Tadashii Kanji Kakitori-kun: part 01

This is an overview of "Tadashii Kanji Kakitori-kun" for the Nintendo DS. Kakitori-kun is not so much a game as kanji learning software. The first game teaches the 1006 kanji that are standard for Japanese elementary school students. The main focus of the game is learning proper stroke order and direction, but it's also very useful for learning on and kun readings and building a basic vocabulary. You don't need to know much Japanese for this game to be useful, but you do need to be able to read and write hiragana.

note: For those of you who already know the first 1000 kanji, there's a second game that covers junior high and high school kanji. But I'm not at that level, so I haven't gotten it yet.

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• Nintendo
• DS
• Tadashii
• Kanji
• Kakitori-kun
• kakitori
• Japanese
• learning
• writing
• language

[RLJ96]

No it is for Japanese pupils and they don't need a English translation.

[krispykat1993]

do i see a pokemon leaf green sticking out of you DS Lite?

[MultiAnime1000]

the only subtitled game is my japanese coach.................that is so not fair~~de~geso!!

[MultiAnime1000]

what do anime voice actors use language when they on air..is it kanji or katakana.???

[lunaseraph]

@UkumaOokami

it just takes lots of reading practice to get the hang of kanji and being able to recognize it. it helps to have a teacher or a fluent japanese speaker to explain the kanji's meaning, but reading is the best way. A change of a stroke can change the entire meaning, so be careful.

[guyverunit1]

what the hell why didnt you explain the other mini game?

[OSGUrbanOLD]

She was doing 1st year kanji! YEAH!

[olleryokel]

Try the Kanji Wordsearch iPhone app! Fun, and it tracks your progress.

[Cornholio8787]

i might buy a ds now

[Kasou]

the one I got doesn't seem to have any hirogana to tell me what the kanji are. Are there two versions of this game?

[UkumaOokami]

@lunaseraph

i can read and write kana but wouldnt you need to know how to speak japanese if you want to know what the kanji mean without usind a kanji dictonary?

[lunaseraph]

@UkumaOokami

doubt you need to speak it in order to read/write it. those are two different skills : /