If you want to accelerate the process, you can show Kanshudo that you know something by testing on it. For example, you could studyhiraganaorkatakanaflashcards. Or you could take theKanji Quizor aKanji Challenge. Any time you demonstrate that you know material, Kanshudo will take that into...
Since the site is entirely in Japanese (without furigana for the kanji), it may be daunting for beginners to navigate. But if you feel like you can already move past the likes ofNHK News Web Easy, TV Asahi’s site may give you the news fix you’re looking for. Oh, and you can do...
There’s a growing phenomenon of Japanese people forgetting how to handwrite kanji because they hardly ever have to. These days, so much of our writing takes place on phones and computers. Of course you’ll need tolearn towrite the Japanese kana,but over 2,000 kanji? With your limited stu...
Peter: What do you think? Sakura: 面白かったです。(Omoshirokatta desu.) フードはいつも。(Fūdo wa itsumo.) I always enjoy food lessons. Peter: Me too. Now let’s kind of get a – let’s have a little guess here. How long it’s going to take for me to get you that Kobe ...
In summary,this is all meant to be a super-simple litmus test– I’ve skipped over lots of technicalities (including the multiple types of Chinese writing), avoided explaining exceptions (longkanjicompounds, the Chinese-adoptedの, etc.), and oversimplified everything (not even mentioning Korean,...
Chinese characters, or kanji, were borrowed and adapted to the Japanese language in the 5th century A.D. along with the calligraphic writing style. The discipline required to form the flowing characters perfectly became known as the art of shodo. The brush strokes are more than words - -they...
To celebrate one’s 77thbirthday in Japan is to celebrate 喜寿(kiju), or a year of good fortune. This belief came about by disassembling the archaic form of the kanji 喜寿. Broken into pieces, this kanji represents “luck” or “high fortune.” ...
I’m not exactly a kanji master, but those look likeatejito me. Literally you have self (自) + throw away (棄) + liquor (酒). The first two are a compound where 自 is the direct object and 棄 is the verb: “throw away/abandon yourself.” ...
Lastly, if you’re hoping to learn Japanese at some point, Traditional is basically the same as the Kanji alphabet. Whether you opt for Traditional or Simplified Chinese (or both), flashcards are the most effective learning tools you can use to learn Chinese characters. By combining these ...
花and はな are Japanese words, both equally pronounced and both meaning flower. First word is written using Kanji (Chinese characters in Japan) character and second one using Hiragana which is a syllabary. Again, since it is a simple word, there is only one morpheme. There are four phoneme...