"...listening to natural Japanese conversation used to throw me into a panic -- I'd beat myself up about how poor my comprehension is. Now, with a plan of attack though (SS) I am so much more relaxed."
Elizabeth M.
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    [SilverSpoon] Which Neutrino?

    November 5, 2011
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    Thank you for your interest in SilverSpoon/Neutrino. Unfortunately it is currently closed to the public. SilverSpoon is a highly exclusive program and is rarely open for entry. A few new spots in the SilverSpoon-Neutrino program are periodically opened throughout the year, so to be notified when the next round of entries goes live, get your name on the VIP...

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    Mandarin Mini-Transcript: Memorable Quotes From Batman: The Dark Knight Rises

    May 15, 2013
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    Mandarin Mini-Transcript: Memorable Quotes From Batman: The Dark Knight Rises

    So, apparently, a Batman movie came out last year and it was a big deal? Haha. No, I watched it and loved it. I wish Christopher Nolan were in charge of the recent Marvel Comics movies as well, because he did such a great...

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    Moe Dictionary Bookmarklet

    May 14, 2013
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    The Moe Dictionary is a monolingual Chinese dictionary. I think it’s relatively new(?) and it seems pretty cool. I like it so far. Here’s a bookmarklet for it: MoeDict/萌 Source code:javascript:(function(){var%20w=window,d=w.document,s="";;if(d.selection){s=d.selection.createRange().text}else%20if(d.getSelection){s=d.getSelection()}else%20if(w.getSelection){s=window.getSelection()}window.open("https://www.moedict.tw/#"+encodeURIComponent(s),"_blank");})()

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    It Counts If You Let It

    May 12, 2013
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    This entry is part 10 of 8 in the series Intermediate Angst“Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other.” ~ Walter Elliot...

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    You Are What You Eat, You Write What You Read, You Speak What You Hear

    May 5, 2013
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    The attentive will recall that Jamie (an AJATTeer) came up with what I still consider to be the greatest analogy in the history of learning languages about a year...

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    Step Into the Sunlight, But Don’t Look Into the Sun

    April 30, 2013
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    Step Into the Sunlight, But Don’t Look Into the Sun

    The big, central goal, the sun around which our actions orbit, can overwhelm and disorient us with its size and power and magnitude. But you can take yourself and...

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    Intermediate Angst: Dealing With Feelings of Suckage

    April 25, 2013
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    This entry is part 3 of 8 in the series Intermediate AngstThus spake Hangul Fangirl (‏@HangulFangirl): “[Dear Khatzumoto, You are handsome beyond comprehension. And also very slim. Your delicate,...

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    Surusu: What is the Skew Option and What Does it Do?

    April 22, 2013
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    The skew function allows you to influence (“skew”) the nature of the cards that are shown you. At this writing, there are three possible skew modes: old, new and...

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    How To Use People and Have Them Love You For It, Or: Don’t Fight Your Parents

    April 20, 2013
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    …we may be the sons of whomsoever we will. Households there are of noblest intellects; choose the one into which you wish to be adopted; you will inherit not...

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    You Shouldn’t Be Hearing This: Secret Recordings of Khatzumoto Speaking Japanese!

    April 16, 2013
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    You Shouldn’t Be Hearing This: Secret Recordings of Khatzumoto Speaking Japanese!

    Remember that one time when I put up a video of me speaking Japanese on YouTube and how much you enjoyed that? Yeah? Well, in case you hadn’t noticed,...

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