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Sue Kawashima, “Dictionary of Japanese Particles”, 1999. CONTINUED

  Andrew Nelson, “Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Revised Edition), 1997 was the topic of an earlier blog post. Here I present: Sue Kawashima, “Dictionary of Japanese Particles, 1999. CONTINUED. Syntax elements’ of: 1. noun, 2. pronoun, 3. verb, 4. adverb, 5. adjective, 6. interjection, 7. conjunction, and 8. preposition are common to both Japanese and English. Syntax element’ … Continue reading Sue Kawashima, “Dictionary of Japanese Particles”, 1999. CONTINUED

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Andrew Nelson, “Japanese-English Character Dictionary”, 1997. PART SIX (VI).

  Here I present: Andrew Nelson, “Japanese-English Character Dictionary”, 1997. PART SIX (VI).  INTRODUCTION. I used this dictionary for learning Japanese kanji’ English meanings.  What I used was how a absolute beginner does, start with little words.  So, BELOW is the list of Japanese kanji’ by smallest-to-largest English words. Large kanji’ with many strokes are difficult … Continue reading Andrew Nelson, “Japanese-English Character Dictionary”, 1997. PART SIX (VI).

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“Kanji Stroke Order”, CONTINUED.

­     Here I present: “Kanji in Stroke Order”, CONTINUED. INTRODUCTION. Braille alphabet is easy to learn letters.  However, learning usage of “words” is the goal of an alphabet.  Rewriting, the kanji list BELOW using the Braille alphabet by sighted persons is useful in learning. Seeing English words in Braille alphabet fonts for kanji will … Continue reading “Kanji Stroke Order”, CONTINUED.

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Japanese Universities Guide for Students from Abroad”. 海外からの学生のための日本の大学ガイド。CONTINUED.

    Here I present: “Japanese Universities Guide for Students from Abroad”. 海外からの学生のための日本の大学ガイド。CONTINUED. INTRODUCTION. The website http://www.japan-universities.com is a “Japanese Universities Guide for Students from Abroad” that is a bilingual website in Japanese and English. This guide contains three (3) types of schools: 1. universities, 2. vocational-schools, and 3. language-schools (日本語)。While the title says “universities”, there is an equal number of “vocational-schools” and … Continue reading Japanese Universities Guide for Students from Abroad”. 海外からの学生のための日本の大学ガイド。CONTINUED.

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Louis Braille (1809-1852), “Procedure for Writing Words, Music & Plainsong in Dots”, 1829. PART FIVE (5).

Michael Campbell, “10-Language Dictionary of Chinese Characters”, Glossika Publishing, 2018 was the topic of an earlier blog post. Here I present: Louis Braille (1809-1852), “Procedure for Writing Words, Music & Plainsong in Dots”, 1829. PART FIVE (5). INTRODUCTION. The writing of  Chinese characters requires the use of the eight (8) dots Braille cells. There is a … Continue reading Louis Braille (1809-1852), “Procedure for Writing Words, Music & Plainsong in Dots”, 1829. PART FIVE (5).