Resolutions for Learning Better Japanese in 2008
The New Year is a great time to break disgusting habits and set impossible resolutions…at least, it’s a great time to try to do those things. Most people come out from the rubble a couple of weeks...
View ArticleHow To Conquer the Intermediate Plateau of Japanese
At one point or another in learning anything, we will frequently reach a plateau in our ability. This intermediate plateau, or “okay plateau” is where many people tend to get the most discouraged with...
View ArticleWhat Does Itadakimasu Mean?
I’m sure you’ve seen people in TV shows or movies say itadakimasu (いただきます) before digging into a meal. Maybe you’ve been with a Japanese person who’s said it. Maybe you’ve even said it yourself. But...
View ArticleHow to Kick Start Your Japanese Fluency With Pictures
A while back I stumbled across a great website by the name of Tower of Babelfish. Their front page has a bunch of pictures of fugus, so that in itself is enough to make them awesome in my book. Anyway,...
View ArticleHow to Handle the Transition from Classroom to Self-Learning
Eventually you’re going to graduate. You’re not going to be in Japanese class forever. And since you already know how to survive the classroom, you need to know what to do afterwards. So what do you do...
View ArticleHow to Gain Free Time and Be More Productive
For a while now, I’ve felt like I have a lot more free time than my friends and acquaintances. And yet, I still feel like I am incredibly productive. How is this possible? Mad skills? Superhuman...
View ArticleHow To Gain Free Time and Be More Productive Part II: Koichi Edition
Last week, John wrote the post “How To Gain Time And Be More Productive.” When he was drafting his post, I sent him my own list of productivity things that I wrote up previously for the summer interns...
View ArticleOkay, Fine, So You CAN Learn Japanese From Anime
I’ve been known in the past to say you can’t learn Japanese from anime… and that’s still quite true. The amount of people out there who watch thousands of hours of (admittedly addicting) anime under...
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