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Japanese for Texting – Part 3 Posted by keiko on Jun 26, 2015
There will be two more articles on Japanese for Texting including today’s post. I hope you are learning more practical Japanese phrases that you can easily use with your friends. If there is anything specific you would like to know, always leave me a comment. I will try to cover in my future articles for…
Japanese for Texting – Part 2 Posted by keiko on Jun 22, 2015
Hope you all liked the Part 1 of the Japanese for Texting. The expressions I am covering in this series are mainly to be used among friends, as they sound more friendly than formal. I am thinking, you would text more often to your friends or family than to your boss. If you need a…
Japanese for Texting – Part 1 Posted by keiko on Jun 19, 2015
These days, I fee like I text or email more often than actually talking to my friends and family. How about you? Do you feel the same way? Texting has become one of the major communication methods for us these days. Recently, I received a few requests from readers, requesting me to cover some Japanese…
Japanese summer related words. Posted by keiko on Jun 12, 2015
My kids have already started the summer break. I know some of you out there have been already done with school or have kids who are out of school and enjoying the summer. As a mom, I am not sure if I like this long summer break that lasts until the end of August…
Kanji Challenge – Part 4 Posted by keiko on May 30, 2015
The last Kanji Challenge was all about the one character Kanji’s. Hopefully, the list of Kanji’s I put together was something you can easily memorize and become familiar with. While researching about my next topic of Kanji Challenge, I came across this great site that has 50 of the basic Kanji’s with its pronunciation…
Tips on learning Japanese Posted by keiko on May 19, 2015
Taking a break from learning this month’s theme: Kanji’s, I wanted to share these useful tips on learning Japanese as a second language. Some of these could be applied to any foreign language you might be studying besides Japanese. I would like everyone out there who is learning Japanese to be successful. Try these…
Kanji Challenge – Part 2 Posted by keiko on May 14, 2015
In my previous blog, I have started the first Kanji Challenge where I have listed the first set of simple Kanji’s, number 1 through 10 (一 ~ 十). Before I keep posting more of the Kanji challenges, I wanted to introduce you to what we call, “Radical”, in Kanji,, which will be very important to know…