Hey! I really love getting your emails! And answering your questions and sharing advice, experiences, et cetera. Unfortunately…I’ve found myself trying to minimize time spent answering questions in order to maximize time spent doing things that, well, pay financially. And stuff. But I’d actually really love to be working with you guys. As it happens,…
Yearly Archives: 2008
Success Story: Tried Many Methods Before AJATT
by khatzumoto
Continuing our success stories series, here are the words of an AJATT reader named Adam; I added part numbering for ease of reference (and ran a quick spellcheck): Khatzumoto, I wanted to contribute my story to the success stories page. I have been using your site and method for about 8 months now and absolutely…
Reader Story: Three Months of Sentences
by khatzumoto
Everyone loves a success story. I know I do. When I was learning Japanese hardcore, I looked high and low for stories of other people’s journeys. Anyway, here’s one from a reader who goes by the handle Awkward Map on this site. He’s finished RTK (Remembering the Kanji) and is now three months into sentences.…
Japanese Learner Success Stories
by khatzumoto
Yo. There’s a lot of misconception out there about the supposed difficulty of Japanese. There’s a lot of misconception about Japan itself. And here I am preaching to you about misconception, but I grew up with kung-fu movies, too, just like you. I thought all East Asians knew martial arts, ate rice (wait, this one’s…
Japanese Websites: Japanese AudioBooks with Transcripts
by khatzumoto
I saw this page from How To Learn Any Language a while ago (it might be that someone put it in comments) but neglected to link to it despite how cool it is: a headshot jackpot mother lode of Japanese audio materials with transcripts. They range from children’s books to some more, what’s the word,…
Popping Bubblewrap: Tips for Better SRS Sentence Items
by khatzumoto
This entry is part 9 of 11 in the series Secrets to Smoother SRSingFirst of all, an admission of guilt. I have misled you. In some of my SRS item examples, I have shown some reeeeeeeearry long sentences. Wait, hold on, Kung Fu Hustle is on, and its the final fight against the Axe Gang…