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Japanese Teaching Idol Hannah Minx – “Breasts Too Huge”

Author: Artefact
Categories: Japan, News
Date: May 16, 2011 10:10 JST

Tags: Idol, Internet, Learning Japanese, Makeup, Oppai, Video Gallery, YouTube

Despite being intended for learners of Japanese, videos of busty YouTube inhabitant “Hannah Minx” have lately been proving popular amongst the Japanese themselves, though for reasons unrelated to any conventional form of education…

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Anonymous commented on January 14, 2012 18:38
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Anonymous commented on January 14, 2012 18:38
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Yotsuba-to! – Ideal manga for learning Japanese?

Author: Artefact
Categories: Galleries, Manga
Date: Apr 28, 2008 14:45 JST

Tags: Kiyohiko Azuma, Learning Japanese, Manga, Yotsuba-to

One of my favourite manga, and in fact the first I ever read in the original Japanese, is よつばと!/Yotsuba&!, by 東清彦/Kiyohiko Azuma. It is an entertaining and easygoing manga, with good art and story, so that alone is enough to recommend it; it is a best seller in Japan so many would agree. However, I think it also happens to be the ideal beginner’s manga for learning Japanese, for several compelling reasons.

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Karusan commented on September 26, 2010 03:37
Thanks for the tip, Artefact. How long after you began your studies were you able to read this manga? It would be interesting to read more about how you (and others) went about it to learn... More
chicogrande commented on July 15, 2010 02:45
"Yotsuba!" is one of the most funny manga out there!... More

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StarDict for learning Japanese

Author: Artefact
Categories: Japan
Date: Apr 22, 2008 05:38 JST

Tags: Dictionaries, Japanese language, Learning Japanese, PC Software, Reference, Stardict

Having explained a little about how great Rikaichan is, I’d like to introduce an excellent tool for many of the instances where Rikaichan is unusable: StarDict. This open source and cross platform dictionary software functions similarly to Rikaichan, but is not bound to a browser, being stand alone software.

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Garven commented on November 3, 2008 16:55
I personally use the Wakan (http://wakan.manga.cz/) and Rikaichan duo for my electronic look-up needs. Wakan doesn't interface with other programs, but I use it more for learning instead of just another game translator. ... More

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Rikaichan for learning Japanese

Author: Artefact
Categories: Japan
Date: Apr 22, 2008 05:27 JST

Tags: Dictionaries, Firefox, Japanese language, Learning Japanese, PC Software, Reference, Rikaichan

There are a few dictionary tools no student of Japanese should be without. The first amongst these is the by now quite well known Rikaichan, a dictionary extension for Firefox which, when activated, displays an inflection sensitive dictionary entry popup on mouseover of Japanese text. The original site based Rikai is now basically defunct, but deserves credit for implementing the idea.

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Anonymous commented on September 1, 2009 05:59
Awesome! craving into old news seems to be good >:3... More
Draken commented on August 12, 2009 04:26
Wow. This is awesome. It beats the hell outta copying and pasting onto google translator.... More

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