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Japanese Language & Culture

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Apr 8, 2010

This is a video that explains to a person how to write their name in Japanese. The woman shows two ways as to how to translate your name in Japanese. The first is how the name is pronounced, and the ...

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Apr 7, 2010

Writing the word "human" using Japanese characters or writing (also known as kanji) is deceptively easy. It can be completed in as little as two downward, curving strokes. Beginning from the top, draw ...

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Apr 5, 2010

This video tutorial is about Japanese language, and it shows us how to write the Japanese Kanji character "kuni" meaning "country". Our first step is to write a line starting from the top left and fin ...

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Mar 29, 2010

This video language lesson explains how to hold polite dinner conversation in Japanese, focusing on traditional Japanese table etiquette. At the beginning of a meal, a typical thing to hear is "itada ...

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Sep 18, 2008

Trying to increase your Japanese vocabulary? This video language lesson shows simple verbs in the negative form written in Japanese as well as English while the word is clearly pronounced. Follow al ...

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Sep 18, 2008

Trying to increase your Japanese vocabulary? This video language lesson shows simple verbs in the past tense form written in Japanese as well as English while the word is clearly pronounced. Follow ...

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Sep 18, 2008

Trying to increase your Japanese vocabulary? This video language lesson shows simple verbs written in Japanese as well as English while the word is clearly pronounced. Follow along while watching th ...

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Sep 18, 2008

In English, sentences follow the SVO, subject verb object, structure. Japanese, on the other hand goes by the SOV, subejct object verb, structure. As it's a little counter-intuitive to a non-native ...

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Sep 18, 2008

Where to start when learning a language, that's neither here nor there. This video language lesson starts building up a basic Japanese vocabulary of location words. Watch this video Japanese languag ...

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Sep 18, 2008

You're in Japan trying to buy something, but don't know how much it costs? Numbers are important to know, and simple to learn. This video language lesson shows the days of the week written in Japane ...