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Category Archives: Japanese
J-Comi: Can It Overcome Growing Pains?
Some Unrequested Advice 日本語版は英語の後 (Japanese version below English) So, I was speaking to my Japanese culture interested friends about J-Comi. I had asked for an update if the site went up, and apparently it did. Also, it apparently has some … Continue reading
Quick Opinion: OreImo Episode 8
When Anime Insiders’ Oxen Are Gored For the context of this, you should look at Random Curiosity’s review of episode 8 here, and for what I’m about to quote, original credit goes here. Essentially, this episode was about a bubbly … Continue reading
Mecha Anime: Gundam Dynames (From: Gundam 00)
A Sniper’s Dream Come True For people who have not actually watched Gundam 00, this post may show you things you have not seen before. Really, I wanted to resume showing the background of the Gundam 00 Movie, not so … Continue reading
Education Through Naruto: Yudan Taiteki
I decided to use something out of Naruto manga for educational purposes. I mean, why not? It may not be high literature, but it can be used to show little pieces of the Japanese language. Audio Version [audio:https://jp.learnoutlive.com/media/Naruto%20Yudan%20Taiteki.mp3]download mp3 油断大敵 … Continue reading
The YouTube of Manga? For Real?
Above: “Absolutely not!!” (ironic promo image used for the subject of this post by Ken Akamatsu, creator of Love Hina, and thus the actual holder of the intellectual property thereof.) いいえ、本当かも （It Really Might Be For Real!) The Gist: Ken … Continue reading
Japanese Culture: “Chick Flick” Anime
Like Romance Novels On A TV In American culture, a “chick flick” is a romance oriented movie that occurs from a woman’s perspective and is meant to play to a woman’s tastes. There is anime like this as well, and … Continue reading
Japanese Rap Music: Send In The Clowns
Where Seriousness Goes To Die I make a bad clown. Even though I laugh at a lot in my personal life, I’ve been very reluctant to be a clown in my professional life. I’m just not good at it, but, … Continue reading
How To Learn Japanese Kanji Better, For Real
Substance, Not Fluff So, I was trying to catch up on reading the Gakuranman blog (I finally got around to putting it in my blogroll section here, which I have been neglecting for too long) and I see a site … Continue reading
Video Lesson: 10 Japanese Animals
Cute And Educational This is a 60 second video lesson with good looking animals and the Japanese names for them (along with the English, not because viewers are unintelligent, but because it may help provide an audio memory anchor for … Continue reading
Video Lesson: Japanese Sentence Structure
Watch And Learn This is a little video on Japanese sentence structure, narrated by yours truly, Jeremiah Bourque, as used in my private Japanese tutoring lessons. Thank you very much.