http://www.evekushner.com/writing Profiles and Other Writing from Eve Kushner Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:11:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.evekushner.com/writing/kanji-blog-post-151/ http://www.evekushner.com/writing/kanji-blog-post-151/#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 19:39:32 +0000 Eve Kushner http://www.evekushner.com/writing/?p=684 Onward: April 30, 2010
Today I have a mix of news: the good, the bad, and the ugly. I was on the radio again this week, ... More]]> http://www.evekushner.com/writing/kanji-blog-post-151/feed/ 0 http://www.evekushner.com/writing/kanji-blog-post-150/ http://www.evekushner.com/writing/kanji-blog-post-150/#comments Fri, 16 Apr 2010 16:43:34 +0000 Eve Kushner http://www.evekushner.com/writing/?p=569 A Murder Mystery and More: Part 3, April 16, 2010
Today we’ll do things backward. Try your hand at a bevy of quizzes, all involving 刺 ... More]]> http://www.evekushner.com/writing/kanji-blog-post-150/feed/ 0 http://www.evekushner.com/writing/kanji-blog-post-149/ http://www.evekushner.com/writing/kanji-blog-post-149/#comments Fri, 09 Apr 2010 15:53:30 +0000 Eve Kushner http://www.evekushner.com/writing/?p=524 Interspecies Stabbings: Part 2, April 9, 2010
As we saw last week, 刺 (SHI, sa(su), sa(saru), sa(shi), sashi, toge: to stab, pierce, prick, sting; thorn; business card) primarily means "to stab," so it ... More]]> http://www.evekushner.com/writing/kanji-blog-post-149/feed/ 0 http://www.evekushner.com/writing/kanji-blog-post-148/ http://www.evekushner.com/writing/kanji-blog-post-148/#comments Fri, 02 Apr 2010 20:30:30 +0000 Eve Kushner http://www.evekushner.com/writing/?p=520 How to Stick It to Someone: Part 1, April 2, 2010
Let's start with a quiz. The kanji 刺 primarily means "to stab." Given that, what ... More]]> http://www.evekushner.com/writing/kanji-blog-post-148/feed/ 0 http://www.evekushner.com/writing/kanji-blog-147/ http://www.evekushner.com/writing/kanji-blog-147/#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:59:43 +0000 Eve Kushner http://www.evekushner.com/writing/?p=504 Radically Wet: Part 4, March 19, 2010
Take a look at the following sentence to see if you recognize anything: 政府は過激派グループの活動を注意深く監視した。 Whenever I confront unknown kanji, I try to ... More ]]> http://www.evekushner.com/writing/kanji-blog-147/feed/ 0 http://www.evekushner.com/writing/kanji-blog-post-146/ http://www.evekushner.com/writing/kanji-blog-post-146/#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:12:08 +0000 Eve Kushner http://www.evekushner.com/writing/?p=482 A Japanese Stimulus Package: Part 3, March 12, 2010
It's always exciting when a foreign language teaches you about your own, and that's the case with the following word ... More]]> http://www.evekushner.com/writing/kanji-blog-post-146/feed/ 0 http://www.evekushner.com/writing/kanji-blog-post-145/ http://www.evekushner.com/writing/kanji-blog-post-145/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:09:35 +0000 Eve Kushner http://www.evekushner.com/writing/?p=328 Death by Acronym: Part 2, March 5, 2010
We start with Alberto's haiku calendar for March. It's lovely, as always, but there's one difference this time ... More]]> http://www.evekushner.com/writing/kanji-blog-post-145/feed/ 0 http://www.evekushner.com/writing/kanji-blog-post-144/ http://www.evekushner.com/writing/kanji-blog-post-144/#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:42:32 +0000 Eve Kushner http://www.evekushner.com/writing/?p=327 The Violence of Water: Part 1, February 26, 2010
If you had to draw “violent,” what images would you use? Maybe you’d think back to ... More ]]> http://www.evekushner.com/writing/kanji-blog-post-144/feed/ 0 http://www.evekushner.com/writing/kanji-blog-post-143/ http://www.evekushner.com/writing/kanji-blog-post-143/#comments Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:25:41 +0000 Eve Kushner http://www.evekushner.com/writing/?p=326 Bag of Tricks: Part 3, February 12, 2010
As you may know, 知恵 (chie: to know + wisdom) is "wisdom" or "intelligence." And we've seen that 袋 (TAI, fukuro) ... More]]> http://www.evekushner.com/writing/kanji-blog-post-143/feed/ 0 http://www.evekushner.com/writing/kanji-blog-post-142/ http://www.evekushner.com/writing/kanji-blog-post-142/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:45:46 +0000 Eve Kushner http://www.evekushner.com/writing/?p=325 Your Mother as a Bag: Part 2, February 5, 2010
We start with Alberto's haiku calendar for February, another beauty. Wow, this haiku features some complex kanji! Alberto will tell us about the poem in the comments section. Meanwhile, here's the scoop on the least familiar characters: ... More]]> http://www.evekushner.com/writing/kanji-blog-post-142/feed/ 0