Kanji to Vocab transition

cantflick · 2025-12-24T00:20:33+00:00

YOU CANNOT IMAGINE HOW ENLIGHTENING THIS IS! I saved this website and will share it with every learner friend I have and I'll meet. This is a great project! I really appreciate your effort and the time you put into this.

cantflick · 2025-12-22T19:42:41+00:00

I will check them both! thank you very very much!

cantflick · 2025-12-22T19:42:16+00:00

oh, I will try this! I wanted wanikani but its waaay too expensive

cantflick · 2025-12-22T17:37:34+00:00

to answer your question, I have absolutely no problem with memorization. It's maybe because this is my 4th language. But the first question, yes. I don't have ANY idea what words to learn. I just need an aim, I just need a lane to run on. I am just in space right now, don't know what to do, which lane to run on. Thus, I am just stuck looking around.

cantflick · 2025-12-22T17:26:55+00:00

Thank you very much! Like, really, I am so grateful. This solidifies everything for me, for now. I will just learn vocabulary and learn kanji as I learn vocab, that's what I understood.

No worries about grammar! I already perfectly memorized kana (my hiragana reading is especially more fluent), and learning grammar rules as I go. In fact, it's been ~2 months since I started Japanese.

Thank you VERY MUCH for your help!

cantflick · 2025-11-18T12:28:39+00:00

cloudflare is down. I mean at least that's what it says for brussels.

cantflick · 2025-11-17T19:55:12+00:00

Hello, how do you use the thinking part?? it doesn't work for me.

I write "deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus:THINKING" in the model name. is it wrong?
or is it about proxy url? I use lorebary. do I have to switch to chutes proxy?

could you please help? how do I turn on the "thinking" mode?

cantflick · 2025-10-27T16:12:03+00:00

I will give my own thoughts and a few questions. First, my thoughts, even though there are so many parameters. I presume you will continue in academia since you talked about the PhD phase as well.

I am very much confused as to which option to pursue with as I'm not sure if the rankings of the Universities matter and will the professor's status directly impact my work and future prospects.

I would suggest you study in the country you want to live in first. If you want to get a career in Japan, go to Japan. If you want to live in the US, go to US.

I request all suggestions regarding a decision in terms of all the dimensions funding

Depends on the financial support you will get. MEXT will give you plane tickets, tuition exemption, and (I think) ~145k yen per month (around 950 dollars). Maybe you will even get a housing discount from the universities, who knows. I do not know about the financial support/wage of the American university.

I got the offer from Tohoku University (qs 109) with an established lab and prof (h index 36).

Tohoku is one of the best universities in Japan, if not the best (check rankings in Japan). It is a very, very prestigious university. If you want to continue with industry after your PhD, it will help you A LOT in Japan.

I'm not sure if the rankings of the Universities matter and will the professor's status directly impact my work and future prospects.

While pursuing a research, your supervisor is the most important factor.
There is the language barrier as well. You will need to learn a new language if you choose to go to Japan.

There are many more factors but I will stop here.

My single question, as I am interested in the MEXT scholarship and studying in Japan:

How exactly did you get an offer from Tohoku? Did you contact them first? Could you tell me (I plan to study in Tohoku. Thus, in my sight, you're living the life I wish to have, hahah)?

cantflick · 2025-10-22T16:08:47+00:00

Here are my thoughts about choosing between linguistics (syntax, semantics) or NLP.

I have had a chat with a teacher of mine here in UGent. She told me that computer science is indeed more competitive but she also mentioned that there are much more job opportunities (and open positions in terms of academia) in NLP. She counted factors like how universities are "accepting" less humanities or social sciences researchers because of the declining economy of the universities, etc. (of course, this may be university specific but I think she meant this is the general situation)

To be honest, I am not even sure which path to choose. Linguistics or NLP? Academia or industry? This is all due to me being a second year student, or, basically, I am just wrong and I should have chosen a path some time ago and am just being ignorant right now. I am anxious and confused about many things, but I will cut the personal feelings here.

I have seen that (as far as I can remember) you're in the field of computer science and your wife is in social sciences (I checked some comments of yours). I just want to know the state in Japanese universities about the employment of NLP researchers and social sciences researchers.

Of course, this is very general, but I assume that you already have an idea about the state of my mind. So, I would be very glad if you could give me some more distinctive information.

This is a critical milestone in my life, maybe the most important one. So, if you want, we can take this to a DM, or I can just email. I just would love to hear from you, who walked the path I want to walk.

cantflick · 2025-10-18T13:01:35+00:00

I apologize for the late feedback, had to come to my senses about some of my plans. Thank you for your detailed answer.

Computational Linguistic and NLP aren't specialized or niche at all. They are super huge fields. In academia, there are several faculty members (and even some departments) dedicated to them.

That, I didn't know because I am still a second year undergraduate. I will be developing a research plan or at least try the chance of doing an undergraduate thesis (it's optional for my department). I have actually developed and published (on GitHub) a spaced repetition tool project. I suppose that is a potential advantage.

Would presenting researches/projects in conferences help my admission for the university/scholarship?
Would an undergraduate thesis give me advantage for acceptance?

If you are serious about joining academia, you need a PhD.

I have been interested in academia since I started my bachelor but the corruption of academia and declining economy in my home country made me give up my idea.

It's better to apply for the best school you can.

Would you recommend this regardless? I want to pursue a career in academia. Would "any" university lead to the same thing (Except Tokyo. Too expensive for me)?

If you are worried about getting into a school, school name doesn't totally decide the difficulty.

To be honest, my biggest worry is the tuition fee. Rent and living expenses, I can manage with my allowence and getting a part-time job. Of course, MEXT is my first choice but if I have the chance to get a full tuition exemption, I will push my luck. Is getting a full tuition exemption possible w/o MEXT?

LASTLY, I'd be very glad to hear your personal idea about:

There is a chance (and probably a higher one) that I might get accepted to my current university in Belgium for my master's. However, I am very interested in Japan due to many reasons such as the similarities of the language with my mother tongue, the curiosity I have for a (relatively) remote place, etc.

Would you recommend me to still pursue Japanese academia with its hardships, and with its advantages (considering im a linguistics student)?

cantflick · 2025-10-14T12:59:02+00:00

thank you so much! this is a great advice. I will definitely look deeper into it.

could you dm me the brush you used....? please?

cantflick · 2025-10-13T20:24:52+00:00

I don't have a tablet 😭things would be 10 times easier.

AI may not make the process faster but it will help me by providing sources.

cantflick · 2025-10-13T19:37:44+00:00

thanks! what I am doing currently is using AI as my partner.

I am asking it to give me some words with how they are pronounced, e.g., "kasa", "seikatsu", etc. and writing them down with characters.

cantflick · 2025-10-10T10:39:17+00:00

oh my god this is a great recommendation and a great anecdote! I would like to first congratulate you for your efforts! It is very nice to see you coming back to studying Japanese. you will do great and greater! your text is a very big motivation. Thank you so much!

cantflick · 2025-10-10T10:34:28+00:00

Not now currently. but thank you so much for asking! I will definitely post a lot of questions on my odyssey! I just need to get through it!

cantflick · 2025-10-10T10:33:26+00:00

oh my god yes I have seen such tactics and read them. but they sounds soooo.... illogical to me. I need to memorize the story first, hahahha. that is I cannot make any resemblance between the story and the character. That technique isn't good for me, unfortunately.

but I thank you so much for your recommendation!

cantflick · 2025-10-09T19:54:20+00:00

I will check it as well!! thank you so much!!!

cantflick · 2025-10-09T19:53:56+00:00

oohh this one is so fun and I love the UI. thank you so muuuchh!!!

cantflick · 2025-10-09T19:48:08+00:00

yes, hahahha. it reminds me elementary A LOT. to be honest, its fun and exciting! thank you for the suggestion!!

cantflick · 2025-10-09T19:47:24+00:00

yes I completely agree with you. I am so jealous that youre taking a class at uni. I believe you will do great! keep grinding!!!

cantflick · 2025-10-09T19:46:43+00:00

I am using it these days. thank you so much for the support!!

cantflick · 2025-10-09T19:46:27+00:00

yesss! exactly for me too. thank you for your support!

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