Thanks a lot georgative and Koos83!

Its now 2010/02/15 12:45PM.

Started Studying at December 2009. Around 100 Kanji a day. There are also days that I don't do anything. But I usually catch up during the weekends when I'm not doing anything.

Finally finished RTK1. Now I'm FREEEEEEE!!!!!

Oh well, gonna have to do some massive review on this one. lol

Oh, and congratulations to all who have gotten this far too. ahehehe

Last edited by yvanc (2010 February 14, 11:02 pm)

A lovely sunny afternoon,  just plowed through to the end.  So happy.  Took 9 months, fitting it in between work and play.  But after a while learning the kanji became play also.   

Onto KO2001 + anki + building my own decks. Have had the KO2001 book sitting around for ages.

Thank you so much for all the great stories, and this fantastic forum. 

Now off to a bbq party with some Japanese friends, who stare a bit blankly if I mention how I'm learning Japanese.  But I've never heard one word of discouragement - pity really as that would be great motivation (just kidding)

Congrats to everyone.

Last edited by martinnz (2010 February 19, 9:05 pm)

I have now completed RTK1. It took 2 months of study but I did it and I'm proud of myself. The last 400 or so I did with 100+ a day but since I had the days off it worked out well. I am somewhat sad to finish the book however as RTK really simplified my choices on learning. What I mean by that is I had a clear linear path to follow once I started. In order to really learn Japanese you need to know the kanji and this is almost universally the first recommended step but what comes next is far less absolute. Should I begin smart fm and learn a lot of vocab or start with KO and the sentence method. Or perhaps Tae Kim for grammar and utilize an actual book to mine my sentences. More then likely a mixture of the above but in what amount and what order when to start and when to stop, perhaps it is best not to think about which one is the best way to get where I want and merely focus on where I want to go, after all the destination is important not how I got there.

Finished it about 2 minutes ago. Took me from the beginning of Oct.09 to Feb 21st 2010. This is not counting all the jouyou I studied before discovering RTK of course. ;D

On to reviews I guess, and maybe RTK3 in the future sometime.

And don't forget to come check out the people who helped me through it at IRC.RIZON.NET in the #RTK chat room.

- KM

Last edited by KMDES (2010 February 21, 1:31 pm)

Just added and reviewed the last 17 kanji. Started almost exactly 7 months ago. A big thank you to everyone contributing to the stories in the study section, I would never have made it without them.

I started Core 2000 about two weeks ago, to learn compounds and readings. I've also been reading into Tae Kim. So that's what I'm doing now besides keeping on the reviews for RevTK. Oh, and watching anime to get a subliminal grip of the spoken language.

In the long run, I have three goals:
1. read a Japanese novel (already have ノルウェイの森 by 村上 on my bookshelf)
2. pass JLPT2
3. find a use for Japanese in my field of work

shamano wrote:

Just finished! it took two years and one week to do it! but I made it!
thanks for all the stories and farewell!

Two years!!!! That's a long time. But the good thing is that, you finished it. So good job.

Last edited by ta12121 (2010 March 02, 8:09 pm)

Wahoo!

Just added 2042 to my stack. Pretty sure I rushed the last 200 (added 103 today -_-).

Started mid December, so it's taken about 3 months. I added ~30 a day.

I've already made it through most of Tae Kim, and I'm planning to start up KO2001 as soon as my reviews for RTK are manageable again!

Thanks everyone for the stories. I doubt I would have made it without them!

-Jesse

Congratulations everyone who has finished RTK!
Last year I did 1000 in a month but then I got incredibly busy with school and then a wedding. I started Kanji all over again the next year and I finished in a month and a week. It feels so good to have finished after being told consistently that I wouldn't be able.

My favorite kanji are still 天、雨、雲. ^__^

I just finished.  There are a lot of funny comments on #2042!
I like the one that says "We must thank Dr. Heisig, Mr. T, Spiderman, and all the other RTK users who helped."  Funny!  I also got rickrolled for the first time!  No time like the present!

wulfgar wrote:

jcdietz03 wrote:

I just finished.  There are a lot of funny comments on #2042!
I like the one that says "We must thank Dr. Heisig, Mr. T, Spiderman, and all the other RTK users who helped."  Funny!  I also got rickrolled for the first time!  No time like the present!

congratulations on finishing!

I second that! congratulations jcdietz03

Whew, what a relief. I just finished, after a very hard 4 weeks of work. I couldn't have done it without all your shared stories! Thank you.

I can't wait to recline in a hot tub, and let all the kanji accumulating in my brain fade away, like rising clouds, into...  nothingness.

Last edited by robin (2010 March 15, 12:47 pm)

Man, I started last winter and was doing 30 a day every day without missing a single one even when I was on vacation. Then Christmas Eve hit and I missed a day and it was all downhill from there. Turns out I was 2 days away from finishing. Blerg. But then I started up again last month and did 50 a day until today, the day before I leave for my trip to Japan, lol. I guess I'm ready now, right? I can speak Japanese?