xiaosutaru
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Does anyone have any good study suggestions?
I posted somewhere else that I have a dry erase board and practice kanji on it. It's really helpful for my Kanji quizzes.
Flash Cards are your friends! My school bookstore has these little things called "Mind Binders" basically they're precut blank flashcards, I use them for tango (vocabulary) and for intransitive and transitive verbs. And of course, they're great for kanji and kana study
hehe practicing on a dry erase board is both fun and a good way to remember ^^ i love doing that since i can draw when i get bored and then get back to studying... all without moving around
domokun i am a very VERY lazy person
sweatdrop another good study way is while your out shopping or outside. Try to read anything japanese you see o.o; (like... FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!
whee ) If you cant understand it then try to remember it and find what it means when you get home ^^ having a connection to reality makes remembering them waay easier. This is a good way to learn and remember... but usually for me, the things i find arent the ones i needed to study for the quizes and tests
xd I CANNOT stress that ENOUGH! After you learn a new batch of kanji, GO OUT AND READ READ READ!
domokun If you are in Japan, of course. Read billboards, ads on the train (my favorite), signs, menus, maps, etc. Even the most useless things to read, like the back of a tabasco bottle. You will be surprised just how fast you will recognize your new kanji, and begin to read full sentences. If you come across a kanji you don`t understand, skip it and keep reading. Either the sentence will make that kanji or word clear to you, or you will learn the kanji later.
Also a good way to study the obscure meanings of some kanji is to read the names of sake or shochu (granted you are legal to drink in Japan).
blaugh My husband forgot his glasses one night and asked me to read a sake menu on the wall. What I was reading was 弥生 (やよい), and I read the second kanji as せい. I was really surprised to find out such a rare way to read! They don`t teach you that kind of stuff in school.
English kanji dictionaries that list the common 2000 are great and very very useful, and once you figure out a Japanese kanji dictionary, it can be very fun to use!
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