Isotropic is …
... my personal blog.
Unless otherwise indicated, anything I write here is simply my personal, probably ill-formed, opinion and does not represent the views, beliefs, positions, or opinions of any other person or entity.
Monthly Archives: December 2009
01 Dec 2009
Learning Japanese: Writing System
The Japanese writing system consists of three main components: hiragana and katakana (collectively known as kana), and kanji. Arabic numerals are often used instead of traditional numerals. Occasionally Latin characters are used for effect. Rōmaji is used to phonetically transcribe Japanese into a Latin-only alphabet. Kana each consist of 46 basic symbols representing syllables, along [...]
01 Dec 2009
Learning Japanese: Introduction
In a moment of insanity I decided to learn Japanese. By the way, this series isn’t about teaching you Japanese, but to relate my learning experience and perhaps provide you some help in finding resources if you decide to learn on your own. This introduction will be revised occasionally to keep in sync with the [...]
