Saturday, July 31, 2010

Online Tools

1. Firefox add-ons - Rikaichan
Japanese to English/German/French/Russian dictionary. Just hover the mouse on top of a word, and a popup appears. Automatically de-inflects verbs and adjectives.

JLPT Resources - N1

漢字(かんじ)
N1 Kanji List (PDF)

常用漢字(じょうようかんじ)
N1 Vocabulary List (DOC)

Vocabulary sound files

Saturday, July 17, 2010

A Sentence A Day - July 17,2010

私財を投げ出して障害児の世話に打ち込んでいる彼女の姿には頭が下がる。

私財(しざい)- Private property
投げ出して(なげだして)- Throw out
障害児(しょうがいじ)- Disabled children
世話(せは)- Care
彼女(かのじょ)- She
姿(すがた)- Figure
頭が下がる(あたまがさがる)- Admire

Friday, July 16, 2010

A Sentence A Day - July 16,2010

早く、ぐずぐずしないで。(発音

早く(はやく)- Hurry up
ぐずぐず- Tardy