I agree. Even if you’re typing them up, it helps a lot. I think you should be at the part where Koichi gets you to use lang-8. Make sure you add as many Kanji as you can to your posts.

I would suggest that you physically write out each Kanji you learn. If you don’t want to learn how to write them properly, don’t worry about stroke order, just try to piece them together with the radicals so your brain holds on to them better. If you want to learn how to write properly, there are a ton of sites and phone apps that will show you how.

I would also suggest that you create a master list of your Kanji in an excel file. Each time you learn new ones, slot them in, that way you have them saved for easy reference.

You can also open Anki and click on Browse at the top, select your Kanji deck, and skim through it for the Kanji you’re after.

Welcome to TextFugu!

You’ll find that the classes will help a lot in starting you out. In my experience the first two levels are usually really good then I get bulldozed by the third, being way too overwhelming. You might have a more natural knack for languages though.

Check out the following links:

Guide for using Anki 2 with TextFugu:

http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/guide-to-using-anki-2-with-textfugu/

Track your progress and share your ideas/concerns when you finish a season (gain a level ^_^):

http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/textfugu-season-completions-for-great-motivation-of-heart

List of additional Japanese resources you may find helpful:

http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/japanese-learning-resources/

List of Common Errors in TextFugu:

http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/common-errors-in-textfugu/

がんばって！

Japanese is taught in a lot of Australian primary and secondary schools.

Until recently there was also a particularly high number of Japanese tourists, once again location a likely culprit, and there were quite a few business partnerships with Japanese companies.

Though most people you ask will claim that is still the case, if you know what you are looking at, you’ll see there’s been a massive decline in this during the last decade or so.

No idea why that would be though. Though there’s a possibility that it’s nearly as strong as it was, but there’s been a huge influx of non-Japanese Asians and business flooding in, which may no longer cause the Japanese to stick out as much. So maybe the Japanese presence hasn’t declined much, just been masked by other Asian presences.

This is the old updates thread.

I posted a new updates thread here:

http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/textfugu-updates/

What’s listed there is the last mention of specifics on the update that I’m aware of.

I use WK, but there are a ton of posts that are made over there in just as many different threads and when the staff do mention updates they are likely to be made in some random thread that has nothing to do with updates or TF at all, so most users will completely miss them. You just have to hope that another user who has seen it will mention it at some point in a thread that you actually are reading.

I read every thread here, but no way do I have the time to do the same over there, so I only read threads that look interesting or if it might seem like I can actually help out, but there are so many more advanced learners over there, I’m generally not needed for that.

That was only a couple months ago, so I am guessing it will be at least another 4 months or so before there will been enough new work done to warrant another look at it. I can tell that Viet is still working on the CMS due to his interactions (or lack there of) at WK.

I read the whole thing as well btw. ^_^

Welcome to TextFugu!

“Don’t welcome him, he’s obviously mad!”

“Don’t say that, it’s not polite.”

“It’s not like he can hear me or anything, I am in your head after all.”

“Yeah, but I’m actually typing this out.”

“Ah crap… Yes, well… Welcome to TextFugu! Yeah that’s the ticket!”

Check out the following links:

Guide for using Anki 2 with TextFugu:

http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/guide-to-using-anki-2-with-textfugu/

Track your progress and share your ideas/concerns when you finish a season (gain a level ^_^):

http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/textfugu-season-completions-for-great-motivation-of-heart

List of additional Japanese resources you may find helpful:

http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/japanese-learning-resources/

List of Common Errors in TextFugu:

http://www.textfugu.com/bb/topic/common-errors-in-textfugu/

がんばって！

Hey, that guy completed his profile. What an outstanding sir.

^_^