Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Hiragana: The S Line

The S line signals the first of what will be many rule-breaker moments that you’ll experience as you learn Japanese. It consists of sa (さ), shi (し), su (す), se (せ), so (そ). The changes to our aiueo rule happens with shi (し), which takes the place of what would be “si”, however the rest of the line remains as is.

Hiragana: The S Line

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Japan Signs: Virgin Bourbon

Join me in dissecting the Japanese label of a ¥7000 bottle of 15-year-old Virgin Kentucky Bourbon.

We’ll go through and breakdown the katakana and kanji from the label and then it’s over to you to practice transcribing the rest.

Japan Signs: Virgin Bourbon