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A blog about Japanese language, culture and technology.
Recent Posts
Japanese Body Parts (Cheat Sheet)
My Japanese Color Names Cheat Sheet was a hit and thus I decided that it’s time to make a new infographic—this time on human anatomy. As you can see, here as well, the way the Japanese perceive and name different concepts may differ from the ...
Japanese resources + contest
A news section of the NihongoUp site was launched. It’s called Japanese learning resources and, as the name suggests, it contains a list of quality desktop, mobile, online & print products for Japanese language students. Please check it out...
Recipe: Mushroom miso soup
This is a guest post written by Ksenia Klykova, a Russian vegan girl living in Barcelona. You can check out her other recipes at the Tales of a spoon blog. I love trying new ingredients, new dishes, new cuisines. And I don’t understand people who ...
How to write kanji
When a student is taught kanji, one of the first thing that is explained to him is the concept of stroke order—the one and only correct way of writing kanji characters. Unfortunately, the reason behind it as well as the main rules are often left un...
Japanese numerals poker chips
I’m a casual poker player and I grew tired of playing with cheap plastic chips. After several hours in Flash I have designed a custom ceramic poker chip set with Japanese numbers used for denominations. The chips have a very clean look which fe...
Game Update: NihongoUp 1.2.7
A new update is here, bringing some long awaited features, as well as many bug fixes and UI improvements. Here’s the full changelog: JLPT 1 Vocabulary mode Vocabulary answers can now use kanji instead of kana (see Settings) Kana modes scorin...

