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1. When I finish Kaishi 1.5k deck, I want to both sentence mine and look at another deck, so what should be a natural progression after the 1.5k deck?

2. On my iPhone, there are apps for: AnkiPro, AnkiMobile ($), AnkiApp, Anki APP.

   I’ve been using AnkiApp—probably bc it was highest rated and free—but I’m not able to find the Kaishi 1.5k deck I keep hearing about. Currently using Core 2000 Japanese Vocabulary (4K cards, sentences) deck and it’s fine but would like some others to reference.

   Any recommendations for app, decks?

3. This may be a settings issue, but some words just won’t appear on my keyboard. For example, whenever I try typing out 戦闘, it shows words like 先頭、銭湯, and other things, but not 戦闘. How can I fix this issue?

4. The context is, Sonoda is a poet who had attempted to commit double suicide with Fumio. Their attempt was thwarted by her family, who then never let the two meet again. After some time, Sonoda attempts another double suicide with another woman, Ayako. Ayako dies but Sonoda survives. During the 3 days after Ayako’s death and before Sonoda’s own suicide, Sonoda writes 56 poems that were posthumously published with the title 蘇生.

   In the first sentence below, is it right to interpret 「蘇生」の一首に、朱子に、ある女の幻を追う歌があることなどから as something like: the Ayako in the tanka is written as chasing a phantom?

   ただ、この心中事件と同じ夜、桂木文緒もまた自宅の部屋で自害したこと、「蘇生」の一首に、朱子に、ある女の幻を追う歌があることなどから、苑田と文緒が前以ってしめしあわせ、別々の場所で桂川では未遂に終わった本懐を遂げたのではないかという観方が定説になっている。然しこの意見は、桂木文緒の家族によって否定されている。自宅の一室に監禁されていた文緒は、桂川での情死未遂以後どんな形でも苑田と接触した形跡はないというのだ。とすると苑田の死と、文緒の自害が同じ晩だということは全くの偶然だったことになる。

   Edit: clarified timing 

5. what should i do after finishing the kaishi deck? should i just start mining?

   if that, what shows you recommend for that?

6. 「見失う」という表現は、使い分けが目指しに限りますか？というか、「しまった、虫は見失っちゃった」とかは不自然ですか？

7. Hi,

   I’m planning a trip to Japan in a month or two, and I’d like to be capable to handle basic conversations(mostly oral and travel related) by then. Need advice or learning routes. My current skills are:

   a) can’t write, never spoke;

   b) can understand a good amount in anime&movies, though never watched without subtitles;

   c) can play games(including 3A ones) in Japanese(no subtitles) and understand the stories just fine;

   d) passed JLPT N1 test, though scored not too much above the line;

   e) can speak Chinese and English(thus can reconginze kanji and some Japanese words come from English)

   Thanks in advance!

8. I know immersion via reading, writing is good but since reading web-available doujins was the biggest reason i got into studying japanese, I’ve enjoyed toying around with translating them into an english version for myself. Its such a slow process… but it’s making me realize i may not actually know what I’m reading until I’m making the effort to turn the puzzle of words in my head into actual English LOL

9. What was that website that somebody created featuring online versions of the genki practice questions and workbook? The URL is basically just his name.

   I had it bookmarked but had to re-install chrome and it apparently wasn’t synced so I lost it…

10. Whats with all the different orders to learn Kanji in?

11. Hello!

    Could anyone help me, my school requires me to translate my name to katakana for my student ID. I don’t trust myself enough to do it correctly and have nobody to ask.

    Please dm me, if you willing to help as I don’t feel comfortable to blast my full legal name to reddit. Thank you so much in advance! 🙂