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プチ嬉しい
This made my day. No way to respond, though. Maybe I’ll respond in my next submission. It’s getting really hard to find words not already in edict though nowadays. Jim, I hope you live forever, man....
View ArticleFinding time in a busy life
I must confess, I’m a pretty fickle person. I usually start work on something, ignore it for a long time, and come back to it when it’s fresh and exciting again. I’m sure some of you have noticed long...
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Anki 2 review
So since I did a review of Anki, it seems only fair that I revisit it now that Anki 2 is out. I’ve been using it for the past few weeks and my overall impression is that things have improved...
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Best site for learning Japanese
What do you think is the best site for learning Japanese (excluding dictionaries)? Earlier this year, I’ve been trying to add more content and tune my site to rank higher for searches on “learning...
View ArticleDon’t README
This post is about how you shouldn’t be reading this post. Still here? Tsk tsk. Lately, I’ve been wrestling with the ratio of how much English vs Japanese to use in my guide. The more Japanese I can...
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A year and 300+ words later…
Wow, it’s been over a year already since I started tweeting a new word a day (almost daily minus weekends). So 300+ words later, let’s take a moment to reflect. Looking back, it’s kind of shocking how...
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I blame facebook
So long, Google Reader, we’ve had a good run. Along with iGoogle, Google is systematically killing how I organize and consume information on the Internet. They claim they are culling the less popular...
View ArticleSaturday morning
It’s allergy season and my nose has been acting up. This morning, my almost 2-year old daughter pointed at my nose and said, “hana”. I replied, “Yeah, hana.” She replied, “One, two.”
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Buying Japanese import games
I’ve been taking a break from the website these past few months to get back into video games. I’ve been buying a lot of import Japanese games I missed out on when I stopped playing games in college...
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This is pretty much racism…
For crying out loud, I don’t want to write about political BS on my blog but this is just too ridiculous. Here’s a news article about a Korean textbook that had pictures of Japanese people in it. OH MY...
View ArticleA few of my favorite things (in Japanese)
Learning a language is very similar to exercise in many ways. The best type of study is the one that you’ll do regularly. Which is why finding things you enjoy doing in Japanese is so important. So...
View ArticleSome crazy stuff is brewing…
It’s hard to imagine but as a kid, the internet didn’t really exist for us common folk. We still had to write letters the old-fashioned way and played with sticks and rocks for entertainment (slight...
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Games in Japanese (Updated x3)
One of my favorite games of all time is Parasite Eve. The story, scary atmosphere, combat, weapons, abilities, everything about it was awesome. So naturally, I was super excited to play the sequel,...
View ArticleJapanese Kanji and Kana review
Tuttle Publishing sent me four books to review so without further ado, here we go. The first one on the list is Japanese Kanji and Kana by Wolfgang Hadamitzky & Mark Spahn. According to the...
View ArticleMy first book of Japanese words review
Tuttle Publishing sent me My First Book of Japanese Words: An ABC Rhyming Book by Michelle Haney Brown for review so let’s take a look. Author’s Preface The author’s stated goal of this children’s book...
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600 Basic Japanese Verbs review
Tuttle Publishing sent me 600 Basic Japanese Verbs: The Essential Reference Guide for review so here we go again. Introduction The book’s introduction starts by saying, “Fluency in a language cannot be...
View ArticleEssential Japanese Grammar Review
Ok, the last book Tuttle Publishing sent me for review is Essential Japanese Grammar: A Comprehensive Guide to Contemporary Usage so let’s dig into it. Introduction According to the book’s Preface,...
View ArticleJapanese study 2013 recap
So another year has gone by which means I’ve been studying Japanese for around 13 years now. In 2013, I encountered a little over 400 words I didn’t know while playing games, reading books, and...
View ArticleGet off my lawn!
So almost 5 years ago, I wrote a blog post about not understanding twitter. Well, I get it now. I also get why Google killed Google Reader. Writing a long, informative blog post is a lot of work and...
View ArticleTokyo Alice
東京アリス is a free visual novel by 郷愁花屋. It’s supposed to be pretty short, just a few hours in length so I thought I’d try it out. Here are the first few lines of text, in case you’re interested in using...
View Article暇つぶしの投稿
最近、孵るという単語を習った。子供の絵本をたくさん読んでいると、意外に知らなかった単語が多々あるものだな。「そらまめくんのベッド」という絵本だけど、結構かわいくて、娘が気に入ったようだ。お勧めします。
View ArticleJapanese study 2014 recap
WHAT???? It’s already well into 2015??? Where does the time go?? Obviously, I haven’t been studying as much this year or OMG maybe the number of words I need to learn is going down? NAH! That can’t be...
View ArticleWhat’s the best way to learn Japanese?
Q: What’s the best way to learn Japanese? A: It depends. Q: What’s the best way to learn Kanji? A: The question is vague. Q: How long until I can become fluent? A: What does “fluent” mean? Also, it...
View ArticleHow to make mistakes
At any point in language learning, we have what I would call a “gut meter” based on patterns or word usages we’ve seen before and how often. This “gut meter” is what allows us to avoid mistakes based...
View ArticleJapanese study 2015 recap
Wow, is the year almost over already AGAIN?! I’m just getting older and older and seeming to accomplish less and less. I guess I’m playing games too much as usual. Some words I learned from my twitter...
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