Comments on: Hinges: The Small Stuff That’s Actually Worth Sweating /hinges-the-small-stuff-that-you-do-sweat/ You don't know a language, you live it. You don't learn a language, you get used to it. Sat, 04 Jul 2020 16:09:19 +0900 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.1.13 By: Don’t Give a Pluck, Guitar Samurai: “.ooooo1% is better than 0″ | Samurai Mind Online /hinges-the-small-stuff-that-you-do-sweat/#comment-283325 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 12:38:52 +0000 /?p=8165#comment-283325 […] a little bit keeps the conversation going–when you are learning a skill or  learning a language.   A little bit each day keeps the skill in play even if not perfected.   I started thinking […]

]]> By: Jack Cotton-Brown /hinges-the-small-stuff-that-you-do-sweat/#comment-282417 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 01:00:39 +0000 /?p=8165#comment-282417 Having Japanese T.V playing 24/7 is the surest, one-click-bang-(2 years later)-fluent strategy there is. So long as subtitles are displayed and are within vision, this just works. I’ve had my T.V on during all waking hours so far during my stay in Japan and I really feel the progress.

I feel like I’m a toddler who is aging at 12 times the speed (one month = 1 year), and I’m now around 5 years old. Having said that, I’m a toddler who understands the meaning of random things like… 細胞壁, but can’t yet string it into a sentence. (昨日俺の細胞壁が壊れちゃった？困るうううう？）.. yeah, no.

Soooooon…..

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