漢字

Today I was studying kanji.  I was looking through the 常用漢字(じょうようかんじ), the officially recognized 1949 characters required to be understood according the Japanese government.  Terribly fun stuff.  I learned after studying them, I can recognize at least 80 characters without thinking about it.  It is great to know that I know characters well enough already.  Although they were the first level characters you would otherwise learn in grade school.  Anyway, back to studying. 

おしまい！

片仮名と平仮名。

Today I practiced hiragana and katakana.  They are the easiest to learn.  Hiragana is used for everything, including pronunciation of kanji.  I learned so many uses for these characters; verbs, adjectives, demonstrative pronouns and adjectives, the list is that long. The katakana syllabary is for foreign words or to add emphasis to certain words.  I have been studying Japanese on and off for a while now, so I have understanding of the Japanese language, however lacking. 

I will study these in unison with Kanji.  I found some apps on Apple's app store that are great for helping in memorization of hiragana, katakana, and kanji.  I will try to post links for them on here. 

其れじゃ、また明日！

紹介！

Howdy all.  I am Uso to those who are looking for anything about self teaching yourself Japanese.  This is a blog for recording what I am learning in my Japanese studies.  That way, I will better retain information.  Maybe this will even help others.  I will post links to things I find to be helpful, and maybe even review products I use during my studies. 


This will all attribute to me going to Japan when I am able to understand the language.  Japan has always fascinated me, and that is why I know I will do this.