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Teaching your baby Japanese?

KanjiMarket — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 16:38:45 +0000

SS asked:

Does anyone know of any Japanese audio or DVD’s aimed at 6 months+ I only know a little Japanese and will be taking Japanese lessons but I want to teach my daughter how to speak Japanese and am looking for some materials. I can’t seem to find anything on google and Muzzy doesn’t have Japanese.

Anyone know of anything? Anything on the Japanese market that I could buy?

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Hi can someone help me translate this one in japanese?

KanjiMarket — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:14:32 +0000

nyt111 asked:

I am an online ESL tutor and I want to tell my student this. I don’t rely on babel translator since they are not that accurate. So if there’s a kind person who’d help me translate this to japanese text I’d be grateful.

Here it is: Hi! I’m really sorry but I cannot tutor you anymore since I have problems with my internet connection and I don’t have internet at home anymore. There are lots of other teachers just book their lesson. Hope I taught you a lot. Thank you.

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Where can I find calligraphy or kanji for the word tako(japanese)?

KanjiMarket — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:47:00 +0000

ottomated420 asked:

I’m look for calligraphy/kanji for the japanese word for octopus(tako), I can only find it for the word for kite, which is also tako, but is written different.

I prefer calligraphy, but kanji will work too.
thanks

also, how do you pronounce tako?
I’ve been saying ‘tay-ko’

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Answer from Kanji Market:

tako??octopus?: ??, ?
tako (kite): ??, ?
pronouceation: tako’s A as apple’s A, just say ‘TA-KO’

Translation of a japanese calligraphy?

KanjiMarket — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:41:44 +0000

Asking Myself asked:

Can anyone translate this calligraphy?

Thank you !

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Where should I start with Japanese?

KanjiMarket — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 12:52:21 +0000

Alocacoc asked:

I’ve already learned all of kana (hiragana & katakana) and I’m wondering what book I should invest in. I’d prefer it to be in a lesson type format that covers grammar,vocabulary, and kanji.

Any recommendations would be much appreciated.

I have a Japanese friend who helps me with pronunciation, but I plan on getting a private tutor in the future.

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What’s the best program to use to learn Japanese?

KanjiMarket — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 01:05:47 +0000

Jeremy W asked:

I’ve wanted to learn Japanese for a while, and have just recently started to get around to it. I’ve gotten plenty of free instruction and vocab and stuff online, but I want something with CDs that go along with lessons that show you how to pronounce the words correctly. I’m doing fine with my other stuff, but some words I’m having trouble figuring out how to prounounce and I just want to make sure I get the sounds right. Has anyone else used a program they liked, either for your computer or with CDs or tapes?

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What why and or how did you become interested in Japan/Japanese?

KanjiMarket — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:12:41 +0000

wuzaracer asked:

What why and or how did you become interested in Japan/Japanese? Many members already know or share the opinion that the country is interesting, and the culture is intriguing. How was your interest started? Was it something in the mass media that sparked your intellec? Were you captured by a history lesson? This question or conversation topic usually comes up when I meet with other gaijin here in Japan.
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For me, Japanese and Japan came to me. In enrolled in a Japanese conversation class just to fill my schedule to qualify for full time student. Fast forward to my first real job after college, the company’s business and projects had me travelling to Japan often. Skip, forward again and my transfer to Japan was offered to me from the Japan HQ side.

What, how and or why are you in or interested in Japan?

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Ancient Chinese stationary

KanjiMarket — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 15:46:16 +0000

Here is a set of calligraphy and what we call in Japanese. brush pen “fu-de” - ?? - ? paper is “han-shi” - ??? - ?? ink stick is “su-mi” - ?? - ? and “boku-jyu” - ????? - ?? for liquid type ink. ink slab is “suzuri” - ??? - ?

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Street art with a difference

KanjiMarket — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 14:58:40 +0000

There is no relative to Kanji either Asian style. A style I like.

How Karate works

KanjiMarket — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:41:50 +0000

Japanese martial arts is called “bu-do”. Judo, Karate, Kendo, Sumo, Kyudo and so on.

In Bu-do scene, it starts with bow and finish with bow which is “REI” to show “REIGI” Respect and Manners. At Dojo, observance of REIGI is a important part of your training as much as improving skill and techniques.

bu-do (Martial Arts): ???, ??
reigi (Respect & Manners): ???, ??
Judo: ?????, ??
Karate: ???, ??
Kendo: ????, ??
Sumo: ???, ??, ?? (Nowadays, most of Japanese won’t recognize this Kanji as Sumo)
Kyudo: ?????, ??

How Karate works. Karate is not only about strength and speed - the technique involves as much thought and focus as physical power. Watch this video from HowStuffWorks to see how karate experts can break cinder blocks with their feet.