The Japanese language consists of several writing systems. There are 3 main ones. There are hiragana and katakana, which are phonetic alphabets, each with 48+ characters. And then there is Kanji, the writing system with thousands of pictograms which were imported from the Chinese language. Hiragana and Kanji are used for 'real' Japanese words, and … Continue reading Japanese oddity
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日本語の日記
今日は 午前六時二十分に 起きる のは 不快かったです。昨日の夜 酒を 飲みすぎでした。しかし 今朝に コーヒーを 沢山 飲みます。
日本語の日記
今日,私は 家内と 林で 散歩しました。散歩は 九 キロメートル でした。天気は 良かったです。暖かかったです。午後五時に 晩御飯 を 作りました。 この日記を 始めました。
Site name
So why that name? The thing is: coming up with a good name for a website is difficult. Especially for a generic website without a specific topic. I could use my own name as domain name, but that would just be tacky in the same way that vanity plates on a car with your own … Continue reading Site name
Personal or not
I've created (or rather resurrected) my personal site. Anything I post here will be identifiable as mine. My thoughts, my opinions, as well as much random stuff. This poses its own dilemma. After all, my name will be directly tied to this content. Google will index it. My opinions will be here, visible for anyone … Continue reading Personal or not