Category Archives: Japanese Study Log

Basic Japanese has Inflitrated my Vocabulary

Posted on July 30, 2010 by Jamaipanese

I have been studying Japanese on and off far too long to not be good at it and while I have sought to blame my delinquency on the lack of opportunities to practice, my inability to remain motivated, a ‘busy’ … Continue reading →

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Kana Invaders Flash Game

Posted on July 4, 2010 by Jamaipanese

Simple easy to play games are often used to teach languages. I recently discovered an interesting flash game called Kana Invaders that puts an genius twists on the popular Space Invaders game. Instead and shooting invading aliens you can shoot … Continue reading →

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Otaku Encyclopedia and Crazy for Kanji

Posted on November 7, 2009 by Jamaipanese

My quest to rediscover my reading mojo has been proving quite successful, the last Japan related book I read through was Japan: An Illustrated History and a few school and non Japan related books later I decided to get two … Continue reading →

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Phonetikana – Katakana Typeface

Posted on October 18, 2009 by Jamaipanese

What do you do when you are a designer and have to make frequent trips to Japan but you are unable to find the time to learn to read or speak the language? Why design a katakana typeface that has … Continue reading →

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NihongoUp – Japanese educational game

Posted on July 10, 2009 by Jamaipanese

My study of the Japanese language is a stop and go process but I have been making a lot of progress lately. On the reading side so far I am confident of my Hiragana and Katakana knowledge and have been … Continue reading →

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BBC website offers a touch of Japanese

Posted on March 27, 2009 by Jamaipanese

I recently surfed into an unexpected but interesting and very useful Japanese learning resource on the BBC website called A Touch of Japanese. Don’t expect a zillion pages of learning material, but the few pages and examples (with audio) there … Continue reading →

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Katakana Natto Challenge Lost

Posted on March 14, 2009 by Jamaipanese

I boldly challenged Chris when he jokingly tweeted an open Katakana study challenge on iKnow (now Smart.fm). Unfortunately I came up just short and one of the first things I will have to do when I eventually make it to … Continue reading →

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iKnow rebranded as Smart.fm

Posted on March 4, 2009 by Jamaipanese

For the past day or two the  iKnow website was down and displaying message saying that they were doing major upgrades on the service and it would be back in a few hours. I visit the iKnow site almost every … Continue reading →

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Learning Japanese Online with iKnow

Posted on January 14, 2009 by Jamaipanese

A few weeks ago I was introduced to iKnow to by Jonas from yonasu.com. After kicking myself for not knowing about this service since it was launched I dived into exploring the service and I have loved it since. iKnow … Continue reading →

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My Japanese Coach – Update

Posted on December 14, 2008 by Jamaipanese

It’s about a month now since I’ve been playing the Nintendo DS game My Japanese Coach in my spare time. So far Most of what I have covered I was taught when you used to go to classes or I … Continue reading →

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