Tag Archives: reading with heisig

The Evolution Inception 進化の生まれ

Yes, my blog posts will all start sounding like Episodes of the “Big Bang Theory”, I think that is just more fun. So this is a sort of general announcement about the blog, which I am praying I can stick … Continue reading

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今年もおめでと!

Wishing everyone a happy new year from Japan to Jamaica. It’s been an interesting year for me, and looking back there were some nice moments and some rough patches. Last this year, I had just come back from a trip … Continue reading

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Learning without studying, from noise to understanding

I took a big plunge and feel the momentum of my Japanese progression. See, for the last several months i’ve been learning Japanese passively. Meaning, I haven’t been actively studying, speaking more than normal, practicing, listening to Japanese music or … Continue reading

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Magazine reading and being smart with Japanese study

Okay, so the truth is, I cannot read Japanese magazines yet, I think this post is more about the idea of starting to believe I can learn the langauge. First things first, Heisig works and the SRS transition that I … Continue reading

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Cultists vs The Other People, Why am I doing this?

This long post is  in relation to a few forums I was idly browsing through. On the Reviewing the Kanji webiste, there is a forum dedicated to the AJATT method that has well over 50 pages of cross dialogue, flaming … Continue reading

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From Heisig to Reading? Here's how.

In an earlier post, I wrote about not understanding how to segue from learning Heisig to being able to read Kanji. Now I know how to. Look at this sentence. If you can read it, great. If not, read the post. It … Continue reading

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SRS and Missing Days: Don't Do it.

This is just a quick post tracking my progress. I’m a busy guy that works on very imaginative, brain-consuming things (writing stories, designing graphics, etc). There are several days I get wiped out mentally after pulling 12 hour graphic work … Continue reading

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What is the Sentence Phase?

After realizing i’ve been having a sort of bad spell here in Japan, it has somewhat impeded my studied. I’m at 400 Kanji now, and I haven’t been learning many new ones each day over hte last week or so. … Continue reading

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Psychology and massive Immersion

After experience a touch of overwhelm a day or so ago, I’ve had time to think about what happened, and I realized something very specific. THIS ISN’T EASY. When I say “easy” I don’t mean academically difficult. I am a … Continue reading

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