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Kotoba Zamurai - Fun Japanese language lessons

'Kotoba zamurai' articles are written to be 'a non-systematic approach to learning unusual, but useful words.' While these not-so-serious articles are written with the upper-beginner to intermediate in mind, even beginners should be able to get something out of them. If not, I may have wasted 15 minutes of your life... I will leave it up to you to take the chance.
Fun How to Wow Words in Japanese
How to Wow - Fun Japanese words with examples

Some words are just more fun than others. This area of TJP may empower your vocabulary with less than useful example sentences. Dozens of fun words in nine fun categories.
Quizzes
Interactive Web Quizzes for learning Japanese

Various Quizzes on beginner level Japanese
Free Email Lists
Free email lists at thejapanesepage.com

Several FREE email lists on learning Japanese or store notifications.

Various other articles:

Title Teaser
Using the Nintendo DS to Study Japanese
Nintendo DS as a Japanese Language learning tool
Adding Furigana to Your Microsoft Word Document

Most people have no trouble getting their computer to type Japanese (if you need help with setting up the IME, see our Wagawiki here), but adding furigana (small hiragana over kanji) for documents and PDFs can be a little harder.

太鼓腹 Taiko Belly
太鼓腹
Taiko (Japanese drums) Belly
Strong (Iron) Man
鉄人
Strong, Iron Man
ほら吹き Blowing a Shell or Tell a Lie
ほら吹き
Blowing a Shell or Tell a Lie
百年の恋も冷める Even a 100 year old Love can turn Cold
百年の恋も冷める
Even a 100 year old love can turn cold
気取る Put on Airs
気取る
put on airs, conceited, styling, all the frills!
時代に取り残される Left behind the Times
時代に取り残される
Left behind the Times
土下座 Prostrating Oneself
土下座
kneeling down to the ground, prostrating oneself
ふられる Rejected, Give the Cold Shoulder
ふられる
rejected, to give the cold shoulder
たわごと Talk Nonsense
たわごと
Talk Nonsense
男らしい Manly
男らしい
manly, like a man, masculine
夢中 Lost in thought, in a daze, ecstasy
夢中
Lost in thought, in a daze, ecstasy
降参 Surrender
降参

surrender
闇討ち Attack in the Dead of Night
闇討ち

attack in the dead of night
逆襲 Counter-attack
逆襲

counter-attack
追放 Banishment
追放

banishment
身元確認 ID Check
身元確認

ID check
致命的 Fatal
致命的

Fatal
百年目 The End
百年目

The End
殴り込む Raid
殴り込む

raid
最高機密 Top Secret
最高機密

top secret
手掛かり Clue
手掛かり

clue
忍者走り Running Ninja-style
忍者走り

running ninja-style
島流し Banishment
島流し

Banishment / exile to a desert island
口が軽い Talks too Much
口が軽い

Spill the Beans, loose mouth, talk too much
刀 Japanese Sword


Japanese sword
仮説 Hypothesis
仮説

hypothesis
一人残らず Everyone
一人残らず

everyone
にらみあい Evil Stare
にらみあい

Evil Stare

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