Comments on: Kanji Box http://www.herroflomjapan.com/2008/02/16/kanji-box/ Podcasts & Videocasts from an American salaryman. Thu, 18 Feb 2010 03:00:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Rich Pav http://www.herroflomjapan.com/2008/02/16/kanji-box/comment-page-1/#comment-18677 Rich Pav Mon, 18 Feb 2008 04:39:07 +0000 http://www.herroflomjapan.com/2008/02/16/kanji-box/#comment-18677 Only 1000 characters? I wish. It's closer to 2000. And explaining it in rather simple terms, each character can be read in multiple ways depending on how it's used. Some characters have only two or three pronunciations, others have metric shitloads. The kanji used for given names are the most difficult. Only 1000 characters? I wish. It's closer to 2000. And explaining it in rather simple terms, each character can be read in multiple ways depending on how it's used. Some characters have only two or three pronunciations, others have metric shitloads. The kanji used for given names are the most difficult.

]]> By: Carl http://www.herroflomjapan.com/2008/02/16/kanji-box/comment-page-1/#comment-18668 Carl Sun, 17 Feb 2008 18:15:22 +0000 http://www.herroflomjapan.com/2008/02/16/kanji-box/#comment-18668 What kanji do most Japanese people utilize? I know when they get out of high school, they know like 1000 different kanji symbols, right? <em>Carl's last blog post..<a href='http://mercenarysora.wordpress.com/2008/02/08/here-we-go-again/' rel="nofollow">Here we go again…</a></em> What kanji do most Japanese people utilize? I know when they get out of high school, they know like 1000 different kanji symbols, right?

Carl's last blog post..Here we go again…

]]> By: Rich Pav http://www.herroflomjapan.com/2008/02/16/kanji-box/comment-page-1/#comment-18638 Rich Pav Sat, 16 Feb 2008 04:16:09 +0000 http://www.herroflomjapan.com/2008/02/16/kanji-box/#comment-18638 It seems like some of the kanji that show up at level 5 of 1-kyuu are waaay obscure. I have never, EVER seen the kanji for "banana" ever used anywhere, and it was useless, trivial characters like that trip me up. Learning kanji that most Japanese probably don't know is a waste of time. I'm going to contact the developer and ask if he'll consider using the Mainichi Shinbun Frequency lists for vocab quizzes. It seems like some of the kanji that show up at level 5 of 1-kyuu are waaay obscure. I have never, EVER seen the kanji for "banana" ever used anywhere, and it was useless, trivial characters like that trip me up. Learning kanji that most Japanese probably don't know is a waste of time. I'm going to contact the developer and ask if he'll consider using the Mainichi Shinbun Frequency lists for vocab quizzes.

]]> By: Brad http://www.herroflomjapan.com/2008/02/16/kanji-box/comment-page-1/#comment-18636 Brad Sat, 16 Feb 2008 00:50:19 +0000 http://www.herroflomjapan.com/2008/02/16/kanji-box/#comment-18636 I found out about Kanji Box via www.nihongojouzu.com and started the whole Facebook thing because of it...and no... I would never never use my beloved Rikaichan for such purposes 笑笑笑 Doing the quizzes from Japan puts you at a disadvantage due to latency w/ the pages refreshing...at least that is the convenient excuse I tell myself for not being the top in Kanji in JLPT 2 and JLPT 1 笑笑笑 I found out about Kanji Box via http://www.nihongojouzu.com and started the whole Facebook thing because of it…and no… I would never never use my beloved Rikaichan for such purposes 笑笑笑
Doing the quizzes from Japan puts you at a disadvantage due to latency w/ the pages refreshing…at least that is the convenient excuse I tell myself for not being the top in Kanji in JLPT 2 and JLPT 1 笑笑笑

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