I saw this page from How To Learn Any Language a while ago (it might be that someone put it in comments) but neglected to link to it despite how cool it is: a headshot jackpot mother lode of Japanese audio materials with transcripts. They range from children’s books to some more, what’s the word,…
Popping Bubblewrap: Tips for Better SRS Sentence Items
by khatzumoto
This entry is part 9 of 11 in the series Secrets to Smoother SRSingFirst of all, an admission of guilt. I have misled you. In some of my SRS item examples, I have shown some reeeeeeeearry long sentences. Wait, hold on, Kung Fu Hustle is on, and its the final fight against the Axe Gang…
AJATT: The Book!
by khatzumoto
…Not really. Not yet, anyway. But, see, the thing is, this site was written as a blog. Which was nice in terms of allowing it to be written incrementally, but sucky for reading once it got really big. It definitely needed some logical linearization (rather than the chronological kind that comes by default). So here…
Japanese Websites: Buying A Region-Free DVD Player
by khatzumoto
Hey, so, lately I’ve been looking for a portable, region-free DVD player…Don’t know if I’ll end up actually choosing one or not. But anyway, I used these websites to do some (well, all) of the research. And they’re in Japanese. And it seemed like it would make great reading material. So here are the links:…
Saying Yes to YesAsia: Free Worldwide Shipping + PayPal + Wide Selection = Smiles
by khatzumoto
Hey…how’s it going? Looking forward to any blockbusters this summer? Me too. But back on topic. So, there’s this store called YesAsia, and they’ve been around for a while, but I never really took them seriously back then. Maybe it was because, unlike Amazon, product reviews by users were so few and far between, and…
Not to get you excited way ahead of time or anything, but…
by khatzumoto
Yeah…it’s coming. Soon. “Soon” being Japanese for “at an indeterminate time in the geologically near future”. Explosions, action, fast-paced hip music. Save that for other movies. This one just has me in it. And that, friends…is enough. Khatzumoto: The Movie. Presented in ultra high-definition flash video and shot using the latest two-year-old Japanese cellphone technology.…