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The second half of the word (the "komori" part) is not written 子守 but rather 籠り, which means "to isolate oneself".

The 引き part is less "dragged along" in this context and more "pull away from," so the literal meaning is "to pull away from (society) and isolate oneself."


The stickied posts at Koohii are a great resource for everything related to learning Japanese. It's a pretty popular forum for Japanese learners:

http://forum.koohii.com/index.php


Tae Kim's Guide to Japanese is a resource that has been around for a while that has helped a lot of beginners with the language. I'd recommend checking it out if you are interested in learning the language: http://www.guidetojapanese.org/learn/grammar


Yeah, we've both been around for a long time now. Tae Kim's book is great to have too, but we wrote our material with different audiences in mind. His work takes a slightly more gentle approach, my work started with being for people who want the same material as university students of Japanese get, without being able to afford $100 text books (my print copy's $30 max) or even without being able to afford classes (not every country has affordable education for those who would do well).

I'd echo the link to his Guide to Japanese, and if you want a grammar reference as well, adding my book to the mix can carry you through your first year university pretty decently.


In my experience, those $100 university textbooks aren't worth the paper they're printed on. Tae Kim's guide is infinitely better, if you're an autodidact. Use Tae Kim for grammar, use Heisig Volume 1 for kanji, and use real Japanese for everything else.


That's why I wrote mine - my fellow students needed lecture notes in "not Dutch", which mine were, so this books started as a website with my lecture notes in html form, which slowly grew into the material for this book. It's $25 on paper, free online (donate whatever you feel it's worth), and generally covers what actually made sense to cover given the classes we were in.


Decades ago, the single most useful Japanese learning resource for me was Mangajin, which explained Japanese comics and concepts in excruciating detail:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangajin

http://www.thespectrum.net/features/mangajin/

https://tinyapps.org/blog/windows/201605280700_mangajin_soft...


I saw a documentary a few years ago about this called Rent a Family Inc.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dROyjWHleUs


Their 53 videos on cooking techniques is nice too (the landing page only lists a few):

http://www.nytimes.com/video/cooking-techniques


Nice, just watched all of them. One thing I know for sure now is I need a sharper kitchen knife.


I started cooking at the beginning of this year as a new year’s resolution and came to the same conclusion very quickly.

A friend recommended Rada knives and they have been excellent. They are very inexpensive and the reviews are outstanding — with many people saying they outperform much more expensive knives.

I’ve been very happy with them … check them out: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002KV46M0?tag=13r-20


You got through all of them in an hour?

p.s. go to 'Sur La Table' and get a good sharpening stone for your knives. Also, I prefer 'Global' kitchen knives... but you'd be astounded what some people make if you checkout /r/knives...


yeah, there at most a minute long. Really Nice UI having it stay in full screen switching between the videos. The other thing they did well is having a super short title sequence.


And now I have a new hobby.


Check out /r/throwing too if you're inclined..


Apparently I've been holding my chefs knife like a murderer instead of a person trying to be a cook


Previous HN discussion on this post:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6326477


In fact, this is the 4th time (See here: https://hn.algolia.com/?query=http:%2F%2Fblog.alinelerner.co...)

It's a well researched article, so I don't mind per se.

[me: http://InterviewKickstart.com]


A Guide to the Regional Ramen of Japan ?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9622949


I'm not a security expert at all, but I was wondering if Google Gruyere[0] was a worthwhile resource/training exercise...

[0] https://google-gruyere.appspot.com/


Wells Fargo lets you create a read-only account:

https://www.wellsfargo.com/help/faqs/profile/


You might want to look into "Kanji ABC" by Foerster & Tamura. It was developed some years after Heisig and avoids using nonsensical keywords. I think their approach is better than Heisig if you already have familiarity with a decent number of kanji. The book is out of print so it may be a little tough to get a hold of (I found mine online at Powell's used bookstore). You can see an online version at work[1], but it isn't that useful on its own without the book.

[1] http://www.kanjiabc.net/


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