How to Learn Japanese
Product Description
Moekana are a set of cards to help folks learn the basic Japanese syllabary: hiragana. The cards feature the characters of the TV show and website produced by Danny Choo called Culture Japan who are, Mirai Suenaga, Haruka Suenaga and Kanata Hoshikawa.
The pack of 50 different Moekana cards feature cute kawaii illustrations by the Japanese artist Ikkyuu - the adorable artwork alone is enough to help learners learn hiragana but there are many ways one can also use the cards to start learning Japanese.
Product Details
- Product Name: Moekana (もえかな)
- Series: Culture Japan
- Category: Goods
- Price: 1500 yen
- Release: Date 2012/04
- Specifications: 50 Japanese study cards each 88mm x 63mm. Made in Japan.
- Released by: Culture Japan
- Distributed by: Good Smile Company
- Ages: 6 and up.
Players: 1-4 players
Requirement: 2 packs of Moekana
Difficulty Level: Lesser Ninja
Setup
- Pick out 10 pairs of cards per player from the two decks
- Lay out all the cards face up neatly in any order
- Spend a minute to memorize where all the cards are
- Flip all the cards over
Gameplay
- Take turns in clockwise order to flip any 2 cards over
- If both cards are the same, the player keeps those cards
- If the cards are different, flip them back face down
- The game ends when all the cards have been taken
Objective
Player with most pairs of cards wins
Players: 2 players, 1 judge
Requirement: 2 packs of Moekana
Difficulty Level: Ninja
Setup
- Lay all 50 cards face up on the floor in the middle of the room
- Both players sit in Seiza style at opposite ends of the room
- The judge shuffles a second deck of Moekana and places it face down in front of her
Gameplay
- The judge flips over the top card of the deck, and shouts out the Japanese word on the top right of the card
- The players rush to the cards, and slams their palm down on the corresponding card
- The first player to put her hand on the right card keeps the card
- Both players return back to their positions and repeat steps 1-4
- The game ends when all the cards have been taken
Objective
Player with most number of cards wins
If there is a tie, the player with the most number of special cards (Character Cards or Moekana Card) wins
If a tie still persists, the player with the Mirai Suenaga card wins
Players: 2-4 players
Requirement: 1 pack of Moekana
Difficulty Level: Greater Ninja
Setup
- Remove the special cards (Character Cards or Moekana Card) and shuffle the deck
- Deal the cards out in clockwise order starting from the dealer's left
- Each player receives one special card
Gameplay
- The player on the dealer's left starts by forming a noun that has 2 or more syllables with the hiragana available in her hand, and places the corresponding cards down in the pot (pile of cards in the middle)
- Using the cards available in her hand, the next player must form a noun that starts with the last hiragana of the previous player's word (and has 2 or more syllables) and place those cards in the pot
- Special cards can be used to represent any hiragana syllable. (Wild Card)
- Dakuten and Handakuten may be ignored (eg. は can be used to represent ば and ぱ)
- Only nouns are allowed
- If a player is unable to form a connecting word with the cards available in her hand, she keeps all cards in the pot into her hand
- If a player forms a word that ends with the hiragana "ん" (n), that player keeps all cards in the pot into her hand
Objective
Player who plays out all the cards in her hand first wins
Players: Any
Requirement: Camera, and lots of Moekana cards
Difficulty Level: Infinite Ninja
Setup
- Using no external support, build the tallest Moekana Card Tower!
Gameplay
- Build your Moekana Card Tower
- Take lots of photos of it when done
- Look out for Card Tower competitions
- Submit your photos and win
Objective
Players with the tallest and most visually appealing card towers win
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