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Nuku 1.5.1

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Axel Andersson

Nuku is a personal Japanese tutor, teaching you the two native Japanese writing systems, hiragana and katakana. It features both these systems, all three main romanization systems and methods of selecting what to learn. It was written to aid me in my Japanese studies.

What's New

Version 1.5.1 fixes the following:

Swedish and Japanese localization by Patrik Skulski and Kim Ahlström
Pull in a fixed set of buttons by Michael Simmons that more resemble the original OS9 look
Added a localized formatter to the percent correct field
Changed the shortcuts for switching between hiragana and katakana

Requirements
PPC, Mac OS X 10.1 or later.

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Chas90 tipped on 23 Oct 2008

I wanted to suggest that you add another learning mode where you have to think the other way round: So that Nuku asks for the syllable 'to', for example, and you have to find the hiragana/katakana と/ト in the list...
That way, the software would be more effectiv^^

[Version 1.5.1]

vina_melody reviewed on 20 Jan 2006

I liked it :D it helps me a lot who doesn't know at all about Japanese..

my first japanese program.. arigato

[Version 1.5.1]

Sirius74 reviewed on 25 Sep 2005

Fantastic program! Very thorough and easy to follow! It runs smoothly and seems to show no signs of crashing!
I've learned more about the Japanese language through this program than I have through any books I have encountered. Congratulations on a job well done! ^^
Have you considered updating it with OS 10.4 (Tiger) and the G5 engine in mind? Possibly expand the program further? Add lessons on kanji?

[Version 1.5.1]

Anonymous reviewed on 23 Jul 2004

Thank you for this program. Exactly what I was looking for. It will make learning Japanese a little easier. With Nuku's help, I'll be speaking Japanese in no time. Thanks again.

[Version 1.5.1]