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                                        Date:      5-Nov-1992 10:06am JST
                                        From:      Maj Waters
                                                   374OSSDOW
                                        Dept:
                                        Tel No:    225-8417

TO:  Remote Addressee                     ( _NIHONGO@MITVMA.MIT.EDU )


Subject: IBM Japanese Programs

>Subject: Lack of Software for IBM..
>   Would anyone know of any public domain/shareware packages for
>Japanese language instruction, specifically a Kanji "drill" type of
>program?  Any information would be greatly appreciated!! :)

   I would direct you to the SIMTEL system (or one of its mirrors) where you
will find a Kanji flashcard program.  I'm not sure I remember where it was
but it is under the MSDOS section and the "language tools" subsection (sorry,
don't remember the exact name of it).  File is called something like KANJI1.ZIP
and has a display driver built in with something like the first 250 Kanji.
Unfortunately, there are not more Kanji included.  I have run the program
and it steps through the normal JME sequence and includes both readings for
each character, the English meaning and usually three example compounds.
It's VERY similar to the method the Tuttle book "A Guide to Reading & Writing
Japanese" uses.  Let me know if you need more information on how to find
this program and I will be happy to help you.

       Ken

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Ken Waters    USAF, Maj, Staff Weather Officer, Yokota AB, Japan (Fussa-shi)
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