Intro To Japanese
Konnichiwa minnasan, and welcome to the new section
of Tuxedomask.com. You may have noticed, that many otaku enjoy
using certain Japanese words in their conversations, and some
have even gone as far as actually trying to learn the language
(like
me =p). If you too are interested about learning Japanese, or
just want to know the basic words that you're likely to encounter
on the web, then you've come to the right place ^_^. Here we have
a FUT (Frequently Used Terms), and weekly lessons in Japanese.
If there is enough interest I'll consider having a kanji of the
week (If you don't as of yet know what Kanji is, check out the
FUT ^_~). The lessons will be added (hopefully)weekly, and will
cover the basics of pronounciation, grammar, and reading skills.
If you have a suggestion for what you want to see covered or just
have a comment/question, drop me a line at webmaster@animeglobe.com
or ICQ me at 36178985. (Now remember that I'm not as of yet
fluent in Japanese, so if I do make a *gasp* mistake, feel free
to point it out to me. )
Now before we get started, there is this little
matter of viewing Japanese characters on your computers. The Japanese
characters on these pages will be encoded with the Shift-Jis (Japanese
Industrial System) method, which is the standard Japanese language
code. If you are using the later versions (4 and up) of Netscape
or
Internet Explorer then click on the links provided to go to
their respective component pages, and just download the Japanese
language pack. Also www.njstar.com
has a very good shareware program called NJWin which allows you
to view Japanese characters in any application. There
is also a freeware Japanese Text Processor called
JWPce, which features a built in dictionary.
Now Lets Get Started
FUT: Some of the more common
Japanese words and expressions used by anime fans.
Lesson 1
:
Pronunciation
Lesson 2: Numbers, and Counting
Lesson 3: Reading, Intro and Part 1
Lesson 3 part
2:
Hiragana
Lesson
3 part 3: Intro to Kanji
Lesson 4: Basic Honorifics and
Expressions
