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Japanese Input

Published under 1. Hiragana, 2. Katakana, 3. Kanji, A. Japanese Writings, A2 Kanji, AS Kanji, GCSE Kanji, Practices, Print out. | Last modified: 14th Dec 2008 |

Japanese characters on computers

In order to do quizzes on this site, you need to install Japanese on your computer. How to install it, please refer the following links.

Web-based Japanese Input without installing anything.

You can write Japanese script even the computer has no Japanese input
software installed. All you

need is internet connection to use this page.

Put the IME on (make it blue)
and type in any romaji, and press space key. You will have a pull down menu on the web page. Select the right one and press enter key.

Even your machine OS is English Windows 98, you should be able to write Japanese script. Some pupils may have this system at home.

For Windows :
University of Redlands has detailed information on how to do this.

For Mac OS X:

There is nothing to do. But if you have problems, go to System Preferences and change the order of language preferences and add Japanese Input.

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Hiragana (Lesson Sildes)

Published under 1. Hiragana, Gadgets, My Lesson Slides, Practices, Print out, To watch/listen. | Last modified: 14th Dec 2008 |

My lesson slides in a pdf format.

151 pages, 4.7 Mb

Updated on 24.Feb.2008

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Hiragana Practice Sheets (pdf)

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Hiragana Practice Sheets
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Hiragana Booklets (pdf)

Published under 1. Hiragana, 1. Japanese foods, 1. on paper (to print out), 4. Origami, Print out. | Last modified: 14th Sep 2008 |

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Hiragana Drop

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Hiragana Practice

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Hiragana Game 2 Ultimate Hiragana Challenge

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Ultimate Hiragana Challenge

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Katakana learning

Published under 2. Katakana, 2. on computer, iknow. Tags: | Last modified: 14th Dec 2008 |

Brain Speed

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Hiragana Flashcards (pdf)

Published under 1. on paper (to print out), Print out. | Last modified: 10th Feb 2008 |

Once the front sides have finished printing, keep the printed cards in the same order as they were printed. In other words, the first page on the top and the last page on the bottom with printed sides face up. Then, place the paper back into your printer such that the back side can be printed.
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Hiragana Cards for Card Game (pdf)

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Reading help

pictureThis site will help to read Japanese.

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Japanese Fonts

Here are Kawaii Japanese fonts
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原稿用紙 Genkouyoushi

Published under 1. Hiragana, 2. Katakana, 3. Kanji, A. Japanese Writings, A2 Kanji, AS Kanji, GCSE Kanji, Print out. | Last modified: 26th Nov 2008 |

This will enable you to type normally on a Genkooyooshi on Microsoft Word.
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Japapanese GCSE Specification from June 2010

GCSE Specification from June 2010 examination

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GCSE Grammar/Structures from GCSE Japanese 2010

Students will be expected to have acquired knowledge and understanding of the following aspects of the grammar of the target language during their course.

Copula

Polite Form / Plain form
です だ
では・じゃありません じゃない・ではない
でした だった
では・じゃありませんでした じゃなかった・ではなかった

Linking form

で (父はアメリカ人で、55才です。)

Questions

Use of か to form a question

Questions words いつ、どこ、だれ、何、どう、いかが、どのくらい、
どのぐらい、どうして、どなた、どんな、どれ、どの、いくつ、どうやって
、いくら、どちら、
何+counter (何週間、何人)

Or questions (バスで行きますか、タクシーで行きますか。)

Question word plus も plus negative (何も食べませんでした)Question word plus も for ‘everyone’ etc(どれもおいしいです)
Question word plus か for ‘something’etc (何か飲みませんか)
Question word plus でも for ‘anything’ etc(どこでも行きます。)

Numbers and counting

Numbers 1 – 100,000,000
つ series
Counters: まい、本、さつ、ひき、だい、人、番、才、目、円、かい、
はい (cups of drinks)

Verbs

Polite form Plain form
ます 食べる・書く
ません 食べない・書かない
ました 食べた・書いた
ませんでした 食べたかった・書かなかった
te forms
Endings derived from ます form
ましょう(か)
+たいです (たくないです、たくありません、たかったです、たくなかったです)
+はじめる、おわる、つづける
+に for purpose, 映画を見に行きます。
+ ながら

Endings with て form
+ ください
+ もいいです
+ はいけません
+ て、て、て link (eg 朝おきて、朝ご飯を食べて、学校へ行きます)
+ てから (勉強してから、テレビを見ます。)
+ ています for present progressive (テレビを見ています)
for present state (銀行につとめています)

Endings with ない form
ないでください (eg この部屋に入らないでください)

Endings derived from たform
たり、たりします (eg 買い物をしたり、映画を見たりします)
た後で、 (eg 勉強した後で、あそびに行きます)
たことがあります (日本へ行ったことがあります。)

Endings with dictionary form
前に、 (eg ご飯を食べる前に、手を洗います)
つもり (eg 大学で日本語を勉強するつもりです)
よてい (eg 来年日本に行くよていです)
ことができます (eg私は泳ぐことができます)
ことが好きです (eg料理をすることが好きです)

Specific verbs

Verbs of existence ある and いる
With location, eg 新聞はつくえの上にあります。
With です replacing the verb 新聞はつくえの上です。
With quantity 部屋に子供が三人います。
Verbs of giving and receiving あげる and もらう

Linking sentences

が eg 教室に行きましたが、ひろこさんはいませんでした。
から for reasons スポーツが好きですから、野球クラブに入りました。
今日は遠足に行きません。雨が降っていますから。
……し….し 今日はしゅくだいも多いし、天気もわるいので、あそび
に行きません。

Giving an opinion

Use of と思います。

Dates and time

Telling the date (including 年)
Giving the date
Days of the week
時間 for length of time

こそあど words

ここ そこ あそこ どこ
この その あの どの
これ それ あれ どれ
こんな そんな あんな どんな
こちら そちら あちら どちら

I adjectives

With a noun eg 赤い花
As a sentence ending: Polite form 赤いです、赤くないです、赤くありません
赤かったです、赤くなかったです
Plain form 赤い、赤くない、赤かった、赤くなかった
Linking form 赤くて (eg この花は赤くてきれいです。)
As an adverb 安く (eg このくつは安く買いました) (including くなる、くする)

Na Adjectives

With a noun 静かな公園
As a sentence ending: Polite form 静かです、静かではありません、静かじゃありません、
静かでした、静かじゃありませんでした、
静かではありませんでした
Plain form 静かだ、静かではない、静かじゃない
静かだった、静かではなかった、静かじゃなかった
Linking form 静かで (eg この公園は静かでいいです)
As an adverb 静かに(eg 静かにしてください)(including になる、にする)

Adverbs

Of frequency よく、時々、あまり、ぜんぜん
Of quantity たくさん、少し、ちょっと、とても、たいへん
Of (non) completion もう、まだ

Particles

か (1) For questions これはりんごですか。
(2) For or バスかタクシーで行きます。
ぐらい Approximately 200g ぐらいあります。
ごろ Approximately 3時ごろ行きます。
の (1) For possessive これは私の車です。
(2) For pronoun 大きいのをください。
(3) For apposition シルクのネクタイを買いました。
は (1) For subject 私は高校生です。
(2) For negative テニスは好きじゃありません。
(3) For contrast 肉は食べますが、魚は食べません。
も (1) Also 私はイギリス人です。トム君もイギリス人です。
(2) Both… and… りんごもバナナも好きです。
で (1) For location プールで泳ぎます。
(2) For a tool バスで行きます。フォークで食べます。
(3) After a number 三人で行きました。四つで百円です。
(4) For a reason 病気で学校を休みました。
へ With verbs of motion 学校へ行きます。
を (1) With direct object コーヒーを飲みます。
(2) With certain verbs 公園をとおります。
や For non-exclusive and バナナやりんごを買いました。
と (1) For and 新聞とざっしを買いました。
(2) For with 父と町に行きました。
に (1) After a time 三時に行きます。
(2) With verbs of motion 公園に行きます。
(3) With verbs of existence 本は教室にあります。
(4) For an indirect object 弟に本を読みます。
(5) For frequency 一日に三回薬を飲みます。
が (1) Subject marker 私が行きます。
(2) Conjunction りんごは食べますが、バナナは食べません。
だけ Only 一つだけください。
しか Only 百円しかありません。
から (1) With time パーティーは三時からです。
(2) With place イギリスから来ました。
まで (1) With time 学校は四時までです。
(2) With place 東京まで行きます。
でも Suggested example お茶でも飲みませんか。
わ Sentence ending これはとてもおいしいわ。
ね Sentence ending 今日はいい天気ですね。
よ Sentence ending そろそろ行きますよ。

NB: Some of the particles above may be used as double particles, but a detailed treatment of double particles is not
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GCSE Specification upto June 2009 Japanese*

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Katakana and Hiragana Song

Published under 2. Katakana, 5. iPod/PSP Ready Videos, To watch/listen. Tags: | Last modified: 14th Dec 2008 |

 
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Hiragana and sounds

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Katakana (Lesson Slides)

Published under 2. Katakana, My Lesson Slides. | Last modified: 24th Feb 2008 |

My lesson slides in a pdf format.

108 pages, 7.2 Mb

Updated on 24.Feb.2008

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Katakana Practice Sheets

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Hiragana/Katakana Workbook (pdf)

Published under 1. on paper (to print out), 2. Katakana, Print out. | Last modified: 24th Feb 2008 |

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Katakana Flashcards

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Katakana Drills

Published under 2. Katakana. | Last modified: 24th Feb 2008 |

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Hiragana Chart (pdf)

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Katakana Sounds

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Katakana Writing Tutor (Stroke Order)

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Katakana Game 1

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Katakana Game 2

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Katakana Game 3 Drop

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02 Time (Lesson slides)

Published under 2. Time, My Lesson Slides, a. Grammar. | Last modified: 1st Jun 2008 |

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Family and there is/are (1) (Lesson Slides)

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My lesson slides in a pdf format.

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FlashcardExchange My sets (vocabulary)

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These are my vocabulary sets and you can practise here.

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Let’s Learn Japanese 01 (Video)

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大きな古時計(ふるどけい)

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おもちゃのチャチャチャ

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Year 9 End of the year Exam

Published under 8. End of Year Exam, N. For Admin, Term 3. Tags: | Last modified: 21st Oct 2008 |

The Japanese exam will involve 4 skills: reading, writing, speaking and listening and it will cover the following topics and scripts.

Topics
Introductions (introduction, greetings and set phrases, numbers, I am from etc)
Myself and family (ages, family members, countries and nationalities, telephone numbers, occupations, animals, zodiac years)
Time (o’clock, am, pm, from, till, days of week, days of months, birthdays)
Shopping (numbers up to million, various nouns, Japanese foods, counters)
There is/are, exist (**** ga imasu/arimasu)
Adjectives (i-adjectives and na-adjectives, the best, more etc)

Scripts
All Hiragna Scripts and spelling rules
Kanji to write and read:
一、ニ、三、四、五、六、七、八、九、十、才、百、千、万、円、日、月、火、水、木、金、土、時、分、半、本、日本、人、休、何、山、川、海、毎日、毎月、母、男、女、子、好きな
Kanji to recognise / read:曜

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