Category: Other-language-trans

  • “I can’t believe” !

    “I can’t believe” !

    These tricks are not exclusive to Japanese alphabet. I also used them to match with Odia alphabet and south Indian alphabet to remember. Check this out ! い ଇ ಇ ఇ The “i” [said as e, as in english] has a component which is partially same (two circles, if extrapolated) in Japanese, Odia, Kannada, Telugu.…

  • Learning a few interesting kanji.

    Originally written October 2012. Explained and expanded today, 27-01-2014. Friday, October 5, 2012 at 3:02 pm UTC + 05:30 word of the day: 体 karada and 休 kyuu 。 note 1; 亻this fellow is whats called ninben, which means “person-like part-of-a-kanji”, a part-of-a-kanji is called, a radical, which means a component of a kanji. This…

  • Rule behind forming Japanese (Chinese?) numbers.

    Rule 3: I merged rule 3 into 2 and sub-itemized into i) and ii). Smart? I think necessary. They say “necessity is the mother of invention”. I thought last night, as I was totally ill, by body pain and head ache, and didn’t do much except weeping in pain, “what if, invention is actually a…

  • Which books to follow if you are to begin learning Japanese. #mdashf #Japanese1

    Which books to follow if you are to begin learning Japanese. #mdashf #Japanese1

    When I am asked for my references for which books one should follow to begin learning Japanese, here is what I suggest. 1. For Hiragana, Katakana (the phonetic alphabet) This book comes with many exercises and really quick to teach you most important things as a beginner. Its an excellent and slim size book. にほんご…

  • Learning Kanji with devil.

    Learning Kanji with devil.

    Kyuu; The conjugated Phonetics kyu, made from Ki+Yu. Ki as in Kill. Yu as in (Y)united. Last u, as in oops if oo is to be u. Kanji can be used to convey various meaning, in conjugation with each other. There are various categories of kanjis based on where they came from and where they…