The nice folks over at Hanbridge Mandarin reached out to me in order to provide me with a free-trial of their online Skype school. In the following review I will give an honest run-down of my first impressions and my experience. Initial Impressions: Hanbridge is a mandarin school based out of Shenzhen, I first learned… Read More Hanbridge Mandarin Review
It’s too late to register for the December JLPT, so if you haven’t registered… tough luck! But for those of you that are taking the test, I have found that there are several great resources that will help those of us that are prepping. 1st Recommendation – Nihongo Challenge http://www.amazon.com/Nihongo-Challenge-N4-Kannji-Japan/dp/4872177576 http://www.amazon.com/Nihongo-Challenge-Grammar-Reading-JLPT/dp/4872177568 (I have linked to… Read More Last Minute JLPT Study Resources
In addition to having the one of the strongest tea cultures in the world, coffee culture is also exploding in China. As of July 2015, Coffee Consumption is in a growth cycle of 7x the global average, about 25% to 30% year on year.① With Coffee Cafe’s popping up everywhere, themes and gimmicks to set… Read More Mandarin Chinese Coffee Vocabulary List
It seems like every day a new app comes out that promises to help you learn characters easily. With a growing pool of research in memory and memory competitions on the rise, this article will be a quick round-up of some of these learning methodologies and some of my thoughts on how you can use… Read More Cool Chinese Character Memorization Methods
Click here to get Cheap Online Japanese Lessons! #91 1 Peter 2:24: He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed. さらに、わたしたちが罪に死に、義に生きるために、十字架にかかって、わたしたちの罪をご自分の身に負われた。その傷によって、あなたがたは、いやされたのである。 Kanji Used – 罪 – Sin (Tsumi) / 死 – Death (Shi) /… Read More Top 100 Most Read Bible Verses In Japanese – Number 91 – 100
Click here to get Cheap Online Japanese Lessons! #81 Romans 8:39: neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. 高いものも深いものも、その他どんな被造物も、わたしたちの主キリスト・イエスにおける神の愛から、わたしたちを引き離すことはできないのである。 Kanji Used – 高い – High,Tall (Takai) / 深い – Deep (Fukai) / 他 –… Read More Top 100 Most Read Bible Verses In Japanese – Number 81 – 90
Click here to get Cheap Online Japanese Lessons! #71 Psalms 133:1: How good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity! 見よ、兄弟が和合して共におるのはいかに麗しく楽しいことであろう。 Kanji Used – 見よ – Behold (Miyo) / 兄弟 – Brothers (Kyodai) / 和合 – Harmony (Wagou) / 共 – Together (Tomo) / 麗しく – Beautiful (Uruwashiku) / 楽しい – Fun… Read More Top 100 Most Read Bible Verses In Japanese – Number 71 – 80
If there’s one thing we’ve learned so far by living in Japan, it’s that Japanese websites love text and html… lots of html. The JLPT registration process is no exception to this rule. The registration deadline for the second test in 2015 is 9/30/2015!!! So do your best to register quickly. The next JLPT test… Read More Quick Update – Guide to Registering for the JLPT – Japanese Language Proficiency Test – 2015
Click here to get Cheap Online Japanese Lessons! #61 Matthew 11:30: For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” わたしのくびきは負いやすく、わたしの荷は軽いからである. Kanji Used – 負う – yoke (Ou) / 荷 – Burden (Ni) / 軽い – Light (Karui) #62 Genesis 1:27: So God created man in his own image, in the image of God… Read More Top 100 Most Read Bible Verses In Japanese – Number 61 – 70
Imagine if you could play a role playing game and by the end of it, you would be fluent in Chinese? Sounds stupid, right? Traditional logic states it is stupid and that Language Acquisition is something that should be hard, something that should be “earned”. In the eyes of most snooty academics, you shouldn’t be able… Read More Cool Games to learn Mandarin
