Jason, Thanks! This is what I ended up doing. I have a huge post I'm planning to do about RTK, and this is one of the things I think Heisig doesn't do well. It...
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takatsu5
May 11, 2006 11:50 am
... to right. ... Paul: One of the reasons I started taking a shuji class is to learn how to write the characters well. I can remember them, but they aren't...
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Leif Huhn
volfy
May 12, 2006 6:21 pm
... I had checked the errata, but it wasn't there. I e-mailed Dr. Heisig about the character and he said he would add it to the errata and it would be...
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Jason Webber
webberjc
May 13, 2006 3:22 pm
No problem. It is a mnemonic trick that isn't new. I look forward to seeing your post. I always like to see what others come up with, since I get stuck with ...
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jenniferopp00
May 16, 2006 1:17 pm
hey ppls just wanted to give u a helping hand if ur bored this week and just feel like messing around and having a bit of fun online. this place here...
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Bernat Agullo Rosello
bagullo204
May 16, 2006 11:53 pm
I hope the administrator will take care of jennifer... who hooked up with a girl. ... -- Bernat Agullo Rosello bernat@... /...
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Joe Wright
joe_sicp
May 17, 2006 12:37 am
I thought someone had made up a story for one of the kanji, but I couldn't figure out which one it was ;) ;) ;)...
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marshal_the
May 21, 2006 1:34 am
Hi ! I just arrived at the 1400 mark and I came into the "chop-seal" primitive. They mention that the abbreviated form is used when the character is on top of...
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Tyler
ciaranod
May 21, 2006 5:34 pm
This primitive can be written either way, either in formal brush styles or casual handwriting. Perhaps the abbreviated form (katakana "ma") is slightly more...
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marshal_the
May 21, 2006 7:14 pm
Thank you for your anwser. I would have like that to be mentionned in the book. RTK has quite a few error concerning stroke order (I think they are corected in...
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johnsonkuchina
May 22, 2006 12:15 pm
Hi fellow RTK'ers. I'm happy to say the end is in sight for RTK I. I've found it so far to be far superior to other options, but nonetheless, very challenging...
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johnsonkuchina
May 22, 2006 12:24 pm
(Sorry to post 2 messages back-to-back, but since they're totally different subjects I thought it would be better to break them up.) I'm considering investing...
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Robert Gravina
rgravina
May 22, 2006 12:37 pm
... I have dictionary like that, and although the kanji recognition is handy, as a dictionary I find it useless. Why? It takes such a long time to enter in...
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Andrei Jirnyi
ch1kken
May 22, 2006 1:02 pm
... I'm using PADict, a free dictionary for Palm that does the same thing, on my cell phone. I like it a lot. It also allows romaji input (and radical lookup...
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Kenneth Johnson
johnsonkuchina
May 22, 2006 1:14 pm
Thanks for the feedback, Robert. I wonder if you have an older Casio (?). This new model lets you input kanji (in addition to kana and roman alphabet) with the...
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Andrei Jirnyi
ch1kken
May 22, 2006 1:24 pm
What is exactly Kanji in Context? Amazon gives a few links with no exact matches :( I am still at the middle of RTK1, and one thing I did was to take a list of...
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Robert Gravina
rgravina
May 22, 2006 1:37 pm
... Yes! I have a Casio XD-470. ... Now that is cool! ... I find that these things are so expensive for what they do though - $400 for a dictionary or $1100...
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takatsu5
May 22, 2006 2:28 pm
I'll give my input on this. I have two electronic dictionaries. I have a Canon IDX-9500. It is about 12 years old. I have a new Canon V35. I got the new one...
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Bernat Agullo Rosello
bagullo204
May 23, 2006 12:33 am
I bought the 2nd book, but for some reason I haven't use it at all... I think I might go back to it once I have learned enough words through my japanese...
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Tyler
ciaranod
May 23, 2006 12:08 pm
I went the handheld PC route, buying a (very) used HP Journada for about £90 ($170) on eBay and loading the appropriate version of JWPce (you need the version...
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Andrew Shuttleworth
andyshuttlew...
May 25, 2006 5:52 am
Good to see other people going the PDA/handheld PC route. If anyone else is interested I list lots of Japanese dictionary software available for Windows...
I believe Kanji in Context was published by The Japan Times in coordination with IUC (Inter-University Center), which is a top-notch intensive language center...
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johnsonkuchina
May 27, 2006 8:20 am
I've taken a couple of looks at RTK II and read the forward and chapter headings a couple of times, but I seem to be missing something. What is the methodology...
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takatsu5
May 28, 2006 5:22 am
The methodology behind RTKII is a few basic methods to remember the on-yomi (or "Chinese" pronunciation). In many kanji, there are signal primitives that...
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Bernat Agullo Rosello
bagullo204
May 29, 2006 12:36 am
However, I think it is needed to have a base of vocabulary before really being able to use RTK II --- ... -- Bernat Agullo Rosello bernat@... /...
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Robert Gravina
rgravina
May 31, 2006 9:25 am
Actually, having given that big rant about how inputting kana into stylus-only dictionaries is slow because you have to select kana from an on-screen keyboard,...
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Trevor Hill
trevorchill
May 31, 2006 12:01 pm
I have a sony ebr-s8ms, and it completely rocks. I've had wordtanks ever since the early 90's, and this machine is incredible. It has not only everything for...
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marshal_the
May 31, 2006 5:55 pm
I have been following the discusion about using a pda (or a nintendo DS lite!) as a dictionnary. I should soon receive a new pda (acer n311 with vga screen,...
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Bernat Agullo Rosello
bagullo204
Jun 1, 2006 12:56 am
Personally I think that text books used at japanese classes are better to learn grammar and vocabulary --- we're currently using one called New Approach (title...
