6 comments

1. Is it normal to forget some characters even if you practiced writing them a lot? How much practice is needed to remember them?

2. Beginner setup question for those familiar with some anki decks.

   I’ve been using an anki deck based on Tae Kim’s guide for the past couple weeks only to find out a lot of folks have issues with his guide. I switched to Kaisha 1.5 but it’s dramatically different and harder. Would it be better to just stick with what has been working or was that already an inefficient method?

3. Confused on different ways to say move? I’ve seen idou suru and ugoku but can I ask clarification? If I’m like playing a game and want to ask someone to move a box or something how would I say that? Vs. asking someone to move themselves to a different place? Or is it the same word? I don’t really understand the implications of each word

4. Is there any good Android app that provides similar functionality to Yomitan, but with a smartphone camera?

   I’m currently playing Borderlands 2 in Japanese, and Google Translate works great but I want to make it a bit more challenging. I’ve tried a couple of Furigana camera apps and they sort of work, and sometimes the character recognition appears to be inaccurate. And it’s a pain to look up words I don’t know.

5. How can I improve these tanka? Any comments are appreciated

   窓の外 稲妻と雨 踊ります 雨滴の歌は 違うが同じ

   鳥の羽 下の気流が 見えなくて 多とされないが 持ち上げ続く

6. Why is the 三 in 三味線 pronounced as しゃ despite that not being one of it’s readings? It know it comes from the Chinese 三弦 and then the Okinawan 三線, but those both use さん. And apparently in the West they say さみせん which is closer but either eay I’ve never seen any other word pronounce 三 that way.