I spent a long time thinking about what to write for my first article about Japanese calligraphy. There is so much to say, it’s difficult to know where to start. Then I remembered that my teacher had once written a short introduction to Japanese calligraphy, which I had translated into English. What better way toContinueContinue reading “An Introduction to Japanese Calligraphy (by my teacher)”
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影 (ka-ge) “shadow”
Japanese kanji characters are made up of smaller parts. The left hand side of a kanji is called then “hen”. In the case of 影, the “hen” is 景, which means “scenery” and can be a complete kanji by itself. The right hand side of a kanji is called the “tsukuri”. In this case theContinueContinue reading “影 (ka-ge) “shadow””
Three Mindset Shifts that will Fast-Track your Japanese Language Learning
image by andsproject from pixabay Article originally published on Medium in Japonica publication Mindset Shift Level 1: Learning Japanese > Practicing Japanese. A lot. “Learning” is a misnomer. You don’t so much learn a language as practice it. Becoming fluent in a foreign language has less in common with academic study and more with learning a sport, a dance, or a martial art:ContinueContinue reading “Three Mindset Shifts that will Fast-Track your Japanese Language Learning”
Translating Culture: 5 Intriguing Japanese Words We Need in English
image by Mohamed Hassan, from Pixabay The Internet is full of articles with titles such as “5 untranslatable words in the X language”. This is not one of those articles. I’m not going to claim that any of the words below are “untranslatable”. What I am going to do is introduce five Japanese words thatContinueContinue reading “Translating Culture: 5 Intriguing Japanese Words We Need in English”
Calligraphy by Vicky 