This week we'll be giving away 3 iPhone application codes for one of our newest iPhone / Touch applications, Gengo Talking Japanese Dictionary, to the first 3 people who get ALL the combinations correct!To be fair with everyone, and for those without those speedy and amazing electronic dictionaries (高いからね！）, we'll only count answers that show up on Jim Breen's WWWJDICT. The Kanji for this week are as follows: (Remember, each compound must use the Kanji in the brackets .) Kanji Scrabble #08 　大、入、父、北、中、出、母、電、語、天 (Learn How to Play Here) To start, all you need is a Twitter account and to follow our Twitter account @japanesepod101 (What’s Twitter you ask? Read our guide here.) Kanji Scrabble #07 introduced the most combinations so... Show more

Welcome to Forum Spotlight! Here we’ll be introducing interesting and useful posts made by members at our very own JapanesePod101.com Forum. This forum spotlight post contains the final part of a list of new proposed Jōyō Kanji, which comes from Psyさん. What are Jōyō Kanji? The answer to that question along with the first installment of the list can be found here! For the second installment, click here. Here is part 3, the final installment of the new proposed Jōyō Kanji list. Next to each kanji, you will find the reading (onyomi is in katakana, kunyomi is in hiragana), the character's meaning, and a sample word using that kanji. No Kanji Reading Meaning Sample Word 126 諦 テイ・あきら（める）... Show more

The Kanji for this week are as follows: (Remember, each compound must use the Kanji in the brackets .) Kanji Scrabble #07 　大、年、魚、多、水、出、新、長、気、天 (Learn How to Play Here) To start, all you need is a Twitter account and to follow our Twitter account @japanesepod101 (What’s Twitter you ask? Read our guide here.) Last week was tricky, so make sure you ファイト and make up for it with this week's! Answers: Kanji Kana English 出生 しゅっしょう (n,vs,adj-no) birth/(P)/ 多年生 たねんせい (n) perennial (plant)/ 多生 たしょう (n) (1) (Buddh) metempsychosis/(2) saving the lives of many/ 大生 だいせい (suf) (abbr) college student/ 天生 てんせい (n) naturally occurring/nature/disposition/vocation/calling/ 年生 ねんせい (n) pupil in... Show more

Welcome to Forum Spotlight! Here we’ll be introducing interesting and useful posts made by members at our very own JapanesePod101.com Forum. This forum spotlight post contains part 2 of a list of new proposed Jōyō Kanji, which comes from Psyさん. What are Jōyō Kanji? The answer to that question along with the first installment of the list can be found here! Here is part 2 of the new proposed Jōyō Kanji list. Next to each kanji, you will find the reading (onyomi is in katakana, kunyomi is in hiragana), the character's meaning, and a sample word using that kanji. No Kanji Reading Meaning Sample Word 65 采 サイ dice; die 拍手喝采（はくしゅかっさい） 66 塞 サイ・ソク・ふさ（ぐ）・ふさ（がる） ... Show more

The Kanji for this week are as follows: (Remember, each compound must use the Kanji in the brackets .) Kanji Scrabble #06:   口、上、時、円、飲、出、高、車、魚、見 Kanji Scrabble, a JapanesePod101.com original game. (Learn How to Play Here) To start, all you need is a Twitter account and to follow our Twitter account @japanesepod101 (What’s Twitter you ask? Read our guide here.) Answers: Kanji Kana English 上目 うわめ (n) upward glance/upturned eyes/ 出目 でめ (n,adj-no) protruding eyes/ 目上 めうえ (n) superior(s)/senior/(P)/ 目高 めだか (n) medaka ricefish (Oryzias latipes)/killifish/ 見目 みめ (n) appearance/looks/ 高目 たかめ (adj-na,n) on the high side/

Welcome to Forum Spotlight! Here we’ll be introducing interesting and useful posts made by members at our very own JapanesePod101.com Forum. Our second forum spotlight post containing a complete list of new proposed Joyo Kanji comes from Psyさん. The Jōyō Kanji (常用漢字) are a list of 1945 "daily-use" kanji characters established by the Japanese Ministry of Education in 1981. Japanese children will have studied all of these kanji by the time they graduate from junior high school. The Ministry of Education has reviewed the current Jōyō Kanji set and proposed 191 kanji to be added to the list.  These characters are still under review, and the final list of additions is expected to be announced in the fall of 2010. Due to the amount of... Show more

The Kanji for this week are as follows: (Remember, each compound must use the Kanji in the brackets .) Kanji Scrabble #05 : 　年、立、長、大、語、社、入、国、会、見 Kanji Scrabble, a JapanesePod101.com original game. (Learn How to Play Here) To start, all you need is a Twitter account and to follow our Twitter account @japanesepod101 (What's Twitter you ask? Read our guide here.) Answers: Kanji Kana English 入学 にゅうがく (n,vs) entry to school or university/matriculation/(P)/ 国学 こくがく (n) study of (ancient) Japanese literature and culture/(P)/ 国立大学 こくりつだいがく (n) national university/ 国語学 こくごがく (n) Japanese philology (linguistics)/ 大学 だいがく (n) (1) post-secondary education institution, incl. university, college,... Show more

The Kanji for this week are as follows: (Remember, each compound must use the Kanji in the brackets .) Kanji Scrabble #04 : 　右、上、大、車、気、左、足、長、入、小 Kanji Scrabble, a JapanesePod101.com original game. (Learn How to Play Here) To start, all you need is a Twitter account and to follow our Twitter account @japanesepod101 (What's Twitter you ask? Read our guide here.) Answers: Kanji Kana English 上手 うわて、じょうず、かみて (adj-na,n) (1) upper part/(adj-na,n) (2) skillful (only in comparisons)/dexterity (only in comparisons)/(n) (3) over-arm grip on opponent's belt (sumo) 入手 にゅうしゅ (n,vs) obtaining/coming to hand 右手 みぎて (n) right hand 大手 おおて (n,adj-no) (1) front castle gate/(2) both arms open/outstretched arms/(3)... Show more

Time for another Kanji Scrabble this week.  First off, our apologies for a post later in the week due to the Japan exclusive holiday "Golden Week" (found out more in our Culture Class #15 lesson） The Kanji for this week are as follows: (Remember, each compound must use the Kanji in the brackets .) Kanji Scrabble #03 　間、先、九、大、中、立、毎、見、長、火 (Learn How to Play Here) Answers posted tomorrow morning at 10am Tokyo time! Next week's will begin on Thursday like usual. @Hint: Starting this week, not all Kanji in the list this week will be used to help keep this interesting ;) 簡単すぎるゲームだったら、おもしろくないでしょう？ Kanji Scrabble, a JapanesePod101.com original game. (Learn How to Play Here) To start, all you need is a Twitter account and to follow... Show more

To help your Kanji studies, we came up with a fun game using Twitter! Kanji Scrabble, a JapanesePod101.com original game. (Learn How to Play Here) The Kanji for this week are as follows: (Remember, each compound must use the Kanji in the brackets .) Kanji Scrabble #02 　日、二、本、一、国、人、十、中、三、時 (Learn How to Play Here) To start, all you need is a Twitter account and to follow our Twitter account @japanesepod101 (What's Twitter you ask? Read our guide here.) We're waiting for your tweets and blog comments! @Hint: (deleted) Kanji Scrabble #2 Answers Kanji Kana English Meaning 一日中 いちにちじゅう Throughout the day 中中 なかなか Very, considerabley, easily, readily, quite, highly, rather, by no means (with negative... Show more