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“Romanization is almost worthless, and slowed-down tapes aren’t much better. The best thing to do is to actually hear the word or phrase you want spoken naturally. Try to think less in terms of numbers or lines or whatever your preferred system uses and more in terms of what it actually SOUNDS like.”

Great Quote About Learning Cantonese

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AJATT Twitter Tweets for Week Of 2010-03-06

Anything you can do is good enough. Anything is better than nothing. Everything has to start somewhere. #
お魚料理番組を見て「やっぱりＤＨＡだね」と突っ込みたくなる衝動を抑える、自己裁量屋の勝元 #
ドラゴン桜 (テレビドラマ) – Wikipedia http://bit.ly/cVaM1B #
「人生でもっとも大切なことは利益を活用することではない。それならバカにだってできる。真に重要なことは、損失から利益を生み出すことだ。」
レモンを手に入れたらレモネードをつくれ
「道は開ける(D・カーネギー)」17章 #
Many of us don't value small actions, small choices, small games. Yet we wonder how big results come about. #
Karen Lee @ UCLA very kindly interviewed me a few weeks ago.
Pacific Ties / Winter 2010 Issue http://bit.ly/asrh7n #
"『心が変われば、態度が変わる。
態度が変われば、行動が変わる。
行動が変われば、習慣が変わる。
習慣が変われば、人格が変わる。
人格が変われば、運命が変わる。
運命が変われば、人生が変わる』
" http://bit.ly/9JivqG #
"positive thinking and confidence improves performance. In anything. " http://bit.ly/a44hWy #
Don't treat yourself like a bastard stepchild in your L2: you have the right to consume native materials right from day one. #
『「おい！貴様、名前は？」「佢想知你嘅名」「我祇不過係一個中國人」「彼は、葉問（ﾖｳﾓﾝ）です！」』 #
So-called "immersion" is not a technique for learning languages. It is the reason. #
Don't over-control. Release your death grip on your L2. Give it slack to flow, grow and morph organically. #
"Work hard at the easy" http://bit.ly/bqR6D9 #
Wholesale, cynical rejection of certain people/ideas. Wholesale, cultlike acceptance of the same. These are just two sides of the same coin. #
Total, cultlike acceptance of certain ideas happens because total, cynical rejection neglects the middle ground of partial correctness. #
Don't compare yourself to other people. Compare yourself to previous versions of yourself. #
Plug: Just 1 week left to get your hands on "My First Storybook" @ the 25% off pre-order price
http://bit.ly/ajBBVQ #
"Chinese Post – Open letter to the Chinese language » ChinesePod" http://bit.ly/crRCme #
People who accept something totally are basically the same as those who reject it totally. Both sides are deathly afraid of being wrong. #
従兄弟同士っていいね（＾＾） #
YouTube - Bonnie Pink　「Do you Crash?」
http://bit.ly/dmsEMl #
When you're marching in the 軍隊 and you feel something 可笑しい、下痢！下痢！When you're 泳ぐing in the プール and you feel something クール、下痢！下痢！ #
It's kind of annoying when you find a great quote, but the person who said it is actually Shady S. McShadson, Sr. #
Try to keep your panties dry, lads. It's the full #Cantonese #movie #script for Chow's "God of Cookery"!
周星馳-食神 (粵語劇本) http://bit.ly/9SBddQ #
Other options for 食神/God of Cookery 地獄嚟嘅使者 – Google 搜尋 http://bit.ly/aYvlqm #Cantonese #movie #script #
Graduate from "ghetto pride" — pride in things that are actually shite. Having a foreign accent in your L2 is not part of your "identity". #
"the only way to master [Chinese pronunciation] is by getting as much quality aural input as possible." http://bit.ly/dDhDHO #
YouTube – 前田敦子、水着はキッズ用！？ http://bit.ly/bCJroD #
App idea: a program that recursively breaks a kanji up into its components. So, for example, 哈→（口、合）→（∅、人・一・口） #
@humanelament氏、@nac_est氏! ちわーっすぅ！早速本題に突入。二人とも最早オイラより日本語が上手いぞ。正に「青は藍より出でて藍より青し」って奴だ。今度時間あったらサクセスストーリーってか、AJATT体験談、書いてくれない？発展途上の後輩達が超喜ぶから（＾＾） #
YouTube
- 周杰倫-爺爺泡的茶KTV
http://bit.ly/cGeAEq #
10 beautiful Tokyo time-lapses | NihongoUp http://bit.ly/bDofY6 #
A Japanese personal development DVD-book in 関西弁!…I dunno, *I* think that's cool. 成功するにはどないしたらええねん？」夢を絶対に実現させる方法原田隆史 http://bit.ly/drON76 #
@JermaineJustice You're right. I love how 仲間由紀恵 sounds in English . Really the issue isn't the accent but the "value judgment". in reply to JermaineJustice #
@JermaineJustice Coz, like, Japanese kids get made fun of for having English that sounds "too good" – as if being incomprehensible were cool in reply to JermaineJustice #
As books like this go, the phrases in this book are *really* natural both ways http://bit.ly/cIh7Ty #
「騙されたと思って」 – Google 検索 http://bit.ly/9vapyL #
Zhongwen.com: The website/book that helped complete my kanji legend (does that even make sense ?) http://bit.ly/c2Jqwd #
When it comes to learning languages, pick and choose ideas. You don't have to eat everything that's on the plate of ideas. #
YouTube
- 【ビデオカメラ】SONY HDR-CX550V
http://bit.ly/du5cmg #
No one out there has The Right And Correct Method for you. But lots of people have lots of cool little pieces you can use. #
@Birgens すればgoodのにね（＾＾） in reply to Birgens #
It's not so much that gaijin are overreacting, they're just so lonely and emotionally fragile (心細い) that everything feels bigger than it is? #
YouTube
- Chandni Chowk to China Rap
http://bit.ly/amAT6k #
YouTube – [KTV Tube] 周杰倫-霍元甲 http://bit.ly/bYMSqy #
★ ノンストップチューブ【 NonstopTUBE 】 – YouTube連続再生 – Automatic continuous playing of J-POP YouTube Video http://bit.ly/bTswYM #
"Unfortunately, “you should” is often interpreted as “you must”…because that’s how it was…in school." http://bit.ly/99dcXP #
[Thanks to NM for the link!] YouTube
- 24: I am Jack Bauer (subtitled Japanese commercial)
http://bit.ly/9TUppt #
Say yes to your L2. Say no to boring stuff in your L2. #
Deleting boring L2 stuff is like taking off tight shoes: you realize that it wasn't Life that you hated, it was just…those shoes #
@Chisa718 米国版のアマゾンなら有るらしい・・・で　す・・・が http://bit.ly/9itC1V in reply to Chisa718 #
YouTube
- 周杰倫-四面楚歌
http://bit.ly/bO3EYR #
F1とIndyの違い – Google 搜尋 http://bit.ly/a1GUFt The difference between F1 and Indy #Japanese #
AJATT comments should be up again now @claudiofreitas @FlipKi #
@sevarg I may be 完全に wrong but it just seems like a very normal word that got hyped up back in the day by non-日本語-speaking "Japan experts" in reply to sevarg #
@sevarg Kind of like when business authors in Japan put out books with 「クリティカルシンキング」 in the title like it's the BIGGEST DISCOVERY EVER!!! in reply to sevarg #
@sevarg If we're going to go down that road, I might as well write a book about 坂本龍馬 while I'm at it Maybe I'm just being too cynical in reply to sevarg #
Language skill is a plant. Water it. Feed it. It needs your attention no matter how big or small it is. #
Forget about the Japanese you "need" to do today. Just to the Japanese you can do right now. #Immersion #Contact #
"it’s so much easier to just have fun and learn Japanese as a byproduct." Matt-le-kat http://bit.ly/aL44QO #
SRS Precedence Rules act as a sort of filter for all existing and would-be cards. "Bad" cards get destroyed, "good" cards remain. #
YouTube
- HI-D – Girlfriends feat. ZEEBRA
http://bit.ly/9Y64PD #
Keith's Voice on Extreme Language Learning: watching TV really helps! http://bit.ly/9NHSJU #
"If you live in Japan, turn on the tv. Don’t turn it off. " http://bit.ly/bHCGhW #
「練習・・・それ自身を目的に楽しんでやれるかが重要になってくる。」
『達人のサイエンス』／ジョージ・レナード-人は感情の生き物だ！ http://bit.ly/5HVhfg #
RT @irishpolyglot Why learning a language is like learning a musical instrument http://bit.ly/bzxxkZ #
Language learning: Myths and facts | Antimoon.com http://bit.ly/d9FDl3 #
Input – getting English into your head | Antimoon.com http://bit.ly/cyOG94 #
Chinese | Antimoon.com http://bit.ly/aCfnf3 #
「飲み込んで・・・ギザギザした錠剤・・・気持ちいいやろう？腹の中に・・・・煙が消えるのを待ってみろ～。」#impromptu #song #translation #
George Orwell – Good Bad Books – Essay http://bit.ly/b0q8Kn #

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AJATT Twitter Tweets for Week Of 2010-02-27

Often things that are individually unamazing are absolutely incredible when aggregated. And vice versa. Just make contact. #
Lower your short-term expectations to "just above zero/slightly more than nothing", but let your long-term expectations run wild. #
It is precisely because you suck at Japanese that you need to come into more contact with it. "Suck at" just means "unaccustomed to". #
[Great song ]
YouTube
- 【芸人MAD】有心論【オードリー】
http://bit.ly/9CbJNN #Japanese #
日が伸びたね。 #
Major achievements are just what you naturally get when you concatenate a bunch of apparently inconsequential choices. #
Japanese is a habit. Smoke it like a cigarette. One song, one video clip, one kanji, one sentence, one manga panel at a time. #
YouTube
- 有心論 RADWIMPS PV
http://bit.ly/9jqy9M #
Shrink your units. Don't read books. Read paragraphs. Don't watch movies. Watch clips. Don't read comics, read panels. #
Languages are both brutally dictatorial and brutally just: they are accountable to no one, and they must be earned by contact. #
"I'll start listening to native Japanese once I good at Japanese" = "I'll start putting wood in the fireplace once it gives me heat" #
Often, rather than aiming for perfection, it helps to aim for improvement. #
Wanna know how to write business emails in Japanese? Get this book. http://bit.ly/9IzenY #
@Hasemo ゲーム評価 – Google 検索 http://bit.ly/c838FN　ゲームレビュー – Google 検索 http://bit.ly/aLsy1a in reply to Hasemo #
ポジティブ心理学 – Wikipedia http://bit.ly/9YMsCL #
自己効力感 – Wikipedia http://bit.ly/97rzrE #
2009年9月 – tanminjukumin122の早起き日記 – 早起き生活 "「行動の伴わないアイデアはそれが占めている脳細胞以上には決して大きくならないだろう。」
（アーノルド・グラスゴー)" http://bit.ly/cS351f #
You don't need to be a taskmaster, forcing yourself to do more. You need to be a gentle grandparent, coaxing yourself to start small. #
正面心理學 – 維基百科，自由的百科全書 http://bit.ly/cc3RHw #
Generally, rules, boxes and limits only become a problem when they don't belong to you (unmakeable, unbreakable, unchangeable). #
@jdmtee That's just the point. You don't learn Japanese, you get used to it. Don't work at it. Just come into contact with it. Many times. in reply to jdmtee #
@jdmtee What anime is that in your b/g, btw? in reply to jdmtee #
「やめて！お腹だけは！お腹だけは蹴らないで、ここにはあんたの子が・・・！認知してくれなくてもいい、でも、生ませて・・・！」齋藤圭子 (@mineralk) #
超訳って凄いね！これこそ翻訳のあるべき姿
アカデミー出版 – フレッシュアイペディア "超訳" http://bit.ly/9zLemN #
If shooting for hours of L2 contact gets tiresome, then don't shoot for hours. Shoot for instances of contact. Hours will handle themselves. #
「昔のあんたは何処に行っちまったんだよお！小さくてもいい、二人で小料理屋をやろうねって、語り合ったあの夜は嘘だったのかい！？」齋藤圭子(@mineralk) #
「あんたは変わっちまったよおお！」齋藤圭子(@mineralk) #
Say It Again →　セイーラゲイン (笑）・・・巧いね・
'怖いくらい通じるカタカナ英語の法則' http://bit.ly/cslyee #
「あんた、好い加減にしてよ！」「いいから酒持って来い！」齋藤圭子(@mineralk) #
The key is not to "finish" or "succeed", but to repeat. If you repeat, you will finish. If you repeat, you will succeed. #LongTermProjects #
RT @BretMayer // けい‐せつ【蛍雪】苦労して勉学に励むこと。苦学。蛍の光窓の雪。蛍窓(けいそう)。◆晋の車胤(しゃいん)が蛍を集めてその光で書物を読み、孫康が雪の明かりで書物を読んだという「晋書」車胤伝・孫康伝の故事から。 http://bit.ly/cPDvac #
「あたしのこと全～部知ってて！」齋藤圭子（@mineralk） #
手書きブログ – TOP – http://bit.ly/9q9H9o #
@yuzuruyuzuru Correct, sir. in reply to yuzuruyuzuru #
「他の人なんて見えないくらい、束縛して・・・。」齋藤圭子（@mineralk） #
Kind of like a Slashdot in Chinese.
Solidot: 奇客的资讯，重要的东西 http://bit.ly/dqSQjL #
CNET Taiwan 產品評測 http://bit.ly/dk9MHq #Chinese #Techsite #
YouTube
- ちょうだいをする猫２
http://bit.ly/b8nJTp #
TechCrunch Japan http://bit.ly/9rjKBa #tech #site #japanese #
YouTube
- Young black woman speaking Chinese on Li Jing's Taiwan TV show
http://bit.ly/cJfJbO #
Tech podcast in #Cantonese Talkonly Podcast http://bit.ly/cEVGwX #
List of #Cantonese podcasts 中華民國萬歲:粵語Podcast：香港播客一覽 – 樂多日誌 http://bit.ly/bdWLIB #
I think we often try to give our language study too much structure. SRS is about all the structure you need. Let the rest flow freely. #
Make contact, SRS a bit for retention, and let the rest handle itself. It will probably turn out better than if you try to force things. #
The thing is, you don't know everything that's out there. Boxes can be useful, but their indiscriminate use can also cause needless injury. #
Surf your L2 like you surf the Internet. It's a simple plan: follow the links. Follow your curiosity. One fun thing to the next. #
Quite often, you just need to relax and give your L2 a chance to "talk" to you, to tell you how it "needs"/"wants" to be learned. #
"You'll be surprised at how much your brain can do if you feed it with enough input." http://bit.ly/crfA28 #
Don't jam and trim yourself to fit the mold that is my ideas. Jam and trim my ideas to fit the mold that is you. #
新聞の紹介ー受験・学習情報満載ー | 朝日小学生新聞　朝日中学生ウイークリー http://bit.ly/aEshqB via @blacktokyo http://bit.ly/bhk7Qs #
Go to cram school in 日本語! Like high school, but with teachers who give a crap ブロードバンド代ゼミＴＶネット｜代々木ゼミナールの人気講師の授業をご自宅で！ http://bit.ly/dpKupJ #
Asahi Shogakusei Shimbun: a newspaper for elementary school kids 朝日小学生新聞 http://bit.ly/cC6wai #
1707年聯合法案 – 維基百科，自由的百科全書 http://bit.ly/aYNDmi #
If you were already fully proficient in your target language, what would you do? Go do it (or some simulation of it) right now. #
Saying "but this is a tonal language" is kind of like saying "but this is a cop show". And? You still use your ears, eyes and mouth. #
名誉革命 – Wikipedia http://bit.ly/93QhKj #history #random #link #
Mail Magazines (newsletters) are super popular in Japan. This site aggregates 30K of em.
まぐまぐ！-メールマガジン (メルマガ) 30,000誌!! http://bit.ly/akjpXX #
Supermemo Adventures http://bit.ly/7JFq0V #
YouTube
- 周杰倫 – 稻香 (KTV)
http://bit.ly/aF30ZR #
YouTube
- Samurai Champloo Final Ending Song – Midicronica – San Francisco
http://bit.ly/bmSE4G #
Shorten the distance between you and Japanese. #
"Not even Japanese people can write kanji!" And? "Not even" native users of English can freaking spell correctly. #Generalized #negative #BS #
The word processor is to spelling as the rice cooker is to rice. The induced forgetfulness is a people issue, not a language/rice issue. #
So an old obaasan at the dentists' office asked me if I was born and raised in Japan. That was nice #
@mineralk いや～まだ足りんわ。俺からして見ればまだまだ蔑んだ態度が感じ取れちゃう。どうせ外人だからって感じ。誰だって諦めずに継続すれば無限大にいい結果が得られる、という揺るぎない信念の色は無い気がする。まあ、そりゃ勝ちゃん＝こういう事に限って過敏屋だからかもしれないが。 in reply to mineralk #
"Studied X language Y years" means jack all. Counting years is like weighing money. 1 lb. of dollar bills = $454; 1lb. of benjies = $45,400. #
Overcoming social resistance is like a qualifying test you pass in order to play the real game #
"Low self-efficacy can lead people to believe tasks are harder than they actually are" http://bit.ly/cSxlHM #
「コツコツ遣ってもと思う前に、
コツコツ遣れ。
その先に成功がある」島田洋七 http://bit.ly/at1aIL #
Apart from timeboxing, time itself as a language-study goal can be damaging — sort of like directly seeking happiness. #
Let time rack up, but don't shoot for it directly. You're better off shooting for tasks, like: "sample 100 Japanese movies per month" etc. #
In many ways, as Steve Kaufmann suggests, making frequent contact with a language (i.e. immersion) is an exercise in courting serendipity. #
Languagewise, older Japanese women often tend to want to mold you into the hyperpolite, zero-slang child they wish they had #
"Hey, guy! Are you there?"
YouTube – Andy Lau 劉德華 – 一起嗌 http://bit.ly/cFxQss #
Kids do not learn a language because they are good at it. They learn it because we simply do not let them slink away and give up on it. #
@nikimurata Well, I mean their "native" language: their entire family conspires to make it so that they will acquire it somehow, someday in reply to nikimurata #
@nikimurata It doesn't matter if it's raining or snowing or they have a fever or a war is going on: Japanese children listen to Japanese in reply to nikimurata #
If you don't want to learn a language, then just say so. No blood, no foul. But don't insult people with excuses and appeals to fatalism. #
"Too difficult" is emphatically not what gives people trouble with languages. "Not personally important enough to make easy", is. #
"there are golden houses in books and there are beautiful girls in books" [a bit male-centric, but... ] http://bit.ly/ds62hX #
Relax that death grip. Not everything is for SRSing; not everything is worth SRSing (too incovenient to cardize). #
Yes, you don't know that word. Yes, you have lots to learn. But you can't SRS everything in the world (yet!). So just sit back and watch. #
★ 【 so-net香港廣告】 – YouTube連続再生 – ノンストップチューブ – NonstopTUBE http://bit.ly/9ZzNBi #
YouTube
- [香港廣告](2009)麥當勞足三兩
http://bit.ly/cOCouS #
★ 【 [香港廣告](2009)維記高鈣牛奶】 – YouTube連続再生 – ノンストップチューブ – NonstopTUBE http://bit.ly/bYOWQ3 #
YouTube – 周杰倫 Jay Chou – 亂舞春秋 Luan Wu Chun Qiu http://bit.ly/9jbhkZ #
In my experience, it's not always the materials that generate boredom: the methods/attitude towards them can wreak havoc. #
"de minimis non curat lex – ｢法は些事に関せず｣" http://bit.ly/cS8BLH #
Cigarette-smoking is an amazing metaphor for positive achievement. No matter how heavy the smoker, she only hits one at a time. #
Relax that death grip. Not everything is for SRSing; not everything is worth SRSing (too inconvenient to cardize). #
One thing at a time. Ever tried to eat an entire loaf of bread in one bite? And how did that particular piece of choking go? #
"Speech impediment or no speech impediment, native speakers don't get to opt out: they just keep going until they get it." Jang Mi #
@yuki_satoshi how can watching something you don't understand be fun? >> Turnover. // Heisig >> Tomfoolery. in reply to yuki_satoshi #
@yuki_satoshi On Heisig, @nac_est suggests accepting the Heisig stage as a part of your life, not just trying to get it over with. in reply to yuki_satoshi #
Massive Turnover: How To Banish Boredom and Burnout from Immersion Even If You’re Just a Sucky Beginner http://bit.ly/cEoQHe #
Just think: one day, not so far from now, it will actually be hard for you NOT to be good at Japanese. #
Perhaps it helps more to be grateful for where you *are* in your language and the progress you *are* making, than (cont) http://tl.gd/c080s #
Maybe you want a mix of "yay! look how far I've come!", and "always room for more!", but heavily weighted towards the former. #
Masochism is not virtuous…or even particularly effective. #
ノルウェー語 – Wikipedia http://bit.ly/94ynbI #
Grammar is a tool for refining your skill in a language. Which means that you first have to have something to refine. #
Relax. Be a wet sock. Care less. Caring too much about the language can, ironically, impede your progress. #
In a way, you don't learn a language. Your body does. All you do is give your body the opportunity. #

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AJATT Twitter Tweets for Week Of 2010-02-20

If you wait to resolve all objections before you move forward, you'll never move forward. Not really language-related, but… #
Some people are destructively critical because that's literally all they can do right now. Pity them: they're having a hard time. #
Most successful bloggers aren't exactly Great Writers. But they actually produce. In that sense, they are great. #
You may or may not be able to change your position instantly, but you basically always have control over your direction. #
Generally, it's better to do the imperfect thing you can do than to hold back waiting for the perfect thing you could do. #
While I've been critical of attempts at multiple simultaneous language acquisition, that may all be due to large holes in my own knowledge. #
The process of becoming fluent in a language is the process of becoming a copy of so many people and pieces that you end up unique #
I wonder whether, in the year 2410, David E. Kelley will be dutifully studied and worshipped the way Shakespeare is now . #
お　ま　え　それでも　にん　げ　ん　か？
お　ま　え　の　かあ　ちゃん　何人だ？
http://bit.ly/cWvYhw #
「[語学に智能や才能]は然程重要ではありません。必要なのは根気とテクニックです」と「ドラゴン桜」をパクって囀った勝元 #
Immersion is to a language as a digital photo is to pixels: thousands of tiny points where you say "yes" to Japanese. #
Immersion is more millions of discrete, effortless contact-points with a language than a single, continuous Triumph of the Will. #
しない〔しなひ〕【竹‐刀】《撓(しな)い竹の意》剣道で用いる竹製の刀。4本の割り竹を合わせ、切っ先に先革、手元に柄革(つかがわ)をはめ、弦(つる)と中ゆいで結び、柄革に鍔(つば)をつけたもの。
http://bit.ly/9kex8g #
"kanji is like a skyscraper. Everything is connected by floors and elevators…It's a beautiful thing of logic." http://bit.ly/b1Ws6v #
Search zhongwen.com by copy and pasting in characters! Thanks to FD!
Easy lookup on zhongwen.com http://bit.ly/b1IGg2 #
Given the existence of Engrish, I don't think kanji tattoos need be held to that high a standard… #
YouTube – 蔡依林 – 大丈夫 [MV] http://bit.ly/9rIqo5 #
YouTube – 日華 – 大丈夫 http://bit.ly/bvZWeY #
If you believe all the Yodas of the world who tell you "too old to begin the training you are", then, for now, you are #
YouTube – 「創意教室:活學中文」- 之一 http://bit.ly/auoQ4j #
YouTube – J2愛搞作 x 潮語教室 http://bit.ly/dCu7ed #
Use YouTube like a real TV with
InfiniTube: Auto Play Youtube Videos by Tags http://bit.ly/c9bG3E #
You can start a long-term project in hardcore mode, but you can only carry it through in mellow mode. #
The key with hardcore mode is to use it to change your environment so that things get done even when you fall back into mellow/habit mode. #
You don't quit practicing because you suck. You suck because you quit practicing. #
@Jaybot7 浅草の浅草寺じゃ普通に使われてるけど。本殿（？）の入り口辺りに「靴は此の箱に入れて下さい」とかって書いてあるから。頑なに俺が然う言う字を使い続けて来たからこそ、初めて浅草寺に行った時にすらすらと読めた訳。だから、何と言われようがビビらずに堂々と使ってね！（笑） in reply to Jaybot7 #
@Jaybot7 一々先公に「使うな」なんて言われてるからこそ使用頻度が低下して来たのも事実。結局ただの悪性自己成就予言に過ぎないだろう。だって実際に使ったら、その行為自体がまた使用頻度を上げちゃう。だったら自由にしよう。読み方も書き方も多様多彩。これぞ日本語の元々のカッコ良さ。 in reply to Jaybot7 #
You can start a project in hardcore/willpower mode, but you can only carry it through in mellow/habit mode. #
@cosleia Literally type in: "Japanese TV show"? in reply to cosleia #
Schoolish but helpful daily exercise: copy out a page of L2 manga text, by hand. With a normal book, a paragraph will do. #
YouTube – Hong Kong anti-smoking TV commercial (Cantonese) http://bit.ly/btWVHd #
ネットは、商業化されてしまったというよりも、元々の開発兼利用者である学者達が、その「学術化」を怠って来たのではないかと最近思ってる。何せ読みたい論文がちゃんと手に入るかどうかも未だに一か八か状態なんだ。こうした中、アマゾンの類が勝つに決まってんだろ。 #
@kak9699 Contact. Striving is stressful: you can only do a tiny bit a day. You want to make it easy. Easy actually gets done. in reply to kak9699 #
“Oftentimes the person who quits never realizes how close to success he really was.”
http://bit.ly/bUVX64 #
When chosen freely, limits really are your friend. "Game" is nothing but another way of saying "a system of limits". Play on #Timeboxing #
"世の中に越えられない壁なんて無えんだ
だからお前ら、どんな事にも「出来ない」という先入観を持つな" ドラゴン桜 #
ケニア大使公邸焼く、けが人なし(読売新聞) – goo ニュース http://bit.ly/clO7Bb
って、言うじゃな～い・・・でも怪我人無しで良かったね（＾＾）安心、安心。 #
ビデオ版って言うじゃな～い？怪我人全く居ないから、皆さんご心配無く。 FNNニュース: 東京・目黒区のケニア… http://bit.ly/aG9Jms #
YouTube – Battle Royale Trailer http://bit.ly/amNaW2 #
Your dreams and ideals can start long-term projects, but only your habits can finish them. #
むり‐じい〔‐じひ〕【無理強い】
［名］(スル)強引に押しつけてやらせること。強制。「カラオケを―する」http://bit.ly/cwZfuu #
Set ridiculously low quotas. The satisfaction of achieving them will encourage you to surpass them. High quotas cause fear and avoidance. #
Thanks to CG for the link
YouTube – Alan Watts – Work as Play (part 1) http://bit.ly/bNbszl #
@cosleia Try "Japanese commercials" http://infinitube.net/Japanese+commercials in reply to cosleia #
YouTube – お尻叩いて猫 – spanking the cat http://bit.ly/aLLLQJ #
YouTube – だるまさんが転んにゃ – Stalking Cat – http://bit.ly/9sSX0I #
Twitter / Search – #twnovel http://bit.ly/ai3LCA #
I think this song was maybe my first exposure to "どんだけ" YouTube – DJ OASIS [社会の窓 feat. UTAMARU] http://bit.ly/aoEzEd #
@unmodify おおおおおう。Now I get it (^^) in reply to unmodify #
yossy　（たなかよしかず、本名：田中良和）　geekDataBase – ギークデータベース http://bit.ly/cIN5×6 #
Focus on [in]correctness causes people a lot of self-imposed anguish when seeking new ideas. Just focus on finding stuff you like. #
That tiny thing you could do to move your project forward, that's so tiny it doesn't seem worth it? That may just be what you need to do. #
You always have a good reason for doing the wrong thing. Beating yourself up won't stick. Find out the reason and address it. #
ノンストップチューブ【 NonstopTUBE 】 – YouTube連続再生 – Automatic continuous playing of J-POP YouTube Video http://bit.ly/bTswYM
(Big Thanks to NM!!) #
★ 【 Nintendo school's out commercial 任天堂廣告香港】 – YouTube連続再生 – ノンストップチューブ – NonstopTUBE http://bit.ly/ajYF6p #
Don't worry about how much Japanese you do. Focus on how soon you're next going to do it. #
★ 【 [香港廣告](2009)維他錫蘭檸檬茶】 – YouTube連続再生 – ノンストップチューブ – NonstopTUBE http://bit.ly/axe3rk #
Ironic post: Why English is all you need to travel the world | Fluent in 3 months http://bit.ly/b5qN5C #
Why learning a language is like learning a musical instrument | Fluent in 3 months http://bit.ly/cY32Mp #
★ 【 [香港廣告](2010)愛護牙齒】 – YouTube連続再生 – ノンストップチューブ – NonstopTUBE http://bit.ly/beBNB9 #
@mineralk いや、でも・・・終わってるやろ？(^^)ﾍﾍﾍ。ってか、高級化・スペシャルティー化すると思わない？ in reply to mineralk #
@mineralk 取り敢えず変化はするでしょう？例えば本なら、息を呑む様な綺麗で特大サイズの物とか、テレビならユーチューブ的なオンデマンド・検索型・参加型動画配信サービス（此間の坂本龍一のライブみたい）とか・・・？そうでもない？ in reply to mineralk #
Set ridiculously low quotas. The ease of achieving them will encourage you to surpass them far more often than high quotas inspire reaching. #
OK, newsflash: assert(India==yoga)–>FALSE; assert(Japan==Zen)–>FALSE #
YouTube – Sexy Beijing: Lost in Translation http://bit.ly/dypNNH #
SRS order of operations: 0) Don't add 1) Delete 2) Review 3) Add. In short: DADRA. #
When I say "ridiculously low quotas", I mean ridiculously low. My quotas aren't quotas at all. Contact itself is my quota. #
イブン＝スィーナー – Wikipedia http://bit.ly/ae0Djd #
★ 【香港舊廣告 – 蚌的啟示 1986(關正傑、區瑞強、盧冠廷) 】 – YouTube連続再生 – ノンストップチューブ – NonstopTUBE http://bit.ly/dgLvDt #
★ 【香港廣告: Shiseido Anessa 太陽系最強( 蛯原友里 ebihara yuri )2006 】 – YouTube連続再生 – ノンストップチューブ – NonstopTUBE http://bit.ly/9vUh8u #
Learn how to brush your teeth in #Cantonese
★ 【 [香港廣告](2010)愛護牙齒】 – YouTube連続再生 – ノンストップチューブ – NonstopTUBE http://bit.ly/beBNB9 #
Don't immerse in the language because you should, or because it would help. Immerse in it because it's who you are. #
@Akira117 （知らん顔） (^^) #
Your life is full enough. Don't burden it with crap like duty-driven immersion. #
Wide-ranging contact with a language (so-called immersion) is not a technique. It's the very reason you learned the language to begin with. #
@mimizone Duty-driven immersion = Immersing because you "should" or because you "have to", out of a sense of duty. It kind of sucks a bit in reply to mimizone #
Grown-up talk…pretty close match on subs; RTHK's good on that
YouTube – 2010-2-09 對策第一集 (第1節) http://bit.ly/arNQ9Y #Cantonese #
Infinitube replacement
★ ノンストップチューブ【 NonstopTUBE 】 – YouTube連続再生 – Automatic continuous playing of J-POP YouTube Video http://bit.ly/bTswY #
The most important Japanese thing you can do is the next Japanese thing you do. #
Right now, you probably can't see how you could possibly ever get fluent. That's normal. You don't need to see. You just need to do. #
Cigarette-smoking is a powerful metaphor for positive achievement. No matter how heavy the smoker, she only hits one at a time. #
AJATT YouTube Playlist http://bit.ly/azEOAm #
Seriously though…just chill. Most of AJATT is just chilling . #
This is one of those "well, it's in Japanese" ones. Coca-Cola zero http://bit.ly/cZ31ZA #
「最後まで読み通すのが「読書」とは限らない」
http://bit.ly/aEdTSV #
You're like a child. Tell yourself to take a bath, you won't take it. But once you get in, you won't leave. So set the quota = touch water. #
"世界に冠たる国であります！" http://bit.ly/dgQO8I #
OK, newsflash: India is not yoga. Japan is not Zen. #
I love commercials…watching some now on InfiniTube: http://infinitube.net/cantonese+commercial/ #
まだ可也機能不足とは言え、やっぱりグーグルクロームって結構いいね、ブラウザーとして。起ち上がりも速いし、動作がテキパキ。 #
「座して死を待つな」＝中国語（ってか漢文？ってか文言文？）の「不要坐以待斃」が由来かな？ http://bit.ly/dxUjxg #
Psst? Hey! Want some Japanese? It's legal, mang. Everyone's doing it. http://bit.ly/9IdnLm #
Like atoms to a boulder, the individual quanta of contact you make with Japanese have zero visible benefit. Make contact anyway. #
カルビンとホッブス – Wikipedia http://bit.ly/aoCVjj #
Calvin & Hobbes in Japanese 'カルヴィン&ホッブス' http://bit.ly/cC96aY #
極端そのものが悪いというよりも、（確率論上）中間の何処かに在るであろう、自分だけにピッタリの「壺（ｽｲｰﾄｽﾎﾟｯﾄ）」が、頑なに極端な姿勢を執る事に因って見付からなくなるのだ。とは言え、基準點としての極端は大変有用かと思う。 #
"Prison Break" in Polish! Thanks MW! empik.com – Wyniki wyszukiwania dla: Prison Break http://bit.ly/c5XaPF #
「Omne initium est difficile
すべての始まりは困難である」
ラテン語の格言（ことわざ） http://bit.ly/azVPYC #
祖国よ、我は汝に誓う（モルダウ）歌詞・日本語訳と試聴 "祖国よ　我は誓う
比類なき完全なる愛を捧げん" http://bit.ly/cj0nJw #
Eugene Woodbury's Ooburoshiki Blog: Teach a man to Fish ""The usage is the description."" http://bit.ly/aTk0Vs #

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