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If you're looking for a simple guide to reading simple Japanese text and recognizing simple words and numbers used in video games, then this site is probably for you. If you're looking for an in-depth, complicated guide to grammar, vocab, and kanji, then this site might not be for you. Hopefully, after reading this site (maybe after reading it several times), you might be able to actually read Hiragana (used a lot in video games), Katakana (crucial if you want to name a video game character after yourself), and maybe even a handful of the 2,000+ kanji which are starting to show up more frequently in video games with advancing technology and memory to waste. Speaking of kanji, take a look at the title picture. The first symbol in this case is read as "ni," meaning "the sun." The second symbol is usually read has "hon," here meaning root or origin. The last symbol is usually read as "go," meaning "language." Put them all together and you get "The language of Land of the Rising Sun," which we happen to call Japanese. See? You're learning already. Want to learn more? Click on one of the links below to go to a lesson.
NOTE: This site is currently under construction and is not complete. However, there is good news for those of you who actually care about this site. My Japanese teacher has decided that part of our semester final will be creating a project that displays our knowledge of the Japanese that we have learned this year. I just so happen to have this little website that I've started, so what this means is that this website will most likely be mostly complete by the end of the month. I love it when I'm required to make a website :-)
Also note that I don't know a ton of Japanese. I know how to read and write Hiragana and Katakana, which most of the lessons will focus on, which will help you pick up a few words in Japanese video games. I also know quite a lot of grammar, but there's still a lot more. I have a large vocabulary, but there are still thousands of words I don't know. This is not meant to be a complete course, it's more like a simple introduction. As I learn more, I'll add more.
Another thing that I should mention: my mail service decided to not exist anymore, so all of my old mail ([email protected]) is now non-existant. If you sent any mail to this address, I apologize. It wasn't my fault. My new address is [email protected]
Finally, one other thing. In order to save time and the remainder of my sanity, I won't be using graphics for most of the Japanese text on this website. Instead, I'll be using Japanese text. If this: ��{�� looks like the three symbols at the top of the page, your Browser is Japanese-friendly. If that looks like a load of gobbledygook, then your Browser is not Japanese-friendly :-( If you're using MIE, click on View, then Encoding, then More, then Japanese (Auto-select or Shift_JIS). If you're not using MIE, then see if your browser has any text encoding (and set it to Shift_JIS or Auto-Select). If all else fails, do a search for a free trial of NJStar CJK Viewer, download it, then set it to Japanese Auto-Select. If that fails, send me an e-mail and I'll see what I can do.
