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    Thread: Good serious media recommendations?
Post: Good serious media recommendations?

chamcham Wrote:Fumo chitai and karei naru ichizoku are two of my favorite J-dramas. Both are very serious and are based on novels from the same author. Seconded - I was just about to recommed them my...
kimagure Learning resources 48 13,762 2010-09-19, 8:23 am
    Thread: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here
Post: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here

vileru Wrote:kimagure Wrote:I learned about Anki & RTK about 14 months ago from this forum and I must admit that it made my learning SO much more efficient. Before that I've been struggling for ye...
kimagure General discussion 1,389 294,594 2010-09-16, 5:47 am
    Thread: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here
Post: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here

I passed N1! I had 71% so it looks like I would still barely pass even if the passing mark was not lowered. I learned about Anki & RTK about 14 months ago from this forum and I must admit that i...
kimagure General discussion 1,389 294,594 2010-09-13, 7:48 am
    Thread: Japanese political jargon: how to learn it?
Post: Japanese political jargon: how to learn it?

You might find this koukoukokuza course on economy & politics useful: http://www.nhk.or.jp/kokokoza/library/20...r2_seikei/
kimagure Learning resources 6 1,428 2010-08-28, 4:54 am
    Thread: Where can I buy japanese manga?
Post: Where can I buy japanese manga?

I always choose エコノミー国際郵便(SAL) at bk1 and it takes about 2-3 weeks to Poland.
kimagure General discussion 17 13,225 2010-08-19, 4:23 am
    Thread: Trophies for Anki.
Post: Trophies for Anki.

Where can you find some information on this plugin? I installed it and it seems to work, but I can't seem to find what you get those trophies for...
kimagure Learning resources 33 9,791 2010-08-02, 9:24 am
    Thread: JDramas for guys and full running TV shows?
Post: JDramas for guys and full running TV shows?

If you'd like something from this season you might like Unubore Deka. It's hilarious and not hard to understand. I also like GOLD and Tobo Bengoshi. The level is around intermediate, I guess.
kimagure General discussion 40 17,394 2010-07-23, 7:58 am
    Thread: Effortless SRS?
Post: Effortless SRS?

Jarvik7 Wrote:This is pretty much how I always review. My average per card is like 2 seconds. If I don't instantly remember a card or my memory is ambiguous I fail it. What do you do if you fail the s...
kimagure General discussion 25 6,838 2010-07-23, 7:51 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

aslx3 Wrote:This is probably a no-brainer for some of you but I was just wondering what 無理してたら means? It's part of a song lyric, and I don't get it. :] I don't if it helps you, but it's the tara condi...
kimagure The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,355 2010-07-12, 6:15 pm
    Thread: 2010 JLPT study thread
Post: 2010 JLPT study thread

DavidZ Wrote:If it's not going to be helpful to study the points in Kanzen Master Grammar, then I'm afraid the recommendation for what is effective preparation will become simply "Read a lot." Good ad...
kimagure JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 433 109,569 2010-07-05, 6:40 am
    Thread: 2010 JLPT study thread
Post: 2010 JLPT study thread

Grinkers Wrote:Did the test seem really short to anybody else who took N1? I finished around 20-30 minutes early. I think because I didn't have a watch, so I wasn't able to pace myself at all. I took ...
kimagure JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 433 109,569 2010-07-04, 4:29 pm
    Thread: Japanese science-related textbooks recommendations?
Post: Japanese science-related textbooks recommendations...

During this summer I'm going to get myself a refresher on chemistry, physics and biology on around senior high school level. I thought that it would be nice to get some textbooks in Japanese for this ...
kimagure Learning resources 3 758 2010-06-22, 2:16 pm
    Thread: 2010 JLPT study thread
Post: 2010 JLPT study thread

gyuujuice Wrote:Is 2JLPT grammar the most difficult part of the test? You would think kanji/vocab would be the easiest part for RTKers/Anki-ers. (What do you call someone who does Anki?) I know about ...
kimagure JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 433 109,569 2010-05-20, 11:28 am
    Thread: Reccomended Manga?
Post: Reccomended Manga?

Mangas by Adachi Mitsuru are usually quite easy. They are mostly sport & love related. The sport terms might be new for you, but they will stick naturally. I learned basic rules of baseball by rea...
kimagure General discussion 56 26,481 2010-05-10, 4:54 pm
    Thread: 7 months since finishing, and still 40 reviews per day
Post: 7 months since finishing, and still 40 reviews per...

If you feel sick of your RTK deck, you might wanna try adding Japanese keywords. I mainly add them when I'm going through Kanji in Context, and my goal is to eventually have japanese keywords for prac...
kimagure Remembering the Kanji 13 4,107 2010-04-27, 2:54 pm
    Thread: How fast can you conjugate a verb?
Post: How fast can you conjugate a verb?

Try watching a lot of dramas/anime/movies and you'll hear the basic conjugations of the most common verbs so often, that they will stick into your head naturally, so instead of actually conjugating th...
kimagure General discussion 46 9,272 2010-04-13, 4:03 pm
    Thread: Sentence Mining in a Magazine
Post: Sentence Mining in a Magazine

This add-on for Mozilla Firefox is called rikaichan.
kimagure Learning resources 15 2,392 2009-10-03, 9:57 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

It's the te-form of te-iru form of a verb, with the i omitted (in order to make it easier to say - typical of casual speech). I don't know the verb in your sequence, so I will use とめる: とめるー>とめてー&...
kimagure The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,355 2009-09-29, 5:21 pm
    Thread: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here
Post: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here

Today, I picked up my copy of 星新一's 安ぜのカード from the shelf and read the first story on the bus. I had previously read the book around 2 years ago and I remember that I could only get a very cloudy imag...
kimagure General discussion 1,389 294,594 2009-09-23, 4:30 pm
    Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread.
Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"...

I've just added the last kanji from RTK1. Even though I had rote-memorized about 1300 kanji before even opening RTK1, I think it was really worth it. There are still tons of kanji that I can't pronou...
kimagure Remembering the Kanji 1,845 424,691 2009-09-18, 3:50 am
    Thread: Useful Poll: Favorite J-Drama, Anime, Manga, etc. (read first post)
Post: Useful Poll: Favorite J-Drama, Anime, Manga, etc. ...

strugglebunny Wrote:Other people besides me like kekkon dekinai no hito? I can't find anyone in Japan who watched this show. It's my favorite (and its not really a drama -- more dry comedy):( I recomm...
kimagure General discussion 60 24,318 2009-09-15, 12:09 pm
    Thread: Useful Poll: Favorite J-Drama, Anime, Manga, etc. (read first post)
Post: Useful Poll: Favorite J-Drama, Anime, Manga, etc. ...

***Top J-Drama*** Kekkon Dekinai Otoko Nodame Cantabile Attention Please H2 Galileo ***Top Manga*** Touch Rough Hachimitsu to Clover (AKA Honey and Clover) Katsu! Neon Genesis Evangelion ***Top Anim...
kimagure General discussion 60 24,318 2009-09-14, 5:46 am
    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

I believe there is a kanji error in the sentence. I recently saw 私用で出かける (I think it was in Core 6000). 私用 is read the same way as 使用.
kimagure The Japanese language 8,332 1,453,355 2009-08-31, 3:05 am
    Thread: All the English words you've learnt thanks to RtK...
Post: All the English words you've learnt thanks to RtK....

I'm currently around 1100 mark and since the beginning I have had to look up around 250 keywords in the dictionary. I already memorised many of the words through the process of reviewing, but I still ...
kimagure Remembering the Kanji 11 1,937 2009-08-09, 5:41 am
    Thread: Manga Study/Translation Group
Post: Manga Study/Translation Group

オメーラ is a casual pronunciation of お前ら(おまえら), which is a rather slangish 'you' (plural only). Edit. So the very first line would be something like: "Aren't you guys acting unusual?". The literal trans...
kimagure Group study 65 18,912 2009-05-02, 8:23 am