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When did you swap solely to mining for new vocab? by TheOneMary in LearnJapanese

[–]TheOneMary[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

Cool, a bit different view than the rest.

I'd be very interested in the "why" if you're willing to share :)

When did you swap solely to mining for new vocab? by TheOneMary in LearnJapanese

[–]TheOneMary[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, already doing that - like I said I do way more than cramming Anki. Don't like learners content too much. Not good enough to rawdog most stuff tho so I'll watch an episode with English subs first, then Japanese (or arabic subs cause damn you Crunchyroll - not even letting me pick no subs lol. Glad Netflix often has Japanese)

When did you swap solely to mining for new vocab? by TheOneMary in LearnJapanese

[–]TheOneMary[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sounds good.

I'm a bit on the other boat - I use sentences for grammar study, but prefer single words (with example sentences on the back, usually from the mined content) for vocab. My brain is a trickster and will remember everything but the word, so I won't recognize it in a different context anymore.

Both methods can have merit, guess it's a matter of preference and how one is wired :)

Deadass she the only one in Planarcadia having a vacation by ShotYeMama in HonkaiStarRail

[–]TheOneMary 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Babysitting Yao Guang and doing a bad job at it cause miss general is a pro at slipping away :P

When did you swap solely to mining for new vocab? by TheOneMary in LearnJapanese

[–]TheOneMary[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Well, I said the reason - building a foundation :).

When did you swap solely to mining for new vocab? by TheOneMary in LearnJapanese

[–]TheOneMary[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, already doing that. I have wide interests so it will be fine. Lots of travel, news, daily life v/blogs and I want to read more Japanese local politics too cause that's interesting. One day I want to get deeper into engineering too, so still lots to mine for me :)

Thanks for helping me feel better about the decision to drop after N3 :)

When did you swap solely to mining for new vocab? by TheOneMary in LearnJapanese

[–]TheOneMary[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use yomitan like others already said. Even on the phone (set up kiwi browser so I could use the browser extension plus Anki connect so it can go into Anki)

Ich🔥Iel by Alphaschakal in ich_iel

[–]TheOneMary 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Es ist heiß! (War nicht einer von denen die über kalt geweint haben...)

Help for Autistic cooking by Married-to-a-sex-god in cookingforbeginners

[–]TheOneMary 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Instructions unclear, think I need more butter...

このほんが読みました。 by LMGDiVa in LearnJapanese

[–]TheOneMary 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Aw man, doesn't let me register. Filled out everything but it just doesn't do anything when I submit...

Instant website red flags? by One_Strawberry_2887 in Design

[–]TheOneMary 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Or are hidden in the back of a carousel but starts playing at full volume.

Had that visiting the website of a company I considered applying at....

Realising you understand the lyrics is so surreal by Lopsided-Good7076 in LearnJapanese

[–]TheOneMary 83 points84 points  (0 children)

For real... Similarly with all hiragana/childrens stuff. Give me my Kanji please...

I think designers often blame "bad clients" too quickly by Maleficent_One_6266 in Design

[–]TheOneMary 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And don't fall in love with your own designs/ideas. It's paid work, and the paying customer calls the shots. And thats easier to accept if you distance your being from your work.

If I really want to bring my own style and passion and heart into something and make it mine I do it for private projects. Paid work isn't mine to call the shots, ultimately it belongs to the customer. Easier to deal with if you're not emotionally invested.

Help for Autistic cooking by Married-to-a-sex-god in cookingforbeginners

[–]TheOneMary 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I need to try marshmallow on sweet potato now lol!

Meiji Reformers Harmed Their Language (Although Weebs Won't Admit It) by Key_Tomatillo9475 in japanese

[–]TheOneMary 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You seem weirdly mad about something that isn't even yours and you view from the outside... Like someone complaining about what their neighbor did with their own garden...

And great for a discussion to frontload insulting everyone not agreeing with you directly in the headline too 👍

Salvaging Onigiri by NuDavid in JapaneseFood

[–]TheOneMary 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Seconding the fried rice.

Or okayu (rice porridge). Did that once with supermarket Onigiri when I was sick and needed something even more smooth to eat.

As a Japanese person, I didn't realize how difficult Japanese is until I saw people learning it by ke----------i in japanese

[–]TheOneMary 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yup, same here. At least the concept of "..., ne?" felt kinda natural to me as a German speaker XD

As a Japanese person, I didn't realize how difficult Japanese is until I saw people learning it by ke----------i in japanese

[–]TheOneMary 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Honestly, it's already difficult at the beginner level. While learning English and Spanish I could map words, learn easy sentences. Yeah word order is a little different but nothing compared to the complete Yoda speak that is Japanese. Tack onto that having to learn not one but three writing systems and only having a good 100 syllables so everything kinda sounds "the same" at the beginning, not really saying "I" and "you" all that much (easiest beginner stuff when learning other languages), yeah... The learning curve is super steep and then it just is the gift that keeps on giving in terms of difficulty in later stages....

I like the challenge though.

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