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Yearly Archives: 2008
How To Learn and Review Kanji Using an SRS
by khatzumoto
For reference purposes, let’s discuss how one would learn kanji (meaning and writing only) using an SRS. It’s quite simple, really. The question section (the front of the “SRS electronic flash card”) contains the keyword (core meaning) of the kanji and the mnemonic story that links the structural components of the character to the keyword…
More Japanese Websites
by khatzumoto
You know, one of the things we take for granted is knowing what websites to visit. When you’re trying to immerse yourself in a language, you may not know where to go on the internets for good stuff to read. Well, here I am to save the day again, with more website recommendations. A friend…
Chinese Project Notes 9: Making Your Own Music
by khatzumoto
So, I was sitting at the train station, about to go to the starting point of one of my epic walks, listening to my meager collection of Cantonese hip-hop which consisted (consists?) entirely of the few LMF songs I was able to scrape together. But I was really enjoying it, and realizing that I understood…
One Kanji Poster to Rule them All, One Kanji Poster to Bind Them, One Kanji Poster to View them All, and into the Mind Grind Them, Or “Shameless Product Placement is Good for the Wallet, and the Lymph”
by khatzumoto
Just so we’re clear on this: gigantic, Microsoftial sums of money changed hands before this article came up. This, people, is what ska fans call “selling out”…What else, oh yeah — you need one of these! Buy one or you’ll never know happiness! In fact, buy two! I’ve previously discussed Japanizing your environment, and part…
Help A Reader Out
by khatzumoto
A reader named X-star sent me an email today. Here it is, slightly abridged, and with sections added to ease referencing. Hey. I found your site very motivating, but slightly confusing at times. I’ve dabbled in a bit of Japanese, learned the kana/a very small amount of kanji, picked up words here and there, textbooks…