Vocabulary: かいしゃ(company)、うち(house, home)、へや(room)、でんわ(telephone)、かいだん(staircase)、しょくどう(dining hall, canteen)、ロビー(lobby)、ワイン(wine)、すみません(excuse me),じゃ。。。 (well, then, in that case)
1. これ、それ、and あれthat are discussed in japanese lession 3 refer to a thing, while ここ、そこ and あそこrefer a place, ここis the place where speaker is,そこ is the place where the listener is, and あそこ is the place far from both the speaker ...
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ぜろ、れい-zero, rei: zero
いち-ichi: one
に-ni : two
さん-san: three
よん、し-yon, shi: four
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1. Daily greetings and expressions
Written by Jpbasic on January 24th, 2010
A long vowel is pronounced twice as long as the ordinary vowels あ、い、う、え、お。If you count the length of the vowel あ as one, the length of the long vowel ああ is counted as two. Whether a vowel is long or not can change the meaning of the word.
Written by Jpbasic on December 31st, 2009
Katakana ( カタカナ) is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji, and in some cases the Latin alphabet.
In modern Japanese, katakana are most often used for transcription of words from foreign languages (called gairaigo). For example, "television" is written terebi (テレビ). Similarly, katakana ...
Written by Jpbasic on December 31st, 2009
Play flash card games to sharpen your skills in katakana
Written by Jpbasic on December 29th, 2009
Learn hiragana by typing the roman characters into the field. This game is a fun and free way to help you memorize the hiragana characters.
You'll be reading Japanese in no time. This online game is recommended for students by many teachers world wide.