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    Thread: Exploring Job Options in Japan
Post: RE: Exploring Job Options in Japan

(2016-06-15, 7:33 pm)TheVinster Wrote: (2016-06-13, 6:09 am)vix86 Wrote: Congrats to you again zx573! I'll reiterate again to you TheVinster, you should check out some of the companies on paiza a...
zx573 JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 51 6,394 2016-06-16, 3:13 am
    Thread: Exploring Job Options in Japan
Post: RE: Exploring Job Options in Japan

(2016-06-14, 7:31 am)Meriden Wrote: I have a few questions for you zx573.  I was wondering if barely N2 would be enough to get a  job in a japanese startup. Are you able to relatively easily read th...
zx573 JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 51 6,394 2016-06-14, 7:52 am
    Thread: Exploring Job Options in Japan
Post: RE: Exploring Job Options in Japan

So after 3 interviews, a 入社体験 where I did some real things that will be used seriously (apparently), and a final interview with the CEO today, I was given a job offer. I will be moving in January. I w...
zx573 JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 51 6,394 2016-06-13, 5:55 am
    Thread: Exploring Job Options in Japan
Post: RE: Exploring Job Options in Japan

(2016-05-31, 5:54 am)vix86 Wrote: Fixed, they don't have the www subdomain setup apparently. For some reason I still don't understand, Japanese websites always seem to mess up domain names somehow....
zx573 JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 51 6,394 2016-05-31, 6:39 am
    Thread: Exploring Job Options in Japan
Post: RE: Exploring Job Options in Japan

I turned 26 this year and I want to start working in Japan while I'm still young, I understand how you feel at least. You should be able to get a part-time job on a student visa as far as I know, but...
zx573 JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 51 6,394 2016-05-30, 8:26 pm
    Thread: Japanese Programming/Computer Term Deck
Post: RE: Japanese Programming/Computer Term Deck

I agree that 6k is overkill and most aren't exactly useful for everyone. The deck covers a pretty wide range of terms that all fall under "IT", from hardware to software and everything in between. How...
zx573 Learning resources 4 562 2016-05-30, 6:43 pm
    Thread: Exploring Job Options in Japan
Post: RE: Exploring Job Options in Japan

You already have a (from what I can tell, decent) job, and more importantly, actual work experience. Is the MBA something you would go for even if you didn't want to work in Japan? Do you have enough ...
zx573 JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 51 6,394 2016-05-30, 5:48 pm
    Thread: 2016 JLPT N2/N1 Thread: A New Hope
Post: RE: 2016 JLPT N2/N1 Thread: A New Hope

@FlameseeK I'm sure you're already aware of this but just as a reminder: you're trying to listen to podcasts made for native Japanese speakers. You will not 100% understand the podcasts even if you k...
zx573 JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 60 4,298 2016-05-22, 11:50 pm
    Thread: Japanese Programming/Computer Term Deck
Post: RE: Japanese Programming/Computer Term Deck

(2016-05-22, 4:33 am)anotherjohn Wrote: Also, a search for |comp| in JMdict complete returns 12,091 cards. Thanks for the suggestion. I just checked it out, but it looks like every single computer ...
zx573 Learning resources 4 562 2016-05-22, 6:42 am
    Thread: Japanese Programming/Computer Term Deck
Post: Japanese Programming/Computer Term Deck

Was chatting with someone and the topic of studying CS/programming terms came up. I'm in need of this too so I decided to make a tool that scraped all of the terms on the biggest website I found: http...
zx573 Learning resources 4 562 2016-05-21, 11:45 pm
    Thread: 2016 JLPT N2/N1 Thread: A New Hope
Post: RE: 2016 JLPT N2/N1 Thread: A New Hope

I originally decided a few months ago that I was going to take N1 this year and even wrote such in my resume, but holy crap dealing with school while job searching and taking interviews (with Japanese...
zx573 JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 60 4,298 2016-05-13, 9:06 am
    Thread: The Japanese Lyrics Thread! 日本語歌詞スレ
Post: RE: The Japanese Lyrics Thread! 日本語歌詞スレ

You missed out on a really good show then. They played songs from all of their albums, so they played things like 爆裂パニエさん and MATSURI, which were the two I was hoping for. Plus they crowd surfed, whic...
zx573 General discussion 18 1,493 2016-04-27, 7:18 am
    Thread: The Japanese Lyrics Thread! 日本語歌詞スレ
Post: RE: The Japanese Lyrics Thread! 日本語歌詞スレ

@risu_ Good choice :D That's my favorite song by tricot. Unrelated to the thread exactly, but I ended up meeting and taking a picture with the band by chance when they were buying some food before a ...
zx573 General discussion 18 1,493 2016-04-27, 4:52 am
    Thread: Nonfiction audiobook
Post: RE: Nonfiction audiobook

Check out this thread: http://forum.koohii.com/thread-13518.html They have a lot of different types of books, and from a quick glance, there are definitely lots of non-fiction audiobooks available.
zx573 Learning resources 1 322 2016-04-26, 8:48 pm
    Thread: The Japanese Lyrics Thread! 日本語歌詞スレ
Post: RE: The Japanese Lyrics Thread! 日本語歌詞スレ

This music video has been making its rounds on the Japanese internet lately it seems. Music video is required for it to be amusing. Basically goes through every Japanese music video trope. [Video: ht...
zx573 General discussion 18 1,493 2016-04-23, 9:09 pm
    Thread: Smartphone for Japanese
Post: RE: Smartphone for Japanese

For what it's worth, I think the kana/flick input is better overall but especially in small/low screen space situations in particular. If you have a small screen and big fingers, it can be difficult t...
zx573 Off topic 20 1,410 2016-04-19, 8:57 am
    Thread: Stroke Order for Spinal Column Kanji?
Post: RE: Stroke Order for Spinal Column Kanji?

Yeah, I think it would be safe to ignore the order in the book in this case. For the record, you can Google search for "(kanji) 書き順" and it should bring up Japanese websites that show the stroke order...
zx573 Remembering the Kanji 6 677 2016-04-11, 8:09 am
    Thread: Stroke Order for Spinal Column Kanji?
Post: RE: Stroke Order for Spinal Column Kanji?

All of the Japanese sources I can find are the same as jisho's. http://kakijun.jp/page/seki200.html http://kanji.quus.net/kakijyun/1145.htm
zx573 Remembering the Kanji 6 677 2016-04-11, 7:10 am
    Thread: Kanji tatoo
Post: RE: Kanji tatoo

(2016-04-04, 11:15 am)EratiK Wrote: (2016-04-04, 10:55 am)zx573 Wrote: I have a feeling the third kanji isn't even right. Never seen it in Japanese, so it might be a hanzi. Yes it's a kanji (肇), i...
zx573 General discussion 12 919 2016-04-04, 12:21 pm
    Thread: Kanji tatoo
Post: RE: Kanji tatoo

If you don't know the language and have to ask if it's correct then don't do it. I have a feeling the third kanji isn't even right. Never seen it in Japanese, so it might be a hanzi.
zx573 General discussion 12 919 2016-04-04, 10:55 am
    Thread: Back in Japan for a Study Abroad
Post: RE: Back in Japan for a Study Abroad

You're overthinking it, I think. The best way you can prepare for those kinds of things and improve your Japanese the most is to just spend as much time talking to other people in Japanese outside of ...
zx573 JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 2 388 2016-04-04, 4:41 am
    Thread: Need Japanese people for survey
Post: RE: Need Japanese people for survey

You could try /r/newsokur or maybe /r/bakanewsjp (they may not take it seriously though) on Reddit. I occasionally see people posting their surveys there and get some response.
zx573 Off topic 3 513 2016-04-03, 8:31 am
    Thread: Shadowing resources
Post: RE: Shadowing resources

Quote:I know there is a good book called "shadowing japanese" but the problem is that it's not available in digital format, and as my family doesn' know I'm studying japanese, I don't want to order ph...
zx573 General discussion 13 1,328 2016-04-01, 3:36 pm
    Thread: JLPT N1 Mock Test books
Post: RE: JLPT N1 Mock Test books

I used the N2 version of this book for studying and it was great. It has lots of questions for each question type, more than a typical mock test has. It also has one or two full mock tests in the back...
zx573 Learning resources 5 650 2016-03-26, 10:00 pm
    Thread: Self study method for Math
Post: RE: Self study method for Math

I don't know if this will be useful for you or not, but one thing that has always helped me as a study skill for any subject really, but math in particular, is to look at the solution and then work ba...
zx573 Off topic 11 955 2016-03-25, 1:24 am
    Thread: N1Grammar- studying differences between similar expressions
Post: RE: N1Grammar- studying differences between simila...

(2016-03-24, 5:52 pm)pm215 Wrote: (2016-03-24, 2:24 pm)zx573 Wrote: You can lose points for correct answers still as far as I understand (and get points for incorrect answers). Why do you think th...
zx573 Learning resources 87 8,790 2016-03-24, 6:18 pm
    Thread: N1Grammar- studying differences between similar expressions
Post: RE: N1Grammar- studying differences between simila...

(2016-03-24, 10:05 am)PotbellyPig Wrote: As an update, I'm almost finished going through those 12 last sections in Shin Kanzen Master N1 bunpou with tutors.  I'm going to start to take mock tests so...
zx573 Learning resources 87 8,790 2016-03-24, 2:24 pm
    Thread: About to finish Genki 1 and feeling a little discouraged...
Post: RE: About to finish Genki 1 and feeling a little d...

Children's books aren't as easy of a goal for a beginner if you think about it. A little perspective using English as an example: My little cousin who is in kindergarten, at around age 5-ish I think,...
zx573 General discussion 27 2,798 2016-03-14, 5:51 am
    Thread: JLPT Book Advice
Post: RE: JLPT Book Advice

The Kanzen Master books start at N3 and go up to N1, so they might not be useful for you right now. They assume you are at least studying for N3 or above.
zx573 JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 14 1,444 2016-03-13, 7:17 am
    Thread: JLPT Book Advice
Post: RE: JLPT Book Advice

I personally didn't like the vocabulary book since it just seems to inefficient to learn nothing but a bunch of vocabulary from a book to me (any series, not just Shin Kanzen Master). I used a custom ...
zx573 JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 14 1,444 2016-03-12, 5:21 am