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Thread: Japan or Taiwan. Post: RE: Japan or Taiwan. Dudeist, Having spent time in both places I can enthusiastically say "Japan! Make it Japan." Here are my personal reasons: 1. Culture. Japan's culture is much richer and more varied than Taiwan's. ... |
KMarkP | General discussion | 28 | 3,395 | 2016-02-10, 1:22 pm | ||
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Thread: Best books you read last year Post: Best books you read last year I only read one Japanese book this year. (That's about my speed.) I am a fan of 東野圭吾 so I read one of his latest, パラドックス13. It was mystery mixed with some dystopian sci-fi. Pretty entertaining if you ... |
KMarkP | General discussion | 30 | 5,828 | 2015-01-13, 3:26 pm | ||
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Thread: A few questions Post: A few questions Congratulations on your decision to study Japanese. It takes a lot of time and energy but stick with it and you will be rewarded. Your Questions: Q -About Rikaichan , when you move the cursor to a Ka... |
KMarkP | The Japanese language | 23 | 4,086 | 2014-05-06, 3:13 pm | ||
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Thread: Deck + RTK Post: Deck + RTK Most of the Heisig RTK Anki decks are not meant to teach the kanji but to review them once you have learned them. You will need to get the book in order to learn the kanji and familiarize yourself wit... |
KMarkP | Learning resources | 3 | 534 | 2014-05-06, 8:41 am | ||
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Thread: Amazon's Japanese Kindle Store opens tomorrow Post: Amazon's Japanese Kindle Store opens tomorrow It also looks like you can't purchase Kindle books from Amazon.co.jp and have them work on US Kindles (or the Kindle app, either, I guess.) Does anyone know where Japanese ebooks can be bought that wi... |
KMarkP | Learning resources | 100 | 38,753 | 2012-10-25, 11:43 am | ||
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Thread: Reading Suggestions for Advanced Learners Post: Reading Suggestions for Advanced Learners How about 東野圭吾 (Higashino Keigo)? 秘密 had me hooked from beginning to end--and it wasn't all that difficult. I've read a lot of Murakami Haruki, especially his early stuff. But after slogging through... |
KMarkP | The Japanese language | 25 | 4,996 | 2012-05-29, 9:06 am | ||
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Thread: Best japanese dictionary ? Post: Best japanese dictionary ? How about the free Android app AEDICT? It uses the EDICT database and has kanji look-up, romaji entry, flashcard and notepad function. It's sufficient for most of my needs right now. |
KMarkP | Learning resources | 11 | 7,261 | 2010-12-08, 9:23 am | ||
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Thread: Japanese script of Miyazaki anime Post: Japanese script of Miyazaki anime Try this site: http://kitsunekko.net/subtitles/japanese/ |
KMarkP | Learning resources | 3 | 6,758 | 2010-02-26, 10:46 am | ||
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Thread: Funniest/coolest/favourite sounding Word Post: Funniest/coolest/favourite sounding Word I got one for you. How about this: 交響曲第五番は単調 （こうきょうきょくだいごばんはたんちょ） That's "Symphony # 5 in C minor" A familiar phrase in a 中学 music class. |
KMarkP | The Japanese language | 39 | 10,674 | 2009-08-27, 12:33 pm | ||
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Thread: Forum suggestion: 日本語の会話 Post: Forum suggestion: 日本語の会話 A Japanese-only thread might give good reading and writing practice, but would it give AUTHENTIC reading and writing practice? There may be those on this forum who's Japanese skills are native-like, b... |
KMarkP | General discussion | 28 | 6,208 | 2009-07-02, 11:50 am | ||
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Thread: Can anyone recommend a good book on Japanese history? Post: Can anyone recommend a good book on Japanese histo... So, do you want historical novels (like the Michener)? If so, something like Clavell's "Shogun" would be a good introduction to the Sengoku--Tokugawa period. Also, there's nothing like reading fiction... |
KMarkP | Off topic | 3 | 743 | 2009-05-29, 12:09 pm | ||
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Thread: Music and Japanese Major Post: Music and Japanese Major I could write you my whole life's story, but I'll refrain. Suffice it to say that I have been teaching music and Japanese in an American public high school for 20 years. The two skills have worked ver... |
KMarkP | Off topic | 3 | 1,108 | 2009-03-23, 8:51 am | ||
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Thread: Why do people think the Kana are hard? Post: Why do people think the Kana are hard? I don't know how the ヲ developed, but I do know that there have been times and instances where Japanese texts, for one reason or another, were written in katakana. For example, Japanese telegrams were... |
KMarkP | The Japanese language | 92 | 28,253 | 2009-03-02, 12:32 pm | ||
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Thread: Japanese Reading Materials Post: Japanese Reading Materials I just started a new novel that might be interesting to those whose reading skills are still in the intermediate stage. The prize-winning mystery novel "Himitsu" by Higashino Keigo is surprisingly eas... |
KMarkP | Learning resources | 75 | 19,162 | 2009-02-27, 10:23 am | ||
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Thread: Need help translating audio Post: Need help translating audio Would it make sense in context to translate 謎 as "puzzle" or "riddle"? The last line would then be "It's chock full of puzzles" or something like that. Would that work? |
KMarkP | Off topic | 9 | 1,268 | 2009-01-24, 8:37 pm | ||
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Thread: Teaching Japanese to English-Speaking High Schoolers? Post: Teaching Japanese to English-Speaking High Schoole... As a long time high school teacher, I think EnjukuBlack is correct. Elective courses that aren't popular are quickly canceled. While there are a lot of students interested in some facets of Japanese c... |
KMarkP | General discussion | 71 | 9,136 | 2009-01-13, 1:16 pm | ||
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Thread: Easy Kanji Reading Post: Easy Kanji Reading I remember the first book I ever read in Kanji. It was the Japanese translation of "The Little Prince." It was surprisingly accessible and all of the kanji had furigana (the small hiragana used to sh... |
KMarkP | Learning resources | 24 | 9,183 | 2008-05-28, 11:35 am | ||
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Thread: 3 Japanese Novels: Please help me select them. Post: 3 Japanese Novels: Please help me select them. I would recommend the novels of Murakami Haruki. The sentence structure is fairly simple, the language is modern and up to date, the stories are interesting, and the vocabulary is immediately useful. ... |
KMarkP | General discussion | 11 | 2,846 | 2008-04-09, 11:45 am | ||