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Questionable Questing

Nekraa
Nekraa
Thus I will have memorized the kanji of Basic Kanji vol 1 & 2 in 100 days. Add some more to that as I don't expect myself to manage it perfectly :V
Daniel K. English
Daniel K. English
It'll take longer unless you read/write using those words at least several times a day.
Nekraa
Nekraa
Yes? Retaining what I learn is part of learning, I hope that would be understood by how "learning" works.
Lement
Lement
Hows' it going?
Nekraa
Nekraa
On lesson 7, 65 kanji more or less memorized. As expected, I haven't quite managed to meet the goal. But it's more useful for motivation than 100% needed achievement.
Lement
Lement
That's a good start. What about using them? I'm not even sure how to comfortably type them, but it is not like I have any such goal as yours...

Finding them in reading is similar problem.
Nekraa
Nekraa
I do try to make sentences now and then with them. Not the easiest when I still lack most of the language :p

But it's a start, yes. Writing in Japanese on the computer is cheating, the Japanese IME makes it easy as long as you remember the kun-/on- yomi. Thus writing with pen is better for remembering it properly.
Lement
Lement
Japanese IME? I was thinking of of using unicode codes, myself. Ctrl-shift-u+four numbers is ...well, slightly longer than average word, but not by much.

But penning it out seems definitely good for recognizing it afterwards. Do you use a tablet and post them as images, or keep them as your secret plot notes?
Nekraa
Nekraa
Stands for Input Method Editor... I think? :p

Let's me write stuff with Japanese characters by switching keyboards, basically. So and just write, phonetically? I press "a" on the keyboard, and get あ. Or write "chikara" and get ちから in hiragana, with 力 as the main suggestion. Thus simple.
Nekraa
Nekraa
Sometimes I use the tablet when I want to write lots and not waste paper on simple repetition. I do have normal notes (and a small notebook where I write down the kanji of each lesson) too though.
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