Words and phrases in katakana may appear to be easily recognizable to non-native speakers of Japanese, but they are often fiendishly difficult. This generally comes as a surprise to Japanese, who naturally assume that we can understand katakana words... ...full story at Japan Times
from Japan Times on Mon, Jul 21 2008
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KCP Study Abroad in Tokyo #6 Katakana Words »
YouTube video I've been making more videos than I expected so far. I guess I'm going to quantity instead of quality.
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If you... |
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