/jp/ - Otaku Culture

>>16500248
Daily and japanese.

今日も一日がんばるぞい！

頑張りたくないなら頑張らなくてもいい！

Post VN charts pls

がんばってるおにいちゃんが

すき

Should I finish core or just do reviews and read + mine?

I feel like should finish core cause the example sentences and audio is pretty nice, but the vocabulary is pretty shit sometimes.

3k into core

おにいちゃん

聴解。ちょうかいからがんばろう

たまごごはんでちょうかい
http://tamagogohan.fool.jp/variety/

>>16500313
I finished Core6k and the last 2000 cards are a waste of time.
I did start a mining deck about 1500-2000 cards into Core, though, and I would recommend you do the same.

>>16500298

>>16500350
それは私が探していたの
ありがとう、アノンくん

今日は頑張る気分になれないな
お前ら、俺の分まで頑張ってくれ

>>16500298
.

Why is that thread here instead of /a/ ?

>>16500298

>>16500395
But VNDB doesn't list if a title is easy or not.

>>16500344
So just doing reviews for core and concentrating on my mining deck?

Will do that.

>>16500420
It's usually pretty obvious from the tags and example screenshots. If the tags are School Life Comedy and Pure Love Story, and the example screenshots are all like pic related, it's easy.

Anyone whos into granblue can give me a quick explanation of 全空一 or 全空一カワイイ?
seems like a campaign or something from that game? how would you read/translate it? I'd guess best in all the sky or something?

>https://youtu.be/rIiGyn_HfcI
THOUGHT?

>>16501029
No point learning Japanese any more.

>>16501029
Those girls are obnoxious.
うざいわ

>>16501381
Agreed. They seem super self-indulged.

When did this come back to /a/? I've missed this.
良かった

>>16501029
うわあ

どいなかとはべっせかい

とうきょうって

>>16501029
Wasn't this scam called something else last year? I swear it was an earpiece for a while.

>>16501029
>>16501440
あたしいがい

じいちゃんばあちゃん

ばっかり

どいなかって

What's the hardest japanese word to pronouce? No matter how many times I try I just cannot pronouce 実力 without going ridiculously slowly.

Even when you play the audio file from rikai, you can tell the speaker is going extra slow so they don't fuck it up

>>16501869
㌔㍉

>>16501869
>you can tell the speaker is going extra slow so they don't fuck it up
No, that's just you. please don't claim you can possibly know the reason behind this. i can pronounce it with normal speed and i'm sure many others can too so it's just your retardation

>>16501986
Obviously I can't actually tell, but it certainly feels that way. Just hover over it and press f and you can listen for youself. I have never heard anybody except 生先生 pronounce japanese so slowly.

>>16502027
>but it certainly feels that way.
what makes you think I or anyone else cares about how you "feel"?
especially considering that you are probably retarded since you for some reason felt the need to make a post about your inability to pronounce a simple word

>>16502069
You sure showed him.

>>16502080
yeah, "him"

>>16502069
Well you obviously cared enough about how I feel to get quite spectacularly wound up about it, so that in itself is good evidence that I might not have been wasting my time.

>>16502110
i do care about you not shitting up this thread with your stupid posts. i don't know how you got "he cares about my feelings" from that.
>I might not have been wasting my time.
so your idea of not wasting time is making blatantly retarded posts about your teenage issues?
that sounds pretty sick to me.

>>16502124
The word "feel" in the sense which we have been using it is much closer to the meaning of "opinion", in the sense of making an assumption based on relatively light evidence and usually some intuition. It has little or nothing to do with a person's moods or " teenage issues" , whatever that means where you come from.
Would you prefer not to hear any kind of opinion in this thread? Perhaps that might satisfy your personal autism to some degree, but it would also make discussion very difficult.

>>16502136
>we
i'm the only one who has been using it in any meaningful way. you're just trying to deny reality.
>is much closer to the meaning of "opinion"
only if you use made up definitions, which you seem to be doing right now. can't say that i'm surprised though.
>some intuition
wouldn't call that "some". you literally sperged out and declared that the person was pronouncing it slowly so they don't fuck it up.
>It has little or nothing to do with a person's moods or " teenage issues"
this has little or nothing to do with my response about "teenage issues". i was referring to your bitchy attitude in general.
>whatever that means where you come from.
in Australia it means the exact same thing you thought about.
>Would you prefer not to hear any kind of opinion in this thread?
your opinion in particular? yeah, that would be fucking great.
>but it would also make discussion very difficult.
not really. not all people here ascribe motives to random voice actors

Delete yourselves

Okay so I know this is probably something simple but I can't find the answer and it's driving me nuts, what does "skidou" mean? That spelling is probably wrong but that's what it sounds like to me. I hear it all the time in Japanese conversation and I'm not sure if it's a particle or not.

>>16502182
Post the entire sentence idiot.

>>16502182
>what does "skidou" mean?
what you typed right here is by definition impossible if we are talking about Japanese. please take this random shit to some other thread.

どうして外人がこんなにバカですか？

>>16502193
>N3-kun tries his fist Japanese sentence

>>16502193
literally could not read this high level japanese
remove yourself.

>>16502182
It's "desu kedo" (pronounced "deskedo"). If you're learning Japanese, you should already know desu ("is") and kedo ("though" / a clause connector).

>>16502200
>(pronounced "deskedo")
see >>16502171
then see the second sentence of >>16502200

>>16500356
無理

>>16502200
＞です
>polite form of existence verb
sure are talking a lot of shit for an amateur

>>16502200
>clause connector
delete yourself.

>>16502201
>>16502547
>>16502558
Expected this?

>>16502589
yes, that's the moment I responded "delete yourself."

>>16502558
I love that song. In flames is goat

hello guys, thank you for the amazing effort, i have three requests if they are possible to fulfill myself and many others will be happy.

pref. ocr, because ocr is love.

How do I make the ない form of 帰る?
Is it　帰らない?

Since it already suggested that to me, I think that's correct but I want to make sure.

>>16502609
What kind of 古文 do you enjoy if you still need books like that?

>>16502625
帰らず, it's an exception

also, don't always go with suggestions, especially don't trust rikai
for example 哀しき is not recognized by it.

>>16502609
scan for KKLC in the OP
no OCR because OCR is unusably bad on multilingual text

>>16502640
Then why did this guy call his song 帰らない?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Gvt-1zp_8w

>>16502640
What. I've never seen that before.
I thought the only exceptions are しない and こない
Are there more exceptions that end in らず? Does it have the same meaning as ない?

>>16502649
It's obviously a very old song, things have changed

>>16502650
He's fucking with you, it's 帰らない.

-ず is the negative in classical Japanese. You can still see it nowadays in formal contexts or when trying to sound old timey. It's used by sticking it to the verb's 未然形.

E.g.
行かず = 行かない
せず = しない
食べず = 食べない
etc.

You can also see it in 修飾語 as ぬ (ぬ being ず's 連体形), like 忘れられぬ体験 = 忘れられない体験 etc.

>>16502644
oh nice, and the others? could you kindly or someone else scan the others?

>>16502662
Ah thanks, looks like I got memed.

>>16502662
>He's fucking with you, it's 帰らない.
I didn't with 哀しき though.
https://twitter.com/ayu_19980408/status/826640089727897601

>>16502669
哀しき時代 = 哀しい時代 written to sound more formal and serious.

Of course Rikai doesn't recognize classical Japanese conjurations. Try 高き, 安き, おかしき, めでたき, 麗しき, かわゆき etc. Only in cases that can be called fossilizations from the current point of view, it catches up - e.g. 良き, 素晴らしき, 悪しき.

If you're trying to give advice about this, you shouldn't need to use Rikai for it.

I tried searching the other previous DJT threads and the neocities link and if it's there I was too retarded to see it.

I saw someone take a screenshot of a test which rated proficiency on various categories, and the highest level was something like 'as good as native". It had a blue and white color scheme. I thought it was something like e-jpt.org but that's not it.

Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

>>16502689
>conjurations

conjugations*

But I guess those old ones might seem like conjurations to some.

>>16502693
J-cat

>>16502609
I think an anon said in a previous thread that he's working on your second request.

>>16502693
http://j-cat.org/

>>16502693
http://www.j-cat.org/

>>16502693
j-cat?

Is it fine to use 毎に（ごとに） in a sentence like this?
"Every time you do 100 you get one point."

While I'm not entirely sure how I'd formulate the complete sentence, I wonder if annotating 「１００毎に」 is correct or not if I wanted to convey the meaning I just explained. The 100 in question can be anything, think killing enemies in a game for example if you need to picture something.

Which app do you guys use to study Kanji on your smartphones? I'm using the free version of Anki Aniki but it's not the greatest.

>>16502709
斃した敵１００匹毎に１点...

Alternatively you can use 度に.
敵を１００匹倒す度に１点...

no the guy of the request, but I'm looking foward the grammar, I live in a shithole called moldova, and there is nothing I can do to import stuff like this here.

the grammar is indeed a beast, probably better than the DoxJG here is a look inside

http://imgur.com/a/TNJ8J

Can you explain why people want these grammar books uploaded? I mean if it's not a physical, what's the point? If you're already on your PC you can just google / use one of the million grammar sites available?

>>16502734
Quality.

>>16502734
the guy of the request.

hmm let me see, I work with IT but i like physical books, also there is a lot of pseudo-good grammars out there (TK) makes me suffer.

>>16502716
I just want to annotate it though, I don't want having to type a full sentence. But it looks like it's ok since over google I'm seeing stuff like "100毎に5ポイント". Thanks.

>>16502734
He's a beginner and thinks having special snowflake books and resources will help him learn better. Studying the hard way but good way is too hard for him so his brain instinctively flagged those as "not good". He's just playing a blame game with himself. Give him 6 months to 1 year for him to realize it.

>>16500564
Example screenshots can be misleading, since people tend to screenshot something with a simple line that you don't need context to understand. No one screenshots those long, boring narration scenes that kill any beginner.

See :
>pseudo-good grammars
>(TK) makes me suffer

This "can't be his own fault", he can't accept this.

>>16502737
>also there is a lot of pseudo-good grammars out there (TK) makes me suffer.

"there is a lot of pseudo-good grammars out there (TK)" is a full predicative clause, and cannot act as a noun phrase. In order to have a finite clause that can act as a noun phrase in english, you either need to make it a relative clause, or you have to use a statal construction like "noun Xing". Or just use a conjunction and filler noun.

>also there being a lot of pseudo-good grammars out there (TK) makes me suffer.
>also there's a lot of pseudo-good grammars out there (TK) and it makes me suffer.

>>16502741
>I just want to annotate it though, I don't want having to type a full sentence.

Hmm, >>16502709
>Is it fine to use 毎に（ごとに） in a sentence like this?
>I'm not entirely sure how I'd formulate the complete sentence,

No hard feelings.

>>16502741
>special snowflake books and resources
What is this even supposed to mean? Anything other than RTK (outdated), Tae Kim (useless after you've been studying for more than two months) and DoJG (good, obviously, but not comprehensive)?

>>16502751
Yeah, what I meant is, if someone who had the full sentence/meaning in mind beforehand would find correct to see 「１００毎に」 written afterwards in relation to what they had read before. Does that make sense?

Let's take the killing thing example again.

王：斃した敵１００匹毎に１金貨。行け！
プレーヤー：ｋ

Once in game, displayed in the corner of your screen :
>１００毎に１金貨

Sorry for the misunderstanding, I still appreciate you typed the full sentence for me of course.

>>16502766
This book seems a upgrade of the DoJG, not the DoJG is bad, but Tae Kim is for guys that want to say 俺はバカ外人です、俺は日本人になりたい
RTK is a Joke, a terrible Joke, burn the copies that you have, Imabi is a good resource, but lacks the organization by topic and sentences, I mean, lessions with like 6 topics, ouch. but the best grammar everywhere.

>>16502777
>Imabi is a good resource, but lacks the organization by topic and sentences, I mean, lessions with like 6 topics, ouch. but the best grammar everywhere.
x best grammar everywhere
o best grammar *guide (anywhere)

a "grammar" is a technical term referring to a specific kind of grammar resource intended for scholars and teachers

>>16502746
I have no clue what you're saying, but those corrections are completely self-explanatory to me. This is why I always hated grammar study in school.

>>16502662
>-ず is the negative in classical Japanese. You can still see it nowadays in formal contexts or when trying to sound old timey.
Except -ず is still otherwise in common usage and just means "without [verb]".

>>16502787
besuto grammer ebeawaru, improved?

>>16502802
School grammar's even worse because the explanations are equally unintelligible but the corrections are frequently wrong.

>>16502809
Not "without", it's just adverbial (modifies another statement itself) instead of terminal (stands alone or with a conjunction).

>>16502809
ず / ずに

>>16502809
That's ずに

How would you say a "rep" in Japanese? Be it a an anki rep, or a rep when lifting, etc... Can't find anything like that in dictionaries.

>>16503076
What is rep shorthand for?

>>16503078
Repetition.

>>16502195
>>16502197
I'm sorry...

Can someone post some words with really obscure kanji? I need to pad my numbers, almost at 3500 so it needs to be fairly obscure.

I'll give you guys one in return if you help me out, here's a freebie:

嫋：余韻嫋々・嫋やか

>>16503154
靉靆

>>16503159
Thanks but I already have that one.

>>16503154
恍惚

>>16503160
What about 霹靂? By the way, I see you have both the J-E and J-J definitions on your card, is there an automated way to do that?

>>16503175
But that word is really common.

>>16503154
If you're okay with animal names, check this out: https://ranking.goo.ne.jp/ranking/category/999/nhMmHOggHfeF/

I just finished volume 4 of Oyasumi Punpun and... it's really boring. Does it get better or should I drop it?

>>16503175
>>16503182
I know both (青天の霹靂).

I add them manually if the English one is ambiguous or unclear, but there is a way to do it.

You can download a Japanese dictionary and use Epwing2Anki to generate cards from a word list and it will grab the definition from the dictionary you set.

>>16503154
http://www.geocities.jp/f9305710/henkanji.html

>>16503201
Thanks but I'm not just looking for obscure kanji, I'm looking for kanji that are actually contained in words. Unfortunately there aren't many left.

I'll throw out a couple more I learned recently from reading:

骨粗鬆症
浩瀚
羆
址

>>16503208
>>16503154
Go read Mareni.

>>16503213
This is probably the best way, I read the first few hours of Albatross but I stopped for whatever reason. Definitely good for this sort of thing.

>>16502193
>>16503101
Fuck those other people. The only mistake you made was using が when you need は. Also you could say バカなんですか instead since it's less direct so it sounds less choppy.

>>16503154
葺く/葺き
畷

>>16503237
Thanks I don't know the second one, similar to 畦道, although it does seem like it's only used in names.

適当 is the most obscurest word for Japanese.

>>16503154
蹲る
劈く
翳す
囁き
たん瘤
夥しい

I'm not sure if these count or not, maybe they are more common than I think, just some of which I mined recently.

>>16503244
I mined it from こころ by Soseke as a word (なわて).

>>16503154
http://kanji.jitenon.jp/

Go through the 1級 list.

>>16503261
>囁き
>夥しい
I know for a fact that those are common.

>>16503154
阿耨多羅三藐三菩提
大毘盧遮那成仏神変加持経

>>16503287
おびただしい is usually common to be fair.

>>16503312
Either that's Chinese or it's some sort of mantra.

>>16503343
>common
in kana*

Don't know how I fucked that up.

>>16503287
>>16503343
It's really hard to assess how common something really is.

You could go years without encountering stuff like 裾 even though it's very common, just by never reading into certain topics.

>>16503371
You can ctrl f word lists. I find anything within 50k is 100% worth learning. There are repeats and redundant words depending on spelling so it's not actually 50k words.

>>16503388
Where can I download that list?

>>16503287
囁く is common but 囁き used as a noun is not.
夥しい is on the order of occurring 5 times per million words, which is not common.
>>16503398
Don't. Download this one: http://pj.ninjal.ac.jp/corpus_center/bccwj/data-files/frequency-list/BCCWJ_frequencylist_suw_ver1_0.zip

>>16503388
What is the kanji? I've never seen it.

>>16503388
>I find anything within 50k is 100% worth learning.
Learning yes, studying no.

>>16503402
>囁く is common but 囁き used as a noun is not.
It's a redundant word. All you need to know is that 囁く's stem can be used as a noun and there you have it, you just "learned" a brand new "word".

>>16503409
I know, right? It's almost like morphology should be completely ignored in word lists.

>>16503398
https://mega.nz/#!HRcAkTAR!LlqEJEli-favINMidufiLRfLAWC_qUrq0EEbOgySAG0

I just uploaded it, it's really only usable to ctrl+f words to see their tanking. You can't use it as a list to learn from directly.

>>16503414
These word lists are generated by a program, I don't think anyone suggested you directly import them to Anki and start learning or anything.

>>16503421
You see people recommending Core 2k/6k, right? Well, there you go.

>>16503424
Those are edited by humans, I'm not sure I understand your point.

>>16503429
The actual word list is in strict correspondence with frequency data from iknow. Generated by a program.

>>16503433
And then edited by a human afterwords with all the redundant words taken out.

>>16503429
Core has some weird stuff

like you have 横断歩道 really early in, followed by 歩道 relatively soon, then a 1000 words later you get 横断 alone

>>16503436
Nothing was taken out and there are redundant entries.

>>16503436
>all the redundant words taken out.
Heh, no.

>>16503438
I'm not saying it's perfect, but it's 100% usable for someone learning Japanese.

>>16503440
>nothing was taken out
Literally look at any of these unedited lists and you'll see how retarded that comment is.

>>16503450
>Literally look at any of these unedited lists and you'll see how retarded that comment is.
Maybe think for literally ten seconds how much non-humans can do how easily. No sane person in their right mind would every manually remove particle entries from a word list when there's a convenient "particle" word right there next to each particle in the output of the program.

>>16503455
ever*

>>16503450
>but it's 100% usable for someone learning Japanese.
So is an unedited frequency list. Like A Frequency Dictionary of Japanese.

>>16503459
That book is edited as well. And yes they are useful but in different ways.

>>16503467
>That book is edited as well.
The data is not. At all. It has at least 1000 useless entries.

why the fuck you guys post in /jp/ now

>>16503482
I went through and counted them all before.
- Basic grammar (particles, conjunctions, interjections, etc) -- These are not vocabulary.
- Redundant morphological verb forms -- These are not vocabulary. Only the base form is.
- Words coupled with simple derivational affixes e.g. 運転 -> 運転手 -- These are not vocabulary. Only the individual derivational affix is.
- Myriad counters duplicated for every number under the sun (三人, 四人, etc) -- These should not be memorized in the context of normal vocabulary.
- Weekdays, months, etc (with occasional duplicates, even) -- These should not be memorized in the context of normal vocabulary.
Can confirm, around 1000 total.

>>16503533
purged from /a/ like 6 months ago

>>16500248
So, have any of you actually achieved near fluency?

I have been studying for about half a year, and am decent at grammar but have a lot of issues retaining Kanji and words. At what point did you become semi fluent (being able to understand more than around 60% of anime/shows) and what was your study routine like?

I think that my biggest issue is that i only study for about an hour a day.

>>16500350
What is a VN?

>恐竜
Sometimes I feel like Japanese is just a teensy tiny bit retarded.

>>16503569
That's a pretty gigantic issue. Instead of making posts like this you need to read more. A lot more. I was doing pretty well myself at the half a year mark but I was reading novels for at least 2-3 hours a day, every single day on top of keeping up a mining deck.

>>16503626
Sorry for being a noob, but what the hell is a mining deck?

Also, how can you read novels when you don't know enough words? It's hard to stay motivated when you don't know 80% of what is said.

>>16503569
>semi fluent (being able to understand more than around 60% of anime/shows)
1. "Fluent" is a measure of production, not comprehension
2. Never use the phrase "semi fluent" ever again.

>>16500350
Am I to understand that the VN's on the very top are easy or hard?

>>16503632
Read the guide.

Looking up words is easy thanks to hooking tools. Other than that you just pick something you are extremely motivated to read and kick yourself in the butt. Go at it every day and after a while it will get much easier.

>>16503638
The VNs at the very top are easy to force your way through because they're short and don't use advanced grammar (except slang if you count that as advanced).

>>16503638
It's a troll chart that you shouldn't pay much attention to.

>>16503634
i like this post

>>16503634
The poster you're responding to is "semi retarded", why bother?

>>16503666
>>16503671

I don't know who to believe now.

>>16503709
Yourself. Pick something YOU want to read and have a go at it. Majority of VNs are not written in "easy" or "hard" styles, they're written for normal Japanese adults. And no matter what you pick, it will be difficult in the beginning because you're a learner. You just have to push on, and to push on with a slow and painful reading speed you need the material to to be interesting to you and hold your attention.

>>16503741
I see, you're literally retarded.

>>16503753
He's right though.

>>16503764
There are easy and hard books. You could not recommend Tom Sawyer or I, Robot to someone just starting to learn english. VNs are the same. VNs are not special. Japanese is the same. Japanese is not special. There is just as much meaningful variation and there exist the same categories of variation. There are easy Japanese VNs and there are hard Japanese VNs. Reading the Japanese VN equivalent of Tom Sawyer when you're starting out is not "doing what you want", it's a huge expenditure of time and energy with very little gain and might even cause you get have very silly ideas about how the language works.

>>16503764
He's wrong though.

>>16503765
>might even cause you get have very silly ideas about how the language works.
you to have*

>Reading some jap shit this morning
>See mention of チェキ for the first time in my life
>A few hours later randomly see this picture
>https://is2.4chan.org/b/1485982681994.jpg

不思議

>>16503765
You're right my man and don't let anyone tell you different.

Can anyone remind me how to make Anki to actually wait for X minutes before showing a card again?

>>16503765
>There are easy and hard books
Who said otherwise? These only make up very little percentages though. By picking something at random there's a very low chance you picked either extreme. And if you somehow do hit the lottery, you could just try another game (and retroactively realize that the first one wasn't really hard and it's just the normal pains of Japanese learning).
>it's a huge expenditure of time and energy with very little gain
Doesn't make sense. Any time you invest into studying things you don't understand is well spent time. The only thing that is truly a waste of time is bothering with things you actually have zero interest in and are only doing because someone deceived you.

What kind of goals did you set for yourself when you started learning japanese?

I'm looking for short-medium term ones, but long run motivations are welcome as well.

>>16503833
The only content that works is both compelling and comprehensible. But forcing yourself to read something can only make it compelling, not comprehensible. It's up to you to decide whether starting with compelling or comprehensible. (Hint: if you start with compelling, you're going to be spinning your wheels for months.)

>>16503833
>Any time you invest into studying things you don't understand is well spent time.
It's time spent. Not time well spent. Time well spent is efficient. Reading material way above your level is just plain not efficient. There's always something for you at your own level, you just have to look.

>>16503838
Nothing flashy, just finish X VN. Feels good when you finally do.

>>16503838
There are several untranslated VNs and manga that I really want to read.

>>16502193
×外人が　○外人は

>>16503838
Read Kangoku Senkan 1
Wanted to read Kangoku Senkan 2
It was untranslated
Started learning
Read Kangoku Senkan 2

>>16503838
Number of kanji known is a decent one, and you can just follow jouyou grades for progression.

It helps to focus on kanji from the start since not being to read anything is the biggest obstacle in learning Japanese, so the sooner you can read a decent amount of Japanese you find in the wild the better.

Kanji study also doubles as simple vocabulary learning. You'll also need to learn grammar along the way, but that's easier.

>>16502193
×どうして外人がこんなにバカですか
○どうして外人はこんなにバカなんですか

>>16503842
If you want to needlessly languish in lukewarm waters, that's your prerogative. The rest of us will scale mountains.

>>16503897
You're not scaling mountains, you're trying to push over a wall instead of cutting a hole in it.

>>16503840
How is something comprehensible to you at the start if you don't know Japanese? You make it comprehensible by learning it.
>But forcing yourself to read something can only make it compelling, not comprehensible
You are only forcing yourself when it's something you *don't* want to read. This is the entire problem. You make someone a promise that something is much easier but will bore them to death, when in fact it the difficulty difference between it and something "normal" that will thoroughly entertain them is negligible. Plus the latter will spurn them on to read more AND understand what they're reading, instead of subconsciously going into skimming mode because they don't care.

>>16503897
http://onegoodmove.org/fallacy/falsean.htm

>>16503908
>How is something comprehensible to you at the start if you don't know Japanese?
Three options:
One, you studied. The only thing studying is good for is lowering the comprehension requirement to benefit from input, but studying cannot push you significantly further than what you've naturally acquired.
Two, there's non-linguistic information that lets you acquire simple things through "mere exposure", such as visual cues or tone-of-voice. This is how babies learn.
Three, you're mentally translating it with great help from tools. This is effectively what you're doing if you read way above your level, and it is *absolutely not* the same category as reading normally.

>You make it comprehensible by learning it.
Learning, not consuming. You acquire things when you consume them and they're comprehensible.

>You are only forcing yourself when it's something you *don't* want to read.
Which is 99% of anything that's too hard to read without great help from tools.

>You make someone a promise that something is much easier but will bore them to death
I never said it would bore them to death. You seem to have this notion that compelling and comprehensible are opposites. They are not. There is always something that is both compelling and comprehensible for any person at any skill level.

>when in fact it the difficulty difference between it and something "normal" that will thoroughly entertain them is negligible.
The difficulty difference between zettai reiiki and rewrite is the opposite of negligible.

>Plus the latter will spurn them on to read more AND understand what they're reading
Fun fact: when faced with something hard to read, any normal person's brain is going to shut down, not get piqued.

>instead of subconsciously going into skimming mode because they don't care.
Oh, I see, you're that one guy from the other day that has a delusional perspective on difficulty.

>>16503838
Fluency.

>>16503956
>You acquire things when you consume them and they're comprehensible.
Translation: If you consume something that's not comprehensible, you WILL NOT actually ACQUIRE it!

>>16503765
There is the question of motivation.

If you've got an obsessive personality things can be a little different. Some people don't mind the slow process of having to constantly look up and learn complex kanji made of unknown radicals because they're really attracted to the source material, whether game, VN, etc.

Sometimes carrying existing motivation into a difficult task gets better results, especially if you're otherwise lazy.

>>16503987
If and when someone wants to jump into something over their head, they're going to avoid any advice to the contrary. Advice about what to stick to as a beginner isn't meant for them.

>>16503969
Damn, guess none of us can learn Japanese because we weren't born natives.

>>16503999
comprehensible != acquired

>>16503999
Now you got it.

>>16503995
"advice"
I don't know if something that makes people quit the language can be considered advice.

>>16504038
Telling people it doesn't matter what they read is exactly the kind of "advice" that makes then quit learning the language. You're retarded.

>>16503883
Not him but why doesn't が work here?

>>16504047
It does matter, it has to be fun. You're retarded.

>>16504054
It has to be fun, not that's not good enough, you have to actually learn from it. If you don't understand what you're reading, you're not learning from it.

>>16504076
Good thing fun things are great to learn from then. Boring things unfortunately aren't.

>>16504107
False analogy.

>>16504112
No you.

>>16504117
You did not prove that compelling difficult content and comprehensible boring content are the only kinds of content that exist. Therefore, you cannot use an argument centered on compelling (fun) vs boring, in order to prove anything about comprehensible vs difficult. That is the false analogy.

>>16504119
>You did not prove that compelling difficult content and comprehensible boring content are the only kinds of content that exist
This is what you came up with, I consider most content in the "middle". The misunderstanding you have is that going even a single 0.1 decimal above what you deem "comprehensible" suddenly means you're in "impossible, you're not actually learning anything" territory. I can't really tell you anything except your view is misguided and you're thinking in extremes.

>>16504188
>The misunderstanding you have is that going even a single 0.1 decimal above what you deem "comprehensible" suddenly means you're in "impossible, you're not actually learning anything" territory.
I never said that and nothing I said can be construed that way because your argument is centered on it literally not mattering, not just mattering less.
>I can't really tell you anything except your view is misguided and you're thinking in extremes.
>>16503638
>Am I to understand that the VN's on the very top are easy or hard?
>>16503671
>It's a troll chart that you shouldn't pay much attention to.
>>16503709
>I don't know who to believe now.
>>16503741
>Yourself. Pick something YOU want to read and have a go at it. Majority of VNs are not written in "easy" or "hard" styles, they're written for normal Japanese adults.
I see you like that "extremes" meme, but the "almost everything is the same" meme is, itself, an extreme meme. Because there are extremes, and the above exchange literally bundled them together.

While you spergs were arguing about nothing for over an hour I was reading Japanese.

>>16504188
See:
>>16503956
>There is always something that is both compelling and comprehensible for any person at any skill level.

>>16503838
1 Read fancy VNs.
2 Study in Japan for a year.
3 Study in Japan longterm.
4 Live happily ever after.

Finished 1 and 2, moving towards 3.

How long did it take you from starting learning to read, to finishing your first VN?

>>16504256
10 months in and I still haven't finished my first VN because it's long as fuck.

>>16504265
What is it? Hanahira?

>>16504271
Nah, Higurashi Sui. I'm not using a texthooker either, since it's a Vita game, so I guess that's also slowing my progress.

>>16504256
About 11-12 months from zero Japanese to finishing Flyable Heart. I think spent 4 months reading FH.

>>16504293
Checked and it was actually 3 months.

>>16504256
I started it 3 months in, finished at 5 months. Pretty proud of it because it wasn't one of those meme beginner recs.

>>16504220
Guys, all I wanted to know is if Axanael is easy or difficult because it looked interesting enough to warrant a look, but the difficulty seemed ambiguous at a first glance from the way the image was phrased ("please fuck my shit up").

That's all I wanted to know, there was no need to devolve into an argument over it. 落ち着けください。

>>16504311
It's easy enough to be put there in terms of grammar, but the only reason it's really recommended there is because it's short and because you'll understand what's going on even if you misunderstand like half of what's said. (I was there when the guy that made it first posted it.)

>>16504311
It's pretty much solely in hiragana. You can give it a go but I hated it and would not recommend it.

>>16504311
>落ち着けください。
Please don't post here before finishing Tae Kim.

>>16504318
>>16504311
That said, if it looks interesting, try it. Period. You might boot it up and realize you understand exactly 0% of it, you might boot it up and realize that you understand everything, you might boot it up and realize that your brain is transforming the japanese into unspeakable mimetic convolutions and your eyes are moving on their own. Who knows?

>>16504326
He's posting here specifically because he hasn't finished tae kim.

>>16504326
Please don't bully other learners.

>>16504327
No, trying stuff for yourself is not allowed. Please stick to my arbitrary Comprehension Game List or you will NOT learn Japanese.

>>16504341
Mad because...?

>>16504338
Not even trying to be rude, sorry if it came across that way. I just think there's no point in posting here if you haven't even covered the very basics.

>>16504357
Accidental bullying is still bullying.

>>16504329
I've never understood this suggestion. The grammar guide part of Tae Kim does not present any exercises for you to drill what you've just read. So you either have to read it back-to-back a few times SRS-style so you start to retain it, or go to it every time there's a grammar term you don't understand, which seems to be a more conducive way to go through it.

Not trying to say that I know *the* intended way Tae Kim is meant to be used, but for it to be used as a reference book seems a lot better than as a barebones textbook. That way, you'll only end up using what you need and you'll learn that bit a lot faster.

あれ...もしかして俺｜いきのり｜ばれている

Kind of an odd request, but at about 22:05 in Masamune-kun no Revenge 01, he says this line. I think いきのり is wrong, because it doesn't make any sense, but I can't hear anything else and kitsunekko doesn't have subs so I can't check there. Could someone tell me what he actually says?

>>16504575
いきなり？

>>16504341
What people need to remember is that rec charts are just that, recommendations. They exist because a lot of people come here saying "please recommend me an easy VN", and they consist of VNs the person who made them enjoyed and wanted to share. So if you have specific stuff you want to read, that's great go and read it, but if you're not sure, no harm in trying something someone else liked and recommended. If you're not enjoying it you can always drop it.

>昨日の様子からするに、百花ちゃんに対してまで怒っているわけではないはずだ。
>からするに
What does this mean?

>>16504583
Thanks. Before I could only hear の but as soon as I read your post I could hear な clear as day.

>>16504694
Judging from

>>16504049
I don't know, I'm a native speaker

>>16505007
Thanks

>>16503838
Super Robot Wars

>>16503838
ＦＬＵＥＮＣＹ

Is it okay if I don't like VN's? I like manga a lot more.

>>16505012
Is the wrong sentence completely incorrect and meaningless or it just has a different nuance?

>>16505087
As long as you have something to read it's ok.

>>16505074
Fluency is a pretty low long-term goal. It only takes 3 months to get there.

>>16505090
It sounds completely wrong. But it seems to be highly context-dependent because
どうして外人がこんなにバカだと知らなかったんだ
sounds okay. I can make any sense of が vs は. Sorry.

>>16505090
It sounds completely wrong. But it seems to be highly context-dependent because
どうして外人がこんなにバカだと知らなかったんだ
sounds okay. I can't make any sense of が vs は. Sorry.

>>16505118
I ain't buying your shit, Benny

>>16505129
>3 months
hehehe...
i can do it in 2

I have trouble balancing VNs, LNs, news, dramas....

Has anyone figured out an effective strategy to this?

>>16503838
- 6k words on my 1st year (managed over 7000), meaning 90% of reading covered;
- All Joyo Kanji until the middle of 2nd year (by April I will have 100 left to learn), meaning 99% of non-furigana shit covered;
- All of Tae Kim until the middle of the 2nd year as well, giving me the tools to start practicing and reading properly;
- Read a decent book by the end of this 2nd year, and studying it instead of just "getting" the message like I've been doing with manga;
- All jinmeiyo by the end of 3rd year;
- Proficiency by the end of 3rd year;

I'll see how it goes. Might as well start to pay for one-on-one lessons or find a language partner for 3rd year.

>>16505259
>- All of Tae Kim until the middle of the 2nd year
What the fuck?

>>16505267
It's been 13 months and I've only read half of it, because I said "fuck it" and just ankidroned through the months. I'll change that when I reach the 10k mark in April.

>>16503838
さ、ガイドを読んだ
特に目的はない、寄り道だけです

>>16505272
Are you aware that you're fucking yourself over majorly? It really is no wonder you have over 7000 words and almost all of the jouyou kanji in Anki but can only "get the message" with manga.
Tae Kim is just the essentials, too; if you truly intend to put off grammar until then, at least read Imabi or DoJG.

>>16505259
>>16505272
This is why you don't become an Ankidrone ladies and gentleman.

How did you do today?
I had to catch up on about 500 cards on top of regular reviews. Also did 158 new mined cards, 30 new kanji writing cards and 20 new name reading cards on top of reviews.

>>16505331
>How did you do today?
Poorly

>>16505274
What are you trying to say?

>>16505375
Readed an guide. Especially destination isn't, yet approaching a single road.

>>16505403
yep, thats it バッチリ

After finishing with Tae Kim, is there somewhere I'm supposed to go for more advanced grammar, or should I apply a pure "pick shit up as you read it" approach?
The guide doesn't really go in depth about grammar resources, especially after the very beginning.

>>16505277
>Are you aware that you're fucking yourself over majorly?
I'm not. The fact that I'm able to even read anything with the sheer force of vocabulary + listening to sample sentences indicates I'm actually making some progress.

I am in no rush and the hours put into memorizing would have to be put into doing it anyway in the future, I'm just setting priorities in a way people don't usually do, because I tick different and having a joyo checklist to look at will soothe my pain and make me willing to read seriously.

I tried the "grammar first" method before, didn't feel motivated at all and ended up never learning anything through a few years, putting it off for other life activities.

>>16505491
I'd at least read for a few months while looking things up before you bother seriously studying any of the more advanced resources. You'll benefit more from them when you have some experience.

>>16505491
Take classes at your school.

>>16505523
I see, although I still have no idea what those advanced resources would be. But I guess that's something I'll look into when the time comes.

>>16505529
Not an option.

>>16505558
>But I guess that's something I'll look into when the time comes.
Exactly. And you'll do it in Japanese, at that.

>>16502813
Yes. Wording it as "without" is fine, I was just mentioning it exists in common usage, not to be thorough.

>>16502814
>>16502817
>ずに
に isn't a part of the structure or strictly necessary, it's just the natural particle to use.

quit anki at 1500ish words, never finished tae kim, reading shitty manga fine

just learn japanese.

>>16506083
Why would you learn Japanese to read shitty manga? Are there no good manga?

>>16506117
everything is shitty anon

it's just all about the attitude

>横暴させていただきます
I am glad that I reread that email before sending it with my resume.

>>16506206
What are you applying for?

What's the difference between 温 and 暖?

>僭越ながら

Every single time I am watching something someone says this.
The japs love that phrase.

>>16506257
温かい is for something that you can touch.
Warm soup, warm food, warm water (温泉), etc.
暖かい is for air temperature or for personalities.
Heating unit (暖房), a warm welcome, etc.

>>16506270
>warm welcome
大歓迎?

>>16506257
>>16506270
Just use 温暖 when you want to express either and don't bother learning the rest.

>>16506274
いや、焼却炉

>>16506270
ta

海辺　ｖｓ　海岸

What's the difference? Dictionaries won't tell me shit.

>>16506347
Try Googling.

>海辺 海のあたり 海から離れても海辺で面です。
>海岸 海に面した岸 なので海岸は線になります。

>>16506263
僭越ながら
俺様は世界で一番かっこよくて賢いなイケメンだぜ

いや、ほんと、あの、かわい、すぎる、のでは、いや、まじで、だいすき、きょう、といぷらの、ぺーじ、ひらいたら、すっごい、かわいい、てんし、が、いっぱい、ねね、もふもふ、ねね、まくら、だいて、なみだめ、いや、ほんと、かわいす、ぎて、な、あり、がとう、ねね、ほんと、すき、あい、してる。

It feels really weird to be able to read words without really looking at or knowing the kanji in them. Just approximate shape + context usually gives it away. I know this is probably normal for people who learn through vocab, but still. Not being able to imagine the words in my head before seeing them / being unable to produce at all is 違和感.

おはようおにちゃん

>>16506465
>>16506382
こんどおいしゃさんいこ

Why does jisho say 悦 is self satisfaction when J-J dictionaries say it literally just means to be happy / 喜ぶ ?

>>16506517
happyは「しあわせ」だとおもうよ

>>16506504
If you're reading without properly envisioning the reading in your head, I'm gonna advise you either fix that and ensure you pronounce all the characters, or start doing a lot of listening-only practice (videos with no subtitles, podcasts, etc).
What awaits that road of yours is being reliant on kanji to understand Japanese which will be very limiting, and yeah, you can't produce words you don't know the sound of.

So should all engurish adjectives be treated as na-adjectives or are there still some that are actually i-adjectives?
An example would be that I recently heard "unfair" used as a na-adjective. So literally "unfair-na kyousou".

>>16506546
By produce I meant, being able to write. Not speak. I can understand the words when I hear them and can type them on my computer. But before I actually see it I can't "imagine" how it looks like other than a vague shape.

あのねおにいちゃん

むじるしの

ひだまりスケッチの

９わ

>何号？
>９号
>台風のことなんだけど
>（赤面）

これ、あのんくんに通じてる？

あたしは９号だとちょっとはいらない

１０号だとちょっとゆるいんだけど

>目に入れても痛くない
Try and guess this idiom

>>16506651
Being someone that makes someone's eye sparkle?

We're all gonna make it bros.

>>16506651
to see sth through rose tinted spectacles?

Japanese idioms are fucking weird man.
足を向けて寝られない
Doesn't make no sense.

>>16506656
めにいれてもいたくないのは

うそです

>>16506651
>>16506677
These are both in Rikaisama...
I guess 目に入れても痛くない makes sense in the way that "even if you get into my eyes (like the rays of the sun?), it doesn't hurt". So, someone shines brightly.

>>16506677
Probably because your legs won't rest from you trying to come up with the money to pay the debt?

I've worked as a data scientist, have studied Japanese for 3+ years, and am looking for an interesting project. Does djt have any idea for simple tools that could aid the learning process (at any level), and are not already available?

>>16506759
>please come up with ideas for me for free
Go fuck yourself and learn to do your work on your own.

>>16506759
Yes.
How about a hyperdermic implant that makes you fluent instantly?

Or you could crack some of them encryptions on certain e-book sites.

An AI girlfriend would be nice too.

Thanks, I'll be waiting.

>>16506720
I said "guess what it means" not "this is impossible to look up oh lordie what shall we do the dictionaries are useless what a calamity Jesus Christ save us all"

Is it just me or do visual novels have this roundabout, bloated way of reading?
I haven't read many LNs, but the ones I did felt much more direct.

>>16506812
They have to fill 50 hours worth of content with something

>>16506812
>bloated way of reading
I don't know what the hell a bloated reading is, but VNs do tend to be bloated. As in, they have random content shoved in to meet length requirements as well as porn that has no place in the story. You can somewhat dodge this by sticking to shorter/all ages titles, or the commonly comsidered kamige, which also have bloat but to a lesser extent where it doesn't matter because they make up for it by sheer quality.

>>16506812
Yes. This is a known problem. Some say it's because VN writers are paid by the character, some say its because VNs have less stringent editing policies (due in part to not having any physical constraints on text size like page numbers). All this is exacerbated by the first person perspective that leads to a constant inner narration even when narration isn't so necessary.

For VNs, you basically have to approach every new VN / new author with a close eye to determine whether the author has a bloated writing style. It's kind of annoying, but if you follow recommendations and read the good stuff while avoiding trashy moege/nukige it shouldn't be too much of a problem. Well, that is, if you read a trashy moege/nukige, just be ready to hold skip.

I wanna be able to play Jap games already fuck

>>16506812
They used to be better quality, but same goes for anime, manga and JRPG as well.

As the industry gets bigger you have more bloat.
Doesn't mean there isn't good stuff but it's rarer.

>>16506883
Do your best and it won't be too long!

>>16506891
I'm interested in VNs but more so in old-ish games that were never translated and never will be.
I tried playing Coropata recently, and while language wasn't an issue (the dialogues in the scenes were really simple, level descriptions do have many kanji about materials), I felt like the game itself was a bit ruthless. I can't even imagine how hard the later levels get.
It's a shame because I really liked the little sprites and the animations, they were very cute.

>>16503154
矍鑠
懊悩
大甕
茱萸坂 (I only know this because I used to pass it daily)
椚田
馬喰町
茗荷谷
糀谷
鵠沼

>>16506957
I do that sometimes, it's fun. The only thing is, untranslated action games for instance can be played so well without Japanese the main benefit will be either RPGs or weird stuff like detective games that didn't take off in the west. So your selection is kind of limited.
If you want some recs, let's see if I can make this link work:
>>>/vr/3748972

>>16507015
>>16506957
Specifically post 3749679 in that thread. Whoops

>scanlations

>>16507038

>>16503838
>500 kanji (can finally read most shit)
>1000 kanji (can finally read most shit +)
>1500 kanji (can finally read most shit ++)
>2000 kanji (Passed JLTP1 here)
>Jouyou kanji (empty victory, didn't feel much better than when I was 1900 or so)
>2500 kanji (I-I think I've learned em all...!)
>3000 kanji (Ok, I think I've really learned them all)
>3500 kanji (quit around here because you hardly ever encounter new shit that's worth retaining)

>>16507033
That's immensely helpful, thanks. It's exactly the kind of games I'm interested in. Some of them were even already on my list.

>>16507038
Honestly that looks like the scanlation was made by an ESL with a limited English vocabulary or something. The gist of the sentences isn't that different from the official translation.
Not to say it doesn't read like shit, it does, but I've seen way worse cases in which they completely change the meaning of the dialogue.

>>16506833
That's pretty lame as someone whose motivation to read is determined solely by how pretty the cover is.

>>16507056
>The gist of the sentences isn't that different from the official translation.
But it completely ruins the point of the dialogue and is extremely hard to follow. First of all, instead of the dude being wise and teaching her, he's just saying "i'm a fuckup... that's how I communicate" instead of "here's what you're doing wrong in my opinion".
The gist may be close but the ideas conveyed are completely off base. Adn the panel
"So the earth and the plants do give you an answer" makes no sense at all in the poorly translated one. It comes out of nowhere and doesn't form a nonsensical connection.
>>16507063
If by "pretty cover" you mean "pretty girls", yeah, welcome to most cute girl games being really boring and longwinded. There's plenty of cute games worth reading that don't suffer from bloat but you'll have to learn not to just a book by the cover and rely more on peer recommendations plus brand quality.

>>16507063
Well you only have yourself to blame. A lot of masterpieces are hiding beneath hideous / dated art.

>>16507038
I can't tell which of those is the scanlation.

>>16507085
The one on the right. His point is that the nonsensical, wrong translation on the right is reflective of poor scanlation quality, not to mention the low image quality.

Looking for a manga to read with a good mix of lewd girls and story. So not just an ecchi romcom. Any suggestions?

>>16507126
Ichigo 100%.

>>16505500
Wait so are you saying that you literally only studied vocabulary and didn't touch any grammar?

I did the exact opposite and now feel like the grammar is rather easy, i just feel fucked over because i know next to no words. Is your method effective?

>>16505500
>I'm not. The fact that I'm able to even read anything with the sheer force of vocabulary + listening to sample sentences indicates I'm actually making some progress.
>>16505259
>- Read a decent book by the end of this 2nd year, and studying it instead of just "getting" the message like I've been doing with manga;

Which one is it?

>>16507242
Not him. I'm an Advanced Student of Japanese with about three years under my belt. It took two years of pretty consistent reading and flashcards to feel comfortable without vocabulary. There's pretty much no way around the fact that vocabulary is a gigantic mountain which will take years to summit. There's no need to feel "fucked over" in regards to some preliminary approaches you took in the first several months. Pleeeeenty of time to shape up.
>>16507253
A lot of people have very low comprehension standards for what constitutes "reading"

>>16507263
>comfortable without vocabulary.
That is, comfortable WITH vocabulary.
Enough to read VNs and RPGs and stuff with no texthooker and whatnot.

have a kanjo
俎

can someone explain to me the te-form because i don't understand it

>>16507461
What exactly do you not understand?

te form is something that you will learn by using, there are without exagerations about 100 auxiliar verbs and each one have a different meaning.

>>16507461
In the most basic explanation I can give you, its to connect verbs to things

>>16507461
it's a defective infinitive that can make what it links to infinitive instead of itself.

that didn't help, right? because it won't. read more.

How can I make it so ITHVNR hooks all text? I have a game that it connects to but it doesn't give me the correct thread

>>16507612
H code

>>16507612
What the other anon said, otherwise you can't and should just use hook any text.

>>16507635
>just use hook any text
>How can I make it so ITHVNR hooks all text
Anon I'm literally asking how to do that. I don't see anything like that in the options

>>16507652
Hook any text is an unrelated program.

What does the 余ってた part means in here? the sentence before and after it for context

一緒に買い物するときに弁当箱買ったのなんて見たことなかったけど、いつ買ったの？」

余ってた自分の弁当箱ってんなら、もっと可愛らしいもののはずだ。

しかし今日渡された弁当箱は、明らかに男性向けの大きさのものだった

>>16507786
An extra bento box

It's her birthday today. Say something nice to her.

>>16507242
I read half of Tae Kim, but forgot all of it.
I can't say my method is the most effective - in truth I believe reading and mining is - but I couldn't ass myself to setup my own lessons without sperging out over tiny details; chewing this massive Core deck instead solved my problems and vocabulary is less and less of a problem the more I learn.

>>16507253
>Which one is it?
I don't get your question, is there a contradiction there somewhere?

>>16508097
おめでどい。

>鍵 means both lock and key
>「鍵が鍵に入った」 is a valid sentence by that logic

>>16508156
錠

>>16508156
If you insist on thinking it means both things just the same, you can think of 鍵 as a key-and-lock kind of seal itself rather than the individual components needed to make it function.

みなさんこんにちは
Does anyone know where I can find untranslated light novels that are not in the CoR?

>>16508156
>足 means both leg and foot
>「足は足の先にある」 is a valid sentence by that logic

>>16508229
amazon, bookwalker.

Best way to memorize vocabulary? Kanji is easy because of radicals building on each other but vocab is fucking impossible.

>>16508250
Mining deck and reading.

>>16508255
What do you do when you have a word in your mining deck that you forget? Simple repetition?

>>16508266
What do you think a deck is for, dearest anon?

>>16508266
When it annoys me especially I look it up on jisho to see other words that include the kanji in them and/or stare at the radicals/make up mnemonics.
The above is for outlier cases though, there's rarely a word that I have particularly more trouble with than others.

>>16508276
I just thought it was common for people to use some kind of mnemonic or create some fancy images for the words for them to stick better.

I cant umderstand the use of として in this sentence

>>16508250
I make up a mnemonic for every word. I've done so for over 13K words. At this point it's so easy that I do it automatically even when the reading it totally obvious. The number of sounds in Japanese is limited so you can have a bunch of stock mnemonics for each sound to fall back on, especially for single-syllable on readings.

>>16508234
I don't mind paying if it's the only way, but is it really the only option?

>>16508312
Yes. Now stop begging.

>>16508290
Oh, you can do that - but generally you won't need, since when it comes to pronunciation, several words use the same pronunciation and one reinforce the other. And the meaning, of course, comes from knowing the kanji - something you seem to already have some knowledge about.

That doesn't stop you from using mnemonics sometimes, I remember 錆びる (rust) as "sabiru" because I think of Gosick, a Victorian Era anime that takes place in Sauville. Old = rust, there you go.

>>16508300
Can you share your system? Do you have just one image for every hiragana sound and combine them? I like the idea.

>>16508320
I don't believe you.

>>16508320
Blah blah blah, rubbadubba acount.

>>16508312
Might try getting an account on private trackers. Not sure if AnimeBytes has it, but it's generally the place to go to with weeb shit.

>>16508335
Why are you talking about a tracker you aren't on?

>>16508330
I have an image for every hiragana sound as well as any common combination, for example ま as my mother or りつ as the K-On character. And then I combine the images, yeah. Some of them are really dumb and grasping, but they still work.

>>16508337
Cause when I needed obscure doujin shit, it was there. But I never used it again after that.

Feel free to provide better, free alternatives.

>>16508371
So log in and check? They don't have anything that isn't on nyaa.
And how do you provide something that doesn't exist, retard? Go get a job instead of being a pathetic beggar.

So I've been learning this language for a month now and I love japan as much as the next closet weeb but can we at least fucking admit that the language is fucked up and badly designed? At least way inferior than anything based on latin.

So did you guys do Tae Kim and 2k at the same time or do TK one day and 2k the next.

>>16508394
No, stop saying that. No matter how many times you repeat that, it's not going to make the language any easier for you.

>>16508398
You can easily do both on the same day

>>16508398
You obviously do both at the same time. 20 new cards in anki and enough lessons in TK to be able to finish it in around a month total.

>>16508229
Perfect dark. Nyaa. Fuck private trackers.

>>16508402
I'm not saying that because I'm frustrated with the language. Really, any first world country language is easy to learn because so many educated people made so many resources and systems to make it as effecient as possible to learn the language.

Patience and persistence are necessities for any skill to learn and there will be always those bad days where you feel like giving up. Anyone who ever tried to learn a valuable skill went trough this stuff.

>>16508386
>So log in and check?
Not a question.
>Go get a job instead of being a pathetic beggar.
I'm not the anon requesting things, why would I suggest a website to myself?

>>16508394
You will stop hating it and loving it for all its faults in no time.
Then you will hate it again at advanced levels you thought weren't even possible.
Then love it again.

Wabi-sabi, my friend.

>>16508394
Kanji are beautiful though. I know it's a trivial thing, but it makes the learning process more stimulating for me.

>>16508435
>tfw hating it for second time
afaik, isnt here where most people quit?

>>16508394
I've been studying it for maybe three weeks and I actually kind of like it. There's a certain intuitive nature to its grammar, or at least what I've covered so far. Then again I speak Italian and have studied Latin and I think both suck massive dick, so we don't see eye to eye on that either.

Fuck Kanji though, too many of those.

Is it a bad idea to start reading without having finished Tae Kim?

>>16508471
No but you should still finish it. Just sit down, go through a few lessons and then go read if you want.

>>16508471
If you keep studying Tae Kim I don't see why not. It may even be to your advantage since you will remember the learned rules better and get a better overall feel for the grammar.

>>16508468
Is Italian your first language?

>>16508471
See:
>>16500350
>I'm literally going to read before getting even halfway through a grammar guide please fuck my shit up

>>16508468
Schoolhouse latin is crap but vulgar latin (i.e. what turned into the romance languages) is fine, in particular italian is fine.

>>16508494
Yeah.

>>16508509
>>16508509
I see. For someone who doesn't speak a romance language learning Italian is probably almost as hard as learning Japanese. The verb conjugations are a fucking nightmare.

>>16508533
Exactly, that's my main complaint, but really almost every part of speech has more conjugations than in other language. It's pretty telling that even native Italian speakers manage to regularly fuck verbs up (and are usually mocked for it).

>>16508566
The linguistics term for this is called "fusional". There are lots of inflections that contain a lot of information and they have extensive syntactical concord (= form agreement). English has inflections, but they have very weak concord, and aside from obligatory things, derivational affixes (which are semantic rather than syntactic) are preferred. In fact, English is reducing use of weird verb forms across the board. The participle adjectives can form entire nominal predicates such as "him going to the store", and the irrealis/subjunctive forms are falling out of favor for everything but futures and hypothetical conditions. A fusional language would have a fetish for all the things English is changing to avoid doing.

>>16507009
Names are not words, but the first one is good, thanks.

おはようおにいちゃんたち

>>16508616
ちめいはAnkiしても

つかうきかいがすくないよ

Can you see kanji as well as latin letter after you get used to them? Lots of characters look very alike.

>>16508705
有名な地名を覚えたほうがいいよ
奈良とか富士山とかを知らないなら苦労するから

>>16508742
I already know every prefectures and major city.

Nice grammar btw, just type in English, you're just solidifying incorrect grammar usages by doing that shit.

>>16508294
たとえばかんたんなれいぶん

>男を財布として扱う

>スマホを凶器として使う

さいごの文節の二個前にくっつくことがおおいいよ

>>16508763
直したらどうだ
英語で話すなんて意味ないじゃん

>>16508718
Yes, you just need fuckloads of reading practice. You should start to notice it happening for the most common words before too long.

Just refreshed the idol directory and who do I see streaming?

https://www.showroom-live.com/48_Mayu_Watanabe

>I wish I could.

これってNo I can'tの意味なんだよね？

>>16508823
>I wish I could. (I don't think I can. I want to, but trying is hopeless.)

>>16508718
yeah

I am going on holiday to Japan for the first time in March and I would like to learn how to speak a bit before then, what do?

I have the JLPT N1 and never bothered to practice speaking, thank you /djt/

>>16508294
as

>>16508858
>skypech.com

>>16508858
>I have the JLPT N1 and never bothered to practice speaking, thank you /djt/
You'll be fine.

Does anyone have that 栗と栗鼠 picture?

>>16508922