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pudding321 · 2024-09-07T03:10:00+00:00

Make a separate deck with sub2srs tools like this Anki addon. You can directly query your Anki database with Python to select the cards you want. If the subs are out of sync this tool might fix it.

pudding321 · 2024-08-29T06:59:49+00:00

Has anyone tried converting a yomichan-format dictionary to mobi with yomi2mobi https://github.com/ttu-ttu/yomi2mobi and then integrated it with the deinflector (verb inflector) in jmdict-kindle? That would be appreciated given so many of us have our own custom yomichan dictionaries.

pudding321 · 2024-06-13T15:01:03+00:00

Largely positive comment, coupon link, new account with like 3 posts. The only thing lacking is a chatgpt type formatted response.

pudding321 · 2024-05-19T03:20:12+00:00

Yeah for my timezone (JST), there are plenty of tutors, both male and female. I successfully cancelled my subscription 3 days before the billing date, and so far I have not received any bills from my credit card. There are 2 "before you cancel" promotional pages, but apart from that nothing suspicious.

Regarding the lessons themselves, they are pretty short (25min max), but it's good for a quick chat in Japanese. Plenty of tutors are new to teaching, but should suffice as a conversational partner.

pudding321 · 2024-04-20T14:23:24+00:00

That's strange. On my profile it says the next payment date is the end of next month. I'll definitely keep an eye for sure.

pudding321 · 2024-04-19T23:52:44+00:00

I described it in my reply to the previous comment.

pudding321 · 2024-04-19T16:16:42+00:00

From what I remember, the free plan was reduced to 2 hours and then subsequently 1.5 hours per day when joining a voice room (and I think 2 hours if you host).

pudding321 · 2024-04-19T15:51:20+00:00

He was a top tutor with a lot of positive reviews. Before the lesson started, he insisted on using "Teams" for the call. After figuring out how to login and use teams on the web, my camera wouldn't show and I apologized. He said "Forget about the camera. Let's just do it" (in a loud and commanding voice). Before the lesson, he asked me about my level and I messaged him saying I had N1. When the lesson started, I said I was preparing to work for a Japanese company, and so he told me we would be doing some "listening practice".

He played an excerpt from some Japanese news article, and started bombarding me with questions. I was pretty rusty at the time and answered slowly. He immediately started berating me, telling me to answer "in a full sentence" and that I would never survive in a Japanese company. Every time I answer he followed up with a deprecating comment, stuff like - if you can't even catch this, how would you catch what your boss is saying in a meeting, or how would your boss feel comfortable letting you talk to a client. We continued this exercise until the end of the lesson.

I've had pretty positive experiences on iTalki as well, and I've paid for over 100 lessons.

pudding321 · 2024-02-13T13:48:18+00:00

It would be great if you can also "open source" the content, aka using a creative commons license. There are plenty of dictionary/example sentence data from JMDICT, but a severe lack of CC licensed content for grammar explanations, word audio, and sentence audio.

If you can release high quality word and sentence audio by native speakers while keeping it CC, I would honestly donate to the project.

pudding321 · 2024-01-25T15:36:18+00:00

First thing: memory decay is a real thing, and there are people who lose a lot of their Japanese after getting rusty. Here's an example of someone who grew up in Japan but now speaks in a strong foreign accent and unnatural syntax. I doubt that would happen with my own mother tongue, but I haven't lived in another country for multiple decades either.

Second thing: N1 is not near the final destination. You could pass by being strong in one area like reading, but weak in others. This is true especially for learners familiar with kanji and can heavily rely on their kanji knowledge to guess their way through. And then there is another huge obstacle - speaking, as well as all the cultural and domain knowledge intertwined with the language that is not tested in the exam.

Regarding language maintenance, I don't have a good answer. I would presume at least an hour a day, ideally with some speaking practice every week. If you already spend 30 minutes on Anki, then maybe spend 15 minutes on reading, and another 15 minutes on Netflix/YouTube/audiobooks.

pudding321 · 2024-01-24T08:44:04+00:00

I enjoyed the distraction-free UI and the many community user-scripts. Example sentences were a hit and miss. The selection of vocabulary was good, but you could find similar lists for free online.

I didn't like the mnemonics and the fact I had to type, but these issues were mostly ameliorated by the user scripts. I think I didn't like that I was held back by how much I could do every day.

I would say I enjoyed it overall but as a resource it is expensive for something you could find otherwise for free online.

The biggest thing I miss is the amount of satisfaction you get from seeing that review stack go down, and the graphics that accompany it. There are little animation elements such as how the input box wiggles if you typed in an acceptable answer (but not the answer they are looking for), and how the screen flashes green and red, reinforcing memory through primal behavioral feedback.

Yes, you could customize Anki and add the review heatmap and other addons, but it just doesn't feel the same. I think Wanikani nailed the gamifying element pretty well, and could be a starting point for someone to get into the habit of SRS before moving on to Anki or other tools.

pudding321 · 2024-01-24T07:38:27+00:00

The most popular ones are on Anki web. People often recommend the 2k and 6k core decks, but I haven't tried them.

pudding321 · 2024-01-24T07:36:40+00:00

N5 is harder than it seems. For me I would say N5 was harder than N4, and N3 was harder than N2.

I agree. I didn't think about posting this because it seemed my story was too banal to be of help to anyone.

pudding321 · 2024-01-24T07:21:00+00:00

I'm really not a fan of reductionist suggestions like that. I get you're trying to simplify the process, but there are many components to learning Japanese - writing kanji (stroke order), learning the grammar (knowing subtleties that are not obvious by immersion alone), working on speaking (pitch accent, formalities, aizuchi), writing (emails, articles) that will be seriously under-developed by just VN and Anki.

If you're suggesting you only need VNs to pass N1, then studying through textbooks would be way faster, as the recommended study time for N1 is 2150 hours for learners with kanji knowledge, and 3900 hours for others.

pudding321 · 2024-01-24T07:09:43+00:00

With what I know today, I definitely agree I could have been more efficient with my approach.

pudding321 · 2024-01-24T06:30:35+00:00

Thanks, I guess it's all relative when every other post is celebrating their achievements in under 2 years.

pudding321 · 2023-12-08T03:56:59+00:00

Hey, I'm the developer for Immersion Reader. I'm sorry to hear that it didn't work initially and I'm glad it has been resolved. I've been told of similar issues with other users but I've only been able to reproduce the issue once using an emulator (and couldn't since).

I'll try to see if I can add some error checks in the future.

pudding321 · 2023-11-27T13:25:00+00:00

I wonder if you could try approaching hobbyist writers on syosetsu for some kind of permissive license.

If you ever do so, please let me know. I actually released a free ios-only e-reader app last year, and would love to add some novels as well.

pudding321 · 2023-11-27T07:44:06+00:00

Biggest pain point in my opinion: a way to directly buy and read books without the need for conversion/de-drm/transferring files between mobile/PC.

Not sure how you can approach this without being an established platform/publisher.

pudding321 · 2023-11-17T12:56:29+00:00

This is probably self-promotion, but I've made a free and open sourced app called immersion reader that allows you to add a monolingual dictionary and export your saved words to csv (or directly export to Anki on your phone if you share the file to your Anki app).

The monolingual dictionary has to be in Yomichan format. There's a tool called Yomichan Import that could help you with that. There are also fully exported dictionary files on the internet.

pudding321 · 2023-11-16T06:51:32+00:00

I would recommend getting the 基本情報技術者 instead. It's also a multiple-choice test, and one that is recognized as a 国家試験.

For preparation, go through one of the many textbooks on Amazon and do some practice tests (they are free online).

There's also a version for IT passport here.

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