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Kana Kanban

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If you’re studying katakana, try reading this  sign.

Use the rikaichan popup dictionary or your favorite reference tool with my transcription below the photo if you need help.

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Kanji Kanban #17

ヤマト運輸　歩く町京都　環境にやさしい　電気自動車 Use the rikaichan popup dictionary or your favorite reference tool with my transcription below the photos if you need help reading the words on this parcel delivery truck that features a Kyoto themed paint job. Click on the photos to enlarge them. The numbers below refer to the kanji I’ve transcribed below the photo, and correspond to their order of appearance in both…

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Kanji Kanban #21

お持ち帰りできます！！ Use the rikaichan popup dictionary or your favorite reference tool with my transcription below the photo if you need help reading the words on this sign. The numbers below refer to the kanji I’ve transcribed below the photo, and correspond to their order of appearance in both Heisig’s Remembering the Kanji and Kanji in Context. To learn more about how this information can help you…

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Kanji Kanban #33

貯まる！使える！ Use the rikaichan popup dictionary or your favorite reference tool with my transcription below the photo if you need help reading the words on these posters that I saw in front of a Kyoto drugstore. The numbers below refer to the kanji I’ve transcribed below the photo, and correspond to their order of appearance in both Heisig’s Remembering the Kanji and Kanji in Context. To learn more…

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Kanji Kanban #41

鏡 Use the rikaichan popup dictionary or your favorite reference tool with my transcription below the photo if you need help reading this sign. The numbers below refer to the kanji I’ve transcribed below the photo, and correspond to its order of appearance in both Heisig’s Remembering the Kanji and Kanji in Context. To learn more about how this information can help you learn kanji, please read…

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Kanji Kanban #44

赤帽あいしん運送店　軽貨物 Use the rikaichan popup dictionary or your favorite reference tool with my transcription below the photo if you need help reading the words on this truck. The numbers below refer to the kanji I’ve transcribed below the photo, and correspond to their order of appearance in both Heisig’s Remembering the Kanji and Kanji in Context. To learn more about how this information can help you…

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Kana Kanban

  おまつり How do you say ‘festival’ in Japanese? If you’re learning hiragana, try reading this poster advertising an upcoming event.  I noticed it on a community message board in my neighborhood in Kyoto.  The お at the beginning is an honorific and is often omitted. Use the rikaichan popup dictionary or your favorite reference tool with my transcription below the photo if you need help.

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Kanji Kanban #300

  ブレーキ　アクセルの踏み間違いにご注意ください。 Use the rikaichan popup dictionary or your favorite reference tool with my transcription below the photo if you need help reading this sign. Over the years in Kyoto I’ve gotten used to the standard signage in parking lots telling customers that the lot’s full or warning them to lock their car and take valuables with them and to turn off their ignition while they’re…

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Kanji Kanban #299

お 旗肉を伸ばして体質改善。 美しい姿勢をつくる 当店独自の技術 Use the rikaichan popup dictionary or your favorite reference tool with my transcription below the photo if you need help reading this Kyoto chiropractor’s sign. The numbers below refer to the kanji I’ve transcribed below the photo, and correspond to their order of appearance in both Heisig’s Remembering the Kanji and Kanji in Context. To learn more about how to…

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Kanji Kanban #298

さわらないで 下さいネ。。。 Use the rikaichan popup dictionary or your favorite reference tool with my transcription below the photo if you need help reading this sign.  In addition to the lone kanji character, you’ll notice that there’s a katakana character as well as hiragana. Katakana is often used in place of kanji or hiragana for emphasis, and that’s just what it does here at the very end and in a…

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そば If you’re studying  hiragana, try reading the characters written on the side of this restaurant.  If you can read them, you’ll know what traditional dish they specialize in. Use the rikaichan popup dictionary or your favorite reference tool with my transcription below the photo if you need help.

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Kanji Kanban #297

外国たばこ Use the rikaichan popup dictionary or your favorite reference tool with my transcription below the photo if you need help reading this sign.  Read it and you’ll discover what it is that the vending machine next to it sells. The numbers below refer to the kanji I’ve transcribed below the photo, and correspond to their order of appearance in both Heisig’s Remembering the Kanji and Kanji in…

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Kanji Kanban #296

コーヒー豆 Use the rikaichan popup dictionary or your favorite reference tool with my transcription below the photo if you need help reading this Kyoto shop’s sign. The numbers below refer to the kanji I’ve transcribed below the photo, and correspond to its order of appearance in both Heisig’s Remembering the Kanji and Kanji in Context. To learn more about how to work with this information and get the…

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Kanji Kanban #294

なぜ登るのか？ そこに壁ができたから！ Use the rikaichan popup dictionary or your favorite reference tool with my transcription below the photo if you need help reading this Kyoto Bouldering Gym’s poster. The numbers below refer to the kanji I’ve transcribed below the photo, and correspond to their order of appearance in both Heisig’s Remembering the Kanji and Kanji in Context. To learn more about how to work with…

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Kanji Kanban #294

OK牧場 美味い！！ Use the rikaichan popup dictionary or your favorite reference tool with my transcription below the photo if you need help reading this coffee company’s train station billboard. I couldn’t read the two characters beneath OK on the sign, but after entering them and checking the meaning with rikaichan, I realized that it’s the Japanese translation of the O.K. Corral of gunfight fame. …

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Kanji Kanban #293

当店のコーヒー豆、 ご近所配達いたします。 Use the rikaichan popup dictionary or your favorite reference tool with my transcription below the photo if you need help reading this coffee shop’s sign.  It’s a cozy little place and the master takes pride in his beans.  He’ll even deliver them if you live in the neighborhood! The store across the street is just one of many on this street, called Ebisugawa, that…

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Kanji Kanban #292

私たちは戦争に協力しません Use the rikaichan popup dictionary or your favorite reference tool with my transcription below the photo if you need help reading this pacifist message. The numbers below refer to the kanji I’ve transcribed below the photo, and correspond to their order of appearance in both Heisig’s Remembering the Kanji and Kanji in Context. To learn more about how to work with this information…

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