This past week, I have been doing some research on how to improve my Japanese studies. Now I listen to Japanese very often through a podcast that I can download and either hear on my mobile phone or on iTunes. With all this, I decided to boost my kanji and kanas studies. I have almost [...]
One of the problems I faced when looking for the meaning of a kanji is, that I don’t know how to write it or how to find its meaning. Everything seems a problem when it comes to kanjis. Recently, I found the solution in a Japanese forum, and although it might take a few minutes, [...]
We already learned a few kanjis in our previous class involving 人, so now we’ll check out a few more. 六人 (ろくに ん) “roku-nin” six people 七人 (な なに ん〕 “nana-nin” seven people Don’t forget that seven can be either nana or shichi. 七人 (し ち に ん), “shichi-nin” seven people 八人 (は ち に [...]
Well, today we will learn some Japanese kanjis, we will focus on the kanji: 人 but let’s first check some other important kanjis. This kanji 一 (いち) “ichi” translates to “one”, but does not mean just “one”. 一 has more meanings which are also important. 一 (ひと) “hito” which means person. 人 (ひと) “hito” This [...]
Today we will learn three kanjis which are related to kanjis we have seen before. 土 “つち“ (tsuchi) Earth, ground, we can imagine that the first symbol represents a three, or better said, the birth of a tree. 赤 ” あか“ (aka) Red, this kanji is the union of several kanjis which are: fire and [...]
In order to explain this kanji, I need to explain three other kanji’s first, which will make it easier to understand. 心 This kanji means heart. We can imagine the heart being the middle line and drops of blood around the heart, or maybe veins leading out the heart. Do you feel that this explanation [...]
Today, we’ll discuss a couple of kanji’s that will be easy to remember. For starters, you should imagine children going to school. A very typical Japanese image is children going to school wearing their yellow cap or hat and their schoolbag. Are you catching my drift? Here you can see a video to see what [...]
If you or someone else you know admires Hello Kitty, then it might not be a bad idea to give them something involving this character, like this original present which boils your eggs in the shape of Hello Kitty. Of course, it would be nice to know if this person likes eggs, otherwise the gift [...]
In some places were we went to eat in Japan, they would put some kind of pot containing rice from which we would take the amount of rice we wanted. The truth is that the rice tasted great and was kept at an ideal temperature. This “pot” is really a machine that makes rice and [...]
Ninjas mastered different techniques of walking, as the success of their missions depended on it. Although we have already discussed some of the most common methods in an earlier post, there are some other stealth techniques that were important to control and helped them moving around appropriately according to their surroundings. Ko ashi The ninja [...]