いらっしゃいませ!

This is my journal for rambling about my study of the Japanese language and culture, hopefully so you all will learn something interesting, too. Here, you'll find various information: interesting cultural notes, vocabulary, kanji, and some accounts of the places I visited when I went to Japan in 2006.

And come March 2009, this journal will become my study abroad journal, to post my accounts and photographs from my upcoming stint at the Tokyo university, Jouchi Daigaku.

Fellow East Asian Studies aficionados are always welcome to correct me on any mistakes I might make!

Important links:
Hiragana Chart

Katakana Chart

The Writing System

This is a good one to get out of the way first! So, I know that I, when I was a total novice at Japanese, was pretty much "durrr?" when it came to the writing system. So I will try to explain the way all three systems are broken down witho...

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