Welcome ! This is a great opportunity to practice reading and writing in Japanese with your fellow Rocket Japanese learners. So browse some of the posts, take your Japanese reading skills for a spin and when you're ready, introduce yourself and get chatting! Don't be afraid to make mistakes - these are learners just like you and they're here to help.
Konnichiwa!! Hi all!! First of all id like to congratulate the Rocket Japanese team on the easiest and most educational language resource iv ever used, and iv used a few! Its made me more enthusiastic than iv ever been to learn this beautiful language,...
1 reply - Last post by Sayaka-Matsuura - January 6, 2010
Hello! I was wondering if i really need to learn how to read and write Kanji. I already know the Hiragana and Katakana, but should i learn Kanji as well? I plan on going to Japan after I graduate High School for part of my gap year (3-6 months) before ...
2 replies - Last post by Sayaka-Matsuura - January 4, 2010
Hello, I have been trying to move to just reading the hiragana/katana on the lessons instead of the romanji to improve my reading skill. I always see う used for ō, is it always used for that character or is it sometimes used for u? how can you tell when...
4 replies - Last post by Sayaka-Matsuura - December 4, 2009
If I write a letter to someone in Japan using Romaji ...is it easy for them to understand me..or do I have to learn Hiragana before they can understand me..
5 replies - Last post by Sayaka-Matsuura - November 23, 2009
こんばん は！ Hello everyone! First I would just like to say how brilliant Rocket Japanese is, and I would go into more detail but I feel it would be futile because you already know that. :wink: My question, actually, is kana-related. Obviously in English, y...
7 replies - Last post by Sayaka-Matsuura - October 1, 2009
How far do I come without kanji?
Learning hiragana and katakana isn't a big problem, but the kanjis are, so I'm curious about how much i can read without knowing kanji. Or is there a list with the monst important kanji? This would also be really useful because learning them all is a li...
12 replies - Last post by CatPanda - August 7, 2009
Is there any easy way to write Kanji on my computer?
How can foreigners write in Kanji on their computer?
6 replies - Last post by CatPanda - July 3, 2009
Are there Kanji in video games, I never saw any inanything until atleast the second generation (The snes, sega genesis, etc.) so are there any?
6 replies - Last post by CatPanda - May 28, 2009
Konnichiwa, I just purchased this course about a week ago and am studying the Hiragana along with it. I've run into something that I don't understand yet though. There are two symbols for 'o' both in Hiragana and Katakana, what are the rules for when to ...
5 replies - Last post by Sayaka-Matsuura - May 20, 2009
Hi everybody, I live in a place where there are alot of japanese immigrants and seasonal workers. To get better at the Japanese language I would like to put out an add in my town asking for a personal tutor who I can practice conversations with, in return...
1 reply - Last post by Sayaka-Matsuura - May 13, 2009
Is "wa" sometimes written "ha" in hiraga
Sometimes I find that the hiragana for "ha," is used for "wa." If you look at the following excerpts from the lessons, you can see that the ha in "hajimemashite," is used as the wa in the sentence "watashi no namae wa K...
5 replies - Last post by VirEnsiferus - May 8, 2009
Is there a tip in reading and writing the differences to the following? shi - シ tsu - ツ so - ソ n - ン I notice that the angles of the lines are very slightly different, but I don't know if this is giong to be so easy for me to "kaku to yomu" :P
3 replies - Last post by Sayaka-Matsuura - May 6, 2009
こんいちは、お元気ですか。 That's what it looks like on the computer, but nobody writes with such precision. Can somebody show me what *actual* handwriting looks like? i.e.. Do you know anbody, who writes their *a* or *g* like this?
10 replies - Last post by CatPanda - April 5, 2009
So, I found out my name in Japanese is Wiriamu... but How would I put this in Hiragana? I don't see any symbols for "wi"...I see one for Wa, but I couldn't change it with ya,yu, or yo...so what would I do :[
3 replies - Last post by Sayaka-Matsuura - November 2, 2008
is there a jouyou kanji that's not in the 2,501 most commonly used kanji? ex. 肯 is #1813 Here's a website showing the 2501 most frequent kanji, is (are) there any missing jouyou kanji(s)? (Please forgive me for asking for such a staining task)
3 replies - Last post by Peake - October 21, 2008
Could some check and see if I got these correct? hyaku ひゃく = one hundred nihyaku にひゃく = two hundred sanbyaku さんびゃく = three hundred yonhyaku よんひゃく = four hundred gohyaku ごひゃく = five hundred roppyaku ろっぴゃく = six hundred nanahyaku ななひゃく = seven hundr...
4 replies - Last post by Sayaka-Matsuura - October 5, 2008
Hi, I was using the MegaHiragana game and came across a character for "my". Is there a Japanese sound for "my"? Would you pronounce it like the English word "my"?
1 reply - Last post by Sayaka-Matsuura - September 9, 2008
What Japanese writing symbols should I learn?
What writing system would be the most helpful when reading general things like signs and a hand guide booklet in Japan? I plan on learning most of it but I would like to know which system I should completely learn for most everyday reading requirement pro...
2 replies - Last post by Tulache - September 3, 2008
Need some clarification with combined hiragana
Hello, I am currently studying some hiragana while doing your audio courses, and a friend of mine found some hiragana worksheets. I've been doing them pretty steadily and I found a question I am a little confused on, so I was wondering if you could help m...
3 replies - Last post by Raifums - August 28, 2008
How does one write a long vowel in katakana?
I am curious about how certain long vowel sounds are written in katakana, e.g. my name, Karl would be "kaaru," but I don't know if that would be written In Karate class, my Japanese teacher wrote it as カール, or カӝ...
1 reply - Last post by Sayaka-Matsuura - July 13, 2008
In Bushu Kanji (Kanji Radicals), do I need to know the meaning and the pronunciation, or just the meaning?
1 reply - Last post by Sayaka-Matsuura - June 29, 2008
I want to move to Japan when I grow up. But I'm worried about the Kanji. Does the Newsletter provide enough Kanji AND information, so I can live in Japan without any big "Suprises".
1 reply - Last post by Sayaka-Matsuura - May 26, 2008
しつもんがあります How do I make a small tsu when typing in hiragana? For example: たのしかたです How do i put that small "tsu" in betwee...
1 reply - Last post by Sayaka-Matsuura - March 26, 2008
In addition to using the Rocket Japanese Grammar Newsletters, I purchased some other books and workbooks to help me learn hirigana, katakana, and kanji. I came across a discrepancy in the writing of the symbols for "ki". There is the symbol sh...
1 reply - Last post by Matumic - March 23, 2008
Hi, I have been learning hiragana while I'm going through the rocket Japanese course, and have a couple of questions. First of all how come when there is a word with a long o sound instead of writing two o's, they put a u on the end? My second question ...
1 reply - Last post by Sayaka-Matsuura - March 17, 2008
Not easy to use the Character section of Kanji, etc.
Am I missing something? There is no place to see the characters first with the pronouncation written and spoken. I only get it after the fact when I click on all the choices until I get it correct. Not to comfortable for learning.... Am I missing somethin...
1 reply - Last post by Minis - December 19, 2007
Romaji is simply the use of our own (Latin) alphabet to write the Japanese language. Even though Japanese writing really consists of sets of characters, the system of romaji is a hugely important stepping stone toward understanding and speaking Japanese. ...
0 replies - Last post by Sayaka-Matsuura - October 4, 2007
As a beginner which of these alphabets do you recommend I start learning first....not sure I could handle both in these early days..???
1 reply - Last post by (deleted) - September 28, 2007