Why You Need To Learn The Japanese Kana

Why You Need To Learn The Japanese Kana

One of the most popular posts on Japanese words has been the common Japanese Words list containing over 1000 Japanese words and kanji. That page has received quite a few comments asking for pronunciations in romaji (English Alphabet). While having romaji may seem to make studying easier when you first start out, learning using the [...]

September 22nd, 2009 by Nick 

Remembering The Kana: “The” Book To Learning The Japanese Kana

Remembering The Kana: “The” Book To Learning The Japanese Kana

Learning to read and write Japanese is by far the most difficult part of learning the language. There are a lot of characters and they have no resemblance to the English alphabet at all. It takes hour after hour of writing them down again and again to remember them, and soon as you stop them [...]

June 28th, 2009 by Nick 

Keeping Yourself Motivated to Study Japanese

Keeping Yourself Motivated to Study Japanese

Regardless of whether you are just starting or have been studying for quite some time there are always stumbling points. Times when you feel you will not attain the level of fluency you had hoped, that your progress is going to slowly, or that the immediate benefits you are receiving just aren’t worth the amount [...]

June 7th, 2009 by Nick 

Getting Back to Japanese Basics

Getting Back to Japanese Basics

Saturday  I received all 4 of the “Remember the Kanji” books. Three of the books are designed to help a Japanese learner master kanji and one is focused on learning hiragana and katakana. I will be posting reviews on all of these books once I have had a little more time to evaluate them. I [...]

April 20th, 2009 by Nick 

To Learn or Not to Learn Kanji?

To Learn or Not to Learn Kanji?

Without a doubt the most difficult part of learning Japanese is learning kanji. There are over 2000 kanji in the Japanese language and many of them are complex and look very similar to one another. Adding to the difficulty is the fact that each kanji can be read differently depending on the way it is [...]

April 7th, 2009 by Nick