How I Got Started
Saturday, September 17, 2011
昔々、忍者が好きだった友達がいた。私は彼に俳句と短歌の詩を書いてあげていた。ある日、考えを思い付いた。日本語に私の詩を訳したくて、水彩画の上に習字で書きたかった。でも、問題があった。私は日本語を話さなくて、だれも知らなかった。だから、教科書を買って、勉強し始めた。それから、インターネットで詩を書く日本人に知り合った。この人は私の詩を訳すのを手伝ってくれた。ここだ。
日本語は面白いと思って、美も意味も持っているから、漢字が好きだ。この理由により、日本語を勉強し続ける。
日本語は面白いと思って、美も意味も持っているから、漢字が好きだ。この理由により、日本語を勉強し続ける。
Some nifty things (and one not-so-nifty):
I found a good Japanese font to use for the iPad: it's called "Hiragino Mincho ProN". It took me a while to track down that information, but I was very pleased when I did. For the Mac desktop, the font name is "Hiragino Mincho Pro". I'm using "MS Mincho" as the default.
If you're viewing this on Firefox, you're missing out. Try Chrome, IE, or Safari. I have a bit of javascript that lets you show or hide the furigana... rendered with ruby tags. Firefox, however, doesn't seem to want to apply the display property to RT tags, which was disappointing.
Lastly, I've posted vocabulary, grammar and kanji for Genki Chapter 15.
Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place
and gave Him the name that is above every name,
that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.
and gave Him the name that is above every name,
that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.
— Philippians 2:9-11