HI DERE. Trying to restart my wanikani after pretty much a year layoff. Think I have an approach that might work.
― My Little Red Buchla (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 2 August 2022 17:49 (one year ago) link
timely revive since this friday will mark 1 year of anki daily flashcards without missing a day. i'm very happy with my progress and i think my approach of focusing on reading and just getting japanese text in front of my eyes is working great.
at this point, while reading manga i could probably only translate 50% of what i read, but feel like i understand the gist of 90% of the text. playing games is a lot lower since there aren't picture cues for nearly every sentence, but it's coming slowly but surely.
as for speaking.... yeah i can't really do that but i've definitely picked up the pronunciation of a whole lot of kanji just from doing the flashcards.
皆さん、お疲れ様です〜、頑張れ!!
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Wednesday, 3 August 2022 19:34 (one year ago) link
Cool. What deck(s) do you use?
― My Little Red Buchla (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 3 August 2022 22:19 (one year ago) link
i use the core6k deck + a deck of katakana words
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Thursday, 4 August 2022 00:09 (one year ago) link
Cool.Found something weird about the etymology of 馬鹿 (ばか)
― My Little Red Buchla (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 8 August 2022 01:58 (one year ago) link
なんですか?
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Monday, 8 August 2022 17:30 (one year ago) link
Supposedly some transliteration from Sanskrit?
― My Little Red Buchla (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 9 August 2022 01:02 (one year ago) link
直
― My Little Red Buchla (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 19 August 2022 10:51 (one year ago) link
this is weird. I was trying to type a different kanji
― My Little Red Buchla (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 19 August 2022 10:52 (one year ago) link
Again. Shows up okay but after I post
― My Little Red Buchla (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 19 August 2022 10:53 (one year ago) link
It’s because of Chinese, which doesn’t have the L shape on the left.
― My Little Red Buchla (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 19 August 2022 11:16 (one year ago) link
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%9B%B4
― My Little Red Buchla (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 19 August 2022 12:10 (one year ago) link
Still going on the Wanikani restart. Have a mountain of reviews it will take me many months to get through.
― My Little Red Buchla (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 23 August 2022 15:16 (one year ago) link
Try not to look at it all after a certain hour at night. Also tinker with the review order preferences.
― My Little Red Buchla (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 23 August 2022 22:00 (one year ago) link
One thing that can be crazy making is all the things that have similar definitions, all the single kanji and kanji strings that mean law and rule for example.
― I’d Rather Gorblimey (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 27 August 2022 21:41 (one year ago) link
Also, to return to this thing from earlier:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E9%A6%AC%E9%B9%BFJapaneseKanji in this term馬 鹿EtymologyProbably originally a transcription of Sanskrit मोह (moha, “folly”), used as a slang term among monks.[1][2][3]
― I’d Rather Gorblimey (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 27 August 2022 22:07 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiHp7TSgjIY
― I’d Rather Gorblimey (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 27 August 2022 22:08 (one year ago) link
https://www.tofugu.com/japanese/baka-meaning/
― I’d Rather Gorblimey (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 27 August 2022 22:57 (one year ago) link
it's such a useful word that i've come to use in english too. nice to have a non-ableist light insult word
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Sunday, 28 August 2022 05:09 (one year ago) link
My wife thought that the Chewbacca character in Star Wars was named with this in mind.
― calstars, Sunday, 28 August 2022 12:17 (one year ago) link
Still back on wanikani, trying not to get overwhelmed.
― Ride On Proserpina (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 17 September 2022 12:17 (one year ago) link
I’m trying it but the site seems really hard to navigate and use
― calstars, Saturday, 17 September 2022 12:35 (one year ago) link
Don’t use the site! Use the app instead. Oh but you need an iPhone, I think.
― Ride On Proserpina (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 17 September 2022 13:23 (one year ago) link
Where the app is called Tsurukame.
― Ride On Proserpina (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 17 September 2022 13:25 (one year ago) link
Ahh thx
― calstars, Saturday, 17 September 2022 14:47 (one year ago) link
apparently i have a complete inability to remember these:
引き取る引き返す引き受ける引き止める取り上げる
generally i've been able to pick up words over time without having to single them out and come up with mnemonics or whatever, but i'm so sick of getting these wrong for months
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Sunday, 2 October 2022 23:29 (one year ago) link
Should I take advantage of Satori Reader cybersale?
― Soda Stereo Total (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 3 December 2022 22:00 (one year ago) link