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All about Leap Year in Japanese Posted by keiko on Feb 29, 2016
Happy Leap Day everyone! Today is February 29th, 2016, one of the special leap days we all have only every 4 years. Although we all know that leap year is every 4 years, I wanted to cover some of the facts related to Leap Year below, especially related to how it is handled in Japan. I am…
Increasing Your Japanese Vocabulary – Part 2 Posted by keiko on Feb 29, 2016
The second part of this series, increasing your Japanese vocabulary is all about how to describe characteristics of “things” around you. It is never too late to start learning new vocabularies, you can start using them as soon as you learn them, it will just be helpful in your daily conversation or in your…
Learning Japanese – Increasing your vocabulary Posted by keiko on Feb 27, 2016
This month’s theme is all about increasing your vocabulary. When having a daily conversation in no matter what language, it is so easy to stick with the words or phrases that you are comfortable using. It’s not hard but for some reason, it’s not too easy to learn new vocabulary each day. You have to…
Everyday Kanji Lesson – Part 2 Posted by keiko on Jan 31, 2016
Part 2 of the Everyday Kanji series is all about “fruit”. At grocery stores in Japan, some of these Kanji’s are listed in the sign. Most often, Kanji’s are mentioned next to hiragana or Katakana. It definitely doesn’t hurt to learn these Kanji’s. Perhaps you can start with your favorite fruits below. Most the…
Everyday Kanji Lesson – Part 1 Posted by keiko on Jan 31, 2016
We use Kanji’s everywhere when we write or express in Japanese. Not all Japanese words has appropriate Kanji’s, but I would say 90% of them do. Things around the house, outside (nature, public places, etc..) There are all sorts of Kanji’s and the process of learning Kanji’s are almost endless. Typically in Japan, elementary…
Japanese Kanji Quiz – Part 1 Posted by keiko on Jan 31, 2016
As part of the series for learning Kanji’s, I decided to create the following Kanji Quiz below. Have you many of these can you guess? I tried to stick to simple Kanji’s but some of them might be a big more complicated than others. Answers for each challenge are at the bottom of the page…
Tricky Japanese Kanji Collection Posted by keiko on Jan 27, 2016
As one of the resolutions for 2016, you might be already working hard towards the goal of “learning Japanese(Nihongo Gakushu, 日本語 学習、にほんご がくしゅう)”. I am here to hopefully assist you on the journey of perfecting your Japanese from different aspects, reading, writing, and speaking. For that purpose, I have set my own agenda for the…