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Thread: Are YOU as Smart as a Japanese Kid? Post: Are YOU as Smart as a Japanese Kid? got 3 correct i had no.1 down as 月曜日 too, no.3 had me beat. |
robinowen | General discussion | 32 | 8,290 | 2011-01-19, 3:41 am | ||
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Thread: Where can I find/buy? Post: Where can I find/buy? Yep, I had a look today and the books in the 中学 section were mostly longer reading passages, but the book for the 漢検 have the style of questions you wanted, those were next to the TOIEC and 英検 books i... |
robinowen | Learning resources | 9 | 1,751 | 2010-09-13, 3:14 am | ||
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Thread: Discussion on Textbooks Post: Discussion on Textbooks nadiatims Wrote:I'd start with books for children. Don't force yourself to read through a whole book. If it's too painful, it's probably too difficult or boring. SRS all vocab. imo for a beginner you ... |
robinowen | The Japanese language | 46 | 14,898 | 2010-09-12, 9:42 am | ||
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Thread: Where can I find/buy? Post: Where can I find/buy? chochajin Wrote:In 100yen stores they only have them up to elementary school 6th graders, at least that's what I saw so far. @robinowen: To make it a bit easier, in what section can I find them? I wa... |
robinowen | Learning resources | 9 | 1,751 | 2010-09-11, 10:10 pm | ||
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Thread: Where can I find/buy? Post: Where can I find/buy? If you're in Japan, then any bookstore. I really like these books too, have been doing them from 小学校一年生 level, they're only about 600 en. |
robinowen | Learning resources | 9 | 1,751 | 2010-09-11, 7:54 am | ||
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Thread: Finished RTK1; next step...? And a demoralizing first attempt. Post: Finished RTK1; next step...? And a demoralizing fi... thecite Wrote:Aijin Wrote:Diving straight into Japanese material would be the language-learning equivalent of dropping a five year old that can't swim into the English Channel without a life-vest. Smi... |
robinowen | Remembering the Kanji | 35 | 10,502 | 2010-07-30, 9:14 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread pm215 Wrote:Well, sometimes ことから means 'because', but sometimes (as in this case) it's just こと followed by から (where こと is doing its usual nominalising job and から is "from"). In this particular case ... |
robinowen | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,536 | 2010-07-24, 9:12 am | ||
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Thread: Advice sought for Intermediate Japanese Post: Advice sought for Intermediate Japanese Aijin Wrote:I don't think flash cards of sentences from the Dictionary of Japanese Grammar series are in any way a replacement for the books. The sentences are meant to illustrate all the grammatical ... |
robinowen | Learning resources | 38 | 10,227 | 2010-07-21, 8:14 pm | ||
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Thread: Cramming for JLPT Level 1 in 1 Week Post: Cramming for JLPT Level 1 in 1 Week trusmis Wrote:Everyone says best is just read. I disagree. After reading 10 years of previous test I don't think you will be more accurate on the 11th test you will do. You surely will be faster, bu... |
robinowen | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 13 | 7,464 | 2010-06-25, 7:55 pm | ||
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Thread: An Integrated Approach to Intermediate Japanese - Review? Post: An Integrated Approach to Intermediate Japanese - ... Raschaverak Wrote:I've been meaning to ask: could sy provide me some examples of the "hardest reading materials" in english? I've seen Shakespeare above, that can be one, are there others out there? )... |
robinowen | Learning resources | 63 | 36,114 | 2010-06-15, 6:46 am | ||
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Thread: Light Novels vs Manga reading difficulty? Post: Light Novels vs Manga reading difficulty? chamcham Wrote:Mac OSX dictionary (NOTE: the Japanese-English OSX dictionary doesn't have this word. So I guess it's not a very common.) It's under the verb: もちかえる【持ち帰る】 carry [bring, take] back パンフ... |
robinowen | General discussion | 76 | 33,522 | 2010-06-02, 4:11 am | ||
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Thread: Anki iPhone app dropping soon - who's buying? Post: Anki iPhone app dropping soon - who's buying? kapalama Wrote:Apparently the mouth is supposed to be written before the vertical but I have never found a Japanese person who writes it that way. (Including 3 different native Japanese professors who... |
robinowen | Learning resources | 401 | 86,892 | 2010-05-29, 4:52 am | ||
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Thread: Light Novels vs Manga reading difficulty? Post: Light Novels vs Manga reading difficulty? ta12121 Wrote:caivano Wrote:I'm reading Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, it's much easier than I thought it would be. From a language point of view there are so many more structures used so it's w... |
robinowen | General discussion | 76 | 33,522 | 2010-05-28, 8:29 pm | ||
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Thread: all Thai all the time Post: all Thai all the time IceCream Wrote:kyotokanji, thankyou!!! @Robinowen, which school would you recommend? I'l check it out!! This course: http://www.ihbangkok.com/page/37-interna...ta_th.html The Chaing Mai branch, whic... |
robinowen | General discussion | 72 | 13,121 | 2010-03-20, 8:14 am | ||
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Thread: all Thai all the time Post: all Thai all the time I can recommend a really good place for TEFL (CELTA) in Thailand if you want, I studied there before coming to Japan. Thailand is great but I wouldn't wanna live there, as most of the jobs are in Bang... |
robinowen | General discussion | 72 | 13,121 | 2010-03-14, 4:03 am | ||
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Thread: Some guy at Kotaku rants on Japan... Post: Some guy at Kotaku rants on Japan... gyaa I just wasted too much time skimming that >< he's off the mark on most things but most importantly, chococros are AMAZING. |
robinowen | General discussion | 131 | 24,157 | 2010-03-13, 7:44 am | ||
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Thread: Learning Vocabulary with Stories Post: Learning Vocabulary with Stories I had exactly the same problem with 使う and 作る and it took me ages to get the hang of it :$ I don't use stories but I use visual scenes which is kinda the same thing, for example 渡る is a kangaroo... |
robinowen | General discussion | 12 | 7,098 | 2010-03-13, 6:14 am | ||
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Thread: Down and out, Where do I go from here? Post: Down and out, Where do I go from here? go to an izakaya, get drunk and talk to the old guys you could use skype, but going to an izakaya would be better. |
robinowen | The Japanese language | 47 | 8,192 | 2010-03-10, 8:17 am | ||
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Thread: JLPT1 but can't speak keigo Post: JLPT1 but can't speak keigo from what I've heard many Japanese employees have to be trained in keigo when they join a company from school or university, I'd guess you'd get the same treatment. |
robinowen | The Japanese language | 40 | 16,444 | 2010-03-05, 7:00 pm | ||
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Thread: Extreme learning methods? Post: Extreme learning methods? seems like its mostly SRS stuff so try manga, magazines, dramas, movies, video games, friends (skype), writing a diary... |
robinowen | The Japanese language | 40 | 9,713 | 2010-03-05, 6:38 am | ||
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Thread: RTK video for the living room? Post: RTK video for the living room? if only there was a かんじてごらん for all levels [Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQS8EqP6rME] |
robinowen | The Japanese language | 37 | 6,289 | 2010-03-05, 6:02 am | ||
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Thread: Kanji compound spreadsheet Post: Kanji compound spreadsheet Does anyone have a spreadsheet with all the jouyou kanji by grade with example compounds? I'm basically after something like this: http://www.saiga-jp.com/kanji_dictionary.html but in spreadsheet form... |
robinowen | The Japanese language | 0 | 650 | 2010-03-05, 5:35 am | ||
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Thread: Handwriting? Post: Handwriting? I think you have to be careful with copying the standard computer font because some of the kanji are quite different to the handwritten style. You can always install a handwritten font like the one at... |
robinowen | Remembering the Kanji | 48 | 21,724 | 2009-12-22, 11:18 pm | ||
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Thread: Handwriting? Post: Handwriting? you can use books for Japanese kids to help with handwriting... I use the KUMON books: http://www.kumonshuppan.com/special/062/index.html which show you how to write properly, but then it's not really... |
robinowen | Remembering the Kanji | 48 | 21,724 | 2009-12-20, 6:32 am | ||