Anything that doesn’t fit into any particular subject is listed here.
If you’re learning Japanese, or any other foreign language for that matter, educating your tongue to defy gravity is an important, and difficult part of the learning curve. I recently came across a great example exercise… the Japanese version of the Scottish song “Auld Lang Syne” by Robert …
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Yesterday I was watching Sunday afternoon TV and came across the 1968 movie Firecreek. There are a few very famous actors in the movie including James Stewart, Henry Fonda, Inger Stevens… but the one who caught my eye most was Barbara Luna. Barbara Luna is probably most famous …
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As anyone who knows me will know… I love anything that’s Japanese. I don’t think there’s a single person in the world who doesn’t find Japanese art either aesthetically pleasing or inspiring. Today I decided to have a go at a Japanese(esque) image in Adobe Fireworks CS3. I’m …
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I don’t know whether or not many of the people who visit my website will be interested in reading this, but I thought I’d compile some notes for using Japanese online, starting with some Japanese web terminology and then moving on to an example of an introductory message/email …
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In the UK we have people hosting game shows who pretend to be nasty. For example, Anne Robinson in the Weakest Link. However, in Japan it seems that, for some, a great deal of pleasure and amusement is gained from watching TV shows where the name-of-the-game is to …
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