How to display Japanese text in Win7? [more inside]
posted by chez shoes on Nov 21, 2009 - 7 answers

Of all the web applications, Nintendo DS games, iphone/ipod touch apps, and other technology-based methods available for learning Japanese Kanji, what do you recommend? [more inside]
posted by Vorteks on Apr 23, 2009 - 9 answers

Please help me understand why Kanji radicals that "are not independent kanji" or katakana still have a basic definition... [more inside]
posted by Eicats on Apr 8, 2009 - 12 answers

Help me translate/verify/understand some Kanji! [more inside]
posted by Uther Bentrazor on Apr 2, 2009 - 23 answers

I'd like to learn Japanese and I'm looking for book recommendations, especially for someone who can read Chinese. [more inside]
posted by pravit on Mar 21, 2009 - 12 answers

Can someone translate the Asian (I presume) symbol and text on this baseball hat? Pic1 Pic2
posted by exogenous on Sep 14, 2008 - 5 answers

Is there some way to bulk rename files from kanji/kana to romaji? Or any other solution to keep some of the Japanese file name while only using ASCII characters? [more inside]
posted by Ookseer on Jun 24, 2008 - 8 answers

I use a Palm TX to help me study japanese. How can I input kanji directly into a document ? [more inside]
posted by Oneirokritikos on Jan 29, 2008 - 4 answers

I am planning to take the 4-kyuu JPLT exam this year, and have a few questions best answered by someone who has actually taken the test. [more inside]
posted by ilsa on Jul 14, 2007 - 3 answers

How to strip Kanji characters from .pdf? [more inside]
posted by djgh on Jul 5, 2007 - 5 answers

I want to start reading some Japanese blogs in an effort to improve my grasp of the language. Any suggestions? [more inside]
posted by borkingchikapa on Apr 26, 2006 - 4 answers

Probably easy question about PHP and unicode (UTF-8) and RegEx. I'm trying to modify a php webcalendar (VTcalendar) to allow Japanese text in calendar postings. I've found all the variables to get the UTF-8 headers, and so japanese text manually inserted into pages appears fine. But, there's an input validation thingy I don't know how to modify. (short snippet inside) [more inside]
posted by planetkyoto on Mar 29, 2006 - 4 answers

I want to learn Japanese, specifically to read it, preferably quickly. [more inside]
posted by squidlarkin on Aug 9, 2005 - 16 answers

I've been studying Japanese at a college level for three years now and I think I have an intermediate knowledge of the language, sentence pattern and grammar wise, and an OK vocabulary, considering I don't speak it everyday. Aside from actually living in Japan, which isn't an option right now due to college and work commitments, what is the best way to learn Japanese, especially reading and writing Kanji? [more inside]
posted by SweetJesus on Dec 11, 2003 - 15 answers