あけおめことよろ (Akeome kotoyoro). Drs. Heisig and Richardson already have one of these going, but just for the heck of it, here are some free Hanzi Mnemonics anyway. The project will take some time to reach completion, but I’ll keep plugging away at it. The eventual goal is 10,000 characters (if the demand is there…4000+ is…
The African Way of Learning…Just Do It
by khatzumoto
“The African way of learning is: you listen to the rhythms since the day you are born, so when you first touch the drum as child, you already know the rhythms and know how it SHOULD sound. Nobody ever has to explain anything to you, you just copy what you hear…” Sanementereng: the sound of…
Strategies for Overcoming Burnout
by khatzumoto
This entry is part 4 of 14 in the series Intermediate AngstA good number of people have contacted me or written elsewhere about how using the methods described on this site led to burnout for them. No fun. Too tiring. Can’t continue. There are two types of burnout that typically occur. Kanji burnout and sentences…
Japanese Websites: Learning To Ask Questions, and Getting Answers
by khatzumoto
OK, so…let’s make this one short and sweet. Asking questions is one of the most important things you can do in a language. You have to know how to ask questions in a variety of ways, depending on the social situation, the amount of knowledge you have, whether or not you give the answerer “response…
Top 10 Best Japanese Comedians
by khatzumoto
First, let me say this: it sucks being famous and having snot-nosed kids like me who don’t know what they’re talking about make stupid comments about you. I think that almost all (if not all) the comedians on Japanese TV are funny, I just picked the ones that gave me the highest LPM (laughs per…
Cute Girls, Mathematics, Language
by khatzumoto
This entry is part 1 of 4 in the series A Year Isn’t A Year if It’s Not a Year: Stop Counting Money By Weighing ItRecently, I met this one girl. She’s really cute. And she knows Japanese. Fluently. Native-level fluently. After only studying it four years. She talks circles around people who studied it…