Good image translators are hard to find. In the age of the internet, going to the library and using manual methods for translating individual kanji for translation purposes is very time consuming and tiring. Texts are easy to translate using online translators like Google and Microsoft Translate. ...
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 only vaguely remember my first electronic dictionary. I know I had a very small one I bought in Akihabara in 2003 that deftly jumped around between kanji and compounds. But I left it in a classroom when I got back to the states and someone took it. I’d written my name on it, I...
For instance, if you’re tackling hiragana for the first time, try saying “I want to learn hiragana in one week.” However, it has to be something that’s actually achievable. A goal like “I want to memorize all 2,136 official kanji in one month” is highly unlikely to happen. It...
–The kanji of the year is 税 (zei, tax). Boring, but topical. Read morehere. The only thingI could think ofwasMizuki Ichiroyelling ゼーット! on Gaki no Tsukai’s 笑ってはいけない罰ゲーム. I believe his first appearance was the police-themed 2006 show, but he showed up in a ...
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 notion of love. At first glance, the words koi (恋) from ai (愛) feel similar. After all their English translation is the same and both have...
Writing the word “human” using Japanese characters or writing (also known as kanji) is deceptively easy. It can be completed in as little as two downward, curving strokes. Beginning from the top, draw a line downward, curving the direction of the pen or pencil slightly to the left as ...
Sentence Translate- get an English translation and a word-by-word analysis for any Japanese sentence Multi-word Search- search for multiple words in one go Kanji Search- automatically identify all the kanji in any paragraph of text 13. Kanji, word and name collections ...
Furigana above all Kanji I decided to have a crack at it. It didn’t take long to finish 1 article. Here’s my experience with learning reading Japanese articles on this site. Task:Read 1 article. Duration: 7minutes. Tools Used:
and you can read Japanese novels and newspapers. In this guide, we will show you step by step how to go from absolute beginner to kanji expert. It will not always be easy, and sometimes you may want to give up, but we will show you how to have fun along the way. With perseverance...