Archive for July, 2010
So, Sunday (August 1st) is the start of the ‘Read More Or Die’ reading contest. It will run through August and simply requires for you to read as much Japanese as possible. It’s designed to get a group of Japanese learners into the groove of reading. The learning community that’s formed on Twitter is already [...]
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To fellow followers of a certain language acquisition style, it may not come as a surprise that I haven’t really used textbooks while learning Japanese. You know the reasons why – “no one talks like that, yada yada yada”. There are a couple of exceptions to that rule – the revolutionary kanji course Remembering the [...]
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Norwegian Wood Teaser Trailer
The first teaser for the upcoming adaptation of Murakami’s Norwegian Wood, due for release in Japan this winter has slipped onto the internet. It’s a true teaser, as the clip is frustratingly short and doesn’t offer fans much to pore over. Brief character shots, an atmospheric landscape, some wistful dialogue and the sound of John [...]
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