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    Thread: Smartwatch
Post: RE: Smartwatch

(2016-03-11, 3:30 am)tendou Wrote: From my research this past few days I think pebble hardware are not able to do that. They even do not officially support japanese. Maybe have. to go the android w...
Moregon Learning resources 11 1,061 2016-03-11, 11:33 am
    Thread: Smartwatch
Post: RE: Smartwatch

(2016-03-08, 10:09 am)tendou Wrote: (2016-03-08, 8:45 am)Moregon Wrote: (2016-03-07, 10:25 am)tendou Wrote: Hi is is there anything that you can use for study android wear or pebble?  I'mthinki...
Moregon Learning resources 11 1,061 2016-03-08, 11:06 am
    Thread: Smartwatch
Post: RE: Smartwatch

(2016-03-07, 10:25 am)tendou Wrote: Hi is is there anything that you can use for study android wear or pebble?  I'mthinking for pebble you can have watch face that display different kanji and meani...
Moregon Learning resources 11 1,061 2016-03-08, 8:45 am
    Thread: kindle voyager
Post: RE: kindle voyager

(2016-02-20, 1:21 pm)cracky Wrote: (2016-02-20, 5:15 am)Moregon Wrote: You can even install an app like Last App Switcher, that creates an unobtrusive button in a corner of the screen with which y...
Moregon General discussion 16 1,351 2016-02-20, 1:55 pm
    Thread: kindle voyager
Post: RE: kindle voyager

(2016-02-19, 4:01 pm)Raulsen Wrote: I realize the screen quality might be an issue for some, but have you considered the new 7" Fire?  It should go back down to 35 or 40 bucks pretty soon, and ever ...
Moregon General discussion 16 1,351 2016-02-20, 5:15 am
    Thread: 撮ったのかよ or エーアイアイ?
Post: RE: 撮ったのかよ or エーアイアイ?

(2015-12-08, 12:00 pm)Roketzu Wrote: I mean it literally has to be saying 撮ったのかよ because it's right after a photo has been taken, so エーアイアイ doesn't make sense to say... Yet people hear that. Some pe...
Moregon General discussion 27 2,684 2015-12-08, 12:38 pm
    Thread: Recognizing Kanji
Post: Recognizing Kanji

Write. Seriously, it's the best (and maybe only) solution. I understand the feeling you have, when you see the kanji in real use you have a fuzzy understanding of them, enough to recognize most words,...
Moregon The Japanese language 4 1,087 2015-07-25, 3:42 pm
    Thread: Kikisuuji - New android app for number listening practice
Post: Kikisuuji - New android app for number listening p...

Great idea, thanks! This seems to be a common problem in language learning. My english listening comprehension is now pretty good (I routinely listen to podcasts and audiobooks on every subject, and I...
Moregon Learning resources 16 2,959 2015-03-09, 5:36 am
    Thread: Do physicians in Japan write their prescriptions in kana?
Post: Do physicians in Japan write their prescriptions i...

FeloniousMonk Wrote:Actually, thinking back, even the huge western-style hospital I went to in Osaka had me go to a separate pharmacy, so maybe it's a Kansai-quirk, or RQ has been super lucky? Dunno....
Moregon Off topic 17 3,142 2015-02-16, 5:45 am
    Thread: Huuuuuuge pile of expired cards: how to deal with it?
Post: Huuuuuuge pile of expired cards: how to deal with ...

rich_f Wrote:Yeah, it's doable. I've whittled down 5-6000-card backlogs before. It took 2-3 months, but it's doable. Answer truthfully. Anki only wants to help you remember, and you don't get a prize ...
Moregon Learning resources 6 1,325 2015-02-15, 3:02 pm
    Thread: Huuuuuuge pile of expired cards: how to deal with it?
Post: Huuuuuuge pile of expired cards: how to deal with ...

datrukup Wrote:My advice used to be, "do them all as quickly as possible!!!" But I personally have found that I'm not doing a useful review if I review at a rate of 60-80 cards per minute-- especially...
Moregon Learning resources 6 1,325 2015-02-13, 11:42 am
    Thread: Huuuuuuge pile of expired cards: how to deal with it?
Post: Huuuuuuge pile of expired cards: how to deal with ...

Long story short, as the title says I have a HUGE pile of expired cards in Anki. My excuse is that I found myself without energy due to a combination of a part-time job and the writing of my MA thesi...
Moregon Learning resources 6 1,325 2015-02-12, 11:59 am
    Thread: Reading and vocabs retention
Post: Reading and vocabs retention

Cophnia, seeing that it was me to suggest you Zero no tsukaima, and that you have quoted a sentence from the first page saying that it's still too convoluted, I fell somewhat responsable. :D So, as an...
Moregon Learning resources 19 3,032 2014-09-27, 4:18 am
    Thread: August 2014 Book Club - Beginner: 君にしか聞こえない - 乙一
Post: August 2014 Book Club - Beginner: 君にしか聞こえない - 乙一

I post only to say that I've began to read the novel... and god, I'm slow! I can understand what's going on (with many dictionary look ups), but it's gonna be a long journey. Hopefully, it'll be usefu...
Moregon Group study 18 5,369 2014-09-01, 5:32 am
    Thread: Translation and Interpretation - on their way out?
Post: Translation and Interpretation - on their way out?

erlog Wrote:As long as that is true, the net flow of information will be into Japanese and not out of it. You should also know that translators/interpreters are expected to be able to do both J->E ...
Moregon JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 23 5,175 2014-09-01, 4:04 am
    Thread: Book Club
Post: Book Club

Splatted Wrote:Is 君にしか聞こえない definitely an innocent book? I can't find it but I might be missing some. I'm just going to go ahead and start Go now anyway. Kimi is written in kana, I couldn't find it ei...
Moregon Group study 159 27,954 2014-08-30, 9:43 am
    Thread: Book Club
Post: Book Club

anotherjohn Wrote:I just had a look at 君にしか聞こえない At last a book I can read without looking up every other fsdfking word. Count me in :) Yeah, I've been the first to mention Zero no Tsukaima in this t...
Moregon Group study 159 27,954 2014-08-27, 2:09 am
    Thread: Book Club
Post: Book Club

I suggest Zero no Tsukaima as a beginner level book. Everybody brings it up in every suggestion topic for its simplicity, I've read the first two chapters when I was around 3000 vocabs and I could mor...
Moregon Group study 159 27,954 2014-08-23, 5:27 am
    Thread: Book Club
Post: Book Club

Maybe it'd be better to create two groups, one with a easier book, the other with a more difficult one. This way we could involve more users and have a better chance to see the club going on. It's a ...
Moregon Group study 159 27,954 2014-08-18, 2:51 pm
    Thread: For those who finished Core 2k/6k/10k
Post: For those who finished Core 2k/6k/10k

I noticed there have been various trends on this forum regarding the amount of vocabulary needed for fluency. Reading topics from five years ago or so, core 6k seems the ultimate goal and after that i...
Moregon Learning resources 58 14,535 2014-07-11, 12:45 pm
    Thread: Intermediate Mass Vocabulary Building (aka 10k-40k)
Post: Intermediate Mass Vocabulary Building (aka 10k-40k...

What should he do, read a couple of pages until he adds 33 words and then stop? Or read his normal amount and review 100+ new words every day? I think his method is the sensible one, if you want to av...
Moregon The Japanese language 79 14,739 2014-07-01, 4:25 am
    Thread: Do Japanese subtitles even help?
Post: Do Japanese subtitles even help?

cophnia61 Wrote:(Sorry in advance for the off-topic) Moregon, I'm italian too, don't you mind if I ask you some questions about your university? (Più tardi se non ti dispiace ti scrivo un PM, ora pur...
Moregon The Japanese language 12 3,102 2014-05-10, 7:53 am
    Thread: Do Japanese subtitles even help?
Post: Do Japanese subtitles even help?

cophnia61 Wrote:Quote:A big break in my English studies was when I realized that I could just download English subtitles for my English movies and stuff. The same goes for me. Until recently I was abl...
Moregon The Japanese language 12 3,102 2014-05-10, 6:04 am
    Thread: JLPT4 in 3 months
Post: JLPT4 in 3 months

Hi everybody! My university (I'm Italian) has a student exchange program with various extra-EU countries, and Japan is one of the destination. I'd like to go for some months during the academic year 2...
Moregon The Japanese language 1 1,440 2012-07-10, 11:22 am