02.26.07
Posted in useful phrases, vocab at 5:41 pm by Chris
Oh, I almost forgot to mention - I tripped over this fantastic example sentence while researching vocab for 「相 (そう) - aspect, dimension」 on my Canon Wordtank V80:
「あなたには水難の相がある。」
…which the WordTank chooses to translate as “Your physiognomy suggests that you will die by drowning.” There’s lovely.
(”Physiognomy”, for those of you not familiar with the word, means “a person’s facial features or expression, esp. when regarded as indicative of character or ethnic origin” or “the supposed art of judging character from facial characteristics”. So, god forbid you ever actually find yourself needing to use this phrase, but at least you’ve been warned.)
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Posted in kanji, updates at 5:00 pm by Chris
I’ll keep it brief because I know you’re busy: Batch 17 of the Level 2 kanji has been updated with example vocab. You can get to the action via the JLPT Level 2: View All index page, not to mention the JLPT Level 2 Random Testing page.
And a big “Thank you” to Elena, for submitting some example vocab for the SEKI - one of a pair kanji from Batch 16, which I’ve now uploaded to the site. Strangely, I couldn’t find any examples of the kanji in question in the official JLPT vocab list, which was why I originally left it blank, but there are of course plenty of examples of SEKI running around in the wild out there. (But why have it in the Level 2 syllabus if you’re not required to know any of the words it appears in for Level 2? Hmmm.)
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02.16.07
Posted in kanji, updates at 2:22 am by Chris
Ok, the next batch of Level 2 kanji has been updated with example vocab. You can get to batch 16 via the JLPT Level 2: View All index page, as well as the JLPT Level 2 Random Testing page.
Incidentally, I was having difficulty finding any decent vocab examples for the SEKI - one of a pair kanji, so if anyone’s got any suggestions, do let me know via the comments. Ta muchly.
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02.14.07
Posted in kanji, updates at 5:03 pm by Chris
Bang! That’s the sound of another batch of the JLPT Level 2 kanji being updated. Get used to it, as you’ll be hearing it a few more times in the coming days. One appears to be on a bit of a roll.
Batch 15 can be accessed via the JLPT Level 2: View All index page, and also on the JLPT Level 2 Random Testing pages, if you’re that way inclined.
I’m trying to bash through these remaining Level 2 batches as fast as possible so, although I am checking everything before it goes live, please do let me know if you notice any errors, discrepancies, or even just dodgy translations and I’ll do my best to sort it out. Enjoy…
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02.13.07
Posted in kanji, updates at 6:55 pm by Chris
Hello there and I hope you’re all well; I’ve been schmoozing my way around mainland Europe for the last couple of weeks, but you’ll be glad to hear that I’ve returned to upload the detailed info for batch 14 of the JLPT Level 2 kanji. That’s right: not even the freshly snow-laden pistes of the French Alps could keep me from my kanji duties. Plus, the neighbours reported that the zombies were starting to smell, so I had to come back to open the windows and air the place out.
Batch 14 can be reached via the JLPT Level 2: View All index, and also via the JLPT Level 2 Random Testing pages, for those of you who like life to be unpredictable. Happy hunting.
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