Japanese books for Kindle from TheJapanShop
Posted by harvey in Books, Gadgets, Language on 30. Aug, 2010 | No Comments
Have a Kindle? Want to use it to learn Japanese? This eBook might be a good place to get started. Learn Hiragana on the Kindle TheJapanShop has an inexpensive Kindle eBook available that will teach you Hiragana from scratch. I highly recommend Hiragana as a starting place in your quest to learn Japanese. Once you [...]
Japanese Podcast Recommendations – Part 4
Posted by harvey in Culture, Gadgets, Language, Media, Society on 28. Aug, 2010 | No Comments
The next podcast recommendation is Nikkei Veritas Moyamoya Talk by TV Tokyo Announcer Oe Mariko. Moyamoya Talk with Oe Mariko とーく！！！ Just a quick Japanese print culture lesson. Seeing とーく, with it’s と and く in Hiragana placed around a katakana vowel extender ー thing may seem a little weird. Basically, this is トーク which [...]
SALE! Japanese Particles for iPhone
Posted by harvey in About, Gadgets, Language on 09. Jul, 2010 | 5 Comments
Hey everyone! Japanese 101: Particles will be on sale from Friday to Monday! (Not sure which time zone Friday it will start and when exactly it will end, but it’s more or less Friday to Monday!) The regular price is $5.99, but this weekend you can get it for the low-low (relatively speaking) price of [...]
Japanese Phrases for iPhone 50% Off!
Posted by harvey in Gadgets, Language, Media on 30. Jun, 2010 | No Comments
Big sale on Japanese Phrases for iPhone. Normally it’s $9.99 but for a short time it’s $4.99. This app is made by our friends at TheJapanShop.com, and it’s hot fire! I probably don’t have to tell you how awesome this app is. It’s got thousands (+2,700!!!) of audio clips. Just read the reviews on the [...]
Zonjineko Reviews Japanese Particles App
Posted by harvey in Gadgets, Language on 05. Jun, 2010 | No Comments
Zonjineko has written a review (including video!) for the Japanese 101: Particles App! Zonjineko already had the Particles App when I asked him if he would be interested in writing a review. He even created this great video introducing the app. Good stuff. Read the review on Zonjineko.com, and check out the YouTube video that [...]
Japanese Flash for iPhone
Posted by harvey in Gadgets, Language on 25. May, 2010 | 2 Comments
More study tool time! The creators of Japanese Flash for iPhone gave me a free copy in exchange for a review. So here we go! My first impression of Japanese Flash was that it is very colorful. Blue, yellow, red. Looks sort of like a super hero iPhone App – perhaps appropriate, as being able [...]
Manga Newspaper
Posted by harvey in Gadgets, Language, Media on 14. May, 2010 | 2 Comments
If you’re looking for another free source of hardcore Japanese language to stuff on your iPhone or iPod Touch, be sure to check out 漫画の新聞 (Manga Newspaper). I think I’m way late to the party, but it seems like Manga Newspaper has been delivering the daily news in Manga format for ages now. Now you [...]
Alternative Japanese iPhone Input Method in the Wild
Posted by harvey in Gadgets, Language on 10. May, 2010 | 13 Comments
A friend showing me how fast she can use the alternative Japanese input method on the iPhone. … don’t mind what she says. Most other people I know use the straight romaji qwerty keyboard method. She prefers this one. Here is another video from the YouTube wild ™ more clearly showing how this “flick” method [...]
