Tag Archives: rikaichan

Video Blog 7: Hyper Referencing

Posted on August 20, 2011 by marcusbird

Greetings everyone, in this video blog I chat about the three things I use to have a reasonably solid “reference environment” or way to look up Japanese words, sentences and meanings.

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The Grammar war begins! 文法の戦争が始まる！

Posted on July 14, 2011 by marcusbird

I know I posted a somewhat petulant blog about frustrations yesterday, but no worries. Shortly after writing that post, I was reading through the last set of lessons in “Japanese for Busy people” and I understood everything I read… so … Continue reading →

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Mangafying the Kindle and using Rikaichan

Posted on June 14, 2011 by marcusbird

皆さま、しばらくだよ！（Everyone, it’s been a very long time!) Yes boys and girls, I’m one of the dreaded “flyjin”, those people who left Japan after the earthquake. Sadly, though I was going through a serious love/hate affair with Japan, I must say … Continue reading →

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