Archive for the ‘ Japanese ’ Category
Discerning between Asian texts is actually an easy feat. The major point of confusion arises because written Chinese,Korean and Japanese are highly related having all originated from China. Fortunately the use the Chinese character system did not perfectly fit with spoken Japanese or Korean. As such both Japanese and Korean have adopted the writing system [ READ MORE ]
[update] They responded, extra kind too. [/update] Of out of all the websites that qualify as Works of Art I can think of few that were not Japanese in origin. Perhaps it is the writing system and the subsequent dexterity? Could it be their religious dirty-phobia that keeps their designs minimal? Or could it be their [ READ MORE ]
Chances are you have a picture on desktop as a background. Maybe even a picture related to japan and Japanese. I admit that it might look good, but you paid good money for that monitor space, don’t waste it. Look at this: What is it you ask? Well it is only the best use of desktop space [ READ MORE ]
Today is my last day before my school starts up full time. Its always a balancing act to keep up with school work while still enjoying my hobbies, this is what is so awesome about summer break, I can work on my projects as much as I want. Most of what I worked on this [ READ MORE ]
Using proper graph paper to practice Kanji on can really help your writing conform on shape and proportions, or at-least I know it really helped mine. Finding the perfect graph paper image was a bit of a pain so in the end I just made my own. I did some cleaning up and editing last night [ READ MORE ]
First off I should mention that I red and am reviewing the 1984 edition of this book. No I didn’t find this at some used book store. Instead this book is a bit more of an heirloom. You see I am not the first one in my family to learn Japanese, both my Grandmother and [ READ MORE ]
Using an OS in Japanese is a very big part of creating an all encompassing environment, even more so if you spend most of your day on the computer in which case the transition is vital. Typically I would expect that you will have memorized how to do the things you commonly do. You should [ READ MORE ]
A very important part of having an effective Japanese environment is audio. If you have set it up right you should not be able to hide from it, ever. If you live in a small apartment this is not really a problem since you can simply use your computer’s speakers and you should [ READ MORE ]
The Promise of Haruhi Suzumiya (涼宮ハルヒの約束, Suzumiya Haruhi no Yakusoku) was the first Suzumiya Haruhi video game released for the PSP in December 2007. It is a fully voiced visual novel with exact Japanese subtitles. Like most visual novels the story does not require much interaction on the players part, it might as well be [ READ MORE ]
This is actually quite easy so I encourage any Nico nico fan with a iPod touch ior iPhone to download the Nico Nico Douga app. You will need a valid Nico nico account and Japanese iTunes account. If you do not have these just follow this guide to get a Nico Nico account and this [ READ MORE ]
Searching for “setting up Japanese iTunes account” on Google will give you outdated information, you do not need a Japanese iTunes card in order to sign up. You do need credit on your account if you plan on buying something but there are a number of free things which make it still worthwhile. I have [ READ MORE ]
Nico Nico Douga or ニコニコ動画 is the Japanese competitor to Youtube and is chalk full of videos any otaku will love. You do need to register to see any videos n the site although that is not hard in the slightest, just follow this guide. The site also lets its user comment inside the video’s [ READ MORE ]
*/It must be said that I did not write this guide. The reason why I am copying it here is because the site it was originally posted on is, unsavory. /* Introduction to Pixiv Pixiv is an image sharing site where artists upload their work. Images can be searched by tags, rated, and favourite’d. Users can add friends [ READ MORE ]
One of the key ways I am studying Japanese is by surounding myself with it. One big part of this is audio since it does not require much intertainment and is easy to setup. The problem I ran into though is that while I have tons of Japanese music I have no access Japapnese speech. [ READ MORE ]
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