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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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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 Contest Winners

Posted on July 26, 2009 by Jamaipanese

A big thank you to everyone who took the time to enter the NihongoUp giveaway contest I have been hosting for the past 2 weeks. There were 22 entries overall in the form of 16 tweets, 5 blog posts and … Continue reading →

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51 Japanese Characters card set

Posted on February 19, 2009 by Jamaipanese

51 Japanese characters is a card set of 51 unique illustrations of many characters typically found in Japanese society made by Peter Machat. I enjoyed reading the short descriptions with most of them being quite entertaining. The character descriptions on … Continue reading →

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What did English borrow from Japanese?

Posted on October 25, 2007 by Jamaipanese

The English Language has many loan words from many languages, but we don’t care about those other languages except Japanese right? We all (I hope) know about the cool words like “ninja”, “anime”, “karate” and “samurai” just to name a … Continue reading →

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3 useful sites for Japanese Learners

Posted on July 24, 2007 by Jamaipanese

Yes I am staying true to my promise to start posting more about learning Japanese and use these posts to help in my own practice and understanding of the Japanese language. Before I started I thought I’d share 3 excellent … Continue reading →

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My letter to all Japanese verbs – Part 1

Posted on July 20, 2007 by Jamaipanese

Japanese verbs ooh how evil arth thou, you sound so cool prior to conjugation in your dictionary form, your masu form and progress tense form is not so much trouble either but it’s when the time comes for your multitude … Continue reading →

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Japanese Summer classes

Posted on July 19, 2007 by Jamaipanese

Ah yes, its been so long since my last update on Japanese class, why is this so must be the question that pops into your mind after reading that. Lets just say I am pass the happy=go-lucky or easy stages … Continue reading →

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Japanese Class Revision and Practice – Important Places

Posted on April 28, 2007 by Jamaipanese

I hope to start adding more posts related studying Japanese. I am behind sadly and I need to practice up and I am sure other people who visit my site might find information I post in these little revisions and … Continue reading →

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Japanese Class Recap – Feb 20th – Mar 16th

Posted on March 17, 2006 by Jamaipanese

Whew where should I start. I have missed 2 (February 28th and March 6th) of my last 7 Japanese classes, one because of really really bad traffic and the other because I was not feeling very well. I didn’t miss … Continue reading →

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