Common Japanese Words and an Easy Way to Learn Them

Common Japanese Words and an Easy Way to Learn Them

I have mention before that learning the the most common Japanese words first is an essential part of learning to speak Japanese quickly. You want to learn the words that you will use, not just the ones that are ordered in a book. However, wouldn’t it also be great if there was a simple way [...]

December 7th, 2009 by Nick 

Reading Japanese Words in Style

Reading Japanese Words in Style

So you finally figured out how to read and write Japanese on your computer (if you haven’t, do this right away). The problem is that the standard fonts for Japanese aren’t very good. In addition to just being plane bad looking or difficult to read, there may occasionally be characters that don’t show up. Since [...]

November 23rd, 2009 by Nick 

Great Video Series to Learn Japanese

Great Video Series to Learn Japanese

I am always on the lookout for good Japanese learning tools. With all the available channels there are a lot of different types products, but to be honest, many fall very short of really teaching you the language. But every once and a while, I happen to stumble across one that really impresses me. What’s [...]

November 18th, 2009 by Nick 

1000 Common Japanese Words for Anki or Mnemosyne

1000 Common Japanese Words for Anki or Mnemosyne

The most popular post on JapaneseWords.net has been 1000+ Japanese Words List. As the title suggests, the post contains a list of over 1000 common Japanese Words and Kanji. I am proud to announce that the list has just gotten much better. Thanks to the hard work of Michele Romanini and his wife Bika Fujioka, [...]

November 15th, 2009 by Nick 

NihongoUp

NihongoUp

I have mentioned several times that studying Japanese should be fun. If it’s not fun then it is going to be much harder and take you longer to learn. An ideal method would be one that makes you feel like you aren’t studying at all. Over the last few weeks I have been playing with [...]

November 4th, 2009 by Nick 

JapanesePod101

JapanesePod101

So far we have covered tools for memorizing Japanese words and phrases, learning and reading kana and kanji, and of a great dictionary. Today we are going to talk about a program I used to use quite a bit when I first started working in Tokyo, JapanesePod101. When I first started using JapanesePod101 is was [...]

October 14th, 2009 by Nick 

Read the Kanji

Read the Kanji

The last two tools I have written about (Remembering the Kanji and Reviewing the Kanji) have all been about learning the kanji. When learning kanji it’s important to not lose focus of why we are studying in the first place, “to read Japanese”. And it just so happens, that this next tool is a cool [...]

October 8th, 2009 by Nick 

Learn Japanese with Firefox and Rikaichan

Learn Japanese with Firefox and Rikaichan

In the last couple of days we have covered Anki, an easy to use flash card program that will help you learn Japanese words and kanji quicker. We also discussed Denshi Jisho, a great Japanese dictionary. Today we will discuss two tools for reading and learning Japanese online (let’s face it, we spend a lot [...]

October 1st, 2009 by Nick 

Denshi Jisho- More Than Just a Japanese Dictionary

Denshi Jisho- More Than Just a Japanese Dictionary

Yesterday I discussed Anki, a really great flash card program that will help you learn faster. Today we will talk about another very important companion to learning Japanese, a dictionary! This dictionary has more than just the ability to look up words, it can give you examples in sentences and help you find kanji as [...]

September 30th, 2009 by Nick 

Using Anki To Learn Japanese Words and Characters Quicker

Using Anki To Learn Japanese Words and Characters Quicker

When it comes to learning Japanese there is a lot to memorize. You need to memorize words, phrases, and three alphabets (hiragana, katakana, and Kanji). Kanji alone has over 2000 characters. So finding the most efficient method to memorize Japanese should be high on our list. That’s where Anki comes in. But before we go [...]

September 29th, 2009 by Nick 
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