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Kanji Set 6

February 24, 2009

Kanji: 上 Kana: (on) ジョウ (kun) うえ Meaning: up Stroke Order Kanji: 下 Kana: (on) カ (kun) した Meaning: down Stroke Order Kanji: 中 Kana: (on) チュウ, ジュウ (kun) なか Meaning: middle Stroke Order Kanji: 半 Kana: (on) ハン Meaning: half Stroke Order Usage 上 上 – (うえ) – top; above 上手な – (ジョウズナ) – good at 屋上 [...]

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I'm Back and Stable

February 24, 2009

If you regularly follow me you will know that the last couple of weeks my site has been up and down and up and down and up and down.  Finally, things should be resolved as we some major server changes have been made and should be stable again.  Which means I can get back to [...]

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Kanji Set 5

February 17, 2009

Kanji: 水 Kana: (on) スイ, (kun) みず Meaning: water Stroke Order Kanji: 木 Kana: (on) モク, (kun)き Meaning: tree Stroke Order Kanji: 金 Kana: (on) キン, (kun)かね Meaning: gold; money Stroke Order Kanji: 土 Kana: (on) ド, (kun) つち Meaning: soil Stroke Order Kanji:曜 Kana: (on) ヨウ Meaning: weekday Stroke Order Usage 水 水曜日 – [...]

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Yamagata

February 12, 2009

Note/Disclaimer: This is a post that is meant to give a quick overview of some of Yamgata and not full detail of everything. Yamagata is much like a state in the US with a rich past, present, and future to come. I can’t possibly cover everything and getting the tip of everything would be a [...]

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Akita

February 11, 2009

Note/Disclaimer: This is a post that is meant to give a quick overview of some of Akita and not full detail of everything. Akita is much like a state in the US with a rich past, present, and future to come. I can’t possibly cover everything and getting the tip of everything would be a [...]

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Kanji Set 4

February 10, 2009

Kanji: 日 Kana: (on) ニ, ニチ (kun) ひ, び Meaning: day; sun Stroke Order Kanji: 本 Kana: (on) ホン　(kun) もと Meaning: book; basis Stroke Order Kanji: 人 Kana: (on) ジン, ニン (kun) ひと Meaning: person Stroke Order Kanji: 月 Kana: (on) ゲツ, ガツ　(kun) つき Meaning: moon; month Stroke Order Kanji: 火 Kana: (on) カ (kun) ひ [...]

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Japanese Verbs Set 1

February 10, 2009

Verbs are a big part of any langauge.  They help to describe what we are doing, did or going to do.  The following are some of the more basic verbs that you would use quite often. Ru-Verbs English Dictionary Form Present Affirmative Present Negative get up おきる おきます おきません okiru okimasu okimasen see みる めます [...]

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Days in Japanese on a Calendar

February 9, 2009

As you go through learning Japanese one thing comes up in the basics, Times and Dates.  Below is a table for dates like 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc…, and Sunday through Saturday.  Sorry, I don’t have the kanji for the days, but you should be able to build it yourself farily easily with a bit of [...]

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Iwate

February 7, 2009

Note/Disclaimer: This is a post that is meant to give a quick overview of some of Iwate and not full detail of everything. Iwate is much like a state in the US with a rich past, present, and future to come. I can’t possibly cover everything and getting the tip of everything would be a [...]

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Months in Japanese

February 5, 2009

Learning months is pretty easy basically just join the number 1 through 12 to がつ (gatsu). Kana Kanji English いちがつ 一月 January にがつ 二月 February さんがつ 三月 March しがつ 四月 April ごがつ 五月 May ろくがつ 六月 June しちがつ 七月 July はちがつ 八月 August くがつ 九月 September しゅうがつ 十月 October じゅういちがつ 十一月 November じゅうにがつ 十二月 December [...]

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