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	Articles Index 児童: New Word Focus Learn by Example: 人気の秘密 Learn by Example: Democratic comments about the war in Iraq, in Japanese まちまち最多 Interviewing for a Job in Japanese "A Refined Way of Using Language:" An extended tutorial using an example from the Japanese blogosphere. 表面化する税率 Interview: Andrew Hankinson of Japanese Travel Jobs Interview: Clay Boutwell of TheJapanesePage.com and TheJapanShop.com Shifting Tenses in Japanese Expressing Disappointment in Japanese From Insects to Airplanes: Increasing your Vocabulary with Kanji Having a High Head: zu ga takai "Don't hope for much": seki no yama "Cat Language" in Japanese Some Things You’ll Need to Teach Yourself Japanese A Useful Expression for Japanese Email 仕組み The Joys of "Engrish" Why Are Japanese langauge schools in a slump? 後始末飲み比べ転じる Beating Around the Bush 利潤の獲得 Romaji, Loanwords, and the Quest for "Pure Japanese" 3 Good Reasons for Learning Japanese Learn Through Imitation Omissions in Japanese sentences When the Japanese Only Want to Speak to You in English Notes on the Japanese Language 3 Good Reasons for Learning Japanese Learn Through Imitation Learning to Read Japanese

	Cool Japanese Vocabulary: 机上の空論（きじょうのくうろん） Definition: empty theory; a purely academic idea 机上の空論を提案する（きじょうのくうろんをていあんする） to propose an empty academic theory	Old Kanji: Did you know? The old kanji for "apple" or リンゴ is 林檎. The old way to write それ using kanji is 其れ An alternative (pre WWII) kanji for the verb 言う is 云う So why learn the old kanji? Well, you won't use them much in day-to-day life; but they come in handy if you decide to dive into Japanese literature--for example, the works of Natsume Soseki (1867-1916).

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