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Thread: KO vs KiC Post: KO vs KiC I just finished* KO on Saturday and have definitely been happy with the experience. My goal with KO was to get a jump-start on my vocab and readings, so I didn't care too much that the grammar is rel... |
sfekas | General discussion | 13 | 1,873 | 2009-01-19, 12:27 pm | ||
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Thread: Jordon Method & Level 3 Post: Jordon Method & Level 3 canji Wrote:You are very kind, but I am alright. I think I'll just use KO2001. No problem. KO2001 is better anyway. (I'm working my way through it now.) |
sfekas | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 38 | 9,756 | 2008-09-23, 12:10 am | ||
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Thread: Jordon Method & Level 3 Post: Jordon Method & Level 3 @canji, I have Japanese the Written Language around the house. (My college classes used the Jorden books for the lower levels.) If you'll give me a couple days, I can scan the index and mail you th... |
sfekas | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 38 | 9,756 | 2008-09-22, 11:32 pm | ||
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Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread. Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"... Congratulations to you both! Believe me, doing the reviews is a lot better when you don't have to add new characters at the same time. |
sfekas | Remembering the Kanji | 1,845 | 424,660 | 2008-08-28, 12:47 am | ||
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Thread: The Encouragement Thread Post: The Encouragement Thread Jon_B Wrote:I just finished 577. I'm having a hard time making a story for all of the kanji. Like I am able to make one for each kanji, but then I find a better story that someone else has written. I ... |
sfekas | Remembering the Kanji | 908 | 186,094 | 2008-08-27, 11:24 pm | ||
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Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread. Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"... Congratulations, cjswanson1355! I didn't go through quite that fast, but there's no question that you'll know things better after a couple weeks of review. |
sfekas | Remembering the Kanji | 1,845 | 424,660 | 2008-08-24, 12:37 am | ||
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Thread: 2001 Kanji Odyssey - how to get it? Post: 2001 Kanji Odyssey - how to get it? As far as I know, the only way to buy the books outside Japan is through the CosCom website. As for the security... in general, buying things online using a credit card should be safe, as long as y... |
sfekas | Learning resources | 7 | 10,006 | 2008-08-23, 10:53 am | ||
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Thread: The Encouragement Thread Post: The Encouragement Thread I upped my pace significantly in the last 500, but I'm not sure I'd really recommend it. It was nice to "finish", but there's no question that I didn't learn that last set as well. I've made up for ... |
sfekas | Remembering the Kanji | 908 | 186,094 | 2008-08-20, 12:10 am | ||
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Thread: Keywords with virtually identical meanings Post: Keywords with virtually identical meanings And, to disagree slightly with mentat, some words really are identical. Use/utilize is the pair that comes to mind, but I think there are others, too. For these, I tend to think that if you can writ... |
sfekas | General discussion | 17 | 3,976 | 2008-08-20, 12:05 am | ||
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Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread. Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"... Congratulations, alyks! kazelee: My wife and I have a baby on the way (due September 1), so I figure I should probably dial back expectations a little bit. Better to have a hard but achievable goal... |
sfekas | Remembering the Kanji | 1,845 | 424,660 | 2008-08-08, 11:08 pm | ||
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Thread: The Encouragement Thread Post: The Encouragement Thread Others may disagree, but I found that I got best results studying kanji in groups of 12 or 13. I felt like it got significantly more difficult when I went above that. I feel like I picked that up fr... |
sfekas | Remembering the Kanji | 908 | 186,094 | 2008-08-07, 12:26 am | ||
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Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread. Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"... alyks Wrote:If I hadn't have had a migraine, TWO DAYS IN A ROW, it wouldn't have been that easy for you to win. Whatever. Congratulations, you deserve it. Only a hundred more before I'm here also. I ... |
sfekas | Remembering the Kanji | 1,845 | 424,660 | 2008-08-06, 12:46 am | ||
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Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread. Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"... Woo hoo!!!!! I just finished* the book! 53 days from end to end, although I had a head start, since I learned a few hundred when I studied Japanese in college. A special thanks to alyks, whose ch... |
sfekas | Remembering the Kanji | 1,845 | 424,660 | 2008-08-06, 12:24 am | ||
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Thread: The Encouragement Thread Post: The Encouragement Thread Holy crap! I woke up this morning with 219 cards to review! That's the problem with adding kanji at a faster pace - after a couple days at the higher pace, the review really get intense. |
sfekas | Remembering the Kanji | 908 | 186,094 | 2008-08-05, 11:17 am | ||
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Thread: The Encouragement Thread Post: The Encouragement Thread alyks Wrote:...a lot? Kanji, kanji, kanji. My brain is a little fried right now because I'm working above my ideal pace (probably 60 on a weekend day), but the end is so close I can't stop. Quacking... |
sfekas | Remembering the Kanji | 908 | 186,094 | 2008-08-04, 11:41 pm | ||
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Thread: The Encouragement Thread Post: The Encouragement Thread alyks Wrote:Oh man, I'm gonna lose. Numerous setbacks forced me to skip a day and a half. I'm only on 1875 after today =[. Yeah, well, ask me what I did yesterday. :-) |
sfekas | Remembering the Kanji | 908 | 186,094 | 2008-08-04, 10:58 pm | ||
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Thread: The Encouragement Thread Post: The Encouragement Thread hector Wrote:By the way Kazelee, I have to do about 60 a day to finish before leaving to japan in september. I had a hard time yesterday to reach that number. I think it is better to do less some days... |
sfekas | Remembering the Kanji | 908 | 186,094 | 2008-08-04, 10:31 pm | ||
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Thread: The Encouragement Thread Post: The Encouragement Thread Ouch. This challenge may kill me yet. 144 kanji between yesterday and today, putting me at 1859. If all goes well, I'll be done by Tuesday. (But more likely Wednesday or Thursday.) So, we don't h... |
sfekas | Remembering the Kanji | 908 | 186,094 | 2008-08-03, 12:54 am | ||
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Thread: The Encouragement Thread Post: The Encouragement Thread alyks Wrote:sfekas Wrote:On the encouragement front - I just got to 1727. The end is really in sight now. Like so many other people at this stage, I'm upping my numbers because I'm so close to the e... |
sfekas | Remembering the Kanji | 908 | 186,094 | 2008-08-02, 10:37 am | ||
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Thread: The Encouragement Thread Post: The Encouragement Thread Dat5h is right. One thousand is 千 without the 一,but ten thousand is 一万. I don't know why that is. On the encouragement front - I just got to 1727. The end is really in sight now. Like so many oth... |
sfekas | Remembering the Kanji | 908 | 186,094 | 2008-08-01, 11:42 pm | ||
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Thread: Heisig's stories vs. my own stories. Post: Heisig's stories vs. my own stories. I second that. Some of the people on this site are really gifted at making the stories. They're almost always better than the ones in the book. I've made very few of my own stories, because others ... |
sfekas | Remembering the Kanji | 5 | 2,962 | 2008-07-30, 12:00 am | ||
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Thread: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done! Post: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done! I agree with alyks - all of these should be sticky. It's encouraging to set these signposts to mark your progress. (And speaking of, congratulations to alyks, iSoron, and aboros for making it this f... |
sfekas | Remembering the Kanji | 462 | 138,198 | 2008-07-29, 12:31 am | ||
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Thread: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done! Post: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done! Yay! Just passed 3/4 of the way today, with almost 190 kanji covered from Friday to today. My chances of finishing by my self-imposed deadline are looking pretty good. I think I'll go order 2001KO ... |
sfekas | Remembering the Kanji | 462 | 138,198 | 2008-07-28, 12:17 am | ||
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Thread: Half way! Post: Half way! Congratulations, guys! Keep it up! |
sfekas | Remembering the Kanji | 616 | 180,468 | 2008-07-24, 12:45 am | ||
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Thread: Why that kanji for your forum avatar? Post: Why that kanji for your forum avatar? It's one possible kanji for writing my first name, ジム. |
sfekas | General discussion | 35 | 5,486 | 2008-07-16, 11:36 pm | ||
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Thread: I'm going to Japan! Post: I'm going to Japan! You know, it's true that Tokyo and Kyoto are touristy, but they earned that position. You don't need to spend your whole trip there or anything, but I think you'd be missing out if you don't give the... |
sfekas | Off topic | 37 | 6,757 | 2008-07-16, 11:34 pm | ||
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Thread: Half way! Post: Half way! Or maybe I'll go for the instant gratification and take a trip down to Kinokuniya tomorrow. Or better yet, both! |
sfekas | Remembering the Kanji | 616 | 180,468 | 2008-07-13, 8:59 pm | ||
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Thread: Half way! Post: Half way! Woot! Just finished lesson 27! I started on June 14, so that means I hit the halfway mark in one month. Hopefully, I can maintain the pace, but we'll see. I have a little bit of a deadline, since ... |
sfekas | Remembering the Kanji | 616 | 180,468 | 2008-07-13, 8:47 pm | ||
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Thread: Left to right? Top to bottom? Post: Left to right? Top to bottom? I write the characters on paper a few times when I'm studying (or reviewing ones I got wrong) them, but when I review cards I trace the character on my hands. Between work and kanji, my hands and wri... |
sfekas | Remembering the Kanji | 28 | 7,842 | 2008-07-13, 12:00 am | ||
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Thread: How many % in review are recommended? Post: How many % in review are recommended? I think you're right that there's an optimal rate to work at (or at least, each individual will have an optimal rate). An 80% pass rate when you're doing 25 kanji/day is probably better than a 95% pa... |
sfekas | Remembering the Kanji | 25 | 3,528 | 2008-07-10, 6:12 pm | ||
