Kanji Lessons from a Mystery Drama
Why learn kanji? Well, here are some fantastic reasons provided by the drama ４姉妹探偵団 (Yon Shimai Tantei Dan), or 4 Sisters Detective Squad. This drama aired back at the beginning of 2008, but I only recently watched it. It’s only 9 episodes long, so I went through it pretty quickly. I’ve got 7 short video clips below; almost one from each episode. I really enjoyed the little goofy Japanese lessons that were worked into the plot. The main character (and youngest sister), Yuriko, is a high school student who is pretty bad at Japanese. These kanji lessons aren’t just about her character, though. If you go to the official site and click into the “Special Contents” section, and then on Yuriko’s picture, you can actually do some cool quizzes. (You can also click here, instead.) They vaguely correspond with each episode, but they are hard! Anyway, to skip to the lessons, check out the embedded videos. Read more…
