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    Thread: Post your Kanjipeen here!
Post: RE: Post your Kanjipeen here!

Alright, time to update lil'peens as well. Previous measurement was 2016-05-02 The seen cards in this collection contain: 1255 total unique kanji. +337 Old jouyou: 1157 of 1940 (59.6%). +309 New jou...
Robik General discussion 30 4,579 Yesterday, 1:50 am
    Thread: Why are some people in the Japanese self learning community so down on Heisig?
Post: RE: Why are some people in the Japanese self learn...

I was a bored while doing RTK and I began to doubt it. So I decided to do some Tae Kim with accompanied vocabulary. And I must say, there was a hell of a difference in learning vocabulary I knew kanj...
Robik Remembering the Kanji 61 3,892 2016-06-13, 10:49 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: RE: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

(2016-05-17, 8:19 am)Vempele Wrote: Multiple good answers by native speakers: http://lang-8.com/506726/journals/271515...1285472702 Thanks. So, it seems that も particle is there, because original ...
Robik The Japanese language 8,332 1,451,814 2016-05-17, 8:49 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: RE: The "What's this word/phrase?" threa...

Core 10k sentence: 夏休みももう終わりだ。 is translated as  Summer vacation's already over.  I don't know why there is も particle though... shouldn't it be は particle instead?
Robik The Japanese language 8,332 1,451,814 2016-05-17, 7:55 am
    Thread: Nayr's Core5000 deck (Frequency Dictionary of Japanese)
Post: RE: Nayr's Core5000 deck (Frequency Dictionary of ...

I ended up writing import plugin for this and I used the sound field as identifier, so thanks for the hint :) Did you make fixes in other fields than in Expression, Reading and English Translation?
Robik Learning resources 204 74,813 2016-05-11, 3:43 pm
    Thread: Nayr's Core5000 deck (Frequency Dictionary of Japanese)
Post: RE: Nayr's Core5000 deck (Frequency Dictionary of ...

Thanks. Now I have to figure out, how to import updated deck and not loose progress I made in the original version. I think there is no way to do that though, without some unique sentence identifier...
Robik Learning resources 204 74,813 2016-05-11, 3:19 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: RE: The "What's this word/phrase?" threa...

Thank you very much. That was perfect explanation, now everything is clear to me.
Robik The Japanese language 8,332 1,451,814 2016-05-03, 5:13 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: RE: The "What's this word/phrase?" threa...

I have a question regarding one example sentence from Tae Kim: お酒は好きというか、ないと生きていけない。 I like alcohol or rather, can't live on without it.  I understand the first half, but I have no idea what grammar...
Robik The Japanese language 8,332 1,451,814 2016-05-03, 4:44 am
    Thread: Post your Kanjipeen here!
Post: RE: Post your Kanjipeen here!

Hmm, lets take this thread to a different direction... smaller is better! ;-) The seen cards in this collection contain: 918 total unique kanji. Old jouyou: 848 of 1940 (43.7%). New jouyou: 25 of 196...
Robik General discussion 30 4,579 2016-05-02, 1:53 pm
    Thread: Starting to learn again...
Post: RE: Starting to learn again...

(2016-04-25, 6:25 am)vix86 Wrote: ... For me, this is simply considering getting a fountain pen and some nice inks since this is something that's been itching at my curiosity. ... http://shop.white...
Robik The Japanese language 18 2,023 2016-04-25, 9:06 am
    Thread: program that stream live TV?
Post: RE: program that stream live TV?

(2016-04-10, 1:14 pm)Stansfield123 Wrote: Found a new streaming program...has over 30 channels. Not sure how good it is yet, just installed it today. It's working great right now...it didn't work ve...
Robik General discussion 278 155,904 2016-04-10, 1:40 pm
    Thread: I've failed...and I've been lying to myself
Post: RE: I've failed...and I've been lying to myself

(2016-02-21, 9:01 am)sholum Wrote: Even adding RTK2 doesn't really make it Japanese (it's more Japanese than before though, because you can name the scribbles), because there's no meaning or context...
Robik The Japanese language 60 6,948 2016-02-21, 12:16 pm
    Thread: Kinokuniya is hiring
Post: RE: Kinokuniya is hiring

I always find it funny how these things contain list of requirements but nothing about what they offer... :)
Robik JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 8 1,562 2016-01-26, 5:02 am
    Thread: I've failed...and I've been lying to myself
Post: RE: I've failed...and I've been lying to myself

I hit similar wall somewhere in the middle of RTK1. I had low retention on mature cards, way lower that many posters here have and it started to wear me off. It was so much work invested and my brain ...
Robik The Japanese language 60 6,948 2016-01-24, 2:31 am
    Thread: Life in Japan and bubbles
Post: RE: Life in Japan and bubbles

(2016-01-14, 6:51 pm)afterglowefx Wrote: There are tens of thousands of third generation Koreans--not only were they born in Japan, but so were their parents--who are not considered to be Japanese. ...
Robik General discussion 47 5,888 2016-01-15, 8:27 am
    Thread: Not to brag, but I'm bragging
Post: RE: Not to brag, but I'm bragging

(2016-01-08, 3:53 pm)JhonCatus Wrote: (2016-01-08, 2:52 pm)Xavier22 Wrote: I don't like the 10 review limit though.  As a matter of course with Anki, you should have more reviews than new cards ju...
Robik General discussion 5 995 2016-01-08, 3:59 pm
    Thread: 2015 Reflections and 2016 Resolutions
Post: RE: 2015 Reflections and 2016 Resolutions

2015 Reflections I don't think I had any New Year resolutions back then, because I just decided to learn Japanese at the Christmas Eve 2014. I don't even remember how I got the idea in my head in th...
Robik General discussion 19 1,794 2016-01-01, 4:47 am
    Thread: heisigify.py - Add Heisig info to Anki deck
Post: RE: heisigify.py - Add Heisig info to Anki deck

Yeah, I probably will, even though I didn't like their deck purge...
Robik Learning resources 23 4,825 2016-01-01, 3:57 am
    Thread: heisigify.py - Add Heisig info to Anki deck
Post: RE: heisigify.py - Add Heisig info to Anki deck

(2015-12-31, 6:53 am)Vempele Wrote: Caches all keywords the first time you open the browser: https://www.dropbox.com/s/nl916fz58fcluav/rtkkw.py?dl=1 (Also removed the check for 'japanese' in the m...
Robik Learning resources 23 4,825 2015-12-31, 7:38 am
    Thread: heisigify.py - Add Heisig info to Anki deck
Post: RE: heisigify.py - Add Heisig info to Anki deck

Glad you found it useful. Performance is bad because there are like zero optimizations, not even caching for already found keywords. Your computer is certainly not at fault here. Still, you pretty m...
Robik Learning resources 23 4,825 2015-12-31, 2:40 am
    Thread: heisigify.py - Add Heisig info to Anki deck
Post: RE: heisigify.py - Add Heisig info to Anki deck

(2015-12-28, 1:17 am)xtreme1 Wrote: (2015-12-28, 12:58 am)Robik Wrote: (2015-12-27, 7:08 pm)xtreme1 Wrote: (2015-12-26, 4:02 pm)Robik Wrote: I made plugin like this for my personal use... so ...
Robik Learning resources 23 4,825 2015-12-28, 4:40 am
    Thread: heisigify.py - Add Heisig info to Anki deck
Post: RE: heisigify.py - Add Heisig info to Anki deck

(2015-12-27, 7:08 pm)xtreme1 Wrote: (2015-12-26, 4:02 pm)Robik Wrote: I made plugin like this for my personal use... so the only way to use this would be to go through each field manually? Yes, ...
Robik Learning resources 23 4,825 2015-12-28, 12:58 am
    Thread: heisigify.py - Add Heisig info to Anki deck
Post: RE: heisigify.py - Add Heisig info to Anki deck

I made plugin like this for my personal use, feel free to grab it. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/18187861/rtkkw.zip Just drop the extracted file in your anki plugin folder and change following...
Robik Learning resources 23 4,825 2015-12-26, 4:02 pm
    Thread: RTK Reviewing Dilemma
Post: RE: RTK Reviewing Dilemma

Optimal is IMO doing all reviews (without cap), to make sure cards are presented in correct time interval and not delayed. To lower amount of reviews, you can lower number of new cards instead, if nec...
Robik Remembering the Kanji 7 1,301 2015-12-10, 1:56 am
    Thread: Nayr's Core5000 deck (Frequency Dictionary of Japanese)
Post: Nayr's Core5000 deck (Frequency Dictionary of Japa...

NinKenDo Wrote:Oy vey. Nayr you're killin' me with these teasers! Indeed. I am totally hyped as well.
Robik Learning resources 204 74,813 2015-06-19, 9:19 am
    Thread: Writing practice with Anki
Post: Writing practice with Anki

I ignored Heisig's suggestion to write the kanji only once. I do it every time I am doing my reviews. Art Rage allow me to pick the tool (i am using Ink Pen) and its thickness / smoothing and other ...
Robik Learning resources 8 2,267 2015-06-09, 10:40 am
    Thread: Writing practice with Anki
Post: Writing practice with Anki

scooter1 Wrote:I think this would be fantastic with a wacom pen and tablet. Any alternative pen/input recommendations that people like for practicing kanji? I am using Wacom Cintiq 13 HD with Art Rage...
Robik Learning resources 8 2,267 2015-06-09, 12:40 am
    Thread: Cape/Promontory
Post: Cape/Promontory

A promontory is like a cape with mountains jutting out instead of just grounds. Interestingly, there is also 碕 which is made of the primitives stone and strange. The three kanjis 碕, 埼 and 崎 all have t...
Robik Remembering the Kanji 6 1,306 2015-06-02, 7:36 am
    Thread: Report button
Post: Report button

Dovetron Wrote:i dont see any of your stories. its a shame if you took em down because of this. keep on working hard! Nope, almost all of my stories are still shared, but as they disappear from Newest...
Robik Remembering the Kanji 5 1,311 2015-05-29, 12:27 am
    Thread: Report button
Post: Report button

Nope, just one report per story. I don't even know if it was just one user... I guess so, because it is anomaly that 20 or so stories in a row are reported by someone, never happen to me before. I ju...
Robik Remembering the Kanji 5 1,311 2015-05-26, 10:48 am