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...
I’m in the Japan Times this week with a look at the創作漢字コンテスト(Sōsaku kanji kontesuto, Created Kanji Contest): “Radical recombinations: Capture the moment with created kanji.” Tip of the hat to my editorShaunwho alerted me to this fascinating and fun contest. Also, HUGE thank...
Someone is determined to upload all of Ogawa Mimei’s writing toAozora. His stories just keep on popping up on the list of newly added works. They all have furigana and are written in a fairy tale/children’s literature style, so the grammar and vocabulary is relatively simple. We’ve be...
English TitleAn Archdemon's Dilemma: How to Love Your Elf Bride AliasesMadome Romaji TitleMaou no Ore ga Dorei Elf wo Yome ni Shitanda ga, Dou Medereba Ii? Furigana Titleまおうのおれがどれいエルフをよめにしたんだが どうめでればいい ...
As for kanji, I highly recommend usingHeisig’s methodand Anki. This method is very similar to the one I described for kana, but it focuses on learning the character and English descriptionfirst, and then going back to learn the readings later with related vocab. It’s a very effective ...
re reading. At first, you should pickmanga that have furigana(hiragana above all kanji) or you will get frustrated. Easy manga to start with are Doraemon, Chi’s Sweet Home or generally various shojo manga (Marmalade Boy, Hana Yori Dango etc.). But make sure it’s something you’re ...
This is a great resource to practice Kanji since there’s no furigana. Tanoshii Japanesealso has a handful of fun Japanese typing games to help with typing speed and accuracy. It improves your typing abilities in Kanji, Katakana and Hiragana. ...
35. Learn How To Look Up Kanji That You've Never Seen Before Fromguidetojapanese.org: “If you're trying to find a word with Kanji you've never seen before, you need to find each one and stitch the word together using copy+paste. Themulti-radical Kanjisearch is one of the easiest ...
So keep this perspective in the back of your mind as we take a closer look at the vocabulary for love in Japanese. Vocabulary forLovein Japanese The first thing you discover when you look up the word “love” in a dictionary, is that Japanese has not one, but two kanji to express the...
The pronunciation of the kanji 猫 (cat) is ねこ (“neko”). If you wanted to show the pronunciation of this kanji, you might see the hiragana written above it in a small font called furigana. Otherwise, if it’s not the right situation to use kanji (e.g. in a picture book for ...