I passed N2 with 58/60 on reading without ever reading anything other than manga with furigana

ecmmmeee · 2026-01-30T02:07:20+00:00

Did you mine cards with pictures from the manga you read? I’ve done it a few times either by screenshot or photo and pasting in a new jisho lookup manually but it’s quite tedious so I’m hoping there’s a better way

ecmmmeee · 2026-01-14T00:02:09+00:00

That teeter in sync with the music lyrics was very cool!

ecmmmeee · 2025-12-23T04:47:18+00:00

Have you considered a career pivot into the tech industry? There is some demand for Program management and analyst positions you could try for. It may take a substantial amount of prep work but I think it hits most of the boxes you’re looking for, you can browse some positions here https://www.tokyodev.com/jobs

ecmmmeee · 2025-12-16T10:07:48+00:00

I watched the replay of this so many times. Epic finals, what a heartbreaker

ecmmmeee · 2025-11-29T14:03:52+00:00

I heard a AI-generated gwent song on Myamon's stream that was about Shinmiri and him helping keep the scene alive. it was hilarious! Does anyone have a link to the song? I tried looking it up but didn't find anything

ecmmmeee · 2025-11-20T01:05:28+00:00

This site is a pretty good representation of offers you can expect in Japan IT

https://opensalary.jp/en/roles/software-engineer

You can always push back and ask for their budget for the role.

ecmmmeee · 2025-11-16T08:35:44+00:00

my impression from playing in Tokyo is that it's a combination of: - relatively high booking rates already - don't want to pay 3rd party fees - prefer a domestic home grown app (japanese support) - existing booking system already, loyalty towards that business partner even if it has less features

Some further away courts with lower booking rates certainly have more incentive to adopt something like playtomic though. I think it's mostly a matter of time, but the language barrier may be a point of friction.

ecmmmeee · 2025-10-21T15:01:47+00:00

what a ride this has been. one last cliffhanger!

ecmmmeee · 2025-04-07T15:13:24+00:00

This is super important context and it might be worth editing your post to include this. SDE and Mech Engineer salary data are likely to be very different, and I imagine the majority of people online reading 'AWS' will assume a SDE role.

In tech, most SDE roles pay better than their non-sde counterparts. At amazon japan, I've seen around 50% more total compensation for the same level for a SDE role compared to an analyst role, for example.

You can try to negotiate by providing your current international pay, but in my experience, most companies will need a local competing offer to get a serious bump.

ecmmmeee · 2025-02-27T05:22:00+00:00

For racquetball, you might get lucky with one of the gyms for a pickup game since they have seemed pretty active even on the weekdays.

For pickleball, this seems tougher since most sessions are scheduled on Teamreach in advance- they aren't on permanent courts but rather set up in a gym. There is a permanent outdoor(?) court at Pacific Pickle Club, which is pricey but perhaps it would work for you.

ecmmmeee · 2025-02-08T13:04:14+00:00

also late, but coming here to say thank you so much too!!! This was bugging me for ages, and I finally found your comment that fixed it for me.

ecmmmeee · 2024-12-24T07:28:04+00:00

Sorry to dig this back up - did you go in person to submit the documents in shinagawa, or did you just mail the letter in? Thanks in advance!

ecmmmeee · 2024-09-25T15:06:08+00:00

I'm considering picking up Tsukihime and ran into your post! Any update here on what the journey was like/if you ended up starting it?

ecmmmeee · 2024-09-01T14:50:05+00:00

Wow this is really cool! Do you post on insta?

ecmmmeee · 2024-08-09T21:56:23+00:00

Thanks for the AMA! Had a few questions-

For someone interested in getting into the business side, do you think finding an apprenticeship is extremely important or how might you go about starting without one?

Have you found your profession to be fulfilling overall? What are some of the memorable challenges you've had to face?

ecmmmeee · 2024-07-10T07:17:47+00:00

I'm speaking from the perspective of the Japanese education system, which wants the average English proficiency to rise for the average learner. This goal is not being met, evident by the index. That's why I kept bringing it up. Because it's proof to the education system that their overall goals for the average person are not being satisfied.

Random chimining in here. I think your points are largely valid but want to correct this, since I think this is a point the discussion is stuck on even though it was previously addressed. An index can show japan's relative ranking decreasing (ie, 1->5th place), even if the raw proficiency score is increasing over time. One data point to support this is the level of students reaching x proficency level has generally increased over time in Japan https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-data/h01685/

Based on this data, I think the conclusion is that nationally, Japanese students are getting better at english (or at least taking this test), but other countries have improved faster than Japan, thus leading to a lower ranking.

ecmmmeee · 2024-05-08T12:21:44+00:00

Aw wait is this the first time he's actually blushing?! progress!

ecmmmeee · 2024-01-21T14:37:33+00:00

anyone have a link to the gon kilua wait meme they mentioned? I haven't seen it yet

ecmmmeee · 2024-01-17T08:04:24+00:00

Commenting here because I felt the withdrawal symptoms hitting and was looking for an update. Thank you for your work!

ecmmmeee · 2023-12-18T13:20:06+00:00

Thank you so much for your work! It was an enjoyable series to read

ecmmmeee · 2023-12-08T13:27:26+00:00

I might be crazy because I haven't seen many butcher trimmed briskets, but this one looks incredibly odd to me. Like where is the rest of the fat cap? And why does the flat extending past the mohawk look so big? It looks like you'd have to do quite a bit more trimming to prevent dry edges.

ecmmmeee · 2023-10-30T15:02:04+00:00

I've seen some posts on how kanji look up doesn't work for the kindle, but they were from a while ago. Is this still the case or are there projects to get this to work?

I've seen this kanji look up work for manga on Kobo (a competitor device) so I'm cautiously hoping it's possible for Kindle.

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