Dec.15 '98 How to count anythings.
July 5 '98 Correcting a bit.
July 12 '97 How to pronounce numbers in Japanese.
June 20 '97 New link : Write your name in Japanese, by Nobu.
Apr.29 '97 How to say yes and no in Japanese.
Apr.8 '97 linked some site.

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INTRODUCTION

How do you feel and get any impression when you hear some Japanese?
Each Japanese word is composed of some characters, and each one having a vowel. If you write it using alphabets, each letter in a word consists of one or two alphabets, and one of it is a vowel, a or i or u or e or o. Do you know Roman letters? We are using it for writing Japanese by alphabets.

Hiragana,Katakana & Kanji

Do you know that there are three type of Japanese letters. One of it is Kanji, and other one is Hiragana, last one is Katakana. Kanji have meanig on own character. It's convenience, because we can show you a certain meanig only using one Kanji. Hiragana and Katakana have no meanig on its own character. They are like phonetic symbols.
(EXAMPLE)

Hiragana with Roman letters

BASIC 46 CHARACTERS

SPECIAL(SONANT) CHARACTERS

SPECIAL(DOUBLE CONSONANT) CAHRACTERS

SPECIAL (SONANT DOUBLE CONSONANT) CAHRACTERS

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update: Dec.'98

COUNT

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update: July'97

SUUJI

(NUMBERS)

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LINK

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LINK

Language Class	Here is a very good site for to study in Japnese Hiragana and Katakana by "Japan Window".
JPN080 Lesson 1	This is Nobu's homepage titled "Write your name in Japanese."

Useful Japanese

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Useful Japanese

update: Apr.'97

How to say in casual Yes and No in Japanese.

If you want to say "OK", please say "i-yo".
If you want to say "I think so.", say "so-ne".
If you want to say "It's true.", say "so-".
If you want to say "Yes!", say "hai".
If you want to say "Yeah.", say "a-" or "wn".
If you want to say "Almost.", say "ma-ne".

If you want to say "No!", please sat "dame".
If you want to say "No, I'm not.", say "i-e".

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update: July'98

English		Roman		Japanese
Exquse me.		suimasen
Hey!		yaa
Good morning !		ohayou
Good afternoon !		konnitiwa
Good evening !		konbanwa

(correct Japanese: )

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update: Nov.'96

Have you ever heard Japanese?
Now I show you the most useful Japanese word. It's ...

Domo.
If you had a chance to talk with a Japanese, saying domo is necessary and easy method to comunicate with him. It seems magic for you, I think.
But why ? ...
Domo have many meanings.

Hello!
Thank you.
I beg your pardon.
Bye bye!

However ... if you know the certain word just on the scene, you must better don't say domo. Because if you said domo many times, I'm afraid that it make your vague image to him.