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KANJI

Lesson 19
Translated from Russian by Tanya Nefyodova

Now, you've easily mastered 18 lessons. What next? New and more lessons are obviously suggest themselves. However, to create more lessons and make them as easy and as interesting as the studied ones is a matter requiring a lot of effort and taking a lot of time. Even this is not a problem. Japanese is so intriguing and captivating that you wouldn't like (and, frankly, wouldn't want) it to be set out here as you see other foreign languages presented. It turned out to have too much to conceive and comprehend.

Besides, to study such a fascinating and unusual language following artificial methods is the same as to study life preparing dead frogs. That's why our Japanese Language Self Study Guide offers you to plunge into the world of Japanese ideographs in their native surroundings, I mean, directly in Japan and with Japanese material. Just go to the new Express Lessons page (Russian only).

Japanese is unique and peculiar. Unusual writing is cunningly intertwined with peculiar vocabulary, grammar featuring uncommon mathematical truth and numerous levels of refined courtesies. With all this going on, the incredible linguistic bun is pinned with Japanese history, culture and world view. You may ask what to do next and which way to go.

We've decided to avoid conventional techniques and try to present some language aspects, namely, kanji, in short and easily understood educational sketches. Though the sketches were ironically nicknamed as 'kanji essays,' they've been treated worthy of interest by many Self Study Guide visitors.

Get to know our 'kanji essays' and your fear and diffidence of hieroglyphs will disappear to make way for your passion for them. First essays will strike you by the fact that actually you've more or less known a lot of Japanese kanji. It's time to face what you've been longing for, being hungry for witty food for thought. For more information on our 'kanji essays' please go here.

Moreover, we think that learning of a language must go smoothly and give pleasure, that's why we're developing a set of material nicknamed 'Self Study Texts.' They will make you read plain Japanese texts whether you be highly experienced in the language or without any knowledge. The texts were prepared so that you read and understand them at once, without learning or memorizing what was written. For more information, go here (Russian only).

Another feature is 'Mnemonic Stories.' The idea to apply them to Japanese and elaboration of material belongs to Vadim Smolensky, one of the http://www.susi.ru/ site authors. Serik Karimov presents you the method on the pages of our Japanese Language Self Study Guide. You can see prepared mnemonic trains here (Russian only).

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