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Welcome to Ejiten, a picture dictionary of Japanese vocabulary!
The purpose of this project is to teach Japanese vocabulary through pictures paired with Japanese words. By pairing words and images, the viewer can link the two directly in their mind, without having to translate to another language. This creates a foundation to think in Japanese.
Each post includes both a visual graphic and the text of the vocabulary words in the body of the post. Japanese vocabulary words are written in phonetic script (hiragana and/or katakana), kanji (if applicable), and in rōmaji.
Ideally this picture dictionary can be accessible to Japanese learners from anywhere. Translations are deliberately not given so that language learning is more natural, with direct connection between words and concepts.
You may decide to look up vocabulary words in a dictionary if the picture is not enough to convey the meaning fully. For English-speaking learners of Japanese, I highly recommend Jisho.org as a resource.
This blog is run by somebody who is not a native speaker of Japanese. Any corrections or additions are welcome.
Communications such as this one will be given in English for practicality, or in English and in Japanese.
