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  • 01 . 03 . 05

    Bootstrapping A Dictionary

    Learning to read Japanese is really really ridiculously hard. So hard that you have to use a dictionary in order to use a dictionary.

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  • 17 . 02 . 05

    Penned Name

    I try my hand at calligraphy and find it far too unsteady to write even my own name!

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  • 28 . 01 . 05

    The Return Of The Pedal Bike

    My bike miraculously makes its way back to me courtesy of some over-zealous police work.

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  • 05 . 12 . 04

    Proficiency, Or Lack Thereof

    In which I sit the Japanese National Language Proficiency Test Level 3, and make weak football related puns.

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  • 02 . 08 . 04

    Fire Flowers

    With my reading comprehension the way it is, there’s no wonder I didn’t realise that Hanabi literally meant Fireworks.

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  • 06 . 06 . 04

    The Name Game

    Try explaining how to spell your name to someone where there aren’t just 26 options for each character, but 20,000.

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  • 08 . 05 . 04

    100 Kanji

    A minor but satisfying milestone on the way to Japanese illiteracy.

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  • 07 . 05 . 04

    Beef And Life

    The Kanji (ideogram) for Draft beer is the same as the Kanji for growth, birth or life. Steve, you were right; Beer is life!

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  • 28 . 04 . 04

    What’s In A Name?

    I was given a cool, if slightly feminine Kanji name today. Now I just need to remember how to write it!

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