Glossary

Over time some topics have been discussed so many times that older forum members tend to assume that it is common knowledge what a word or acronym refers to.

Non-acronyms

• Anki: a spaced repetition system (SRS)[1]
• Cloze deletion: See also Cloze test
• Extensive reading [2]
• Heisig method: the memory technique taught in the Remembering the Kanji 1
• i+1, i+2, i+N, etc.: Stands for “input plus one”; originally referred to comprehensible input, from Stephen Krashen's input hypothesis. Often used in relation to the minimum information principle.
• IKnow: old name for smart.fm. A platform for online learning of any subject[3]
• Incremental Reading [4]
• Kanji Chain Method: a memory technique for learning on-readings of kanji[5]
• Kanji Town Method: a memory technique for learning on-readings of kanji. An adaption of the memory palace technique (based on the method of loci)[6]
• Lang-8: a website for learning and writing foreign languages[7]
• Listening-Reading [8]
• Movie Method: a variation of the kanji town method using movies instead of locations
• o+1: “Output plus one”; refers to comprehensible output, from Merrill Swain's output hypothesis.
• RTK Lite: the reduced list of RTK. Only contains the one thousand most common kanji[9]
• Shadowing [10]
• Smart.fm: a platform for online learning of any subject[11]
• Subs2SRS: a utility that creates import files for Anki from video files[12]
• Tae Kim: Tae Kim's Japanese Guide to Japanese Grammar[13]
• Timeboxing: A time management technique.

Acronyms

• AAP: All About Particles [14]
• AJATT: All Japanese All the Time [15]
• BJT: Business Japanese Proficiency Test (ビジネス日本語能力テスト) [16]
• C2k, C6k - Refers to the Core 2000 and Core 6000 sentences from iKnow/smart.fm, approximately 6000 total sentences with native audio and translations that have been made into shared Anki decks.
• DOJG: Also DOBJG, DOIJG, DOAJG. Refers to the 3 volumes (Basic, Intermediate, Advanced) of the Dictionary of Japanese Grammar series, by Makino & Tsutsui.
• EJV: Essential Japanese Verbs [17]
• JBiz: Alternate name for BJT
• JMW: Japanese the Manga Way
• JLPT: Japanese Language Proficiency Test (日本語能力試験) [18]
• JSPfEC: Japanese Sentence Patterns for Effective Communication
• KanKen: Japanese Kanji Aptitude Test (日本漢字能力検定試験) [19]
• KiC: Kanji in Context [20]
• KM: Kanzen Master [21]
• KO2001: Kanji Odyssey 2001 [22]
• L1, L2, etc.: Used to refer to a learner's first, or native language(s), and their second, or target language (e.g. L1 = English, L2 = Japanese, for a native English speaker learning Japanese).
• RevTK: Reviewing the Kanji [23]
• RTH: Remembering the Hanzi
• RTK: Remembering the Kanji
• RTK1: Remembering the Kanji 1: A Complete Course on How Not to Forget the Meaning and Writing of Japanese Characters
• RTK2: Remembering the Kanji 2: A Systematic Guide to Reading Japanese Characters
• RTK3: Remembering the Kanji 3: Writing and Reading Japanese Characters for Upper-Level Proficiency
• SRS: Spaced Repetition System/Software [24]
• TTS: Text-to-speech
• UBJG: Understanding Basic Japanese Grammar [25]