7.27.2020

Katakana Killer, Hiragana Review, and Kanji Horror

I am pretty solid on the hiragana now, and close to halfway through the basic katakana. I like these shapes a lot, but Helen of Troy they are much harder to recognize and distinguish than hiragana. It's still going to take a lot of work. Still hopeful I'll have them down by Friday end, but it's going to be a huge pain. At least hiragana is mine. I'll drill it twice a day for at least a month, probably three, and then it will be burned into my mind for good. 

Still, I'm over halfway through the first wall. My vocabulary is steadily climbing, and I can recognize almost fifty kanji now. I love this language so damn much. I've only flirted with it at this point, but the kanji sequence is just unbelievably beautiful. For the most part. There are some pretty unbelievable parts too. For example, 女、おんな、means 'woman.' Okay, no big deal. Then the next character I learned was three women together: 姦、かん、'wicked', 'seduce,' 'rape.' Because that's what anyone would think if they saw three or more women gathered together. Obviously.

...If I laughed at that, am I going to hell? 

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