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Let's keep the Momentum Going! New lessons and improved Lessons module! |
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3 more Japanese lessons on the site and in JA Sensei Three new progressive lessons are available free of charge to JA Sensei Premium members. |
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I wish you a joyful holiday season and a 2025 filled with exciting learning opportunities! |
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3 new Japanese lessons available on the site and in JA Sensei Three new progressive lessons are available free of charge to JA Sensei Premium users, enriching vocabulary, Japanese culture and grammatical skills with clear explanations. |
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6 new Japanese lessons available on the site and in JA Sensei Six new progressive lessons are available free of charge to JA Sensei Premium users, enriching vocabulary, Japanese culture and grammatical skills with clear explanations. |
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JA Sensei - 26 Japanese culture articles have been added Immerse yourself in Japanese culture with 26 new articles and over 100 illustrations. Explore topics like Shinto, Japanese mythology, popular dishes, symbolism of some animals, and more. With concise, enjoyable content, deepen your understanding of Japan's traditions. |
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My best wishes for the holiday season! My best wishes for the holiday season! |
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71 grammar sheets for JLPT N3 and N2 added |
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My best wishes for the Holiday Season and New Year My best wishes for the Holiday Season and New Year |
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My Best Wishes for the New Year! A quick retrospective of 2019, and new features to come. |
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Vocabulary for JLPT N1 available on the website AND on JA Sensei 5.2.1 The vocabulary for the JLPT N1 (international Japanese test) is available on the website AND on JA Sensei for all Samurai users. This list contains 3450 words with audio recorded by a Japanese native speaker for perfect pronunciation. |
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As announced last week, three new lessons have been added to the site. They are also progressive, and take up the grammar points you learned in previous lessons. |
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Vocabulary for JLPT N2 available on the website The vocabulary for the JLPT N2 (international Japanese test) is available on the website for all Samurai users. This list contains about 2000 words with audio recorded by a Japanese native speaker for perfect pronunciation. |
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Two new lessons have been added to the site. These are intermediary reading lessons that take up the grammar points you learned in previous lessons |
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Vocabulary for JLPT N3 available on the website Great news! The vocabulary for the JLPT N3 (international Japanese test) is available on the website for all Samurai users. This list contains 1644 words with audio recorded by a Japanese native speaker for perfect pronunciation. |
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Quiz for the Radicals in JA Sensei 5.1.4 JA Sensei version 5.1.4 now available on Google Play with full integration of a QUIZ mode for the Radicals module. |
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My best wishes for the New Year! My best wishes to you and your loved ones for the New Year |
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Furigana, romaji, and separated words for all Illustrated Situations Now that the Illustrated Situations module contains more than 50 situations, the script for the audio recording has been improved to better assist you. |
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Five new situations have been added to the Illustrated Situations module on the website ! |
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Three new situations have been added to the Illustrated Situations module on the website, JA Sensei v5 will be released in September. |
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Listening is a very important skill to develop when learning a foreign language, and the illustrated situations are a perfect solution for efficient training. |
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There was some disruption over the past two weeks on the site following important work that now allows to enjoy a more modern and powerful system. |
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A unique experience in your life that you often wished later you had lived. Here is an article that will answer most of your questions before leaving to study or work in Japan. |
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The 10 lessons that have recently been added now benefit from 67 new illustrations and photos. |
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Become an expert on Japanese counters with the new quiz Counting objects in Japanese is not always easy because it doesn't work like in English. The well-known counters are necessary. Japan-Activator now integrates a comprehensive tool to assist you. |
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Happy New Year to all JA members and to your family! Happy New Year to all JA members and to your family! |
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Two new lessons are available on the website for Samurai members. The Japanese floral art Asking someone with MORAEMASEN KA Expressing duration with KAN Counters BYOU and SHUU 6 exercises Culture: Ikebana and Bonsai Quiz Looking for a flat Nominalization of an adjective Complex and... |
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One more lesson and example sentences customizable A new lesson has been added to the website, and the 250 examples from the lessons have been improved to allow you to customize them according to your level, preferences or goals. |
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Two new lessons are available on the website for Samurai members. |
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One more lesson is now available on the website |
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One more lesson available |
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After the lessons released last week, two new ones are now available on the website |
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Lesson 30 available: "Do your homework!" How to give permission in Japanese Translate "after doing..." Using the particle DAKE 7 grammar exercises Culture: Homework in Japan |
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New statistics to track your progression The "Statistics" section has been redesigned. You can now track a lot of information about your progression |
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Customize your example sentences The new system provides great display flexibility. You can customize the documents according to your needs and your way of working. Find out about all the options in this article. |
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Four new situations have been added to the Illustrated Situations module |
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Four new situations have been added to the Illustrated Situations module |
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Listening is a very important skill to develop when learning a foreign language, and the illustrated situations are a perfect solution for efficient training. |
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Another group of 5 new situations Another group of 5 new situations added to the Illustrated Situations module |
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Five new situations have been added to the Illustrated Situations module |
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Six new illustrated situations Six new situations have been added to the Illustrated Situations module |
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Happy New Year ! News on the Illustrated Situations Happy New Year 2016 |
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Culture Book, two new articles added Two new texts highlighting the superstitious side of the Japanese, and the importance of a certain social behavior. |
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I want to wish you and your family all the happiness and joy of Christmas. |
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Improve your listening comprehension with the Illustrated Situations Here is the new version of the Illustrated Situations tool available in the Natural Communication section! This tool will help you practice your listening compehension. |
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JLPT 4 vocabulary is now available JLPT 4 vocabulary is available in the new vocabulary tool. The new list contains 901 words with nearly 100 comments to give you additional information. |
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The new vocabulary tool has arrived... Presented two weeks ago, I am pleased to announce the release of the new vocabulary tool for Japan-Activator.com. Operating on the same principle as the vocabulary module available for JA Sensei on Android, this new tool integrates a spaced repetition system (SRS) |
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Soon a new tool in the vocabulary section Soon on Japan-Activator a brand new Vocabulary tool that will progressively replace the old one. More info soon. |
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2 new articles in the Culture Guide Two new articles have just been released in the Culture Guide |
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Lesson dialogs thoroughly redesigned All lesson dialogs have been redesigned. Please read the news to get a list of all features. |
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Many new illustrations in the lessons All lessons have been updated with many new illustrations. Far from being only visual, these photos are also very descriptive, and will complement the textual information. |
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3 new articles in the Culture Guide Three new articles have just been released in the Culture Guide |
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Interactive Cultural Guide now opened! If you missed the news, a new funny and original Cultural Guide was under development where you and your friends are the main characters to experience unforgettable culture shocks in Japan. The details were given on this page. You can now access to this new module on the website.... |
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4 background illustrations on the website and news concerning the Culture Book For users of the website, 4 new background illustrations were added to customize your account, and more info about the new Culture Book that will soon be released. |
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Soon an entertaining and unique culture book Soon on Japan Activator, an entertaining and unique culture book that will make you plunge into new adventures. |
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Problem with the support service If you've recently tried to contact the support and didn't get a reply, please contact me again. The mail server encountered a few problems, and some messages might not have been relayed. Sorry for the... |
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JA Audiobook for Android has been updated to version 1.0.3. I've listened to your feedback since the application release in April 2014 to make several changes. |
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A little surprise for the end of the year... Many of you asked me for more of them, and I promised myself to add more of them before the end of the year... |
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4 new detailed grammar sheets have been added. We now have 114 documents! For JA Sensei users, you can update your grammar module to get the new content. For Samurai members on the website, the examples are accompanied by authentic audio recordings. |
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Vocabulary section improved on the website 4 new themes have been available since two weeks for Samurai members in the vocabulary section of the site. As summer is approaching, I thought that these themes could greatly help you if you plan to visit Japan: Hotel (41 words) Travel (84 words) Post (47 words) Airport (73 words) Unlike... |
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JA Sensei version 3.0.5 is available on Google Play. Don't forget to update your app. What's new? 189 new vocabulary words (now +2100) and new catagories (travel, post, hotel, airport) 8 new grammar sheets (now 110 sheets) Search tool in the Verbs module now returns more relevant results... |
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If you missed the release of JA Audiobook last week, it's time to catch up with a video explaining the concept behind JA Audiobook. This is a promotion video for JA Audiobook, but I created it as an entertaining story. Watch it till the end, it's very... |
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JA Audiobook, the new application for Android JA Audiobook, the new complementary application to JA Sensei has just been released! It focuses not only on learning Japanese, but mainly on developping your communicative skills in Japanese. Within only a couple of days, JA Audiobook appeared in the Top New Apps in Google Play! |
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20th Japanese assisted text and 3 new grammar sheet Find out more about the first part of Yumi's story, and 3 new detailed grammar sheets. |
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Barbecue with friends and free text New text featuring two students organizing a barbecue with friends, and a new text free for all members |
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2 more texts for the Reading Assistant and 2,000 fans reached The Reading Assistant is growing quickly with two new texts 17 texts are now available! It's a great way to create speech automatism in an enjoyable fashion. |
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The last 3 parts of Usagi-san online! I received very positive feedback about the first 4 parts of the text. The last three will be even more intense! |
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Usagi-san, the JLPT 5 and 4 in a thrilling story Usagi-san is a rabbit living in a village whose patriarch, Zou-san, is an elephant who helps and protects its citizens. The problems begin when Usagi-san wants to be like Zou-san. |
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Two new stories for the Reading Assistant I've released two new stories for the Reading Assistant on the website. City and Countryside This text is a dialogue between a person living in the country and another one living in city. The objective is to be able to share your opinion in Japanese and use the comparative... |
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6 new grammar sheets to improve your Japanese New Japanese grammar sheets to improve your Japanese: Superlative with 一番 (the best, the most, etc.) Potential (can, be able to, know how) Immediate past with ところだ (I've just done, etc.) For Samurai members, audio recordings are available for each example, but also 3... |
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Many new features in JA Sensei 3.0.4 For Android users, get the latest update of JA Sensei to get the new ergonomic improvements and new contents |
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Happy New Year 2014!!! Here is some news... The first message in 2014 to wish you and your family a Happy New Year! We start the year with new contents on the website 5 new grammar sheets free for all. We've reached 100 grammar sheets now and more to come! vConj + TAGARU (た がる) to say "he wants" Passive with -RARERU and RERU (-... |
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The year is already ending, and I hope you will enjoy these moments together with your family. We are currently still working to put online new contents soon . In 2013 I was slowed down by some administrative tasks, but for 2014 I should be able focus more on the website activities again. In... |
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Reading Assistant: the 2 last texts of Kenta's Adventures added The last two texts that complete Kenta's Adventures have been added to the Reading Assistant on the website (parts 4 and 5). Other texts will come toward the end of the month or in early January... If you don't know the Reading Assistant yet, read this article! To anyone who thinks that... |
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361 new phrases in the Japanese Phrasebook I added 361 phrases to complete the Japanese Phrasebook categories on the website. It now includes the General category, which contains many phrases that we use in every day conversation. |
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Find out the new app for Korean language SpeakOasis Korean is a phrasebook containing more than 1,100 useful words and sentences grouped into many topics. Get it for free! |
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Audiobooks with the new Reading Assistant You don't need a teacher any more ! Listen and read Japanese texts easily, and use the vocabulary and grammatical documents to understand the structure and meaning of each sentence. |
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Important announcement [updated] As announced in the previous news, the website will soon migrate onto a new server much more powerful. The operation is planned for next week (between April 22-28). I'll have to close the website for a few hours, maybe even one or two days. So don't worry if you can't access Japan-Activator during... |
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Some information about the tasks executed in March, and the ones to come. |
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Extract a detailed list of all Kanji in a text with a single click! I've integrated the new Kanji Extractor tool that will let you copy and paste a Japanese text and get a list of all Kanji instantly. This is a great time-saver when you are studying a text |
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Read books, mangas or lyrics more easily Ever tried to read a book in Japanese? If yes, for sure you came across long and complex verbal structures that got you stuck because you couldn't identify what verb it was and what meant all the appended elements. The new parser will then be a great sidekick. |
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Learn new languages with SpeakOasis, and JA Sensei 2.6.2 Here comes the latest version of JA Sensei with a great new feature for Kanji and Kana drawing along with new grammatical documents. And the big news is the release of a brand new application, SpeakOasis, that is the beginning of an important project. If you are learning other languages, you might be very interested. |
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My best wishes for you for the new year! 2013 will be the year of the Snake in China and Japan. The site evolved much in 2012 thanks to your fidelity, and I wanted to thank you very much fo it. It would be no use to develop such a site without the visitors' interest. So I have much energy to... |
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This year was exceptionally creative with many new features appearing on the website along with the development of JA Sensei, the application for Android devices. I wanted to give a summary of what was done here. |
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JA Sensei 2.6.1 and 6 new grammatical documents 6 new grammatical documents 6 new documents have been added to the Grammar module. They are free, and audio samples are available for all Samurai members. The documents cover the following topics: vTe + Kuremasen ka - to ask for something vTe + Moraemasen ka - to ask for something... |
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The module for Japanese verbs is getting better Only one month after its release, the new module for Japanese verbs will again surprise you with new unique features. This time, the module will be able to give you detailed information about each Kanji used in the verb. |
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JA Sensei 2.6.0, new module for Japanese verbs Two weeks ago, I was proud to announce the release of the new module for Japanese verbs on Japan-Activator. This module contains almost 7000 verbs and is able to conjugate any of them in simple or advanced structures. It even takes into account some verbal peculiarities that followed no specific... |
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Finally a module for Japanese verbs A new tool has arrived on the site. It's the much awaited Verbs module! In the surveys, many of you requested it, so I had a look on the internet to see what was already available. The first goal for me was to create a conjugation tool for Japanese verbs, which is essential to read and form... |
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Learning Japanese? Get to the next level! I'm glad to announce the release of 5 new documents that will improve your Japanese skills and let you express your ideas from English to Japanese more easily. People learning Japanese quickly realize how different the Japanese way of thinking is different, and I'm not talking about the cultural... |
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5 new and free grammatical documents Much work has been done on the site recenlty, especially with the new design, and we had to slow down the integration of the grammarical documents. But here we are again with 5 new documents, and still free to use. A member told me how useful it was when she was writing to her penpal, because she... |
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¡Hola! Welcome to Spanish users! ¡Hola! I'm happy to announce that the interface for Japan-Activator is now available in Spanish. By interface, it means all the menus and navigation instructions on the site. The content in itself (lessons, documents), are still in English and French only, but it's only a matter of... |
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94 new exercises and 8 new grammar documents! 94 New exercises in all lessons At the end of each lesson, you can do exercises to practice and to check if you could understand the lesson thoroughly. There were 64 exercises, but now 94 more exercises have been added! So the total is 158 exercises that will, for sure, help you create... |
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Time to find out what the new surprise is... The day has come to put online the work started 3 months ago! Why a new design for the site ? Simply because it was necessary before starting some other projects to be due this year. At any rate, things were done well, the site is ready for the years to come. Do you want to know why? More and... |
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Very soon, the big summertime news... It's been almost almost a month since I last posted some news on the site, and the reason is simple, some big news has been under development for about 3 months. And for sure, it will be a huge surprise, even a shock for some people... I should manage to put that updated work online by the end of... |
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The announcement was made a few days ago, all particles now have audio examples. It represents 200 audio files. The Samurai account will let you access this... |
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How to master Japanese particles? We worked on it last week and this week-end to make the announcement today: all particle documents now also have audio files. After the grammar articles, we thought it of interest to create audio files for particles as well so that examples can help you even more understand how each... |
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10 new grammar documents and improvements The grammar section has been updated: 10 new documents have been added for a total of 57 (and growing!!). Examples of new things you'll learn: vConj+ NASAI (なさい) Imperative, giving orders, authority vTa + BAKARI DA (ばかりだ) Immediate past, I've just done vConj +... |
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Now all grammar articles with audio examples Many of you really enjoyed the new integration of audio examples in the grammar articles. So we've spent more time this week to record all examples for articles that didn't have any audio example yet. There are currently 47 documents to learn specific grammatical points, and now all have audio... |
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Now grammar examples in audio!! I'm happy to announce that 32 grammar articles now have audio files to read and listen to examples. Of course I'll add more articles with the audio files. These audio clips can help you learn in different ways. They can help you read kanji and kana in a more interactive way than by simply reading... |
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Since the beginning of the year, much free content has been added on the site. Today, I wish to thank once again those who help the site thanks to the Samurai access. I try my best to keep a balance between the free content for people who can't contribute, and the extra content to motivate members... |
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JA Sensei 2.4.2 and new grammar documents JA Sensei 2.4.2 JA Sensei 2.4.2 has been released, and is available on the Google Play. Here are the new features: Grammar: multiple list manager integrated Grammar: more and more grammatical articles available Grammar: removed strange characters at the end of the... |
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Again, 4 new documents to learn Japanese grammar Again 4 new documents on the site. Here is a summary of the new structures you can learn : TO IU (という) Called, known as, named vConj + OWARU (終わる) To finish doing vTara + DOU DESU KA (どうですか) Suggestion, proposition NO DA et NO DESU (のだ... |
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Affiliation system back in place I've put back and improved the affiliation system that I had to remove some time ago because of a few people who didn't respect the rules. In a nutshell, if you bring new visitors to Japan-Activator, you'll get 10% of all the contribution points that those visitors get. It's an easy way to... |
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The grammar section is growing. I've just translated and added 8 new documents on the site. They'll soon be available on JA Sensei too, for members who supported me by buying the application. Here is a summary of the new structures you can learn : DAROU and DESHOU (だろう /... |
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More and more members post comments to ask questions or simply to give some feedback about the site. Recently, contribution points have also been given when posting comments so that the site community grows. With new features (especially grammar and particles), it's become harder to follow and... |
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330 audio files for the vocabulary exercises 330 new audio clips have been recorded and integrated. They concern the following vocabulary themes: Economics - Company Economics - Industry Economics - Work Education Geography House - Housework House - Furniture House - Rooms Meteorology You can listen to them from the vocabulary... |
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The Grammar module has been added to JA Sensei. It contains grammatical articles dealing with many aspects of the language and ordered by JLPT levels. About 20 articles have been integrated so far, but about 50 have already been written and will be integrated soon as well. The Grammar module is a... |
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I've improved the Grammar tool by adding a favorite manager. When you are member of the site, a star is displayed next to each article. Simply click it to add / remove the article to your personal list. That way, you can easily and quickly find an article you were interested in! The... |
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Particles tokoro, ze, zo, toshite, yori, koso, ni (end of sentence) More new particles to help you understand Japanese syntactic structures. They are very useful when you try to read a Japanese text by yourself. Here are the ones that have been added: ZE ZO TOKORO TOSHITE YORI KOSO NI (end of sentence) We are also working much on the grammar articles.... |
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This piece of news shows what 2012 will be! The site content has been massively improved with the new Grammar section (in the menu, click Lessons > Grammar). What is this Grammar section?? It's a kind of encyclopeadia for Japanese grammar made of numerous separated articles. Each article... |
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Paticles nado, nanka, tomo, mono, tokoro de Let's go on with the particles. More particles have been added, which will help you a lot if you read Japanese texts. NADO / NANKA / NAZO TOKORO DE MONO NO MONO O TOMO TTEBA MONO The particles module already has much content, but more particles will be added. But in a few days, another... |
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Particles shi, nagara, to ka, de mo, wa Still working on the particles. 5 new ones have been added: Shi Nagara De mo To ka Wa We have reached 45 particles, and over 130 usages explained and accompanied by an example. Much more stuff is under development. Expect much content in... |
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New batch of 8 Japanese particles The Japanese particle section is progressing very quickly, and soon I may well be available for the next projects. 8 new particles are introduced today : Hodo Tokoro... |
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I go on integrating Japanese particle articles. Here are the particles that have been added: KUSE NI NO NI KEREDOMO / KEDO MONO DE / NODE KIRI NOMI SHIKA All those particles are also free and contain an example to show how to use them. You can see them and many other particles by... |
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Contribution points when commenting Since many members are student, and don't have much time or money to get a Samurai access, I've thought for alternative solutions. For the time being, the simplest one to integrate is to give you contribution points when you post a comment on the site. The idea is to give you different ways to... |
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New section: the Japanese particles I'm very happy to announce the integration of many Japanese particle pages in Japa-Activator! There are currently 80 different definitions for about 20 particles. Simply click "Lessons > Particles" in the menu on the right-side of the site. Even after studying Japanese for a few years,... |
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What is good about year-end holidays is that you can eat cake again without feeling guilty or having to justify yourself because this only happens once a year. So, you say to yourself that you can let yourself go for once…Personally, I am often the last one at the table… These... |
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'NextGen' JA Kana tool and Xmas deal Xmas Deal From now until Xmas you can buy contribution points to have a Samurai access and get the double! For example if you buy 230 points for 10 EUR, you actually receive 460 points, that is a 4-month Samurai account activation instead of 2 months, or in other words only 2.50EUR a month (or... |
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The Japanese culture section is getting larger today thanks to 4 new texts: Shinkansen Tempura Ramen noodles Earthquakes These ORIGINAL articles will give you relevant information to feel how Japanese people live and understand how they... |
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JA Sensei 2.0 and new Culture section JA Sensei version 2.0 I'm happy to announce the release of JA Sensei version 2.Aside from technical and boring info, the biggest new feature is the integration of drawing recognition. You can answer Kana and Kanji quiz questions by drawing characters on your device. JA Sensei then checks... |
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512 audio files, reaching the end I've recorded 512 new vocabulary audio files with my wife. All sounds will soon be integrated. Here are the themes concerned: Human-Being - Health Human-Being - Behavior Human-Being - Body Human-Being - Movement Human-Being - Senses Human-Being - Feelings Fruits Vegetables Thanks to... |
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Audio in the Vocabulary Tool Some time ago, I put online audio files for all "easy" words in the Vocabulary tool. My wife and I have finished checking all "medium" and "hard" words, and we have just started recording the audio files for those words. Here are the themes concerned: Adjectives I,... |
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Soon a new Japanese culture section I'll soon add a new section to the site dealing with many topics of the Japanese culture. I already add an article on sushi here to give you an idea. I already have many articles, but most of them still need to be proofread and translated (if you have some time, contact me). Sushi Sushi,... |
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JA Sensei 1.7.1 and Hiragana writing document I've updated JA Sensei to version 1.7.1. This new version integrates Kana audio quizzes and 300 new words for the Vocabulary module (total: 1700 words now). Japon4910 has also worked on a document to help you to learn and write hiragana. You can download it from the Multimedia section. I'm... |
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Even more vocabulary themes added Samurai members can enjoy 4 new vocabulary themes. Audio files will be added soon too along with some more vocabulary themes. Here are the themes added: Arts - Fine Arts Cuisine - Technics Politics - General Universe It represents 279 words that you can learn with a clear... |
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New Vocabulary themes and JA Sensei module VOCABULARY I've added 7 new vocabulary themes representing 319 words Cuisine - Utensils Cuisine - Ingredients Vegetables Fruits Catering Politics - Elections Time - Dates Dates and Vegetables are available for everyone, and other themes are for the Samurai members. Audio files have... |
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First of all, the "small" improvement: I've added stroke order pictures for 731 extra Kanji in the Kanji Dictionary, which contains now stroke order data for more than 6300 Kanji! Secondly, the main new tool, that will still improve. You can now add Kanji to a personal list. Each Kanji added is... |
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New kanji stroke order illustrations The Kanji dictionary tool was added to the site almost a year ago, I hope you use it often! I've replaced the old stroke order illustrations with pictures used with JA Sensei. Those pictures are larger and can easily be used to practice your writing on a sheet of paper for example. The old... |
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Work on the vocabulary and JA Sensei news The whole vocabulary Theme content has been improved. Each word has been checked and rechecked to get the best meaning possible, insuring you that what you learn has a high quality. Comments have also been added when necessary to avoid word misusage. For those who have a Samurai account and... |
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Phrasebook: 4 extra themes added I've added 4 new thèmes to the Phrasebook that I consider useful: Job Seeking Weather Disaster Convenience Store Voilà, I hope those new themes will be useful to... |
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I'm happy to be able to put online the new Phrasebook module. After many hours spent with my wife to program the tool and record the audio files, the module is finally ready... well, almost. There are still 200 sounds to record, that will be done by the end of the week. Concretely, the tool... |
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What is a counter? Do you want to master them? In the menu, click "Lessons". Now there is one more button labelled "Counters"! For thos who don't know, counting objects in Japanese is not as easy as in English. You need to use what is called "Counters". This new section of the site lists 47 counters (limited to 15 for the time being for... |
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2 new lessons about Japanese verbs I've added 2 new lesson that will let you go on studying Japanese verbs, an essential part of your study. This time, the first lesson will explain everything about the -TE form that is used quite extensively in many verbal structures. And the second lesson will deal with the Regular II... |
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A terrible day for the Japanese! As you know, Japan has been hit by an important earthquake. The region around Sendai is mainly concerned. The disaster toll is so far estimated at 1,000 people, but unfortunately much more is to be expected. My wife's family lives on the western coast of Japan and I thank God they are still... |
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It was a huge work to get them all finished, but here are five new great lessons to reach a new level! Ticket office at the station - count objects (counters) - read the time - kurai / gurai - dochira - "to want to do" - Culture: puntuality - Culture: means of transport How is the... |
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I often see beginners asking the same questions when they start learning Japanese. It's true that it's not always easy to get organized by ourselves as the Japanese language can be so different from what we know. So I've added a small picture right above the main menu so that it can bee seen... |
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Do you like Japan-Activator? Say it on Facebook! First of all, let me wish you a Happy New Year '11. I hope that you'll all get well and successful. Thanks to Facebook, I wish to let English speaking people know about Japan-Activator. The site has existed since 2006 in French, but I released an English version last year. So I do hope... |
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Kanji usage examples in the dictionary I've updated the Kanji dictionary tool. Now when you search a Kanji, not only the list of matching Kanjis will appear, but also a button "See examples" next to each result that will let you see a list of words using the... |
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I wish you all a Happy Holiday Season! Last january, I opened English version of the site and much as been done since then: Almost all lessons have been translated into English A kanji dictionary has been added along with an Eng<>Jap dictionary Live Chat system to ask question to other... |
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Several people requested me to add some tools to learn Kanji more effeciently. I'm happy to inform you that I've added a new Kanji Dictionary online. You can find it on the right side of the screen, in the tool box. I let you discover its functionalities. In the same time, I wanted the tool to be... |
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Katakana in the writing exercise / Contribution points Katakana Here they are! The Kana writing exercise was already displaying Hiragana, and now it also integrated Katakana. As a reminder, you only need to type a word in romaji, and it will automatically be translated into Hiragana and Katakana showing the stroke orders if needed. It is the perfect... |
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New Kana Document A new document has been added in the Multimedia section in the menu on the left. It provides thorough information to learn the basic writing systems : Hiragana and Katakana. If you are a beginner, the document is really of interest as it will help you learn how to read and... |
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When one starts to learn Japanese, a good thing to do is to quickly learn Kanas. The site already offers a tool to read them efficiently. But if you really want to master Hiraganas and Katakanas, it's important to know how to draw them too. So I propose a tool that will make you save much time.... |
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I've added more lessons : What I like and what I don't The human body My house These lessons can be found in the Yellow 2 belt and the Yellow 3 belt. You'll learn much about adjectives, and that knowledge will also be crucial later for learning verbs efficiently. As always, a quizz... |
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After quite a few days of work, I'm over with the integration of the online dictionary! (in Tools on the right) I kept the same concepts as for the Translator, that's to say a light widget that can be placed anywhere on the screen. This way it can also be used with any content on the site. The... |
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A short news to keep you informed. I've recently started to modify progressively the home page of the site. The goal is to develop the public area of the site. Why? I've realized that some visitors quit the site on this page because they thought the site was commercial... To start with, I've then... |
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A new section has appeared on the right side of the screen : TOOLS For the time being, I've added an automatic translation tool. The objective is to have an instant access to these tools without changing the page. Instead, a window will slide in and can be dragged around with the mouse. Simply... |
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I'm happy to let you know that I've added 3 new lessons. You can find them by clicking the Lessons -> Progressive course button in the menu on the left. The three new lessons are: At the library Fruits at the supermarket Taking a bath Thanks to these lessons, you'll learn many new... |
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I've added RSS feeds for the news entries. If you have heard about RSS feeds without really knowing what it is, here is a short explanation. RSS feeds contain information from a site (mainly textual info). This information can be anything: news, lessons, vocabulary list, etc. People visiting the... |
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Translation into English complete ! Thanks to the help of some wonderful members, Japan Activator is now 100% avalible in English! Here is a list of the members who worked on the translation: Alexandrel Renaud Battail Element Gbangel Horodheart (Martinez Gonzalvo) Picrossmaster Myself I've saved many hours of work thanks... |
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Happy New Year and Welcome to all English-speaking members Happy New Year and Welcome ! I'm the creator of Japan Activator and I'm glad to welcome you today on the English version of the site. First of all, please excuse my English, I'm actually French and my English is not perfect, but it should still be good enough so that you can understand... |
