By Donald Ash | Japanese Kanji
Kanji is one of those subjects that classroom Japanese students and Japanese self-study advocates alike struggle with. Believe me, I know first hand that studying kanji can be a rather sharp pain in the butt. Why is learning/studying kanji so damn hard? Well, for starters there are just so frickin’ many of them: they say […]
By Donald Ash | Japanese Kanji
Today we’ll take an in-depth look at a a kanji-learning textbook in this Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Course Review. For those who want to skip the review and grab this book now, you can go here. For everyone else, let’s review…Do you remember when you started studying Japanese? There was a time when you thought, “This […]
“BING, BONG, BING, BONG, BING, BONG, BING, BONG.” That grandfather clock-like tone means that cleaning time is over, and it’s time for the noon break. For the last four days my noon break has been a little different than normal. Every day after lunch & shouji I’ve been getting schooled in the ways of Japanese […]
Okay, so it’s on the the next set. ENJOY! 46.子- The Japanese symbol for child. Also the rat in the Chinese zodiac. On-yomi: シ shi、スsu Kun-yomi: こ ko Sentence: 子どものとこ、たくさんえいがいをみました。Kodomo no toki, takusan eiga wo mimashita. When I was a child, I watched a lot of movies. 47.京- The kanji for capital. On-yomi: N/A Kun-yomi: キョウ kyou、ケイkei […]
Okay, this is it! Here are numbers 81-100 of the “100 Japanese Verbs You Should Know” series. I hope you have enjoyed learning these verbs as much as I’ve enjoyed providing them. If you can quickly and easily recall these verbs, it’ll be the start of a strong Japanese foundation. Please be sure to review […]