Of course, there are plenty of resource out there to help intermediate and advanced learners of Japanese to practice their reading. They can use any Japanese book, manga, blog, or website and study away to their heart's … [Read more...]
If you're learning Japanese, one of the first things you do is learn what your name is in Japanese. It's great because it personalizes the language and gives you an identity in Japanese. But sometimes there's a little … [Read more...]
Facebook isn't all that popular in Japan (Mixi is currently king there), but it doesn't meant that people don't know about it. After all, the movie "The Social Network" came out in Japan, and I'm sure that Facebook hits … [Read more...]
Over at TextFugu (Tofugu's Online Japanese Textbook), I get to make all kinds of worksheets, cheatsheets, etc., that go along with the Japanese lessons, some of which might be useful to you. I figure hiragana and katakana … [Read more...]
Johnson Banks recently put up a post about "phonetikana" which has to either be the most genius discovery of all time, or the laziest. Either way, there's no denying that it's beautiful, regardless, but you know me, I hate … [Read more...]
Why, it was just yesterday that I teamed up with Koichi to kick some Katakana butt on edufire. A rather special class, it was - none of your usual vocabulary fluff. We're talking real, useful katakana and it's guaranteed … [Read more...]