Tag: hiragana

The Boring Book – Japanese Children’s book

There has been a book collecting dust on my desk at work. Another result of my on again off again frustration when studying Ja

Japan Scene 9: Graduating Kindergartners

Japanese is hard (for me). I plateaued not long after arriving but over the past year, I have been kicking the ceiling and sta

I have a complaint – Japanese Children’s book

ふまんがあります! My up and down journey to learn Japanese continues. Reading remains one of the most difficult aspect

25+ Japanese words and phrases Anime taught me

A few months ago I made a post called “Is learning Japanese with Anime, Manga and Video Games possible?” That post

Where do you start when learning Japanese?

In a recent vlog, I spoke about having a Japanese focused video series. Over the past few weeks, I have struggled with getting

Learning Japanese? This Giveaway is for you!

Clay Boutwell, the author of Hiragana, the Basics of Japanese, is looking for learners of Japanese interested in receiving a f

Japanese Kana – Google Chrome Extension

I continue to be stuck in my Japanese learning rut. Work, life, procrastination and indiscipline battle my every attept to sti

Kana Invaders Flash Game

Simple easy to play games are often used to teach languages. I recently discovered an interesting flash game called Kana Invad

NihongoUp – Japanese educational game

My study of the Japanese language is a stop and go process but I have been making a lot of progress lately. On the reading sid

Hiragana and Katakana explained

Hiragana and Katakana (together known as “Kana”) are simple, 50 character (4 of which are obsolete so most sources

Hiragana Charts – Jamaipanese style ^_^

Three consecutive nights of fiddling around in Macromedia (or should I say Adobe) fireworks has produced the following hiragan