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2007.07.29

Japanese Kanji Flashcards from White Rabbit Press

For longtime readers, you know that my battle with Japanese is an ongoing one. I’ve gotten to a point where I can converse casually, but I still can’t use it in a professional manner, and more annoyingly, still can’t read more than headlines and the like. I’m constantly in and out of the books, but about a month or so a go, after a bit of a pep talk from a good friend, I decided to give it another big push, this time on the kanji front. The tool that’s really been helping me a lot are the Japanese kanji flashcards (I’m still just on volume 1) from White Rabbit Press. The reason I became aware of them was because the person behind the company, Max Hodges, attended PauseTalk a few times. I’ve tried using kanji cards in the past, but those other sets where nowhere near as nice as the White Rabbit Press ones. My favorite thing is that each card lists 6 words (usually commonly used ones) that use that kanji, which for me is just so much better for learning than just trying to memorize all the readings of a particular kanji. I can’t recommend these enough, and I’ll definitely be picking up volume 2 when I’m done with this first set.

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  1. nice one.
    so where does a clueless gaijin pick these up from? Do we have to order online? or would kinokuniya or somewhere else stock them?

    07.07.30 1:42
    Posted by tim
  2. I’m guessing they should be available at pretty much any big bookstore that sells Japanese-learning material.

    07.07.30 1:45
    Posted by Jean Snow
  3. Thanks for the tip. Since I left Japan my Japanese reading ability became more and more worse over the years. The Kanji cards will be a good starting point for to improve my Japanese again - hopefully :-).

    07.07.30 2:00
    Posted by Ferdinand
  4. Hi Jean! Thanks for the nice review–and I’ll try to make it back to PauseTalk soon.

    Just wanted to let everyone know that they can order directly from White Rabbit Press. We ship worldwide from our location in Tokyo and New York. We encourage everyone to order direct as that is the best way to support us in continuing to develop outstanding products for Japanese language learners (we lose about half the sale when you purchase through a reseller).

    Max Hodges
    Publisher
    White Rabbit Press
    http://www.whiterabbitpress.com

    07.07.30 11:45
    Posted by Max Hodges
  5. Hi Jean, I’m sure you have listened to japanesepod101 before, but just in case! It is a very good language podcast for any level. -David

    07.08.02 5:39
    Posted by David
  6. Yes, I listen to their intermediate level podcasts.

    07.08.02 9:10
    Posted by Jean Snow
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