With thousands to learn, kanji can intimidate a newcomer to the Japanese language. But you can discover the appeal of kanji by learning a few basic examples.

Kanji characters float from above and the viewer is expected to “grab” one – let’s say, the character for “rain” – with a virtual glove and throw it into an empty frame, ... for example, how to do ...

For example, "kuruma," the Japanese word for “car,” is written in kanji as 車. Hiragana, though, are much simpler in both form and function. They take fewer strokes to write than all but the simplest ...

During their six years in elementary school, Japanese children learn over 1,000 kanji. In this time, they greatly increase their reading sophistication, moving from picture books to short novels ...

Take rāmen for example: Usually spelled ラーメン, it can also be seen spelle らーめん sometimes, even though hiragana typically don't make use of the dash to longen the vowel. I have even seen it spelled WITH ...