温 Warm

April 29, 2009 by admin  
Filed under All, Grade 3

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Some scholars take warm to refer to an act of kindness in giving a prisoner a bowl of water. Suggest remembering as “Sun warms water in a bowl”.

O is for Ogre

April 19, 2009 by admin  
Filed under All, Kana

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Here’s a visual mnemonic for the the hiragana ‘O’. It’s important to know that this character is a syllabary that only conveys a sound. It does not mean Ogre. To me, it looks like an ogre which helps me remember its sound ‘O’.