thread: 日本人の知らない日本語
Post: 日本人の知らない日本語

I found this one very funny, maybe just because everything is so over-exeggerated, for instance right from the start with the black student. Or the teachers not knowing things, that even foreigners se...
Nagareboshi General discussion 24 5,739 2012-06-01, 3:08 am
    Thread: Heisig Hanzi 1 & 2 at the same time?
Post: Heisig Hanzi 1 & 2 at the same time?

cantohamster Wrote:@chamcham: Haha no problem! :] @Nagareboshi: Yes, Heisig does say that in the first book (I assume you have the first edition, which I also have). But in RTH2 (and probably in rev...
Nagareboshi Chinese and Hanzi 13 2,921 2012-05-30, 10:01 am