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Yeah that’s what I meant by style. I suppose font would be more accurate, but I think I’ve seen it use both even in writing, just like when people write 0.
And yeah Koichi refers to them as fins in all Kanji here as well as in WaniKani, save for Hachi itself.
No, I bet it’s Lion. Definitely Lion. :D
So this is what I see after the post is submitted:
But this is what I see when I’m writing the post:
So yeah.
Yeah that’s not a mistake it’s simply a different style. The volcano radical is the same character as the Kanji for 8 (はち） which looks like this in text: 八
Which is exactly the same as the fins radical.
The only difference is sometimes you’ll see the lid thing on the Kanji for 8, sometimes you won’t.
You’ll never see the lid thing for the fins radical.If you’re using an IME to type in Japanese and spell out hachi in kana like はち then hit space bar to select the Kanji for that kana, the Kanji for hachi on the menu actually shows the little lid thing, but when you select it, the lid disappears and you get: 八
It’s similar to zero in English sometime it looks like a skinny O (0) sometimes it has a little line in it.
In fact I just noticed that on this forum if you type a response and type 0, it will show a line through it, but when you submit the post, the line disappears. So that’s a really good example that I just stumbled on.
*Sigh* And now I’m editing the post because I’ve also now noticed that when I type in 八 in the reply box it doesn’t show the lid, but when I submit it, it does. >_<
So it’s exactly the same thing. I’ll post some pics that show the difference.
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Yeah that’s right.
I was taking into consideration that most readers will have more exposure to American pronunciations.
And yes it would be more accurate to use ‘to’ and ‘do’ (the English words) as the examples, but I thought it might be too confusing as ‘to’ and ‘do’ is how the Japanese pronunciations are listed. And having taught English to non-native learners in both the US and AUS, I know if I listed it as ‘tu’ and ‘du’ some would read that as ‘tuh’ and ‘duh’.
So yeah if you read it like an Aussie or a Pom they’re not the best approximations, but if you read it like an American, it’s spot on.
That said, I knew someone would bring that up, so I’ll change it to avoid confusion. >_<
I didn’t think about doe as in a female deer. Probably because of the horrible song associated with it that I now won’t be able to get out of my head. Thanks Joel. -_-
Kenshin is a really good anime regardless of the time period and I highly recommend it. It’s one of my favorite anime series. It also deals with many of the changes brought forth by the Meiji Restoration.
Samurai Deeper Kyo is another good anime, but not much focus on the historical side of things. It takes place during the Edo period.
Blade of the Immortal is a good Manga to read, also during the Edo period. I haven’t seen the anime, but word is there’s more historical relevance in the Manga than the anime.
Shigurui is set in the early Edo period and is very graphic.
Shura no Toki is set in various times during the Edo period.
Katanagatari is also set in the Edo period.
Sword of the Stranger is an anime film set during the Sengoku period.
Hyouge Mono is set during the Sengoku period and is apparently fairly historically accurate as far as anime go. This is probably the closest to what you are looking for.
You may have heard of Sengoku Basara, but probably not what you’re looking for. That said it does depict actual feudal lords from that era, which are supposed to personify their main character traits, but in a massively stylized fashion.
Brave 10 is also set in the Sengoku era, but like Sengoku Basara, isn’t very serious, so likely not your thing.
As far as Yakuza goes, there’s insanely little that actually focus on it. The two big ones would be Sanctuary and Ichi the Killer. Both are Manga series that have OVAs and live action movies.
Kaze no Yojimbo is an anime that features two rival crime gangs.
Gungrave features a crime syndicate scenario.
Gokusen may be another you might be interested in.
In any case, some of those should aid you in your procrastination periods of not studying Japanese. -_-
Definitely keep on going, but also definitely feel free to pause your progression until the current material sinks in. Just make sure to keep doing as much study as you would normally do, but there’s no point in progressing to newer content if you can’t retain your current content. Otherwise you’ll be wasting time trying to learn new stuff, you’ll forget most of it, and just become frustrated.
I saw this happen a lot with my English students (TESOL teacher).
Sometimes you have to slow down a bit to allow your brain to catch up, once that happens, you’ll be ready to continue, and you’ll feel much more confident doing so.
This will also have the added benefit of decreasing the workload in Anki as you increase the time between card reviews with the ones you are getting correct.
As far as the PDF introducing the new words go, you can still get something similar that should be just as helpful. Give this a go:
When you download a new deck and add it to Anki, don’t combine it with another deck yet.
First go to File->Export (or Ctrl+E)
For Export Format choose: Notes in Plain Text
For Include choose: The name of the new deck
And untick the ‘include tags’ box
Then click Export.
Save the file where you can find it easily.Now you have a textfile containing all of the cards from that deck.
If you open it up with Word or Notepad, it’s going to look like crap.
Instead, do the following:Open up Microsoft Excel (Hoping you have it. Let me know if you don’t).
Choose open file. Navigate to the appropriate folder.
In the bottom right change: All Excel Files to All Files.
Choose your file and click Open.The Text Import Wizard will pop open.
Delimited should be selected.
File Origin should show: 65001 : Unicode (UTF-8)This should all come out as the default settings, but change to these if it isn’t the default for some reason, and hit Next.
The next window should have Tab selected.
This is all we need, so hit Finish.This should give you a file with four columns:
First = Kana
Second = English Meaning
Third = Kana
Fourth = Sound File TagsSimply delete the third and fourth columns, adjust your column widths, and then you’re ready to go. ^_^
Anyone else who’s thinking about doing this, but it looks complicated, give it a go, as it’s really easy to do. And if you have any questions about it, either ask here or in my Anki Guide thread and I’ll guide you through it. If you don’t have Excel but want this, just let me know and I can give you some alternatives.
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LOL. Yeah hard to get messages across on this board. :P
