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5. Learn Kanji with words. This is really an article in itself but I mention it here. Don’t try to “learn kanji” in the abstract, but do learn them along with the words you encounter. Break them down into their components and make little stories for them (unless you don’t need...
This last written system, in turn, included a multiplicity of other hybrid writing styles, some of which were based on the combination of Chinese characters and phonetic signs (kanji kana majiri 漢字仮名混じり), a writing style often used in the collections of Buddhist tales (setsuwa 説話),...
The characters in the book use shared kanji characters and elements related to water in their names within their families to signify certain meanings. It’s interesting how names can be used to convey connections. It does make it an extra challenge when translating, especially in this case ...
Ninose Yuri,Gyoba Jiro.[Analyses of responsible factors for the delay effect produced by prolonged viewing in recognizing Kanji characters].Shinrigaku kenkyu : The Japanese journal of psychology. 2002... Y Ninose,J Gyoba - 《Shinrigaku Kenkyu the Japanese Journal of Psychology》 被引量: 10发...
It is no surprise then that the Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation’s “kanji character of the year” in 2015 is “up”, signifying Japan’s high hopes and expectations for higher raises and bonuses this year. Perhaps as importantly, the eyes of the world are on Tokyo again in ...
Kawai Kanjirō Kawase Shinobu Kishi Eiko Kishimoto Kennin Kitamura Junko Koie Ryōji Koike Shōko Kondō Yūzō Kondō Yutaka Kondō Takahiro Kuriki Tatsusuke Maeda Masahiro Matsui Kōsei Mihara Ken Miwa Kyūsetsu XIII Miyashita Zenji Morino Hiroaki Taimei ...
Take the phrase ザ・月曜日 (za getsuyōbi, “the” Monday). When someone says this to you, they do not simply want to inform you about the day of the week. What this means is it’s one of those miserable, most Monday-like Monday mornings that really have it in for you. Think ...
Bai 霾 (misty, foggy; made up of radical for rain 雨, and the old kanji for tanuki 貍) Furudanuki 古狸 (old tanuki, one able to shape shift) Iwadanuki 岩狸 (hyrax, a small herbivorous mammal) Kan 貛 (badger) Kitsune 狐 (fox) Kodanuki 小狸 (baby tanuki, small tanuki) Kokkuri 狐...
Kanji for saké from a store sign.2 Saké brewing is above all a craft. For centuries, groups of men worked day and night throughout the winter to convert rice, water, and molds into saké. The left radical in the kanji above changes one stroke into an old-fashioned saké bottle. ...