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Thread: 乱暴 -> らんぼう -> Rambo Post: 乱暴 -> らんぼう -> Rambo Ah, oops, I skimmed the Wikipedia page and saw the word 乱暴, but didn't catch the part where it said it was a coincidence. Oh well... it's still an interesting coincidence. |
twofoe | Off topic | 6 | 1,234 | 2012-09-05, 2:06 pm | ||
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Thread: 乱暴 -> らんぼう -> Rambo Post: 乱暴 -> らんぼう -> Rambo I just wanted to share this interesting revelation I just had upon learning the word 乱暴 (rude, violent, rough, lawless, unreasonable, reckless). It's what inspired the name Rambo, for the fictional wa... |
twofoe | Off topic | 6 | 1,234 | 2012-09-05, 1:48 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread yudantaiteki Wrote:Are you sure that's not たくない? That would make sense, and it's what I thought it said at first, but it's definitely missing the た. Must be a typo; thanks. |
twofoe | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,732 | 2012-09-04, 4:12 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread I don't understand the difference between 終わらせない (not allow/cause to end) and 終わらせなくない (not not allow to end?) in the sentence 君とは仕事だけの関係で終わらせなくない。。。！ Thanks in advance, 日本語 gods ;) |
twofoe | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,732 | 2012-09-03, 8:37 pm | ||
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Thread: "Heisig's Remembering the Kanji sucks" - Other Kanji Learning Methods? Post: "Heisig's Remembering the Kanji sucks" - Other Kan... ryuudou Wrote:Why is this even being bumped? Everyone here should know very well that no non-Heisig related method of Kanji acquisition is as close to as efficient or fast. 15 days :D. Sure, I didn't... |
twofoe | Remembering the Kanji | 66 | 49,370 | 2012-08-30, 9:45 pm | ||
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Thread: I made a lil mistake Post: I made a lil mistake That way's A-ok, kevester. Seamoby Wrote:warakawa Wrote:Don't use RTK, it's flawed because it does not take into account pronunciation. 80% of Kanji are Phono-semantic compounds. I really feel sorry... |
twofoe | Remembering the Kanji | 44 | 8,637 | 2012-08-29, 5:13 am | ||
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Thread: After X word? need to remember keyword instead of story Post: After X word? need to remember keyword instead of ... Personally, I used the stories on this site for the vast majority of RTK. I only altered them if they didn't make sense to me. It took me 15 days to finish RTK1, and I still have great recall (92% cor... |
twofoe | Remembering the Kanji | 7 | 1,353 | 2012-08-29, 4:45 am | ||
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Thread: I made a lil mistake Post: I made a lil mistake Open up the deck in Anki, then go to settings > deck properties > edit > card layout. Once there, just cut and paste the bit in the question field you want to be in the answer. |
twofoe | Remembering the Kanji | 44 | 8,637 | 2012-08-29, 4:38 am | ||
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Thread: Clozed Deletion Manga Post: Clozed Deletion Manga howtwosavealif3 Wrote:Thanks for linking the program. I do this too but not with manga bc I don't like manga http://forum.koohii.com/showthread.php?p...#pid163397 Good to see other people are using t... |
twofoe | The Japanese language | 2 | 1,167 | 2012-08-21, 12:51 pm | ||
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Thread: Clozed Deletion Manga Post: Clozed Deletion Manga Anyone do this? Just take a screenshot of the panel of interest, put it in paint, and erase the expression you want to learn. Having the picture for context helps a lot. It feels more like collecting ... |
twofoe | The Japanese language | 2 | 1,167 | 2012-08-21, 3:00 am | ||
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Thread: Kanji Frequency in Wikipedia Post: Kanji Frequency in Wikipedia To know the "top 1500 kanji" in Wikipedia, you'd need to memorize these 26 kanji in addition to RTK1: 也劉塞幡庄弥梁狙葛李禄筑繋誰頃嘉殆畿卿拳阜薩那龍祀澤 For the "top 2000", these additional 162 will do: 柴砦鱗庵俺駿竣臼脊綴妖稽或斬倭僅伎倶鳳剥... |
twofoe | General discussion | 78 | 75,016 | 2012-08-15, 11:59 pm | ||
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Thread: LOST in Japanese Post: LOST in Japanese Most Japanese subs don't follow what the Japanese says, either. It's all paraphrased. I think it's because they have different teams making the subs and dubs... |
twofoe | General discussion | 13 | 3,831 | 2012-08-15, 8:26 pm | ||
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Thread: "You're studying Japanese?! You must love anime!/be an otaku!/etc.!" Post: "You're studying Japanese?! You must love anime!/b... There's sort of an undertone in people's comments that anime is a "lessor reason" for studying Japanese. If someone says "I'm studying Japanese to watch anime," they immediately feel the need to follo... |
twofoe | General discussion | 85 | 26,691 | 2012-08-15, 8:13 pm | ||
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Thread: "You're studying Japanese?! You must love anime!/be an otaku!/etc.!" Post: "You're studying Japanese?! You must love anime!/b... I'm with Phosis. The biggest reason why I'm learning Japanese is to consume Japanese entertainment, and I have no shame in saying so. "I'm learning Japanese to watch anime." Are there other perks than... |
twofoe | General discussion | 85 | 26,691 | 2012-08-15, 7:07 pm | ||
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Thread: Stamp and Chop Seal Post: Stamp and Chop Seal Heisig's criteria for distinguishing stamp from chopseal is that if the top line trails off to the left, it's a chopseal. If the 2nd stroke begins right where the 1st stroke began, then it's a stamp. ... |
twofoe | Remembering the Kanji | 5 | 2,128 | 2012-08-14, 7:17 pm | ||
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Thread: Finished RTK 1 in 15 days Post: Finished RTK 1 in 15 days It's definitely making a difference. Sometimes I'll learn a new word from something I read, and I'll hear it spoken 10 minutes later. Or I'll learn some new grammar and hear people use it. Or I'll hea... |
twofoe | Remembering the Kanji | 54 | 22,795 | 2012-08-12, 3:09 am | ||
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Thread: Finished RTK 1 in 15 days Post: Finished RTK 1 in 15 days To answer some of your guys' questions, it's been 16 days since finishing and I have a ~92% retention rate in Anki. By "finished," I meant that I went through all the kanji and memorized stories for e... |
twofoe | Remembering the Kanji | 54 | 22,795 | 2012-08-11, 5:48 am | ||
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Thread: From Japanese to <your other languages> vs. English Post: From Japanese to <your other languages> vs. Englis... I think it's better than it used to be, and they must be improving it all the time. Give the technology some time. |
twofoe | The Japanese language | 16 | 4,437 | 2012-08-09, 10:28 pm | ||
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Thread: How many reps do you do in 10 minutes in Anki? Post: How many reps do you do in 10 minutes in Anki? Do you guys write the kanji when you're doing RTK reps? I do, and I average ~20 per 10 minutes. |
twofoe | Off topic | 14 | 2,386 | 2012-07-27, 1:18 am | ||
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Thread: Finished RTK 1 in 15 days Post: Finished RTK 1 in 15 days financialwar Wrote:OP: I don't understand why you crammed 2000 kanjis in 15 days, are you doing it for a exam? The goal is to turn the kanjis into long term memory, not short term memory. What Frony0... |
twofoe | Remembering the Kanji | 54 | 22,795 | 2012-07-26, 12:32 pm | ||
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Thread: Finished RTK 1 in 15 days Post: Finished RTK 1 in 15 days I just now finished. I spent every day doing pretty much nothing but RTK, and now I'm done (well, I have ~500 reviews to do tomorrow, but no biggie). I can answer questions and explain my strategy, to... |
twofoe | Remembering the Kanji | 54 | 22,795 | 2012-07-26, 3:34 am | ||