Genkō yōshi: how manuscript paper works and how to practise with it
The layout rules of Japanese manuscript paper: titles, small kana, punctuation squares, numbers and character counts, plus a simple way to practise them.
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Aiko Brennan
Aiko writes about kanji and kana choices, okurigana, numbers in running text, handwriting and manuscript paper, and the books that help with all of them.
Japanese grammar dictionaries worth keeping on the desk
What a Japanese grammar dictionary does that a textbook cannot, the two Makino and Tsutsui volumes compared, and how to use one while you proofread.
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Okurigana: the rules behind the kana after a kanji
How the official okurigana rules work, why 行う and 行なう are both allowed, and how to pick one spelling and keep it through a whole document.
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