Learn kanji with vocabulary. The ultimate guide to understanding Japanese Kaomoji : Spechtrograph. In Japan hardly any email or IM message get written which doesn’t contain some form of smileys or emoticons. While emoji (graphical presentations of emoticons) are probably most known, “kaomoji” ( from “kao” = face, “moji” = character ) are the Japanese version of Western emoticons and there are practically endless variations available.
The biggest difference to the Western counterpart is probably that they are read horizontally and you don’t need to turn your head to understand them, for example the Western emoticon for “Happy” looks like this :-) while the Japanese version looks like this (^_^) . There are many stereotypes about how the Japanese convey emotions and feelings, the most popular one is probably “ the Japanese show no emotion “, but in fact the rich culture of kaomoji shows just how different the perception between Westerners and Japanese is.
To fill in this blank, lovely Ako and I decided to create the ultimate visual guide to Japanese kaomoji. Smiling Snobbish, arrogant. Japanese Onomatopoeia. Posted on 01.
Jun, 2009 by Ginny in Uncategorized There are different types of Japanese onomatopoeia. Today we’re going to just focus on one of the onomatopoeia. I’ll do another post on the others later. Today’s onomatopoeia is giseigo (擬声語). Nyaa nyaa: (ニャーニャー) meow meow (the sound cats make) goro goro: (ゴロゴロ) purr purr (the sound cats make) wan wan: (ワンワン) woof woof (the sound a dog makes) moo moo: (モーモー) muu muu (the sound that cows make) mee mee: (メーメー) baa baa (the sound sheeps make) hihiin: (ヒヒーン) neigh neigh (the sound horses make) chuu chuu: (チューチュー) chirp chirp (the sound a bird makes) kin kon (キンコン) ding dong (the sound of a door bell) kushu (クシュ) achoo (the sound of a sneeze)
The Best Resources for How to Learn Japanese « Gakuranman – illuminating Japan. Learning the Japanese language can be very fulfilling, but there is no doubt that it is challenging.
With self-study and learning Japanese online for free becoming more and more popular, it can be tough for the beginning student to find good quality resources. Over on Gakuranman.com’s sister site, Gakuu (short review here), I’ve put together an ever-growing list of (mostly free) websites and books that can be used to learn the language. You can access and bookmark it right here: Japanese Language Learning Resources A brief explanation then. Beginners can start with the green links to learn hiragana and katakana, as well as basic grammar and help for how to learn Japanese. There is also a growing list of links to other resource sites, so you can use it as a starting point on your quest for free tools and websites to learn Japanese. If you have any suggestions for additions to the list or cool sites for how to learn Japanese, please leave a comment! Learn Japanese Online for Free - it's fun with easy flash quizes!
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