It’s time for Manu-sensei’s drawing lesson! Or at least today’s results.
We are still doing hands. 😝
Which of these words do you already know?
#japaneselanguage #kanji #japaneselesson #drawinglesson #hands

(Photo: Shang bronze bu, Xinxiang City Museum, Gary Todd, Wikimedia Commons, CC0.) #Japanese #LearnJapanese #Kanji #JLPT #KanjiOfTheDay #Japanology
It’s time for Manu-sensei’s drawing lesson! Or at least today’s results.
We are still doing hands. 😝
Which of these words do you already know?
#japaneselanguage #kanji #japaneselesson #drawinglesson #hands
(Photo: lasta29, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.) #Japanese #LearnJapanese #Kanji #JLPT #KanjiOfTheDay #Japanology #JapaneseLanguage #StudyJapanese
Kanji of the day: 本 (Book, Present)
5 strokes · on: ほん · kun: もと
Which kanji do you keep mixing this up with?
#Japanese #LearnJapanese #Kanji #JLPT #WordOfTheDay #Japanology
Hot take: writing a kanji 50 times isn't the magic. Writing it once while saying a sentence that uses it is what makes it stick 🖌️ What kanji have you written 100 times and still forget? #Kanji
(Card: Mount Kusatsu-Shirane, Gunma. Photo: 663highland, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.5.) #Japanese #LearnJapanese #Kanji #JLPT #WordOfTheDay #Japanology
(Card: 'A Family Group', Kusakabe Kimbei, Yokohama, 1890s. The rickshaw was the studio's, the faces they brought from home. Museum of Photographic Arts, no known copyright restrictions.) #Japanese #LearnJapanese #Kanji #JLPT #WordOfTheDay #Japanology
Hot take: writing a kanji 3 times slowly with the right stroke order beats copying it 20 times in a rush. Your hand learns the rhythm 🖌️ Which kanji took you forever to get right? #Kanji
I am currently enjoying some traditional Japanese sweets at Toraya in Kyoto. Watch the video for a short kanji lesson, and learn more about Japanese sweets.
#kyoto #japanesesweets #japaneselesson #japaneselanguage #kanji
Stroke order isn't just tradition. It helps you read messy handwriting ✍️ Once your hand knows the flow, cursive kanji make sense. Which one surprised you? #Kanji #LearnJapanese
(Card: a どんど焼き at Rubeshibe Shrine, Hokkaido. People at the pyre, 亻 beside 尞. Photo: 田頭寛, Wikimedia Commons, CC0.) #Japanese #LearnJapanese #Kanji #JLPT #KanjiOfTheDay #Japanology #JapaneseLanguage #StudyJapanese
Fun fact: Japanese kids write each kanji dozens of times in school notebooks 📝 But stroke order matters more than reps—it helps you read messy handwriting! What's your trick? #kanji
(Card: Omoide Yokocho in Shinjuku, where many a 呂律 stops turning. Photo: Dick Thomas Johnson, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.) #Japanese #LearnJapanese #Kanji #JLPT #KanjiOfTheDay #Japanology #JapaneseLanguage #StudyJapanese
(Card: the 尉 scene from our dictionary, a seat over a fire.) #Japanese #LearnJapanese #Kanji #JLPT #KanjiOfTheDay #Japanology #JapaneseLanguage #StudyJapanese
Hey any kanji enthusiasts out there? I tried a bit this morning to sort this out, but it's fighting me. I get the daikichi at the start, then...I don't know the third one. If it helps, it is beside a painting of a chicken #personal #translation #kanji #japanese
JustWallpapers x HomiesHouse · 1920x1080 · #asciiart #katana #japan #kanji #simplebackground #wallpapers #art #aesthetic