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A complete guide to 1700 kanji through Kanjidamage.com – Part 1

Ace Japanese March 9, 2020 October 12, 2022Japanese culture, JLPT, Reading, Study methods, 漢字　かんじ

Here is the link to Part 2. This will be a video series on how to learn kanji from absolute scratch. I’ll be running through the website kanjidamage.com as this is the best online free kanji program I have found. In this video I’ll be running through the way to…

A complete guide to 1700 kanji through Kanjidamage.com – Part 2

Ace Japanese March 9, 2020 January 12, 2021High school Japanese, Japanese culture, JLPT, Study methods, 漢字　かんじ

Part 2 of the video series on how to learn Kanji from absolute scratch. I’ll be running through the website kanjidamage.com as this is the best online free kanji program I have found. We’ll finish off the How To section of the website and look at the other features.

Learning through input — Satorireader.com

Ace Japanese March 9, 2020 January 12, 2021grammar, High school Japanese, Reading, Study methods, 漢字　かんじ

A great website that helps you learn Japanese through short stories with hyperlinked vocabulary, grammar explanations and spaced interval repetition features built in – plus it’s (basically) free! I would also recommend the below video as it shows you the science behind the website.

24時間欠席連絡自動受付 (24 hour automated absence notification system) — NHK Easy Article Read-through

Ace Japanese March 9, 2020 March 9, 2020grammar, High school Japanese, Japanese culture, JLPT, NHK Easy, Reading

Article from NHK Easy talking about 24 hour automated absence notification system.

Hospital Opening Days —Article Read-through

Ace Japanese March 9, 2020 January 5, 2021grammar, High school Japanese, NHK Easy, Reading

Article from NHK Easy talking about a public policy issue: hospital opening times over extended holidays. We’ll be going through this article in detail. The description box on the youtube video has some links to materials for this video.

Learn Japanese – Year 12 Kanji list – 2 and 3 strokes

Ace Japanese March 6, 2020 January 5, 2021High school Japanese, 漢字　かんじ

A playlist of videos going through the kanji that are likely to come up in Year 12 Japanese exams. It’s definitely not a comprehensive list but at a minimum you want to know all of these kanji.

Why are fruit and veg shops called 八百屋 in Japanese?

Ace Japanese March 6, 2020 January 5, 2021grammar, Japanese culture, JLPT, Reading

I’ve always wanted to know why fruit and vegetable shops are called 八百屋, so let’s read through the Japanese wikipedia entry and find out why!

Primary School Japanese – How to help your child excel!

Ace Japanese March 6, 2020 January 5, 2021grammar, Japanese culture

Is your child doing primary school Japanese? Are they struggling? Do you want to help but don’t know how? This video will run you through what they need to know. The idea is that you learn the basics, and then can help guide their study! Even if you have no…

Permissions – Asking if you can do something てもいい

Ace Japanese March 6, 2020 January 5, 2021grammar, JLPT

Welcome to part 1 of a video series I’ll be doing on permissions. This video will look at the てもいい grammar which is used to ask if you can do something, or to tell someone it’s ok if they do something. This is aimed for JLPT N5 or N4 level…

Permissions – You can’t do that ~てはだめ

Ace Japanese March 6, 2020 January 5, 2021grammar, JLPT

Welcome to part 2 of a video series I’ll be doing on permissions. This video will look at the てはだめ grammar which is used to say you cannot do something. This is aimed for JLPT N5 or N4 level or for high school Japanese.