29 Nov, 2007
Leo Smith and Jon DeSousa forwarded me a JLPT 1 vocabulary list. It’s in spreadsheet format and includes the kanji, kana, and English for each entry. I plan to add a column with Heisig keywords in the future, but in the meantime, enjoy!
9 Nov, 2007
The site has seen lots of updates over the past few days. In addition to a new look and feel for the site, new content has been added to the Flashcards and and Japanese sections:
- Palm SuperMemo databases for med school, which I had lost a few years ago in a harddrive crash, have been recreated from my web database by Doug Buxton and are now available for download.
- A podcast of Japanese sentences based on the textbook Japanese for Everyone, compliments of Leo Smith, has been added to the Japanese section of the site.
Enjoy!
14 May, 2007
leosmith has updated his list of JfE sentences. He has improved the format of the spreadsheet and also had it checked and corrected by a native speaker. Enjoy!
Updated file
15 Apr, 2007
I’ve been studying Japanese for the past few months. I’m working my way through James Heisig’s excellent book Remembering the Kanji Volume 1 in order to learn the meaning and writing of about 2,000 kanji (Chinese characters used to write Japanese). I’m almost halfway through the book now. My next step will be to learn to read the characters in Japanese. Rather than learning the pronounciation of individual characters, I plan to learn the kanji in the context of Japanese sentences, a method which teaches not just reading, but also vocabulary, grammar, and usage all at the same time.
That’s where the topic of this post comes in. leosmith from the Reviewing the Kanji forum, has worked his way through the textbook Japanese for Everyone, and along the way has put together an Excel spreadsheet with example sentences based on the textbook. The sentences can easily be added to a spaced repetition system such as Twinkle or Mnemosyne for effective review. Leo asked me to post the spreadsheet here so that other students of Japanese, particularly those using Japanese for Everyone, can benefit. Thanks, Leo!