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The Art of Focus: F the Big Picture
Posted May 5, 2013 By torabisu
He who tries to defend everything, defends nothing. -Frederick the Great Okay, so that quote doesn’t directly fit the title (or this article), but a modification of it does....
Obon
Posted September 1, 2012 By torabisu
お盆 (おぼん/obon) is a festival held by the Japanese in the summer in honor of one’s ancestors. Traditionally, it is held over a three-day period in the summer. The...
Podcasts + Text = Podcastle
Posted May 8, 2012 By torabisu
Part of immersion is listening to audio, such as podcasts. However, most Japanese podcasts do not come with written transcripts. This represents an issue when studying because it can...
ノンストップチューブ：ランダム日本語のビデオ (NonstopTUBE: Random Japanese Video)
Posted April 19, 2012 By torabisu
NonstopTUBE is a great resource for immersion that I’ve been wanting to share for some time. It’s a site that plays from a collection of Japanese videos, ranging from...
Audio Source: TBS Radio Podcasts
Posted December 30, 2011 By torabisu
I found another great resource for audio immersion. TBS Radio 954 has a site chock full of downloadable podcasts. They are mostly talk shows, which is perfect. They feature...
まりもえお！(Marimoeo): Podcasts for Your Immersion Environment
Posted August 3, 2011 By torabisu
So I heard about a podcast that’s done semi-regularly that supposedly has solid content. It’s called Marimoe, and as of the time of writing they’ve published 62 podcasts. The...
Secrets To A Successful Immersion Environment When Around Others
Posted June 2, 2011 By torabisu
This is an issue I’ve been asked about several times, and even ran into myself. My fiance is not learning Japanese at the moment (though hopefully in the future...
Time Management: Time-Boxing and Sacrificing
Posted May 18, 2011 By torabisu
Does time-boxing work? Like many things, there’s no clear-cut “yes” or “no” answer here. It all depends on how you apply it. It may work for some, while not...
Use it or lose it?
Posted May 11, 2011 By torabisu
Yes, I know it sounds completely cliche’, but there’s a lot of truth to that expression. I missed a day of reviewing anything Japanese this weekend (bad, I know)...
So many Kanji; so little time…
Posted May 6, 2011 By torabisu
I just hit my 94th Kanji today – that’s almost 百 (a hundred)! I know, it’s not that many, considering there’s about 2,100 common use kanji out there. But...
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Phase 2: Kana
“Kana”, collectively ひらがな(hiragana) and カタカナ(katakana) are what I consider the mortar which holds the Japanese language together. More importantly,...
How Unnecissary Discipline will Kill Your Japanese
Alright, we all knew this may happen at one point or another. You’ve fallen off the wagon. Probably while...
Audio Source: TBS Radio Podcasts
I found another great resource for audio immersion. TBS Radio 954 has a site chock full of downloadable podcasts....
進捗状況の更新/しんちょくじょうきょうのこうしん/progress update
おはようございます！ I know, it’s been a bit since an update, but I have reasons. Good ones, in fact. First...
Use it or lose it?
Yes, I know it sounds completely cliche’, but there’s a lot of truth to that expression. I missed a...
Days 9-12
Since I didn’t have an easy means of updating the site late last week/weekend, I instead took notes throughout...
