1.2. Things to do in the sci.lang.japan FAQ

This is a list of things which I want to do for the FAQ. Any help is welcome!

1.8. The book pages
TO DO #1: priority: low: Book reviews to add in folder.
TO DO #2: priority: low: Rewrite the book page producing program.
TO DO #3: priority: low: Add links to Japanese-language books on the books page to the Amazon.co.jp bookstore.
TO DO #4: priority: low: Do something about the "mailto" forms.
TO DO #5: priority: low: Search pictures of books in book review pages.
4.1.1. How did katakana and hiragana originate?
TO DO #6: priority: low: Add a picture of some "grass style" calligraphy showing how it turns into hiragana. Use the Wikipedia picture?
TO DO #7: priority: low: Add Bart history of katakana
4.2.2. How many kanji are there?
TO DO #8: priority: low: Add caution as found on Taishukan website
4.2.4.1. A list of kokuji (国字).
TO DO #9: priority: low: Note on last characters here (upper JIS set)
TO DO #10: priority: low: Look through kokuji page again for errors, some of the meanings look dodgy.
TO DO #11: priority: low: Add unicode numbers and links
TO DO #12: priority: low: Upcase JIS values
4.2.6. Why do kanji have several different pronunciations?
TO DO #13: priority: low: Finish writing this entry.
TO DO #14: priority: high: Add a table e.g. from the Shogakukan showing the different pronunciations.
TO DO #15: priority: low: Check the place names of the Chinese places in the Taishukan informaiton.
4.2.8. Can a kanji word have more than one reading?
TO DO #16: priority: low: Add link to ionigi dictionary.
4.2.9. How do I look up a kanji in a dictionary?
TO DO #17: priority: high: Write this entry.
4.2.10. What are the names of the kanji radicals?
TO DO #18: priority: low: Write this entry.
4.3.5. What are the systems of romanization of Japanese?
TO DO #19: priority: low: Add a column for Jorden "JSL" rōmaji if necessary. Ask newsgroup.
TO DO #20: priority: low: Complete the table for the rōmaji page.
TO DO #21: priority: low: Add the "funny" kanas used for writing foreign words.
4.3.6. How is Japanese writing taught to Japanese children?
TO DO #22: priority: low: Check this entry for accuracy, especially the parts about middle school. Should I use the name "middle school" or "junior high school"?
4.3.7. What are the names of the Japanese non-kana, non-kanji symbols?
TO DO #23: priority: low: Check the name "bousen" from JS.
TO DO #24: priority: low: Check this usage note is correct.
TO DO #25: priority: low: Add a graphic for bouten.
TO DO #26: priority: low: Add the remaining symbols from Unicode etc.? This is most of the uniquely Japanese ones. The others are just bigger versions of the Western marks.
TO DO #27: priority: medium: Insert Unicodes
4.3.8. What are the names of the mathematical symbols in Japanese?
TO DO #28: priority: low: Do something about maths symbols.
4.3.9. Can Japanese be written right to left?
TO DO #29: priority: medium: Add idiot guide to tategaki and yokogaki with arrows etc.
TO DO #30: priority: low: Get a photo of both sides of a truck for this answer.
4.3.10. What are the different styles of Japanese lettering?
TO DO #31: priority: low: Research kagomoji.
5.1.1. What verbs are irregular?
TO DO #32: priority: low: Explain what a suru verb is.
5.4.1. How do I choose between wa and ga?
TO DO #33: priority: high: Write a better entry.
5.4.4. How do I choose between de and ni?
TO DO #34: priority: high: Write this entry
6.4. Why is America called bei?
TO DO #35: priority: medium: The above paragraph is dubious. Any evidence for this? Petronius also lists "merikan" beginning with the "me" kanji.
TO DO #36: priority: medium: Get the other version of the kanji for Australia too
6.11. Why are there so many adjectives ending in yaka?
TO DO #37: priority: high: Give some usage examples
6.12.2. Which Japanese words originate from Portuguese?
TO DO #38: priority: low: Edict has no Portuguese word entered here so check this.
TO DO #39: priority: low: Add a picture of kasutera here
TO DO #40: priority: low: Add a picture of kompeitou here
TO DO #41: priority: medium: Check this is from Portuguese or not. Post to sci.lang.japan about it or look in Google.
TO DO #42: priority: high: find out about the origin of tempura
6.12.3. Which Japanese words originate from German?
TO DO #43: priority: low: Fill in the English meanings
TO DO #44: priority: low: Check against edict entries
7.3. What colour is ao?
TO DO #45: priority: low: Add some kind of picture to "what colour is ao?" answer. Maybe traffic lights against a blue sky?
8.2. What is that small tsu at the end of a sentence?
TO DO #46: priority: low: Add a picture from a comic or something, to show it being used to express surprise.
8.4. What parts of Japanese are difficult for English speakers to pronounce?
TO DO #47: priority: medium: Add some information about how to pronounce the Japanese sounds which are difficult for English speakers.
9.2. What are the chau, cha verb endings?
TO DO #48: priority: low: add more entries on colloquial and non-colloquial endings. This can be a question to sci.lang.japan.
9.3. What are these funny words like rimokon?
TO DO #49: priority: low: Add some more words here.
9.4. What are these i words kimoi and muzui which aren't in the dictionary?
TO DO #50: priority: low: Write more entries
9.5. What are some Japanese insults?
TO DO #51: priority: low: Add more rude words
10.2. How can I read a Japanese name?
TO DO #52: priority: low: Say something about rendaku. Wikipedia entry has lots of stuff about it.
TO DO #53: priority: low: Add some examples of names with various readings.
TO DO #54: priority: low: Add more about nanori
8.5. Differences between Japanese and English pronunciations
TO DO #55: priority: low: Some words like monkey which aren't pronounced the same way in Japanese and English.
TO DO #56: priority: medium: Make a table of English sounds and what Japanese they map into, and vice-versa.
15. Glossary
TO DO #57: priority: low: Link the Japanese words to lookup via Jim Breen's and other electronic dictionaries.

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