JBrute is a very simple, very complete Japanese / English dictionary program for Widows. It is targeted at intermediate learners who need an easy way to lookup non-electronic text. The 0.9 release of JBrute was well received in March of this year. This summer, the 1.0 upgrade was posted. It improves [...]
Quick Beginner’s Tip: Mt. Fuji in Japanese is 富士山 fuji san. The ’san’ means ‘mountain’ and not ‘Mr.’ Fuji-san does not mean ‘Mr. Fuji.’*
I went through a few photos from a trip to Japan and found some from our Fuji excursion. This is on the way to the 5th level. There are [...]
It’s been the talk of multimedia addicts for years, but the ability to control what you watch when you watch is the way of the future. Tivo started the revolution, but the programs still have to be broadcast live at some point for you to DVR them.
Let’s say, while channel surfing, you find an [...]
I included the post about avoiding romaji in our monthly TheJapanShop.com newsletter and got great feedback. Here is an email (reprinted with permission) from a great customer:
Dear Clay,
I totally agree with you about using the kanji to build vocabulary. I studied my first 2 years of Japanese with the Genki [...]
Whoohoo! We are now at 600 subscribers at our Youtube account. I woke up to about 35 new subscribers since last night. I sent our monthly TheJapanShop.com newsletter last night and mentioned our Youtube videos. It was a nice boost. Normally we get 5-10 a day.
I really need to make some [...]
I read an interesting article today about Green Tea. Some Israeli scientists have linked green tea to brain regeneration. In mice with Parkinson’s, doses of green tea extract not only slowed the deterioration, but also regenerated damaged neurons in the brain.
I remember being told in school brain cells cannot regenerate after being damaged. [...]
I received a very well thought out email this morning from an upper beginner wanting to work solely with conversational Japanese via romaji. He asks if teaching kanji is really necessary for Japanese language teachers:
“From my admittedly limited observation, it seems that Japanese language teachers suffer from what strikes me as probably more of [...]
Add insult to injury. Throw salt on a wound. When it rains it pours.
Yesterday I discovered a neat way to say this in Japanese:
Here is a cute little song children and some childish adults use to cement promises. To make your promises seem authentic, all you have to do is hook your pinky with someone and sing the song below. However, I am not sure what ‘genman’ is:*
The YUBI KIRI Song
BE BRAVE! Or If you don’t use it, you lose it
Many people fail in language learning because they are afraid of saying something wrong and making a mistake. However the old adage of ‘learn by your mistakes’ is especially true with languages. Going out on a limb and creating new constructions, even if [...]
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