How Well Do You Know Your Kanjis? Take The ‘Zaidanhoujin Nihon Kanji Nouryoku Kentei Kyoukai Kounin Kanken DS’ Challenge
Whew! What a title! The hardest part in understanding the Japanese language is the reading and writing aspect of it. It’s easier to learn things by speech rather than by reading or writing. With over 1000 basic Kanjis (chinese characters) to remember, your head could just break trying to understand strokes and conjunctions.
However, there is always a fun part to studying kanjis. Ever since the GameBoy came out, there has been lots of Kanji games, from Doraemon to Kanji Boy to Minna no DS, Kanji Power!. Now, the task of remembering and practicing your Kanji is a whole lot easier in the Nintedo DS. And the game responsible for it is the Official Basic Kanji Learning Certification Test for the DS or in Japanese, Zaidanhoujin Nihon Kanji Nouryoku Kentei Kyoukai Kounin Kanken DS.
What sets this apart from other Kanji games is how it doesn’t merely have the minigames with the kanji for you to choose from (like most match-em up kanji games) but it also helps you know where best to use that kanji. The On and Kun readings will play a crucial role as you figure out how to read Kanji combinations and contractions as you read it in sentences. More so, the stylus serves as a very useful tool in figuring out how to write Kanjis. In the world of Kanjis, it’s not enough that you read, you’ve got to learn how to write it as well. This game is targeted for kids and foreigners who are still having a hard time grasping this complex combination of Chinese characters. We might be kind even to say that games like this will help Japanese learners overcome their fear of Kanjis.
Whew! What a title! The hardest part in understanding the Japanese language is the reading and writing aspect of it. It’s easier to learn things by speech rather than by reading or writing. With over 1000 basic Kanjis (chinese characters) to remember, your head could just break trying to understand strokes and conjunctions.
However, there is always a fun part to studying kanjis. Ever since the GameBoy came out, there has been lots of Kanji games, from Doraemon to Kanji Boy to Minna no DS, Kanji Power!. Now, the task of remembering and practicing your Kanji is a whole lot easier in the Nintedo DS. And the game responsible for it is the Official Basic Kanji Learning Certification Test for the DS or in Japanese, Zaidanhoujin Nihon Kanji Nouryoku Kentei Kyoukai Kounin Kanken DS.
What sets this apart from other Kanji games is how it doesn’t merely have the minigames with the kanji for you to choose from (like most match-em up kanji games) but it also helps you know where best to use that kanji. The On and Kun readings will play a crucial role as you figure out how to read Kanji combinations and contractions as you read it in sentences. More so, the stylus serves as a very useful tool in figuring out how to write Kanjis. In the world of Kanjis, it’s not enough that you read, you’ve got to learn how to write it as well. This game is targeted for kids and foreigners who are still having a hard time grasping this complex combination of Chinese characters. We might be kind even to say that games like this will help Japanese learners overcome their fear of Kanjis.
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