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Thursday, January 17th, 2008If you want to learn Japanese, the quickest and easiest way to do it is by Rosetta Stone software. Without a doubt, I would not be receiving A’s in my Japanese classes and be as fluent as I am today in Japanese were it not for Rosetta Stone.
Rosetta Stone is different from other language [...]
Are Japanese and Chinese the same?
Sunday, January 13th, 2008Japanese and Chinese are not the same, yet they are very similar because the Japanese language is borrowed from the Chinese alphabet. More specifically, the actual written part of Japanese, the kanji or Japanese characters, was the most borrowed rather than the Chinese spoken language and grammar.
Some characters or symbols are still the same between [...]
Chinese Symbol Meaning Fun
Thursday, January 10th, 2008There are actually a few Chinese symbols I have found that represent fun and I warn you that each symbol may have a slightly different meaning behind it or a double meaning to it which may be negative, so it is always best to ask a native speaker.
The first translation I came up with for [...]
Japanese Calligraphy art car Kanji Symbol
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008The car kanji is a simple drawing of what is meant to be a wheel in between two axles. The word for car in Japanese is kuruma.
Keep this kanji and word in mind when you travel to Japan. It is essential in your daily vocabulary in order to express yourself and understand others [...]
Furoshiki Wrapping
Friday, December 28th, 2007For those of you that don’t know what it is, a furoshiki is a piece of cloth or material used in ancient Japan used to wrap small items in for easy transport.
Lately the furoshiki has been making a comeback in Japan. People are beginning to realize the conveniences of the furoshiki and how it [...]
Good Luck Kanji
Friday, December 21st, 2007To write good luck in Japanese kanji is very simple. All it is basically is what looks like a plus sign or cross stuck in the dirt with a box underneath it.
There are, however, some different uses for the phrase “good luck” and I was able to read a very helpful forum thread about [...]
Learn Japanese Menus
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007A hard fact to swallow when I went to Japan was that, well, I wasn’t very good at ordering food at restaurants. This is because I didn’t do what very few people realize to do before they come, and that is to learn how to read food kanji like those found on dinner menus.
Although [...]
Japanese Symbol
Wednesday, November 21st, 2007Japanese symbols are known as “kanji” and originate from the Chinese written language. Technically, there are four parts of the Japanese written alphabet, and that is hiragana, katakana, numerical characters and kanji. You must master them all to learn the understand the reading.
Here are examples of the three types:
Hiragana:
Katakana:
Kanji:
A common kanji that I’ve [...]
Love Kanji
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007
In Japanese this symbol is used to represent love, and pronounced as “ai”. This is the kind of love that can be looked down upon, such as love for oneself. It could also be the traditional form of love that we think of today.
Not only is the love symbol one of the most [...]
Get some bucks for writing
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007I ran across a really cool site recently called Oxitown. What’s really cool about them is that they allow you to make pages with them on their site and share the adsense revenue your pages make. I find it to be a nice source of extra change, fifty to sixty cents everyday already so [...]
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