I’ve added a bunch of links in the links section of my journal here. I’m just doing some mad browsing at the moment. Trying to look for book recommendations before I go comb through used bookstores.
Learned something new today at proverbs of the day:
鬼も十八、番茶も出花
おにもじゅうはち、ばんちゃもでばな
(Even ogre is pretty at 18, and even cheap tea smells […]
It’s highly unlikely I’ll be writing in Japanese soon, but this writer looked into encoding Japanese with a lang attribute, to tell Google and audio readers like JAWS that what is there is Japanese. At least in 2003, it was too early, read Encoding Japanese.
Instead he finds a solution by wrapping Romaji in […]
This is an interesting debate, as one writer, Jimmy Akin, weighs the pros and cons of learning German or Japanese. What’s interesting is the perceived advantages of Japanese, and also the warnings. The comments are as helpful as the post itself. Somethings I had heard before, such as ‘hai’ meaning yes among other things.
Good […]
I’ve found two audio good sources (so far) from various Japanese-related audio feeds.
Guzen Radio tells about living in Japan, so that’s interesting from a cultural point of view, and in English. It used to be called 3 Monkeys Radio, and features english speakers talking about living in Japan. He does use a little Japanese. […]