Remembering the Kanji - Lesson 2 ( Frames 16-34 )

Lesson 2 of Remembering the Kanji by James Heisig. Be sure to watch with a pad and pencil so you can practice writing the kanji. The song is from the Studio Ghibli movie "Castle in the Sky", a.k.a. "Laputa", titled "Shita's Decision" by Joe Hisaishi.

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[joebevis92]

When it comes to learning kanji, this book is number 1.

[bobertdude2]

the same guy wrote a book for remembering the on and kun readings.

[LimeLemonLeaf]

i wonder why it's called the "james heisig method", when it's obvious that you can study the kanji from it's compounds. A japanese kanji dictionary will explain it. Like the "sparkle"-kanji = 晶は、星が三つ光るさまを書いたもの。澄みきった意を含む。it­'s thee stars that shines. it also has the meaning of being clear.

[sitruc3000]

this book is awsome... anyone really looking to learn it take 5 seconds and google search it, u dont need to waste ur time on here watching it like this

[xXxlllManHacklllxXx]

there are two other books, i think the third is only about additional kanjis like names... but the second has prononciations and translations ;)

[themagicmysterybox]

wheres part 1?

[Herujju]

lol, is this only the character...

NOT the word/ pronounciaton?

and the kana for the kanjis?

[AlexesHaystack]

what's the music then?

[sweatjp]

good maked

[LittleFishChan]

Wow, this is an interesting way of distributing text... the internet never ceases to amaze. This is a wonderful book, I am literate because of it.

[Yokoi483]

I personally find WRITING the hardest part to learn. Once you know how to write them, you can learn each readings and compounds in like... 3 seconds each, as long as you don't take in too much at once.

[killbison]

I own this book, and I didn't find it much use on the most part - the method does work for remembering the patterns, but without additional material, you wont be able to read the Kanji, as this book does not offer the actual meanings in Japanese, only in English. Why this is the case, I have no idea!

[SchoolhouseTechno]

When you say wasting your time do you mean just not wasting time, thus slowing you down. Or that it's not worth the time...because it would take a lot longer to memorize kanji by traditional methods.

This method is probably faster at getting kanji memorized than any other method.

[stinachristina]

I borrowed this book from the library on campus for a couple weeks, it's great because even a month after I returned it, I went to a chinese restaurant and still remembered the meanings of some of the symbols because of the book, it's a must-buy, really.

[noffius]

Heisig method is great! Just don't go too slowly. The point of Heisig's book is to give you a framework for remembering the characters. Don't spend too much time trying to force the stories to stick in your head. Try to get through the book in 3 months or you're wasting your time.

BTW-Heisig is one of the few writers (in English) who does a good job of exploring Japanese-ness in the post-Hiroshima/Nagasaki era. Don't waste your time on the Anime/Video Game/Samurai/Ninja crap.

[HaoRhe]

This is so awesome! it really is

[kapnkrispy]

Arigato gozaimasu. I'll have to get a copy of the book

now. Very helpful.

[Herzenslust]

Wow.  Thanks. Your videos convinced me to buy the first book. I wish I'd looked into this system of learning the Kanji fifteen years ago when taking intensive Japanese at Ohio State.

[krftwrk77]

beautiful.. and makes absolutely amazing sense the way things are explained..thank you.