Tag Archives for kana
Is kana sufficient to write Japanese?
There is a recurring theme on a lot of blogs and forums that Japanese can only be written intelligibly using kanji. They have the idea that Japanese written only in kana (or romaji) cannot hold enough information and becomes difficult … Continue reading
Is Romaji a bad idea?
Romaji is the way of writing Japanese using the Roman alphabet. I have often seen posts on Japanese learning sites debating whether using romaji is a good idea or a bad idea. I think it has its uses.
にほんごをまなぼう Lets Study Japanese
にほんごをまなぼう Lets Study Japanese is an interactive site based around school activities made by the Japanese Ministry of Education. It is almost completely in Japanese. There are some English explanations of what to do, but otherwise it’s an immersive program. You … Continue reading
World of Where
Today I bought a little shareware program because it was on special offer. World of Where is a geography quiz program. But the attraction for Japanese learners is that you can run it in Japanese. I bought it to help … Continue reading
Maniackers Design Fonts
A design group that makes many fonts for free download, mainly katakana display faces but there is one kanji font albeit without the full range of glyphs. The display fonts show just how difficult a language can be to read … Continue reading
Nuku
Nuku is a small program that quizzes you on Katakana and Hiragana characters. You choose which characters to be tested on, then choose the amount of characters to be used in a test and/or a time limit. The program shows … Continue reading