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Naw, Kanji is easy once you get the system. It has a very simple system that is actually a bit beautiful.
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well, it's fun seeing what kanji you combine to make words. Flower+Fire = Fireworks for instance.
Still, you're wading through metaphore looking for meaning. It doesn't seem very efficient. Poetic, but not efficient. Plus it doesn't really tell you how to pronounce what you're reading.
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If you have Windows XP, you can install the East Asian language package and it allows you to type in Japanese in Hiragana and translate into the kanji you need: I found that to be a pretty useful tool to learn the army of kanji you need to know to be considered literate (5000).
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quote:Originally posted by erosomniac: If you have Windows XP, you can install the East Asian language package and it allows you to type in Japanese in Hiragana and translate into the kanji you need: I found that to be a pretty useful tool to learn the army of kanji you need to know to be considered literate (5000).
I have a set of Kanji Cards, plus Henshall's "Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters".
After trying both cold, I've found it a lot easier to grow a vocab first, and then to associate the characters with the vocab you're already familiar with.
Either way, when learning Japanese vocab, Kana = GOOD, Romaji = BAD
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