HARO~~~this Koda Kazuki from Singapore. A LIVE junkie who lives too far away from all the bands she love.
This tumblr is the most random mix of the things I love, namely L'Arc~en~Ciel, Jun "J" Onose, Hyde, Luna Sea, JINO (Inoran+J). Or anything funny, cool, cute or just beautiful.
Other stuff you'll find: Matsuda Shota, Johnny Depp, Nishikido Ryo, Kanjani8, Marilyn Manson, Ewan McGregor, Tsutsumi Shinichi, SPYAIR, MAXIMUM THE HORMONES
Enjoys movies and Japanese food especially takoyaki, cheese cake and maybe mangoes. Loves dogs, bunnies and basically anything cute. Also loves gothic & sometimes morbid stuff - especially skulls.
LIVES CONQUERED
L'Arc~en~Ciel
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Textbooks:
- An Integrated Approach to Intermediate Japanese
- A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar
- A Dictionary of Intermediate Japanese Grammar
- Read Real Japanese Fiction
Dictionaries:
- ALC (I use this everyday)
→Expression encyclopaedia- Goo dictionary
- Weblio
- WWWJDIC (with audio clips)
- JWPce (downloadable dictionary for Windows)
- JEDict (downloadable for Mac users)
- Idiomatic Expressions
- Idioms dictionary [Japanese only]
- Counters dictionary
- Hovering dictionaries:
→Rikaikun for Chrome
→Rikaichan for Firefox
→Floating Dictionary for Mac- Current Affairs dictionary
For kanji.
- Jisho (I use this for spelling kanji for if I can’t read it)
- Yamasa (I use this for learning to write)
- A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters
- Associative Kanji Learning (stroke orders)
Online reading:
- Hukumusume Fairytales
- 竹取(Bamboo-Cutting) (vertical writing)
- 吉田秀幸の日記(Hideyuki Yoshida’s Diary) (recipes)
- Chokochoko’s reading texts to help with JLPT
- TED Talks (with Japanese subtitles and transcripts)
- Learning through Films [Japanese subtitles/scripts]
Manga.
- Free online manga
- Vomic (free online manga with voice actors)
- Sound Effects (in manga, etc)
Improving your speaking:
- Japanese pronunciation guide
- Interactive Hiragana Pronounciation table
- Topics for Language Exchanges.
- Bubbly (a Twitter-like app where you can record yourself)
- Audioboo (similar to Bubbly, but also a website)
Listening:
- “Real World” Japanese
- 泣きたいときのクスリ 2007 - ‘08 (radio drama)
Writing practice:
- Lang-8
- www.Japan-Guide.com
- 原稿用紙の使い方 (How to write an essay with Japanese writing paper)
- Shiritori (Japanese word-chain game)
News:
- NewsWeb Easy
- NHK News (audio news with speed controls)
- Mainichi Primary School student Newspaper
YouTube:
- Afternoon Hirusagari
- Jet Daisuke
- バイリンガール英会話
- Analog TV Forever (collections of adverts)
Japanese sign language.
TV:
- Japanese subtitles for anime
- KeyHole TV (to stream Japanese TV and radio)
- 風雲LIVE日本語(Feng Yun LIVE Japanese) (to stream TV)
- 映画で学ぶ実践英会話
Tumblr:
- Kanji-a-Day
- Holy crap Japanese
- Nihongo ga Suki
- Jumpstart Japanese
- Nihongolog
- Nadine Nihongo
- That Japan Addict
- ChilliMuffin
- Japanese through Fandom
- F-Yeah Native Japanese
- J-Vocab of the Day
- ぶらりめし [Japanese only]
- Peaceful Chef [Japanese only]
Those studying in Japan.
- Japanicking in Yamanashi (at Yamanashi University)
- Samxuel (at Kyushu Sangyo)
- Katy in Japan Town (at NUFS)
- Chocotastie (at Seinan Gakuin)
- Kim in Sapporo (at Hokkaido University)
Blogging:
Learning websites:
- JapaneseClass.jp
- The Japanese Page
- Tae Kim’s Guide to Learning Japanese
- Erin’s Challenge (with listening and reading practice)
- Maggie Sensei
Other resources:I’ve added more to the list since first creating it. As always, if anyone has anything they would like to add, let me know!
(Source: climaxtogether)
My life as a cat.
This edition we have a feature and article on Dolly-kei fashion, an article on Grimoire, the place where the fashion begun and for the J-fashion enthusiast loving colourful kawaii: an interview with J-fashionista extraordinaire Pixie Latte about her shop Pixie Bunny
On top of that we also interviewed several bands: Misaruka, U-re:x, Pan-d-ra, OROCHI and Syokudaikakkokai.
But it doesn’t end there, we have event, music and movie reviews; printable Lolita Day and Dolly-kei greeting cards, exclusive art and much, much more!
You can download your copy for free right here!
All back-issues are now also available via that link!
Moon Rise Time Slice…. this is a collage of 11 photos taken over 27 minutes and 59 seconds
YEAH!!!!