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Okay ;D I would like to know what supplies do ya’ll think I should buy in order to have a perfectly organized Japanese learning experience, I’m talking specifically external things like your favorite brand or type of notebook, certain pencil or pen, just what should I be buying so that I would be fully prepared before I start my quest to battle the giant pig cat called Japanese. P.S. If it’s a program that would be nice too, I’m already using Ever note.
before I start my quest
Nothing! Just yourself and a resource to learn, ie. Textfugu. No making excuses about waiting to start until you have the perfect paper. Just do it! ;)
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winterpromise31.
Haha, as much as what Cassandra says is true… I’m a sucker for this sort of thing!
I bought myself a really lovely notebook to put my revision notes and writing practice in… seriously, my notebook is so cute, it makes me want to carry it everywhere and use it all the time. Which is exactly why I got it for my Japanese… I know what I’m like haha!
So apart from that… I’d say download Anki and get to grips with how it works because you’ll be using it a lot. I still haven’t managed to make mine sync up with my phone, when I know I’d really benefit from being able to use it while I’m at work.
Anki and Internet and you are good to go
@ winterpromise31 your right lol I like how you saw my excuses, I’m starting tonight once I get on the roll there is no stopping because I’m actually seeing results learning Japanese.
@ ooh_a_robot you kinda know what I mean, I guess it’s the geek in my kicking in, I was always envious of those kids in highschool who had this perfect looking binder where they kept all their things, not even the paper on the edges was crinkled, I guess I’m just putting up mind blocks I guess I’l just stick to these android and computer devices and If then need for a book or something handy arises then I’ll buy that but till then I’ma work hard with what I got.
Reiden@ Thx.
Time to murk this, FIGHTING.
Call me an enabler (I’m reformed– all such expenses are now classified as “research” since I occasionally make notebooks)…
http://www.jetpens.com/ Pretty much your source regardless of the quest. Used them since grade school when consumer pen technology had only just broken the .3mm milestone. IF you’re curious, look for some of these pens at your local stationery shop, and order a few that you can’t find. The Pilot Hi-Tec pen is really popular in Japan (and certain circles in the US), even to the point where individual entrepreneurs have gotten funding for custom fabricated pen bodies that take Hi-Tec refills… Sliccis are popular too since they come in .25 and have a narrow shaft…. both of these feel very brittle though and tend to stop unexpectedly. I SWEAR by the Uni-Ball Signo .28mm– I bought out all of Sekkaido’s stock in Yokohama and Shinjuku. http://www.jetpens.com/Uni-ball-Signo-DX-UM-151-Gel-Ink-Pen-0.28-mm-Black/pd/295
But since you asked for notebooks, Croquis is pretty popular. In the US and even on JetPens you’ll only find the brown sketchbook, but they make many kinds and they’re very durable with nice paper inside. It’s too easy to geek out on notebooks. Just get yourself a regular gridded notebook that you can use for anything. You won’t have to juggle all those grade school kanji practice books, you’ll have lines to follow for writing sentences, and you’ll appreciate it by the time the kuzushiji sets in. ;)
Edit: Oh but that’s right– you don’t NEED anything! Just start. I have my own studio and half the time find writing on printer paper to be most effective since I can keep what I want, chuck the rest, and not feel bad about anything.
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