Yet another story of how kanji saved my life…would have sounded a lot more dramatic and probably would have been a more interesting read. But, seriously - Kanji rock. Kanji are superheroes. In fact, in the upcoming 8th season of Smallville (yeah, I watch it - What’s it to you?!), we find [...]
Sesquipedalian. I don’t think I’ll ever fall out of obsession with that word. The definition is itself. It is its own definition. There’s something so satisfying about that. But that’s not what this is about.
Sesquipedalian is far from being a common vocabulary term. The same holds true of its [...]
There are some people out there who insist on studying individual kanji. Let me tell you why that’s a bad idea with the most basic example.
電 means ‘electricty’, and can be used in compounds like 電気 (electricty; light), 電器 (electronic[s]), 電波 (electro-magnetic wave, more commonly referring to mobile phone reception), etc.
卓 means ‘table’, and [...]
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