Japanese on-line http://www.hesjapanese.com
Do you love Japanese culture?
Just break down the language barrier.Japanese isn’t so hard after all, see it for yourself!
I’m inviting you to study, Maiko
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Suffixes & Conjunctions http://www.as.ua.edu......ammar1.htm
Name suffix -san
The name suffix "san" can be used after first names or family names to represent "Mr.," "Miss" or "Mrs." It is very important to not use it for your own name! Notice in the dialog that Carlos uses "san" for greeting Mr. Tanaka, and Aiko does not introduce herself using "san."
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Particles, Family, and Plurals http://www.as.ua.edu......ammar3.htm
Most Japanese parents address their young children using an abbreviated form of the first name plus -kun for boys or -chan for girls. Using the name suffix -san (Mr/s.) would be weird! First names that are three or four hiragana characters long are usually abbreviated to two characters plus the name suffix:
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Interrogatives http://www.griffith.......usage.html
There are two ways to make interrogative questions.
The first expression starts with...
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Some Things to Remember http://www.griffith.......opics.html
Grammatically, one of the most misunderstood Japanese words by basic learners may be 「すき」. 「すき」is believed to be an equivalent verb of the English "to like".
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Yamasa Online J-Class http://www.yamasa.or......index.html
Learn Japanese with the Online Center for Japanese Studies, Japan's leading distance learning JSL programs
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Learn Japanese Language http://www.learn-jap......akana.com/
Learn to speak, read, and write Japanese language - Kanji, Hiragana, and Katakana Symbols
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Causative, Passive Verb Forms http://www.yookoso.c......&pagenum=1
Yookoso! is a portal for those who study Japanese language (Nihongo) and writing (Kanji) and those who want to travel to Japan or learn more about Japanese culture, life, music (JPOP) and more
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Intransitive vs Transitive Verb Pairs http://www.sf.airnet......MPq0e.html
The rule is simple. The verb suru (to do) means transitivity, and the verb aru (to be) means intransitivity. They were attached to other verbs long ago to show transitivity and intransitivity. They are also related to the causative and passive forms.
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sci.lang.japan Verb Info http://www.sljfaq.or......tive_verbs
Japanese has a large variety of related pairs of transitive (take a direct object) and intransitive (do not take a direct object) verbs, such as hajimaru (to begin) and hajimeru (to begin). For example,
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Counting and Counters http://www.nnj.co.jp/P/002/
Japanese pronounces a language in a basis "kana-50-on".
But there is a word to change according to an idiomatic rule. It is a numeral. Japanese numeral is a word showing the meaning by number and unit character.
The unit character varies with object word.
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Breen's Trans-Intrans Chart http://www.csse.mona......_list.html
As usual, a very thorough chart showing transitive and intransitive verb pairs. Possibly around 100 pairs with meanings and readings.
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Conversation Practice http://nihongo.anthonet.com/
Japanese Language, japanese, japanese, Kanji, Hiragana, Katagana, Japan Tour Guide, Ginza, Tokyo, Osaka, Conversation, Technical Words
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te aru / te oku http://homepage3.nif......on-e33.htm
The difference in the troublesome pair of tearu and teoku explained.
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Great List of Grammar Structures http://www.nafai.org......jpphrases/
3.8 Easy/difficult, advantageous, substantial
3.9 Start and finish doing, completion
3.10 Movement (te kuru, te iku)
3.11 From now on, begin to (te iku, te kuru)
3.15 Facts, things generally accepted as
4 Conjunctional phrases
4.1 Reason and cause
4.2 In order to, for, to, so that
4.4 Even, even though, although
4.5 Limiting (Without, because not, not...but, but, instead of)
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Learning Japanese Blog http://www.ideogramme.ca/japan/
A wonderfully clever blog about learning Japanese. As grammar is learned the author explains why it was confusing and how it was resolved. Much better than the standard textbook style method.
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JLPT 4 Prep Site http://www.spurrymos......index.html
I found it difficult to know what to study for the JLPT. After searching the web for a long time and finding only a few useful sites (and many outdated ones), I thought a specialist JLPT site might be useful - and good study practice too.
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JLPT 3 Prep Site http://www.spurrymos......index.html
I took the exam for JLPT Level 4 in 2004 and somehow managed to pass! So it was time to move onto Level 3. But the same problem remained: what grammar to study for the JLPT. And, where to find a formatted vocabulary list, kanji list and perhaps even get a little reading practice and some quizes...
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JLPT 2 Prep Site http://www.spurrymos......index.html
I passed JLPT Level 3 in 2005, much to my relief! So it's time to move onto Level 2. But the same problem remains: what grammar to study for the JLPT. And, where to find the latest vocabulary list, kanji list and perhaps even get some quizes that follow the same format as the test...
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Cornell Univ Japanese Lessons http://lrc.cornell.edu/japanese/
Cornell University, Department of Asian Studies, Japanese Program, Kawasaki Japanese Learning Materials
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