Mini Lessons
Daily Japanese lesson!
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常用漢字=jouyou kanji
Today I will talk about 常用漢字=jouyou kanji
常用漢字=jouyou kanji
→常用=jouyou= daily use, common-use
→漢字=kanji
We were supposed to know 1945 kanji when we complete secondary schools.
The Japanese government has just proposed that they would delete 5 characters and add 196 more.
So in total we have to learn 2,136 kanji in total.
Here is the related link! 新常用漢字=shin jouyou kanji
So officially you have to know 2,136 kanji to be considered "literate". Don't worry if kanji intimidates you at first, though. If it makes you feel any better, it gives many school teachers like myself more pressure to teach more in a limited amount of time.
And the good news is you don't need to be able to write all of them. These days, thanks to computers, we write kanji by paw (hand in your case) less and less everyday.
When we were little, we were forced to learn lots of kanji, and we had to take quizzes every week at school. But if you learn a few kanji at a time, it's really not that big a deal. And if you happen to like to read -- books, magazines, the back of dog food packages, manga, whatever -- you can learn how to read kanji naturally.
I would say just have fun learning them. But little by little!
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Today, I will just teach you one of the kanji that they just added to 常用漢字=jouyoukanji
諦
Looks familiar?
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諦める =akirameru= to give up!
From Maggie sensei
諦めないで漢字を勉強してね。
Akiramenai de kanji wo benkyou shitene!
Don't give up and keep learning kanji!
From the pic.
あ～また増えた!
Aa mata fueta!
Gosh, they increased them again!
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Maggie on September 1st, 2010
@ダンsan
もちろん、覚えていましたよ！またいつでもわからないことがあったら聞いて下さいね。
ダン on September 1st, 2010
さすがまっぎー先生ですね～
まだ私のことを覚えていますか。
覚えてくれて嬉しいです★
私に日本語を教えてくれて、ほんとうにありがとうございます！
Maggie on August 31st, 2010
@ダンさん
久しぶり！！！元気でしたか？
A) “If you mess with him, then you mess with me” →B) If you mess with him, then I will mess with you. ではないですか？
だったら「彼に手を出したらただじゃおかない。」になります。
ダン on August 31st, 2010
こんにちは、まっぎー先生！
私はダンで、ベトナム人です。
まっぎー先生のサイトはとても役に立ちます。
今英語と日本語を勉強しています。
ちょっとききたいことがあるんですが。。。
How to say “If you mess with him, then you mess with me” in Japanese?
Thanks in advanced！ありがとうございます！
Maggie on August 28th, 2010
@tremault
Thank you for approving typos! Great! In that case, I will keep challenging your brain
tremault on August 28th, 2010
I think typo’s are great. they force me to use my brain. it makes me better at language
Maggie on August 23rd, 2010
@tremault
Thank you for your comments!!
1) Gomi: How interesting!!! It is very clever to use different colors for each trash.
2) ~demo : Right! でも=demo has a meaning as “but” “however” as well. 私でも分かります →Haha! You used it so naturally!