I'm sure a lot of you know about Shark Week, but did you know about it's slightly scarier and far less interesting sibling Kanji Week? Well, it's happening, and we'll be spending this next week covering various subjects … [Read more...]
One application which I've used for a long time is Evernote, though I've mostly been collecting and organizing recipes... until now. Just today, as I was scrolling through the Asahi Shinbun, I had an epiphany. I should be … [Read more...]
This is just a quick post mostly referencing an article over at NihonHacks (so you can just go over there and read about it too), about a couple cool tools to add furigana over your kanji (furigana = hiragana that's on top … [Read more...]
I've been really surprised lately. I've gotten a few emails from people that ask me why kanji is necessary. "Kanji is sooo hard" they say. "Why do Japanese bother learning kanji when they could just use a phonetic … [Read more...]
I know this was in our news post, but I think this sort of thing deserves its own article as well. The other day I put together a new kanji memorization worksheet. I think it's completely different from anything I've … [Read more...]
When learning kanji, a lot of books and teachers expect you to memorize stroke order solely through practice and repetition (does the image remind anybody of their kanji book?). I’m definitely, all about repetition, but … [Read more...]