Monthly Archives: October 2007

Learn Japanese Video: Pronouns

I managed to also finish another video project today. It is on the most common Japanese pronouns: わたし watashi I, me わたしの watashi no my わたしたち watashi tachi we, us わたしたちの watashi tachi no our あなた anata you あなたの anata … Continue reading

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Our Secret Language… Foiled

Yesterday I called an airline to check on reserving airplane tickets for my parent’s-in-law to come to visit us here in the US. Yumi was on Skype talking to her mother and I was on the phone talking with a … Continue reading

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New Video on Authentic Japanese

Today’s Super Suiyoubi (it’s Wednesday!) is on a book called Authentic Japanese: Progressing from Intermediate to Advanced. As the subtitle suggests it is for Intermediate students of Japanese. Here is the video:

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Read your Basho! Or… You can Listen

Someone one graciously recorded Basho’s 奥の細道 oku no hoso michi and it is being offered at Gutenberg as a free MP3 download. At the store, we have this book which is a bilingual collection of Basho’s Narrow Road to Oku … Continue reading

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Language Learning Tips Part II

I found this article on one of those free articles sites. Instead of the usual fluff, it has pretty good advice. Here is the entire article reprinted with permission: Mastering Japanese Kanji – 7 Guerilla Tactics Author: Jed Jones The … Continue reading

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Talking about Japan to Elementary Students

About once a year we get volunteered to give a talk about Japan and Japanese. Today we went to a local elementary school. I started with a quiz to see how much they knew and… to have a little fun: … Continue reading

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Google’s Video Ad Units

Google just unrolled a new venue for their ads – through YouTube Video. I’ve read a few negative reviews. First it is only good for US sites with English content. I happen to qualify, but of course that leaves out … Continue reading

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The Top Three Japanese Proverbs

Ok, I don’t have an official list, but these three proverbs tend to be the first new learners learn. I like pushing ことわざ kotowaza proverbs and other famous sayings because you essentially kill two birds with one stone – 1) … Continue reading

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4 Kyuu Kanji PDF

I want to begin a small collection of (hopefully) useful downloads for beginners of Japanese. We’ll begin with a list of all Japanese Language Proficiency Test 4 kyuu kanji* (the easiest and first set of kanji) with a single English … Continue reading

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The Pill to Learn Japanese Instantly

I get emails every day about how to learn Japanese. Usually they are very specific – “I’m a beginner wanting to focus on conversational Japanese. Which textbook would you recommend?” or “Do you know of any CDs or DVDs for … Continue reading

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