I have extolled the virtues of James Heisig’s method for learning the kana in my earlier posts. His book, Remembering the Kana, had me competent with the Japanese syllabaries in the three hours they advertised. Coupled with practice, I can read the kana fairly well. However, kana is just a piece of the puzzle. I still have to come to grips with the kanji, so I decided to order Heisig’s Remembering the Kanji from Amazon.com. It uses the same method as with the kana book: associate each character with an image and story so that you can remember both the writing and the meaning. I’ll post my impressions of the book here once I get it in the mail.
The above image is from Andy - アンドレア on Flickr, who used the book to learn those above kanji. If I can have even that many kanji under my belt before I leave, I’ll be happy!
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