tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25324432.post4251754889210539287..comments2026-07-19T01:59:33.952-07:00Goblin Smithyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06988847269710312122noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25324432.post-12600402465590009782008-12-18T19:12:00.000-08:002008-12-18T19:12:00.000-08:00I speak a little and can point you in a good direction if you're interested. <BR/><BR/>There's a set of videos on the net somewhere (You Tube?) called Yan Can. They used to show them in my Japanese class. It'll teach you about culture, basic conversational vocabulary, and customs. All through the adventures of dorky Yan, an American living in Japan. <BR/><BR/>There's a set of books called Learn Japanese by Young and Nakajima-Okano. You can get them on eBay pretty cheap. They're older but it doesn't matter. They're college texts. There are 3 volumes, each exponentially harder than the last.<BR/><BR/>You can download a free program called Before You Know It (I think its BYKI.com) which uses the same system as that expensive Rosetta Stone. And you can probably find Rosetta Stone's Japanese version on a torrent somewhere.<BR/><BR/>I highly recommend you learn the alphabet first. Its 46 characters, but once you know all 5 vowel sounds, you can read/pronounce anything that's written in the English way (called Romaji) - like much of the Manga you might find at your local porn library, apparently. From pronounciation, move on to lyrics and vocab. <BR/><BR/>Try this lyrics too - its the song from Kingdom Hearts, Distance.<BR/>http://www.lyricsmania.com/lyrics/utada_hikaru_lyrics_3135/distance_lyrics_9695/distance_lyrics_112412.htmlsemelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15221927952135264421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25324432.post-59078758195647552402008-12-18T17:13:00.000-08:002008-12-18T17:13:00.000-08:00No tentacles? Now that's disappointing. Cuz I like them tentacle actions :PAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25324432.post-22141357306580824712008-12-18T00:04:00.000-08:002008-12-18T00:04:00.000-08:00hosed indeed...RSS adderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08584631646912781176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25324432.post-15286880842988976472008-12-17T18:25:00.000-08:002008-12-17T18:25:00.000-08:00No tentacles? You got hosed.Kennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02328376888081378486noreply@blogger.com