Satchmo’s A Kiss to Build a Dream on is probably my favorite of his songs and certainly in my top 10 all time. (I take that back - Sugar with Bing Crosby has to be my favorite!) In his most heard recording, instead of “Gimme your lips for just a moment” the last verse [...]
And now for our top story tonight.
Here is a quick video I made showing how to set up the XD-GW9600. It doesn’t go into the fun stuff, but it does show a little of what it is like. More to come soon!
Japanese Graded Readers
This is a new product for us. To begin with I only stocked five copies of each of the four volumes just to test the waters. They sold out quickly. I just got a new shipment in last night and already we have moved at least 13 books! It’s [...]
My eyes are tired. I worked until midnight and all morning tweaking Ichinichi Ikkai.
In order to retire early, I added a nifty one-line Google ad bar at the top and a search box to the right for the web, TJP.com and this site.
Next, I added a subscribe feed link to the right there. This way [...]
Casio XD-GW9600
At theJapanShop.com
I was first struck by how large (physical size) this dictionary is. But it isn’t as heavy as I would have thought. It can still fit in a large pocket, but it is noticeably larger than many Canon, Seiko and Sharp models.
Let me go through a few specific areas and then [...]
I finally got a test model to play with (one problem with living in Florida and not Japan!). This is one nice machine.
I will write a full review in a little bit, but I wanted write about its ability to transfer text files to its on board memory. This is also true for [...]
I am convinced it is better to spend 15 minutes a day studying a language than cramming in 2 hours once a week. Spending a set amount of time a day encourages a regular and consistent study habit.
For most people, myself included, finding even 15 minutes to devote to studying is very difficult. But should [...]
Here is a new phrase for me. It has a nice sound to it like 中途半端 (chuuto hanpa - doing something halfway) or ぬきあしさしあし (nukuashisashiashi - walking stealthily like a ninja)*
選り取り見取り
yoridori midori
Having lots of choices
Here is the Kenkyusha 和英 entry for 選り取り:
よりどり【選り取り】
choice.
どれでもよりどり３足５００円だよ。
doredemo yoridori sansoku gohyaku en da yo.**
Your Choice! Any 3 [...]
NHK’s children’s program 日本語であそぼ！ (Let’s play in Japanese) has a very catchy song for memorizing Jugemu… - a very long name in a famous Rakugo story:
寿限無、寿限無 jugemu jugemu
五劫の擦り切れ gokou no surikire
海砂利水魚の kaijarisuigyou no
水行末 雲来末 風来末 suigyomatsu unraimatsu fuuraimatsu
食う寝る処に住む処 kuunerutokoroni sumu tokoro
やぶら小路の藪柑子 yaburakoji no burakouji
パイポパイポ パイポのシューリンガン paipo paipo paipo [...]
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