Tag Archives: hiragana

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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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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Hiragana and Katakana explained

Posted on July 27, 2007 by Jamaipanese

Hiragana and Katakana (together known as “Kana”) are simple, 50 character (4 of which are obsolete so most sources list 46), syllable based writing systems that should be one of the first things that all persons studying Japanese should learn. … Continue reading →

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Hiragana Charts – Jamaipanese style ^_^

Posted on July 25, 2007 by Jamaipanese

Three consecutive nights of fiddling around in Macromedia (or should I say Adobe) fireworks has produced the following hiragana charts, as you can see the column colours are taken from the Jamaican and Japanese flag and a Jamaipanese touch has … Continue reading →

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