Learn Japanese | Tae Kim's Guide to Learning Japanese How to Learn Japanese: A Beginner’s Quick and Dirty Guide | Unillogue Wanna learn Japanese huh? Maybe you want to live in Japan some day, you’re a business man, or you simply really like Japanese culture (and watch heaping fistloads of anime). Well, I’ve been in your shoes before and they smelled faintly of a soy sauce laden man who desperately wanted advice on how to learn Japanese. Basically, if I could go back in time and advise myself, here are the suggestions I would make. Romaji The english version of the Japanese alphabet. Hiragana and Katakana First off I’d recommend learning Hiragana and Katakana with Memrise.com. Kanji Ahh, yes. I’d go the Heisig way and learn with the book “Remembering the Kanji: A Complete Course on How Not to Forget the Meaning and Writing of Japanese Characters”. When I first started out, I used RTK with Anki SRS but then switched over to Textfugu. Japanese grammar greatly differs from English, or any romance language for that matter. Kim Tae’s Guide to Japanese Grammar. Pros: Cons: Uses Kanji without any furigana Textfugu.
Free Japanese Lessons - Hiragana - The Japanese Alphabet (Hiragana Chart) - Learn to speak the Japanese language online for free! Want audio on this lesson? Register for our Members Area and get audio for Hiragana - The Japanese Alphabet. It's FREE! The first step to learning the Japanese language is to learn the alphabet. Or, at least, to learn the sounds that exist in the language. There are 5 vowels in Japanese. Here is a Printable Hiragana Chart (PDF - get Adobe Acrobat Reader). Exceptions: 1. Click here if you'd like to know why these two exceptions exist. Note: You probably noticed in the chart above that there are 2 characters pronounced "zu" and 2 characters pronounced "ji". Some people wonder why "yi", "ye", "wi", "wu", and "we" are missing. For more help on the subject of Kana (Hiragana and Katakana)...
International Mevlana Foundation Mevlevi Order & Sema The discipline of Mevlevi Order was established by Mevlevi’s son Sultan Veled, his disciple Chalabi Husameddin, and his grandson Ulu Arif Chalabi in order to pass on his teachings to future generations. Ever since then, the “order” has been presided over by a Makam Chalabi (Chief Master) elected from among Mevlana’s offspring. The Mausoleum and the Mevlevihane are both regarded as “cult” by Mevlevi followers. This initial “House”, located around the Mausoleum, has been named Asitane-i Aliyye, where “Makam” Chalabis (chief masters) have dwelled. The Mevlevihanes have been divided into two kinds: “Asitanes, which are authorized to give education for up to a 1001 days and secondly, Zaviyes”, which are relatively smaller and have no network for education. The education in Islamic Mysticism was a harder task than the Medrese (theological university) education. The Mevlevi life is based on “adab and erkan” (discipline and rules of conduct). Sema (Ayin-i Sherif)
Cymatics Cymatics is the study of visible sound and vibration. Typically the surface of a plate, diaphragm, or membrane is vibrated, and regions of maximum and minimum displacement are made visible in a thin coating of particles, paste, or liquid. Below a short introduction and demonstration by Evan Grant at TEDTalks The study of the patterns produced by vibrating bodies has a venerable history. Leonardo Da Vinci noticed that vibrating a wooden table on which dust lay created various shapes. On July 8, 1680, Robert Hooke was able to see the nodal patterns associated with the modes of vibration of glass plates. (Sources: Wikipedia and www.cymascope.com) Michael Faraday, the English chemist and physicist, studied what he termed 'crispations' between February and July 1831. Margaret Watts-Hughes, a Welsh woman, experimented with a device she invented in 1885 and named the 'Eidophone.' Mary Desiree Waller (daughter of a famous English physiologist, August D. (Source: Wikipedia)
The Musical Universe Andy Dilks, GuestWaking Times What is it about music that moves us in so many different ways? The rhythm begins and we slide onto the dancefloor, gyrating to the beats; a guitar strikes a chord and we throw ourselves into the crowd, surfing across a sea of hands; a favourite song comes on the radio and we sing along at the top of our voices, oblivious to the looks of bemusement coming from other drivers stuck in the traffic jam. The right songs can change the way we feel in an instant, as effective as the mood pills consumed in Philip K. I recently had the good fortune to attend a live performance of Beethoven’s legendary 9th Symphony. This is an example of the immense power music can have over us. The idea that music connects us to something divine and spiritual is not a new one. “The final aim and reason of all music is nothing other than the glorification of God and the refreshment of the spirit.” “Music is the only religion that delivers the goods.” About the Author