Remembering the Kanji, Again

Hi. This post will explain why I did RTK for a second time, how I did it, and what I think about how long it took. You can learn from my mistakes to not do that.

Handwriting Recognition in Mozc (and fixing it)

Mozc is (the open-source subset of) Google’s Japanese IME. It has a kinda-hidden feature of handwriting recognition, which is great for RTK students such as myself which sometimes know how to write a kanji but can’t type it. Usually, Mozc installs to /usr/lib/mozc/, so it can be invoked by:

/usr/lib/mozc/mozc_tool --mode=hand_writing

But sometimes it doesn’t work, and recently I’ve found out more about why.

RTK 1 While Working Full Time: A Study Method

As I posted on Reddit, I often see posts about experiences on tackling RTK. This is my study method for completing Remembering the Kanji 1 6th Edition in less than 5 months (Dec 9 - April 27th; started immediately after I took N5) while also working a full-time job of 9 hours per day.