Reading Japanese Words Like a Pro with Rikaichan

Reading Japanese Words Like a Pro with Rikaichan

In the last post: Using Firefox To Boost Your Japanese Learning Online, I talked about why you should use Firefox as the browser of choice for learning Japanese on the web. If you haven’t read that article yet, please do so and get Firefox installed before moving on. Today, I will be showing you a [...]

July 13th, 2009 by Nick 

Is It Hard To Learn Japanese?

Is It Hard To Learn Japanese?

It depends. Probably not the answer that you were hoping for, but bare with me for a second. It depends on whether you want to learn to speak Japanese or if you also want to learn to read and write. If you want to speak Japanese (which is the case for most people) then it [...]

June 12th, 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