In this series of "obvious" posts, we've gone over several things. First, we talked about epiphanies and how to get them. Then we went over confusion, and why it's such a good thing. Lastly, we looked at conscious … [Read more...]
Sometimes it's the little things that matter. A few weeks ago, I was reading The Most Human Human, a book about artificial intelligence, linguistics and chatbots. One of the most interesting things I learned from this … [Read more...]
Do you know what is probably the number one thing keeping people (and possibly you) from learning Japanese? Fear. Cold, dank, heart stopping, FEAR. Well, okay, maybe it's not that bad. But it's at least an underlying … [Read more...]
Your best friend and worst enemy. We've all been guilty of using online translators at one time or another. Maybe you were just translating some Japanese you found online, or trying to figure out what that Jpop song just … [Read more...]
To fling poo, or not to fling poo. That is the question. In previous "Obvious" posts, we've gone over both the idea of achieving and noticing more epiphanies (because all people need to have X number of epiphanies to … [Read more...]
Back in our Tips From John-sensei post, I mentioned that it’s very important to have fun while learning Japanese. Well, video games are fun - and the DS is a great resource for the Japanese learner. American DS systems are … [Read more...]