Summer 2007 Drama Update

More information is coming in about next season’s Japanese dramas. And sure it’s called the “summer” season, but the most important hemisphere is just humouring the other, ok?!? Anyway, here is a little snippet of what’s coming up – information all from Drama Wiki. ファースト・キス – First Kiss Staring Inoue Mao (from Hana Yori Dango) and Ito...

Kanji Websites

Here are some great websites to help you learn Kanji!! I’ve previously talked about Reviewing the Kanji website, but it should be mentioned again as it is my favourite place to go and… well, review the kanji. Speedanki.com is a place where you review kanji combinations based on what level of the JLPT you are up to. Great for reading in context rather than just recognising...

Vocab Update

It’s been a while since I’ve show how my vocab progress is going, so here it is! I have to say that I haven’t done much here in the last two months. I really need a couple of hours to sit down and update my vocab list, add new cards. I’ve started adding much more Kanji into it, which is good. At the moment I’ve got 592 cards in there. Around 25% is not...

Hiragana – か to こ

Now it’s onto ka to ko! Lesson 2 – か to こ か – KA Looks like someone bending over, getting a cut from a whip. き – KI A key and lock. く – KU The beak of a kookaburra. け – KE Looks like a keg of beer. こ – KO It looks like a coin. And that’s it for today’s lesson. Some tips on learning the ひらがな (hiragana) would be to write...

Bambino! – Episode 3

Bambino! バンビーノ! Episode 3 It’s a busy weekend. Ban starts to realise what he can do to be even better than he can be. And then, it’s comes to the end of Ban’s stay at the restaurant in Tokyo, and yet he still hasn’t done any real cooking. He begins to think about his future and what he wants to do… ...