2016 is coming to a close, but that doesn’t mean we’re done with work quite yet. Today we’re proud to announce the beta release of our new Android app! Learn what’s new and how you …
Chinese character challenges, December 2016
In a way, learning characters is easy. When you know roughly how characters work and how they are composed, learning a new character is not hard. The difficulty comes from the large number of steps …
Japanese character challenges, December 2016
In a way, learning characters is easy. When you know roughly how characters work and how they are composed, learning a new character is not hard. The difficulty comes from the large number of steps …
Learning Japanese through Music, Part 1: Crazy Ken Band: タイガー＆ドラゴン
Often times the best study tactic is the one you enjoy most.
Hacking the most difficult Chinese characters (19-21)
This article discusses difficult characters in Chinese in order to help you learn them. It’s the sixth article in our series and deals with three characters： 颇， 竭 and 允.
Japanese character challenges, November 2016
Test your Japanese character knowledge and improve your ability to compare and contrast characters with these challenges! Answers at the bottom.
Japanese Monsters: Yōkai ②
日本の古来の文化を紐解いていくと、日本にハロウィンが定着したのは当然だ。
When you take a look into Japan’s traditional culture, it’s completely natural that Halloween has taken hold in Japan.
Since it’s almost Halloween, I thought I’d share some more 妖怪 (Yōkai), or Japanese monsters which are commonly known and used in various media.
Japanese character challenges, October 2016
Test your Japanese character knowledge and improve your ability to compare and contrast characters with these challenges! Answers at the bottom.
Chinese character challenges, October 2016
Test your Chinese character knowledge and improve your ability to compare and contrast characters with these challenges! Answers at the bottom.
Cornerstones of learning vocabulary, part 2: Active recall
Active recall is a much better way of learning anything, including vocabulary. Instead of seeing the answer or rereading something, research clearly shows that actively asking questions, encouraging you to retrieve the memory actively leads to better long-term results.