Comments on: The Wait That Kills: Before You Pwn Books, You Must First Own Books /the-wait-that-kills-before-you-pwn-you-must-first-own/ 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: [RANDOKU] Multipass Reading: Be Sloppy the First Ten Times, Because You Can Always Come Back | AJATT | All Japanese All The Time /the-wait-that-kills-before-you-pwn-you-must-first-own/#comment-1000060679 Sat, 26 Oct 2013 03:37:39 +0000 /?p=3459#comment-1000060679 […] ■Own Before You Pwn […]

]]> By: Immersion Strategy: Your Ears Are Sacred | AJATT | All Japanese All The Time /the-wait-that-kills-before-you-pwn-you-must-first-own/#comment-1000059131 Thu, 26 Sep 2013 12:07:50 +0000 /?p=3459#comment-1000059131 […] ■Own Before You Pwn […]

]]> By: Hetty /the-wait-that-kills-before-you-pwn-you-must-first-own/#comment-303421 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 09:01:01 +0000 /?p=3459#comment-303421 I “read” a lot of manga when I was younger. (I still read it actually.) I saw several kanji multiple times, so that even though I couldn’t understand them, at least I recognized them. Strange as it may sound, even though I don’t understand lots of kanji or even lots of spoken words, the fact that I recognize them is a very comfortable feeling. It’s like feeling slightly less lost.

]]> By: Free Japanese eBooks for Kindle « A Fantasy of Far Japan /the-wait-that-kills-before-you-pwn-you-must-first-own/#comment-253796 Sun, 30 Sep 2012 08:36:29 +0000 /?p=3459#comment-253796 […]  Khatzumoto at AJATT (All Japanese All The Time – is it weird to call him my personal hero?) has this to say about owning books before being able to read them.  As I’d rather not pay shipping from Japan, I thought I should see about getting some […]

]]> By: Soha Tanwir Khan /the-wait-that-kills-before-you-pwn-you-must-first-own/#comment-212770 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 17:57:07 +0000 /?p=3459#comment-212770 Oh, yeah. That’s actually a very good idea! Thank you so much for your help! 🙂 Very, very good idea!

]]> By: Strawberry Vibe /the-wait-that-kills-before-you-pwn-you-must-first-own/#comment-212459 Tue, 05 Jun 2012 15:12:28 +0000 /?p=3459#comment-212459 I’ve heard some people recommend starting off with picture books, others will recommend manga, but what I would say is get anything that interests you. If you like Harry Potter, maybe try looking for a Japanese version of it. At least in my opinion, it doesn’t matter what you decide to read, as long as it’s something you actually *want* to read.
 
As for finding books, the easy answer is amazon.co.jp, but there are other websites, as well as probably some places local to you that may sell used books.
 
I hope this helps!

]]> By: Soha Tanwir Khan /the-wait-that-kills-before-you-pwn-you-must-first-own/#comment-212206 Mon, 04 Jun 2012 20:23:44 +0000 /?p=3459#comment-212206 Wait, wait, wait! What sort of Japanese books should I start with? Where can I find Japanese books in the first place? 

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]]> By: blackbrich /the-wait-that-kills-before-you-pwn-you-must-first-own/#comment-201524 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:54:40 +0000 /?p=3459#comment-201524 Definitely rings true for me, I have a kindle but reading manga(my main material) on it is not fun by any means. Second I bought new books, burst through 100 pages in an hour.

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]]> By: Hacking a language /the-wait-that-kills-before-you-pwn-you-must-first-own/#comment-176924 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:57:10 +0000 /?p=3459#comment-176924 I currently own two Japanese books I bought in Italy..Can’t exactly read it yet, but I’m certainly going to try someday XD

]]> By: Own Before Reading » cerebware.pcriot.com /the-wait-that-kills-before-you-pwn-you-must-first-own/#comment-111034 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 23:02:00 +0000 /?p=3459#comment-111034 […] across this page, and agree with the sentiment. You should own Japanese books before you can read them. Even […]

]]> By: Start a Language Monolingually? « Life, as inspired by AJATT /the-wait-that-kills-before-you-pwn-you-must-first-own/#comment-84924 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 23:38:49 +0000 /?p=3459#comment-84924 […] of all, if you can, buy a Kindle. It WILL make and allow you to read more Japanese [L2]. They are relatively cheap, and get the wifi version [its easier to get your reading from the […]

]]> By: Bryant /the-wait-that-kills-before-you-pwn-you-must-first-own/#comment-81513 Fri, 25 Feb 2011 07:09:52 +0000 /?p=3459#comment-81513 I say skip the books [for now at least]. I for one have little funds to be constantly buying dead-tree books… So I invested in the Kindle. Single best purchase I’ve ever made. I now have books on my person [and it can be in the thousands, at that] with one slim piece of plastic. It weighs less than a pound, and the battery lasts for a month off charge! Best of all, you can get your “books” for free, Instapapering japanese articles and websites and sending it to your self! Man, Kindle is on fire!

]]> By: Is It Supposed To Be This Much Fun?: A Beginner’s Success Story | AJATT | All Japanese All The Time /the-wait-that-kills-before-you-pwn-you-must-first-own/#comment-66105 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 14:29:23 +0000 /?p=3459#comment-66105 […] ■Own Before You Pwn […]

]]> By: Tyler /the-wait-that-kills-before-you-pwn-you-must-first-own/#comment-65108 Thu, 16 Dec 2010 13:15:25 +0000 /?p=3459#comment-65108 Thank you so much! 😀

]]> By: The Guitar in the Garage « The Book of Revenant /the-wait-that-kills-before-you-pwn-you-must-first-own/#comment-65088 Thu, 16 Dec 2010 08:22:50 +0000 /?p=3459#comment-65088 […] there was a Twitter post referring back to a post made about two weeks ago, which, while completely true advice didn’t quite sit with me well. […]

]]> By: Sally /the-wait-that-kills-before-you-pwn-you-must-first-own/#comment-65047 Thu, 16 Dec 2010 02:22:30 +0000 /?p=3459#comment-65047 Hi Tyler,

You can try these sites:
nnr3.dojin.com/
www.newvel.jp/
www.yomimono.net/shousetuyomi/
works.bookstudio.com/

The first link is mainly romance novel for ladies. 😛 The others have genres like mystery, sci-fic, and fantasy. What I like is that those are light novels and it’s fun to read, even to beginners. And sometimes you can even learn the latest word trends. 😛
Hope you find something you like. 😛

]]> By: Tyler /the-wait-that-kills-before-you-pwn-you-must-first-own/#comment-64937 Wed, 15 Dec 2010 09:23:11 +0000 /?p=3459#comment-64937 Hey Sally, you wouldn’t mind sharing some of those free online novel sites, would yah? 😛

]]> By: Sally /the-wait-that-kills-before-you-pwn-you-must-first-own/#comment-64918 Wed, 15 Dec 2010 06:32:59 +0000 /?p=3459#comment-64918 I fully agree with this article!
I have attended japanese lesson for one semester back in university but after that I basically abandoned the language. Then after a few years my passion came back, mainly due to my desperation to understand the japanese games. So I started self-learning and now I am still doing it. I am not a very diligent student to be honest and I search for study materials online and study on my own pace with my own methods. And I realise I need to read more to progress. MORE! So I started searching free online novels and although it was a pain in the ass in the beginning because of the kanji, I　ｇｏｔ　ｏｖｅｒ　ｉｔ．　Ｔｈｅ　ｂｅｓｔ　ｔｈｉｎｇ　ａｂｏｕｔ　ｒｅａｄｉｎｇ　ｗｈｅｎ　ｙｏｕ　ａｒｅ　ｎｏｔ　ｅｖｅｎ　ｔｈａｔ　ｇｏｏｄ　ｉｓ　ｙｏｕ　ｃａｎ　ｓｅｅ　ｐｒｏｇｒｅｓｓ．　Ｏｂｖｉｏｕｓ　ｐｒｏｇｒｅｓｓ．　Ｓｏｍｅ　ｄａｙ　ｙｏｕ　ｒｅａｌｉｚｅ，　＇ｈｅｙ　Ｉ　ｃａｎ　ａｃｔｕａｌｌｙ　ｕｎｄｅｒｓｔａｎｄ　ｗｈａｔ　ｈｅ＇ｓ　ｔａｌｋｉｎｇ　ａｂｏｕｔ！＇　Ａｎｄ　ｔｈｅ　ｇｏｏｄ　ｔｈｉｎｇ　ａｂｏｕｔ　ｒｅａｄｉｎｇ　ｏｎｌｉｎｅ，　ｙｏｕ　ｃａｎ　ｃｏｐｙ　ａｎｄ　ｐａｓｔｅ　ｔｈｅ　ｋａｎｊｉ　ａｎｄ　ｓｅａｒｃｈ　ｔｈｅ　ｍｅａｎｉｎｇ　ｖｅｒｙ　ｆａｓｔ．　Ｈｅｈｅ．　Ｎｅｘｔ　ｓｔｅｐ　Ｉ am looking at buying hardcopy books so I can have reading materials readily available anytime I feel like reading it.

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