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Monthly Archives: June 2008
Open Up – It must be in the Genes
This morning we awoke to Makoto prodding Yumi with an: あけて！あけて！Akete! Akete! We were puzzled what he meant. 開けて！ of course means ‘open (up)!,’ but open what? The door? しばらくしたら・・・ After a little while… After a little while, Yumi realized … Continue reading
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Yuki no Monogatari the Video Chapter Three
A Japanese reader for intermediates by Richard VanHouten 第三章 狐との出会い Encounter with a Fox For the MP3, explanation, vocabulary, and subsequent chapters, please see: http://www.thejapanesepage.com/audio/… and for the complete series see Rich’s site: http://www.citlink.net/~richvh/
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iPopcorn – Undocumented Uses for your iPhone or iTouch
When my sister got her iPhone almost a year ago, her parents-in-law (with mere mortal cell phones) used to joke, “Can your iPhone get us a drink?” or “Make your iPhone change the channel.” or “Let’s see if your iPhone … Continue reading
Beginning Japanese Phrases Podcast #5 Up!
I finally got this podcast series into iTunes! If you search ‘Learn Japanese’ in iTunes it will pop up (not first of course ). If you like it, please subscribe using the RSS feed button to the right (that is … Continue reading
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Kiiro, Ao – Ready, Set, Go!
We were driving home from buying Makoto some new toy cars. Yumi’s mother was driving and Yumi was ‘backseat driving’ in the front passenger seat. Seeing the upcoming light turn yellow and sensing her mother’s intention to make a run … Continue reading
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I’m only a Carrot! Stop Laughing and Watch TV.
There are many joys to be found from living in Japan. Low crime rate, friendly cashiers, and the thrill of being in the land where both Kitty-chan and Godzilla (the kawaii & the kowai) can happily coexist are three such … Continue reading
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憧れのKindle Just got (a little) Cheaper
No doubt the recent price drop move by Apple encouraged Amazon to lower their Kindle price, but unfortunately they didn’t lower it much. Apple $400 -> $200 ($200 lower!) Amazon $400 -> $359 (not as much lower!) I am still … Continue reading
A Public Service Announcement
I just got an email sent through the comments section of our store. AM MR SCOTT SMITH I WILL LIKE TO MAKE AND ORDER FOR SOME ITEM IN YOUR STORE SO I WANT TO KNOW THE TOTAL COST OF THE … Continue reading
The JLPT 4 Vocabulary Download–Too Successful
Yesterday, I made a post about the newest addition to our $5 instant download collection: the second (and final) part of the JLPT 4 kyuu Vocabulary pack. To celebrate, I decided to make the $5 download a $2.50 download. All … Continue reading
The Second $5 Download for JLPT 4 Vocabulary – DONE!
These two $5 downloads have been more work than all the other readers combined. Whew. But I hope they will be useful. If you are studying for level 4 (the easiest) of the JLPT, check out the $5 download page … Continue reading