These are the top 9 language blogs, 9 because I like to be different, I follow. Some of the criteria I had in choosing these were: detail, post consistency, and up-to-date. From there it gets more into personal taste, lik [...]
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Most books for learning are horrible for the long term learner of Japanese. There are several things to take into account when trying to learn Japanese, or any language for that matter, from fluency level to resources, and [...]
The JLPT, Japanese Language Proficiency Test, is a standardized test for those people that do not speak Japanese natively to give them a gauge of there level of competency in Japanese. It can be used to help companies see ho [...]
So the first thing I guess you are probably saying is, it can’t be true. You are wrong, but there is a catch, you know that all important catch. It will take about 4 weeks to fully develop skill with them. However, i [...]
Learning Site: Learn.DumbOtaku.com For the last while I have been working on a web application for helping me learn and better do verb conjugation. I spent sometime putting together a base of a web application for learning [...]
Plot Early April, Kazuki Sendō is invited by his friend, Taishi Kuhonbutsu, to come with him to Tokyo Big Sight. He is surprised to see thousands of people waiting in line to get in. Apparently they’re at Comic Party, [...]
Plot Maria Holic revolves around a high school girl, Kanako Miyamae, who is scared of boys and breaks out in hives if a boy touches her. During her second year of high school, she enrolls in an all-girls school hoping to find [...]
There are 2 words you learn early on when learning Japanese, すき(like) and きらい(dis-like). You also learn だいすき (love) and だいきらい (hate). From there you can see that だい (dai) makes both like and d [...]
Culture Misunderstanding Pop Culture ‘Manga’: heart of pop culture Coffee Japan’s favorite soft drink Why Japanese Love Watching Celebs Eating Man Stole for Money to Enjoy a Few Things Books 100 Books for Under [...]
To get started with J-Pop you first need to actually do some listening to j-pop. Visit my post on “Online Japanese Music Radio Stations” to get started listening right now. Next is to get started listening and fi [...]
