ev on How to Understand Japanese without Translating itWhen first learning a language, you're introduced to images and their meaning, like in English preschool. This is what I do because you can't judge a sentence based on the sentence alone, your brain needs...
TheJapanCode on Free Japanese Novels that are Really Good ReadsI have this strange issue where I feel like I'm not getting the "official" experience if reading on this site vs the "official" light novel. It's such a strange issue to have; who cares if...
Falco252 on How to Understand Japanese without Translating itJapanese-English dictionaries at first, then japanese-japanese. It’s fine to think of the english for atomic parts of a sentence from time to time, especially if the sentence is difficult to you, the point is to...
Dylin on How to Understand Japanese without Translating itSo neko means cat and I understand that without thinking of translation but I'm confused as to how to find out neko means cat if I never knew it in the first place.
Mrs Yuki Hill on Change Your Mobile Phone To JapaneseI have Nokia 02 mobile. I wish to use both English and Japanese. I am struggling not to be able to use Japanese. I tried to change it. Unfortunately I can't use Japanese. Anyone can...

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