
One of the hardest things about learning a language is understanding the spoken word .
Passing the JLPT is all about preparation - the right preparation. Whether you are months, weeks or even days away, the way you prepare for the test will determine how well you pass it, or how badly you fail it.
Learning to read Japanese is probably the most challenging aspect of learning Japanese. Most students find it far too confusing and time consuming, and as a result give up.
I spent the afternoon looking at Japanese lessons on Youtube. I come across a “GURU”, Takanori Tomita, a professional Japanese translator, and operates a education company in Japan.
How many Japanese words do you know? I have stumbled across a very effective vocabulary building method which I think can help you to learn lots of vocabulary.
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Posted on 10 March 2010
Living and working in Japan is very stimulating, exciting and for the most part rewarding. Every aspect of the culture is different so you are always discovering something new or unusual. I have had many wonderful experiences in Japan. I have also had many frustrating and confusing experiences as well. Understanding Japanese takes a lot of [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 26 May 2009
It has been a while snice I have written a post. My wife and I have been hard at work making Japanese flashcards for the JLPT. These are no ordinary flashcards. These are picture Hiragana and Kanji flashcards. We carefully picked 442 words for levels 3 and 4 and created 2 sets of fun flashcards [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 09 April 2009
My wife and I are in the process of making a product for learning to speak Japanese. We have thought about what is most important for the student. We have come up with several factors that we believe are most important in order to learn how to speak Japanese fluently. One is that we teach [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 01 April 2009
Giri is an important value and social custom in Japan. In short, it is the duty one has to fulfill various social obligations. These include the giving of gifts, returning favors, attending functions such as weddings and funerals, the sending of New Years cards and avoiding actions that would cause harm to any one’s livelihood or reputation. While [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 29 March 2009
We are going to continue our study on Japanese grammar in this post with our third lesson on particles. We are going to take a look at the particle も. The particle も can be used to indicate similarity as in the words ‘too’ or ‘also’. This particle replaces が or は, when used: A: 私がえいがすきです。 B: 私もえいががすきです。 A: [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 23 March 2009
Did you know that you can learn Japanese online with our videos at Youtube? We have posted 75 videos for learning Japanese. You can learn how to read hiragana and katakana. We have video lessons to teach you Japanese words and phrases. We have samples our our products as well. In this video lesson you will [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 23 March 2009
In this post we are going to look at the particle は. Note that the particle is not pronounce as it is reads. It is pronounced wa and not ha. This particle has three main functions in Japanese. The first of these is to act as topic marker for conversations or texts. The main difference between [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 23 March 2009
Studying Japanese grammar isn’t always fun, but you have to know your grammar. In the next three post we shall look at the importance of particles. When I studied for the Japanese Language Proficiency Test I spent quite a lot of time learning particles and how to correctly use them. Particles in Japanese are called [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 21 March 2009
Welcome to a Read Japanese Fast Kanji lessons. In this lesson we have included grammar explanations. If you really want to start reading Kanji check out “Read Japanese Fast ” – it will have you reading Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji in 30 days. It focuses on reading rather than memorizing Kanji. Trying to memorize lots [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 16 March 2009
After living in Japan for close to ten years and once never breaking the law I was quite angered when I learned that the next time I re-enter Japan I will be fingerprinted and my photo will be taken. My photograph and the image of my fingerprints will then be ran through a database of [...] Continue Reading