KANJI CLINIC is a column appearing the third Tuesday of every other month in The Japan Times.
Its purpose is to provide practical advice and inspiration to non-Japanese
adults striving to achieve literacy in Japanese by learning the 1,945 general-use
kanji ("Chinese characters"). It is written by Mary Sisk Noguchi (photo), associate professor (retired) at Meijo
University in Nagoya, Japan.
・To read previous KANJI CLINIC columns, go to Previous Columns.
・To read reviews of kanji learning materials, including kanji learning software and kanji dictionaries, go to Book
Reviews.
・To view a variety of articles about kanji learning, (as well as
on foreign loanwords "gairaigo," the Japanese Language Proficiency Test, Japanese names, bilingualism and adoption in Japan), go to Other Articles.
・To view reader response to KANJI CLINIC, go to Reader Response.
・To reach other sites related to kanji learning, go to Links.