Japanese Expressions - Latest Comments

Re: A Bag of Patience

BradJPE — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 08:41:48 -0000

Julien,

Thank you for your comment, the encouragement, and the correction! Seems the mispelled romaji escaped me completely.

Much appreciated,
-Brad

Re: A Bag of Patience

Julien De Vries — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 23:26:31 -0000

Hi Brad,

it's been a long time, great post and keep up the good work!

One correction I need to mention, the bag should be fukuro:
袋 (fukuro) – bag堪忍袋 (kanninbukuro)

Re: Idiom: This is just the beginning!

Ron Beall — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 13:51:54 -0000

Hi Bradley,
Hope your Ok.
God Bless!
Ron

Re: Welcome to JapaneseExpressions.com!

BradJPE — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 19:34:33 -0000

oohansel: Thank you for your comment and apologies for the late response! I think it really depends on your current level. In general...

Tae Kim's Guide to Japanese (FREE)- I'm a big fan of this app. It's basically a copy of his blog, but in iPhone form (http://www.guidetojapanese.....

JapanesePod101.com - Not really an app, but relevant in the sense that you can get the podcasts on your iPhone and the transcripts come with it. I find this especially helpful for studying on the go. (http://www.japanesepod101.c...

KanjiBox - Free app that is also usable via Facebook on the PC. It basically tests your Kanji ability based on the old JLPT Kanji list (1-4). As you run through the drills, it remembers which Kanji you do and don't remember well and drills your harder on the ones you aren't familiar with yet.

I would recommend avoiding most Japanese idiom apps. I've researched into a couple and found several idioms that aren't naturally used in Japanese conversation. I hope that helps!

Re: Welcome to JapaneseExpressions.com!

oohansel — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 00:58:34 -0000

what iphone apps would you recommend? for learning 'natural' or standard Japanese"

Re: Idiom: I’m Pulling Your Leg! No, I’m not joking!

BradJPE — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 10:18:57 -0000

If you have the time, would mind sharing your experiences? I ask
because, like many Japanese students, I thought I could communicate a
certain idea by translating a common English idiom into Japanese. It
doesn't work! Hehe

Re: New feature: Hovering Hiragana!

BradJPE — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 10:16:29 -0000

Jappleng,

Thanks, but I'm just doing it manually right now. The various
plugins that have similar functionality using a db and jquery seem to
have issues with 日本語. I'd like to eventually automate it.
I'll let you know if I find anything in the future!

Re: Drink + Communication = 飲みニケーション

BradJPE — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 17:46:23 -0000

Of course! Thank you for your informative and timely post and kind words. =) I look forward to your future posts as well.

Re: New feature: Hovering Hiragana!

BradJPE — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:44:20 -0000

Absolutely! I'm a big fan of Rikaichan. I understand perapera-kun is also quite good.

I figured I'd add this feature to challenge people studying kanji and make reading the posts more accessible to the less-hardcore amongst us. Thanks for the comment!

Re: New feature: Hovering Hiragana!

Amy — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 20:24:25 -0000

Rikaichan also works :)