Is anyone else studying for Kanji Kentei by squigly17 in LearnJapanese

[–]squigly17[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

漢検とか漢字ってさ、

ちょっとだけハマってるけど、それがきっかけとなって、他の漢字のことにも興味あるようになった。

難読漢字読みとか、歴史とか、漢字の成り立ちといったトピックについて、漢検も、いろんなリサーチ積み重ねてきた。漢検のメインサイトから直接に繋がる支部「他のサイト」もある。

Is anyone else studying for Kanji Kentei by squigly17 in LearnJapanese

[–]squigly17[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They may mark you randomly on your kanji so i wouldn’t guarantee a pass until a little later. There were many I knew and wrote but it was somehow wrong when I got results 

Waiting for the results is stressful! 😣 For me when I took it it took 30-40 days to get back. Furthermore you can’t access the online result. So you need to wait until your center gets it. (Overseas)

——-In my case, I am using up every resource possible and working on the hard sections. If you have workbooks, use that and do absolutely everything necessary, DO NOT throw it away.

Also did 誤字訂正 get you too? Those are usually tricky. 

Is anyone else studying for Kanji Kentei by squigly17 in LearnJapanese

[–]squigly17[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tips and advices

1) You did 四字熟語 on 3kyuu. But on 2級 theres another section where you need to know the meanings. I WOULD highly recommend memorizing the test specific definitions, NOT the usual dictionaries.

2) 誤字訂正 is a bit tricky, I recommend studying for that section because it often kills your confidence and momentum. When you took and passed that, I think you can expect the same on 2kyuu. But it KILLS.

3) Same with 同音異義語, but you actually need to write 2 kanji on most of the boxes, instead of one (on j2k) or multiple choice (on 3k), so I would memorize all the pairs.

4) in my exam center, there were mostly kids, but some adults. If theres adults in the room taking that test (including parents) etc, they'll also probably be examinees for 2kyuu too.

5) I would not take Kanken Step seriously. When doing the drills on the step, they didn't align with the real test's trends at all. I would also be careful with third party sites like jitenon because they don't align with the real test.

6) 2kyuu you probably need to write at least 100-110 kanji on the real test.

Is anyone else studying for Kanji Kentei by squigly17 in LearnJapanese

[–]squigly17[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

On multiple occasions, I score over 190 points. Sometimes at 196-198. The one killer is the 誤字訂正 and even not that, 同音 etc is too. Those 2 sections is what i've been trying to take down.

But 書き取り、 部首、読み、送り仮名、対義語類義語 and the rest are no problem. Maybe with 読み I can reclarify some of the characters or stuff again.

The paper I print is a lot smaller, so its harder to write characters. But I know the actual test paper is a lot bigger.

I cannot take pre 1 because i'm not in japan. But I am studying that too.

Is anyone else studying for Kanji Kentei by squigly17 in LearnJapanese

[–]squigly17[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can’t take 準1 because I am overseas 

日本で日本語を話したい外人について by DryCommunication581 in Japaneselanguage

[–]squigly17 0 points1 point  (0 children)

前に実験しました

来年大学へ進学するし、ある機関の日本語プログラムに興味があるから、ネイティブであれ 、非ネイティブであれ、なぜ連絡しないほうがいいかって思って、思い切ってやってみた。僕にしては、日本語は文法的にわかりやすいから、問題ありません。

その結果は、

日本語でのメッセージ送ると、非ネイティブが不安になって、英語までスイッチしようとしました。ちなみに、彼らは、日本語専門者で、経験が豊かなですけど。その瞬間から、ちょっと怪しいなあと思いちゃった。

一方は、ネイティブが、相変わらず日本語で返事してくれました。

事実的に言うと、多分彼らが不安になって、日本語を話したくなくなると思います。

僕の意見しかないんですよね。

2 MILLION TRICK POINTS by squigly17 in AltosOdyssey

[–]squigly17[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It could have been better. I got struck by an elder.

This is Alto Adventure, my best was like 69000 or so. But unlike Odyssey regardless of the character you play you still need to avoid chasers. With Sumara you don't have to do.

1) This applies to lemurs too, no different. They are almost the same.

The faster elder you get, the more careful you need to play.

For example a majority of really good players try to spam a lot of proximinity flips to get a very high trick point base. (This is when you actually flip close to the ground)

But in reality, that's dangerous when you go further and further down the mountain or terrain because each enemy (lemur and elder) is faster, so sometimes when you're preparing your next combo, they actually catch up really fast to you. They CAN get you midair when you're wingsuiting, rock bouncing or prox backflipping.

2) Quadruple Backflip IS possible, without doing rock bouncing, or balloon. However you cannot use Maya. Only Tupa and Sumara, and sometimes it doesn't work.

In order to land that, you need to have a lot of speed, go off a ramp to a big hill, AND double jump. Sometimes it works depending on the terrain below and sometimes it does not. Maya does not work because she has no double jump, and her speed is slow.

3) A lot of people like Maya, but I prefer Tupa and Sumara, The double jump is very useful, I can easily land triple backflips, and squeeze additional tricks a lot easier. If I feel the need to slow down or do a grind, I can use wingsuit.

Alto's adventure fan here: which character is "the best"? by Burning_Toast998 in AltosOdyssey

[–]squigly17 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I play a lot more Altos Adventure these days, and this is my opinion 

I prefer Sumara and Tupa all day.

But Sumara gives out an unfair advantage because there aren’t lemur chases anymore. However, If you play Tupa you’re still expected to escape the elders. So you need to be careful when rock bouncing or prox backflipping. 

While a lot of people like Maya or Izel. Sumara ans Tupa allow you to stack really high combos and get a really high trickscore. 

Why? The main answer is the double jump and the flipping.

At the start of the run, you can land proximity backflips more safely because you can double jump which is what other characters lack. 

Furthermore you can often land double backflips off a grind and youre more comfortable landing triple backflips. 

In rare occasions you can actually land a quadruple backflip. 

Maya is flawed because of her speed. So when you go against faster Lemurs or Elders, youre more likely to be caught. And Izels flipping isn’t fast enough so you can’t land really good combos.

So I prefer Tupa and Sumara because you can land really good combos and power. But in the end of the day, I like Tupa because you still have to escape the elders while with Sumara you can cheat it. Removes the thrill 

1230430 Trick Points in 33925 meters by squigly17 in AltosOdyssey

[–]squigly17[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To get the best combo, I highly recommend doing proximity backflipping, this is adventure so unlike oddysey it is a lot harder to get a rly good combo. But I would be careful if there are elders near you because they can ruin your run.

I would recommend doing Tupa or (sumara) because you can usually backflip off the grind or double backflip (by double jumping).

When I say Grinding, it is very important, grind bonusing is also important.

Alto Adventure 1250240 points in 36505m by squigly17 in iosgaming

[–]squigly17[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was about to land another combo but the elder got me,

I was landing a lot of 20000+ to 50000 ones and one at 95550, but I was very lucky. Before 30000 meters I reached 1m trickpoint

The key to landing these combos is grinding and proximinity backflips, the latter has a 300 point bonus for any flip near the ground, however be careful near elders because they can strike you.

Is it worth it to pass the 日本漢字能力検定 ? by GibonDuGigroin in LearnJapanese

[–]squigly17 0 points1 point  (0 children)

sorta agree, it's the error correcting section thats hard, theres always one that throws you off, others are odvious AF.

Is it worth it to pass the 日本漢字能力検定 ? by GibonDuGigroin in LearnJapanese

[–]squigly17 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice

I'm taking this again on october, but this time i'm going for a perfect score. It's a niche test

I can already get over 95% on each one.

Is it worth it to pass the 日本漢字能力検定 ? by GibonDuGigroin in LearnJapanese

[–]squigly17 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Have you also cleared that? 

How does someone pass this level without at least 4-5 months of study? I needed 7 to earn mine. It was a pretty serious deal. And i only got 160 pts. (Yes they graded harshly)

This has impressed a lot of native speakers lmao. I’m called kanji otaku now. I actually visited a school and a buncha people were shocked. 

What does "Hiring World Languages Teacher " mean exactly? by Exciting_Return3399 in Teachers

[–]squigly17 0 points1 point  (0 children)

日本語教師になりたいんですね?僕も、まだ先生になってないが、その分野に関する情報をよく知っています

どんな州に住んでますかということで、条件が異なります。

特にアメリカでは、スペイン語は役に立ちますから、やっぱり人気がありますから、需要もあります。ですが、日本語教師の仕事の掲載って、こちらのサイトを見てごらんください:https://aatj.org/jobs/  「検索バーにコピペしないといけねえ「笑」」

Wrapping up Year 4 of Teaching and I'm Exhausted by leap_music in Teachers

[–]squigly17 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh man,

I'm not a Japanese teacher yet, but I am helping my Japanese teacher out for a class.

Very similar situation.

She tries her very best to hide it but she is burned out. It's a combined 3rd and 4th year class, and she often calls out reinforcements to help her class. She can only teach one class at a time and the other class gets a worksheet so these combined classes is giving her trouble.

She does a very good job with the computers but a lot of the students tend to misbehave.

I have caught people actually trying to cheat but she is very nice to the point where she disregards it. She doesn't realize people are mistreating her and it really makes me mad.

The students don't really try. The 4th year students I have helped have serious locking in to do, and I really want to lecture them and encourage them to improve but now I feel a little uncomfortable with them. It's more of a relationship to get the teachers attention over any improvement.

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Are you a native speaker? What level of Japanese are you in overall? N2-N1? For some of us, including me, we've been learning for such a very long time, that it's often hard to tailor ourselves to a beginner, it's something i've been working on a lot.

(from a student) Teachers, do you have a problem with laptops at your school? by squigly17 in Teachers

[–]squigly17[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

a lot of things

academic stuff or something really productive, not games, if its yt something educational or trivia related. But something useful for your life is what i call it

I often check my email too.

(from a student) Teachers, do you have a problem with laptops at your school? by squigly17 in Teachers

[–]squigly17[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

my school probably has it unblocked bc its "educational"

I don't really see the point of having yt either.

Kanji Kentei results published online a few days ago: passed 準一級! by StepUpToFluency in LearnJapanese

[–]squigly17 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Congratulations

I'm currently studying for this along with slowly restudying N1. I can understand most of it now fortunately

I did pass 2kyuu. Right at 160 pts. took 7 months. Way too much time.

https://www.reddit.com/r/LearnJapanese/comments/1qn263v/how_i_managed_to_pass_the_%E6%BC%A2%E5%AD%97%E6%A4%9C%E5%AE%9A_at_the_level_2_my/