Kanji

So, I’ve had this: HUGE kanji poster stuck on my wall for months now. I stare at it in wonder relatively often, but that’s about as far as it goes. It’s all the JLPT kanji in order and with readings. It… kind of freaks me out though. I started going through them today from the [...]

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マギー先生 and grammar

I saw a cute video today: I found it while checking out マギー先生. It’s sooo cute. My dog often sleeps like that too! Anyway, back to business. I posted a question regarding how to thank a professor, for example (on the Maggie Sensei site) and got an amazingly in depth reply. It’s certainly VERY helpful. [...]

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More grammar

べき (beki) Meaning: should do Notes: It is incorrect to use negative+べき. eg その本を読まないべきです。 (wrong) if you want to use negative use ほうがいい V-dict + べき 読むべき – should read するべき – should do 〜べき is conjugated like this Vruべき or すべき　(for the actual verb する only, or verbs like 充分する) 例：行くべき すべき Noun/ adj(na)であるべき　　　Adj(i)くべき [...]

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疲れている

Eehh. I can’t stop yawning today. Craaaaazy! I am so tired. I don’t know why, but there’s a lot of sickness going around here lately (Swine ‘Flu being only one possible).  Right now I’m sitting in the corridor waiting for my Korean class to start. So, I thought I’d post a quick something… I have [...]

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なるほど、良く分かる

I have been a little… crazy lately. But, good things are happening so… =^.^= I found another great site I want to talk to you about today. “Gimmeaflakeman” on YouTube makes a great series of videos called “Japanese for Morons”. They’re really awesome! I’ve been following him for a very long time (I’ve been on [...]

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くそ！

Tonight I am very upset about my school. It’s podunk at best and I’m having a hard time getting the classes I need. I feel so stuck and so limited. I bounce around Japanese programs and find it so… off-putting. I really need consistency. I’d love to get into the Japanese program at OSU, but [...]

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Quick Update

So, I tried making my own list on Smart.Fm tonight. I needed all the kanji from Genki II in a list… and since I couldn’t find one, I decided to make one. It’s SO EASY! Many of the kanji already have sound fles loaded, so creating a list is extremely easy. Also, since there are [...]

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夏休み

うわ！すみません！ I’m sorry I haven’t been around. I have been sick and with everything else going on it’s been impossible. But, here I am! A day late and a dollar short. I’ve recently discovered “Smart.Fm” and I am really loving it. There are list after list of Japanese verbs, nouns, adjectives, and kanji. Some general, [...]

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Dictionaries continued…

Last time I told you about the hard copy dictionaries that I use every day. Today, I’m going to talk about online sites. The two main sites I use are: JLPT-Kanji.com and renshuu.org (練習.org). I’ve looked at other sites before, but found them to be either difficult to use, or to have incorrect usage of [...]

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Dictionaries 字書

I have several Japanese dictionaries. Both hard copies and those online. I find myself using the hard copy when I am writing a journal entry on lang-8 or perhaps an essay for school. I also tend to use the JLPT-Kanji website quite often too. I’ve heard good and bad about both methods and feel justified [...]

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