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1. SO, WHAT THE HECK IS THAT? - ALICE GORDENKER
Keikaisen (guard ships)
Nov. 19, 2009
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2. BILINGUAL - MARK SCHREIBER
Let's kensaku — searching the Web in Japanese
Nov. 18, 2009
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3. BILINGUAL - KAORI SHOJI
Life in Japan can be a long and fraught train ride
Nov. 11, 2009
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4. BILINGUAL: KEYES' POINT - MICHAEL HOFFMAN
Gokai: The more I know Japan, the thicker the fog
Nov. 4, 2009
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5. BILINGUAL - KOICHI KO
Be careful not to bend your gender in Japanese
Oct. 28, 2009
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6. KANJI CLINIC - MARY SISK NOGUCHI
Get set for next year's overhaul of official kanji
Oct. 21, 2009
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7. SO, WHAT THE HECK IS THAT? - ALICE GORDENKER
Underground rice paddies in Otemachi
Oct. 15, 2009
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8. BILINGUAL - KAORI SHOJI
Plant-eating guys just waiting to get chomped on
Oct. 14, 2009
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9. BILINGUAL: KEYES' POINT - MICHAEL HOFFMAN
Sometimes everything just seems to go wrong
Oct. 7, 2009
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10. BILINGUAL - MARK SCHREIBER
Learn the coded language all Japanese know
Sept. 30, 2009
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11. BILINGUAL - ROGER PULVERS
How to lose your temper in Japanese
Sept. 23, 2009
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12. SO, WHAT THE HECK IS THAT? - ALICE GORDENKER
Statue outside Shinjuku Sumitomo Building
Sept. 17, 2009
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13. BILINGUAL - RICHARD SMART
How to write a speech for a wedding in Japan
Sept. 16, 2009
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14. BILINGUAL - KAORI SHOJI
A soft spot for the good old/bad old Showa days
Sept. 9, 2009
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15. BILINGUAL: KEYES' POINT - MICHAEL HOFFMAN
Conservativism: hoshushugisha or hankakumeisha
Sept. 2, 2009
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16. BILINGUAL - COLIN P.A. JONES
How bureaucrats spell logic in Romanized Japanese
Aug. 26, 2009
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17. KANJI CLINIC - MARY SISK NOGUCHI
Driving you 'crazy for kanji' — in a good way
Aug. 19, 2009
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18. BILINGUAL - KAORI SHOJI
Putting the lie to the health of Japanese bodies
Aug. 12, 2009
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19. BILINGUAL: KEYES' POINT - MICHAEL HOFFMAN
Heisei kids: a generation that struggles to dream
Aug. 5, 2009
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20. BILINGUAL - KOICHI KO
Web-based flash cards will dazzle language learners
July 29, 2009
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21. BILINGUAL - MARK SCHREIBER
The world's best one-stop shop for Nihongo
July 22, 2009
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22. SO, WHAT THE HECK IS THAT? - ALICE GORDENKER
Ishigaki
July 16, 2009
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23. BILINGUAL - DAVID HICKEY
Japan resident, get set for your date with dentistry
July 15, 2009
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24. BILINGUAL - KAORI SHOJI
It's still tough being a man, but it's a whole new ball game
July 8, 2009
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25. BILINGUAL: KEYES' POINT - MICHAEL HOFFMAN
Is boorish behavior a symptom of swine flu?
July 1, 2009
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26. BILINGUAL - YUKARI SAKAMOTO
Stomach peko peko? Dig into these Japanese food words
June 24, 2009
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27. SO, WHAT THE HECK IS THAT? - ALICE GORDENKER
Shichimi
June 18, 2009
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28. KANJI CLINIC - MARY SISK NOGUCHI
The crafty names of Japan's cleverest companies
June 17, 2009
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29. BILINGUAL - KAORI SHOJI
The scent of poverty must be just so in Japan
June 10, 2009
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30. BILINGUAL: KEYES' POINT - MICHAEL HOFFMAN
Back to basics: The choice of seihin or kinben
June 3, 2009
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31. BILINGUAL - MARK SCHREIBER
Appreciating kanji can unleash your inner art critic
May 27, 2009
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32. SO, WHAT THE HECK IS THAT? - ALICE GORDENKER
Wild orchids
May 21, 2009
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33. BILINGUAL - YUKARI SAKAMOTO
Fish kanji help you hook the perfect meal
May 20, 2009
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34. BILINGUAL - KAORI SHOJI
Being Nihontsū: Japanophiles in our own country
May 13, 2009
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35. BILINGUAL: KEYES' POINT - MICHAEL HOFFMAN
A legal lesson: Taking on the (school) system
May 6, 2009
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36. BILINGUAL - KOICHI KO
Ace your Japanese proficiency test with the best free Web tools
April 29, 2009
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37. BILINGUAL - CHRIS SALZBERG
An era of translation by everybody, for everybody
April 22, 2009
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38. SO, WHAT THE HECK IS THAT? - ALICE GORDENKER
'No-wash rice' (musenmai)
April 16, 2009
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39. KANJI CLINIC - MARY SISK NOGUCHI
These kanji have literally all gone to the dogs
April 15, 2009
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40. BILINGUAL - KAORI SHOJI
Language shows the resurgence of being kechi
April 8, 2009
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41. BILINGUAL: KEYES' POINT - MICHAEL HOFFMAN
Being a sukebe na sensei is tougher than it looks
April 1, 2009
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42. BILINGUAL - MARK SCHREIBER
Brush up your Japanese the traditional way
March 25, 2009
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43. SO, WHAT THE HECK IS THAT? - ALICE GORDENKER
Feral parakeets
March 19, 2009
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44. BILINGUAL - MARK SCHREIBER
Calligraphy still holds the key to mastering kanji
March 18, 2009
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45. BILINGUAL - KAORI SHOJI
An A-to-O guide to Japan's obsession with blood types
March 11, 2009
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46. BILINGUAL: KEYES' POINT - MICHAEL HOFFMAN
Mothers-in-law: Our place or an ubasuteyama?
March 4, 2009
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47. BILINGUAL - BOYÉ LAFAYETTE DE MENTE
The character of a culture resides in its language
Feb. 25, 2009
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48. EDUCATION - ALICE GORDENKER
Tome ishi
Feb. 19, 2009
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49. BILINGUAL - MARY SISK NOGUCHI
A rainbow of kanji brightens Japan's palette of colors
Feb. 18, 2009
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50. BILINGUAL - KAORI SHOJI
Love not an option as the big chill settles in
Feb. 11, 2009
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