Finally a new "game" has come out for the Nintendo DS that will make me start using it again. Last night I was surfing the Nintendo channel of our Wii while putting off going to bed and came across an advertisement for 美文字トレーニング, a program that helps you improve your handwriting in Japanese. I downloaded [...]
Bimoji Training for Nintendo DS
April 14th, 2008 · 5 Comments
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How many kanji do you need to know?
February 18th, 2008 · 8 Comments
There are a number of official lists of kanji. I'm not an expert by any means, I'm just going by information gleamed off the net. 教育漢字(kyouiku kanji): The 1oo6 characters students must learn by grade 6. Essentially, knowing these characters is a good start, but you're far from finished. 当用漢字(touyou kanji): A list of 1850 [...]
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Kanji Box
February 16th, 2008 · 4 Comments
If you're a Facebook user and are learning Japanese, give the Kanji Box app a whirl. And no cheating by using Perapera-kun or Rikai-chan at the same time.
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The Japlish Podcast: Audio Promo
November 11th, 2007 · No Comments
Visit http://www.japlishpodcast.com
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Announcing "The Japlish Podcast"
October 7th, 2007 · 13 Comments
Well, I've put up the website with the first episode, and I think it looks really nice. All that's left to do is convince Tony to help me create the content on a regular basis. Here's the concept and the reasoning behind it. Learning phrases is an important part of learning to speak a language. [...]
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