Comments for Launching Over Japan

Comment on I’m an Atheist by nugget

nugget — Wed, 08 May 2013 10:46:45 +0000

turn your back on organized religion and turn towards organized atheism? one is as bad as the other. as soon as you are handing out brochures and hassling anyone in any way about their deeply personal religious or irreligious beliefs you are making a nuisance of yourself.

Comment on Why I Hate Kanji by Bob Dobbs

Bob Dobbs — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 00:40:18 +0000

I’m trying to learn Japanese, and agree about kanji.

It’s like trying to memorize QR codes.

Comment on About by Marissa Keating

Marissa Keating — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 10:36:49 +0000

Hi Jason, Im emailing from Save The Children and wanted to see whether you might be available to get coverage of the effects of the earthquake on Japan for StC. We are waiting to see still whether we might need anything but it would be great to know if you are around potentially for a half day commission.

Im glad your photo had such a great alert and hope you stay safe

Many Thanks, Marissa

Comment on My iPhone might have just saved my life by Rufus T. Firefly

Rufus T. Firefly — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 09:53:50 +0000

What’s the name of this app?

Comment on Why I Hate Kanji by Lucky Joestar

Lucky Joestar — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 04:33:26 +0000

I live in Japan, and I feel your pain. Even though I’ve gotten good at it, I think kanji can and should be dumped. They’re like the useless English letters C, J, Q and X, letters the language could do without, only Japanese has a couple thousand of them. Honestly, kids here finish first grade knowing all the letters they need to write their language coherently. All-hiragana text is too hard to read, I can hear the weeaboos moaning now. The ancient Greeks had the same problem when they devised their alphabet, a problem they handily solved by putting spaces between the words. これ　は　よみやすい　ね？

Comment on Why I Hate Kanji by Aiko

Aiko — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 01:00:39 +0000

My mom has a Japanese friend who came to America the year I was born, and my mom decided she wanted to give me a Japanese name because she was “inspired”. (I am not even Japanese!) Anyways, the lady gave my mom a page with the kanji crap on it. I can’t even read it. My mom has been paying the woman to teach my japanese and I have learning for 14 years now. I am learning kanji now. I hate it!!! It’s not as bad as chinese because the japanese do have another two alphabets that make sense, but it sucks and it is senseless. It makes life so much harder. Would it be easier without it?

Comment on Why I Hate Kanji by Caroline

Caroline — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:47:54 +0000

I thought about interrupting japanese studies. We have to learn 50 to 80 Kanjis a week and it’s horrible. It’s more than an elementary school student has to learn in one year. But only Kanji would be manageable but grammar, vokabulary history and so on (I speak about 90 pages to read in a week)
So decide if you want to live or if you want to study Japanese. Even though I think the vokabulary we are learning is kind of unnessecairy. To learn words like “industrial relations” before even knowing how to order some food is a bit strange. In my opinion learning Japanese in a training course is much more useful than other ways are.

Comment on Autumn in Northern Japan 2010 by Stinkyjess

Stinkyjess — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 04:50:21 +0000

You are so lucky to be living in such a beautiful place….enjoyed your Autumn in Northern Japan photo collection.

Comment on ESL Warm up/review activites – Blackboard Dash by Jim Crickets

Jim Crickets — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 13:56:45 +0000

Not bad for an atheist.

Comment on Crazy Japanese Homonyms Article #1 by Is Japanese Hard to Learn?

Is Japanese Hard to Learn? — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 17:55:47 +0000

[...] you will need to be able to recognize and select the kanji you want to use. Japanese has a lot of homonyms (same sounds but different meanings). For example, the sounds “kai” have the following meanings [...]