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Hello everybody, こんにちは。 I've made how to type and write Hiragana on the computer before, based on Hiragana chart. Lets talk about Katakana for a little bit today. all the sounds are the same as hiragana. Katakana look boxy and has edgy shapes compares to Hiragana. Japanese Alphabet (Katakana) Poster by falkdesigns By the way, This chart is sold at zazzle.com Please visit the the link at the bottom for more info. Katakana is used to express foreign words like, McDonald = マクドナルド　 Ski = スキー　 America = アメリカ cake = ケーキ party = パーティー all sounds are flat in Japanese. uses the long line to express long sounds　or extend sounds you may not recognize the words when it pronounced in Japanese but you'll surprised to know a lot of English words are used in Japanese. how to write / type Katakana is basically the same as how to write Hiragana. Let's practice writing / typing words. First, change the setting to Japanese typing mode, to type Japanese, ...

French bread gets dried and hard just after a few hours if you left out, You might cut your mouth if you’re  eating this as it is but you can make the best French toast out of this! I mean I can’t eat other French toast anymore. About 1/3 of French toast Cut into slices Soak into the mixture of these 1egg 3/4 cup of milk (about 170 cc) 1 tablespoon of sugar cinnamon (optional) You flip the bread and coat with the mixture. Heat up the frying pan, put some oil, maybe some butter and cook for a few minutes each both sides. Put on the plates, enjoy with butter and powdered sugar. Non-Stick Frying pan

Salmon Teriyaki with rice, miso soup, vegetable This salmon Teriyaki is very easy. No marinade necessary.  First, mix these to make a sauce and set aside.  1 Tablespoon of Soy Sauce  1 Tablespoon each of water and sweet sake  1 Teaspoon of Sugar hint of grated ginger (optional) Heat up frying pan, coat with oil, Place the salmon, skin-side up in the pan. Cook until golden brown on 1 side. Turn the fish over with a spatula, and cook until it feels firm to the touch and the skin is crisp if desired. Add the sauce, cook till the sauce get a little thicker. Serve with cooked rice and enjoy! Here's Mirin (Sweet Sake) you can use white wine instead.

Are you ready for the holiday? It's getting chilly out, For a lot of us, Japanese, (or Asian), it's time to enjoy Nabe. We cook vegetable and meat, fish on a table and dip on a favorite sauce. Once you prepare ingredients, you can cook as you eat, sitting around the table, we would take turn to cook, serve, and eat with favorite drink such as sake. I recently enjoyed Thai style nabe. The recipe is for about 4 people. Ingredients are simple. You'll need half of a whole Chinese cabbage, green onion, next to Chinese cabbage is called "Shungiku" (garland chrysanthemum) You can find those vegetable at Asian market, but you can skip some ingredients if you can't find them. On this Thai Nabe, I used Cilantro, if you have Asian market near you, you can buy Shirataki (konnyaku noodles), Enoki mushroom, and Tofu (may be you can get all over nowadays). Chop all vegetables/tofu into bitable size, boil over konnyaku noodles and chop. For meat and fis...