About the Author
Hello, this blog is about my life as a father, Buddhist and Japanophile / Koreaphile. Any useful information I can pass along will hopefully make the Internets a better place. Thanks for reading!
Category Archives: Japanese
Part 2: My new hobby – Korean language 한극어
Shifting gears a bit after the last heavy post, I wanted to revisit an old subject. About six months ago, I wrote about my new hobby at the time, which was studying Korean alongside studying Japanese. It started out as … Continue reading
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JLPT Care Package!
Having recently taken (and passed) the JLPT N2, I was very happy to receive a cars package from a certain reader. The package contained special-edition Kit-Kat candy from Japan: Notice the Mos Burger logo in the upper right, too. These … Continue reading
2011 JLPT N2: 合格できた！
I am happy to report that I have passed the JLPT N2 exam. No one is more surprised than me. My score was as follows: Vocab: 45 / 60 Reading: 47 / 60 Listening: 38 / 60 Total: 130 / 180 I was surprised my … Continue reading
Timeboxing for Fun and For Profit
As I mentioned in my last post, I am great a devising projects, and terrible at follow through. This includes blogging, language studies (Japanese and Korean), Buddhist practice (e.g. nembutsu, meditation, etc), among many other things. The problem is always … Continue reading
You Reap What You Sow
I wasn’t planning on posting this at first, but I really liked this one KPop video by a lesser-known artist by Red Roc. It’s dark and intense, features the awesome T.O.P. from Big Bang, and has a surprise ending: If … Continue reading
Buddhism: Try To Suck Less
The title for this blog post was inspired by some excellent advice from AJATT on learning a foreign language, and not giving up. Early in January he posted a couple bits of advice on Twitter:1 Keep learning and you’ll eventually … Continue reading
Sound Shifts in Korean Language
Since I started studying Korean alongside Japanese, I noticed some similarities. However, I’ve also noticed some differences. One of them is sound-shifts. Japanese has comparatively few, while Korean has a lot, and it affects how words are read. This is … Continue reading
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
While staying in Japan, I watched NHK’s nihongo de asobo which is this wonderful children’s show on Japanese TV that I’ve mentioned a few times before, and covers obscure, traditional aspects of Japanese culture to a younger generation. In each … Continue reading
Japanese Grammar, some meta-rules
A while back, I had a small epiphany about Japanese language. I had been studying for the JLPT N2, and focusing on grammar. Like all languages, Japanese has many rules for grammar. Until then, I had been studying each grammar … Continue reading
Merry Christmas!
My daughter made this calendar at school, featuring Santa Claus. And as everyone knows, Santa Claus is Buddhist (more proof here). Merry Christmas, Everyone! P.S. On the side is written daisuki (だいすき) meaning “to like”. In other words, she likes … Continue reading
