Anime Quiz: ベイビーステップ
Test your Japanese anime listening skills through anime quizzes. This quiz uses scenes from ベイビーステップ.
Continue reading →Test your Japanese anime listening skills through anime quizzes. This quiz uses scenes from ベイビーステップ.
Continue reading →Test your Japanese anime listening skills through anime quizzes. This quiz uses scenes from ゼロから始める異世界生活.
Continue reading →There are crossword puzzles in hiragana similar to the way we have them in English. There was a silly one featured on 月曜から夜ふかし recently that is supposed to test your personality. Ready? The first 3 words that you find are what you want to acquire in life (not sure how that is supposed work…) Mine were: ちから (力) しんらい (信頼) きぼう (希望) Sounds right to … Continue reading →
Last perception quiz too easy for you? Want to really get into some deep thought here and find that bond with kanji and hiragana? Here are 4 more tricky kanji puzzles waiting to be taken down. Once again the actual Japanese isn’t that complex, but figuring out the patterns are incredibly difficult. Can you get any right? 4. Fill in the blank with the correct hiragana に … Continue reading →
You’ve been studying for a while now. Gained a little confidence. You’re not yet where you want to be, but you are getting there. You may have tested your progress before, but I bet you there is one test you’ve never taken. Can you beat a baby’s Japanese? NTT Communication did a study ranking the top words a Japanese baby first learns to say. You’re smarter … Continue reading →
Looking for a bit of a playful challenge using your perception of the written Japanese language? This was part of an interesting quiz recently that was featured on the TV show バイキング. The Japanese itself isn’t that difficult (beginners may even be able to solve these), but it’s meant to be tricky and test your way of playing with the language. Can you get all … Continue reading →
I know you love to stare at kanji all day long. Hours upon hours of a never ending gaze at those beautiful little symbols that create a mountain of meaning. Well how about turning that staring into a game? One that people love to seem to play on Twitter. 1. Take a kanji. 2. Repeat it dozens of time in multiple row. 3. Stick in … Continue reading →
Japanese isn’t especially a fast language, despite it feeling that way. But there are plenty of people who speak Japanese fast. Really fast. The faster the Japanese, the harder it is to understand. Sounds and words blend together, and it is something that you are not used to. Which means that if you can understand really fast Japanese, your Japanese is good. When Japanese is … Continue reading →