Book for kanji learning

This book seems very helpful for learning kanji.
http://www.amazon.com/Kanji-Pict---Graphix-Japanese-Mnemonics/dp/0962813702/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1315691884&sr=8-1

As well as this one
http://www.amazon.com/Remembering-Kanji-Complete-Japanese-Characters/dp/0824835921/ref=pd_sim_b_23

24 Hour Tag

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iCJxFcbvR4&feature=related

Can you say all the Pokemon names?

For your katakana learning.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JieDamf_HdE&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69tEEeYLzHY

Go Ranger

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rySXoOrAczQ&feature=related

Greeting song

Nice little song for greetings
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdsr5iSsJiw

Counting from 1 to 2000

Counting from 1 to 2000, this guy becomes dumb when the number has 3 or is a multiple of 3; and becomes dog-ish when it's a multiple of 5.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaWlsQ4hxZg&feature=player_detailpage#t=12s

South Park Song in Japanese

サウスパークの日本語のオープニングソングには、レッスン７の文法（Grammar notes）がちょっと入っています。

Quiz on Monday

We are going to have grammar quiz on Monday. I am asking you to
translate Japanese sentences into English, using, ～たい、～たり、～ことがある。

タメグチ

Casual use of short forms is very delicate in terms of age and familiarity.
In this video, Endo is trying to use タメグチ（same age speech, spoken in short form） to Hamada. You can see Hamada is really pissed off every time Endo uses タメグチ, which is shown in black, because Endo is much younger than Hamada（遠藤は浜田よりずっと若いから。遠藤のほうが浜田よりずっと若いから。）.

The video was deleted but I happened to download it as flv file. I uploaded it in eLearning Commons.

笑ってはいけないホテルマン

No laughing at Hotel with English subtitle. Most Japanese lines are subtitled, too.

Questions for Lesson 9

Post your questions for L9 under the comment space.

verb stem + もの

食べ物
飲み物
買い物
読み物
書き物
着物（きもの）
生き物

Let me know if you know more.

Questions for Lesson 8

Ask your questions under comments of this post.

Homework Every Thursday

Don't forget to bring your homework Thursday.

Also, please note that we have a lesson test Tuesday next week.
Look at our course schedule for the lesson test dates, which are
subject to change.
http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=yamaguchi.junichi%40gmail.com&ctz=America/New_York

New conjugation forms

しんじゃえ（死んじゃえ = you should die, I don't care） is a mix of "unintended action" and "command form."

See the pages below.

unintended action
http://www.guidetojapanese.org/learn/grammar/unintended

command form
http://www.guidetojapanese.org/learn/grammar/requests

Free Audio Converter

On the last day of class, I showed how to make a mp3 audio file from DVD by using Audacity.
Recently, I have found a better (automatic, convenient) way to do that, using a free software. There are three that I think are good.

http://www.any-audio-converter.com/

http://nextvideosoft.com/next-dvd-ripper-free.html

http://www.tipard.com/dvd-to-mp3-converter.html

They all convert DVD video to mp3 files, automatically. You don't even have to play the DVD to record it. The first one also does that for various kinds of video files on your computer.

Enjoy listening!

Repeat

Repetition is the key.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDF4hSzcfmA&feature=related

Encouragement from CHAGE and ASKA

Let me show you two more YouTube videos I wish I could have used in class. Simply amazing.

月が近づけば少しはましだろう - ASKA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZOUSG2DI48&feature=related

YAH YAH YAH - CHAGE and ASKA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtLEgAUNfao

Hang in there!
がんばって!

Thank you for your hard work throughout the semester.

Tony-sensei's podcast and Anki deck

Here is a link to a useful resource page in tonysensei.com, including his podcast and Anki-decks of Genki lessons.
http://tonysensei.com/groups/genkier-users/pages/listing-genkier-resources

You should check it out again and start using Anki software if you haven't.

Japanese TV drama

Somebody asked about good Japanese TV dramas besides 東京ラブストーリー. Here is my suggestions. Try to see if you can find these.

These are all my favorites:
１０１回目のプロポーズ (ひゃくいっかいめのプロポーズ. Love story. CHAGE and ASKA's SAY YES was used for this)
振り返れば奴がいる (ふりかえればやつがいる. Doctors' story. Very deep and serious. Another drama with a CHAGE and ASKA song),
古畑任三郎 (ふるはたにんざぶろう. Cool and funny detective story of murder cases. I would call this "Japanese Colombo," if you know it) or anything written by Mitani Kouki (the best drama writer from Japan) is good,
踊る大捜査線 (おどるだいそうさせん. Police story. very funny, cool, and even realistic),
ひとつ屋根の下 (ひとつやねのした. Very sweet family drama),
トリック (Murder case mystery with a weird physician guy and a cynical magician girl. Very funny and smart story)

Too many? Well. There are more. I've never seen the ones below but they are more recent and I heard they are very good, too.
ヒーロー
のだめカンタービレ

See you.