An incredible PDF cheat sheet for Japanese learners. Hiragana, Katakana, verb conjugating and verb forms, adjectives, particles. US and International paper sizes both available.
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Japanese Cheat Sheet
JAPAN THIS! Add Kaomoji to Your iPhone's Dictionary - DIY kanji conversion is finally possible!!
Having been in love with Japanese cellphones for years, I broke my habit and 2 years ago waited in line during the iPhone debut in Japan and got me a brand spanking new iPhone!! Only to find out that it wasn't really ready for the uses and abuses of a typical day in Japan.
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How I’ve Learned Japanese Part 2: Hiragana & Katakana
In my experience, hiragana is the best introduction to written Japanese, and it can be really helpful to learn your hiragana as soon as you can. Learning hiragana is a great way to familiarize yourself with all of the different sounds of the Japanese alphabet too.
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Think You Know Your Kana?
Thus far I've completed 80 sheet of kana practice. That's approximately 12,300 individually written kana; does your arm hurt after that.
There are a few pesky kana that I blank on. Download this handy practice sheet to master them all!
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Reading material: Bam&Kero
One of the biggest problems encountered by beginner Japanese learners is the lack of easy to read texts. Yes, there are tons of dialogues and short stories in the Japanese textbooks but they aren’t particularly interesting, or even authentic. I therefore decided to review some of the more interesting free reading I’ve encountered during my study.
Read more »Application/Game Review: Learning Japanese with Nihongoup
I couldn't work out if I should call Nihongoup a game or application, it's a seriously fun tool! I've been using it for about a week now, and I think it could be really useful for people that need to attack their kana and kanji study.
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Do you know the Sino-Japanese number system, man?
Learning to think in units of 10,000 can be a challenge. Also: do you say "man" or "mahn"?
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