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Saturday, April 5, 2014
The Problem with Learning New Skills
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There has been quite a drop in the number of posts in this blog and that is indicative of a drop in pace of my learning Japanese. At first, ...
Sunday, March 23, 2014
The Difference Between Round and Round
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I unlocked more vocabulary on WaniKani today and I came across something fun and odd. Previously I had learned the word 丸い which means round...
Friday, March 14, 2014
A Slow Week
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I decided to use this week as a review week. I haven't started any new material. I have basically only been reviewing my Anki decks and ...
Sunday, March 9, 2014
Kanji, Onyomi, Kunyomi, Okurigana, Furigana, Hiragana, and Katakana (to a lesser extent, Romaji)
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Introdocution This post is as much for my sake as it is for anyone learning Japanese. The writing and reading of Japanese is complicated b...
Thursday, March 6, 2014
Still Chugging Along
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I took a day of yesterday from Pimsleur which I resumed today. I'm at a break in TextFugu because I need to get my katakana skill sup a ...
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
My Condolences...
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DISCLAIMER: This may be morbid, so forgive me in advance if it seems so. It's no secret that I have always handled death in ways that mo...
Sunday, March 2, 2014
You know you have been studying Japanese when...
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You say "Yes. Ketchup, 2 please." to the drive thru worker. You have stopped saying 1 million and have completely replaced it wi...
Benchmarking Your Self-Studies
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People who take traditional language classes have it kind of easy in at least one way. While standardized tests are are not an exact science...
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