{"id":832,"date":"2017-09-21T07:53:43","date_gmt":"2017-09-21T11:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yookoso.com\/?p=832"},"modified":"2017-09-21T07:53:43","modified_gmt":"2017-09-21T11:53:43","slug":"tangoristo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yookoso.com\/tangoristo\/","title":{"rendered":"TangoRisto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tofugu.com\/japanese\/japanese-learning-resources-august-2017\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tofugu Review<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>Pulling material from both <a href=\"http:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/news\/\"><em>NHK News<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/hukumusume.com\/douwa\/\"><em>Hukumusume<\/em><\/a>, <em>TangoRisto<\/em> allows users to make the most of their reading experience with unique features, customizable vocabulary lists, and easy Japanese dictionary lookup.<\/p>\n<p>When you open the app, you&#8217;re given a few options to choose from:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><em>NHK News Easy<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Top NHK News<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Hukumusume<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>NHK News Easy<\/em> is Japanese news written for kids \u2013 think of it as &#8220;Baby&#8217;s First Newspaper.&#8221; <em>Hukumusume<\/em> is a site with folktales and spooky stories aimed at Japanese children.<\/p>\n<p>When you choose an article, it&#8217;s presented in text format, though you can look at the original web version (it&#8217;s not pretty, don&#8217;t do it). You can also choose to view all the vocabulary words with their readings, English meanings, and the number of times they appear in that article.<\/p>\n<p>While reading the article you have a few other options too:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Show furigana based on <abbr title=\"Japanese Language Proficiency Test; the standard for measurement of Japanese ability administered by the Japan Foundation.\">JLPT<\/abbr> level (or none at all)<\/li>\n<li>Underline and color content based on <abbr title=\"Japanese Language Proficiency Test; the standard for measurement of Japanese ability administered by the Japan Foundation.\">JLPT<\/abbr> level<\/li>\n<li>Adjust text size<\/li>\n<li>Translate with <em>Google Translate<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Bookmark article<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Clicking on a word in the text will highlight it in pink, bring up a Japanese dictionary from the bottom of the screen, and include the <abbr title=\"Japanese Language Proficiency Test; the standard for measurement of Japanese ability administered by the Japan Foundation.\">JLPT<\/abbr> level. All other instances of the word are also highlighted in a lighter pink.<\/p>\n<p>When browsing the articles, a color breakdown of the <abbr title=\"Japanese Language Proficiency Test; the standard for measurement of Japanese ability administered by the Japan Foundation.\">JLPT<\/abbr> levels is presented in a bar on the left side of the title:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>More orange = more N5 level content = easier read<\/li>\n<li>More pink and green = intermediate content = more difficult read<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Words can be explored even further, showing parts of speech. There&#8217;s even external linking from the word to other dictionaries like <em><a href=\"http:\/\/jisho.org\/?utm_source=tofugu\">Jisho.org<\/a><\/em> and <em><a href=\"http:\/\/tangorin.com\/?utm_source=tofugu\">Tangorin<\/a><\/em>, plus good old Google Search, Google Image Search (very useful!), and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/japanese.stackexchange.com\/?utm_source=tofugu\">Japanese Stack Exchange<\/a><\/em>. These words can then be added to a &#8220;Saved Words&#8221; list, which you can either study at your leisure or add to a third-party SRS tool like <em>Anki<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Warning:<\/strong> <em>TangoRisto<\/em> gathers its information (text, dictionary entries, <abbr title=\"Japanese Language Proficiency Test; the standard for measurement of Japanese ability administered by the Japan Foundation.\">JLPT<\/abbr> levels, etc.) automatically from various sources, so there are issues. Many vocabulary words lack <abbr title=\"Japanese Language Proficiency Test; the standard for measurement of Japanese ability administered by the Japan Foundation.\">JLPT<\/abbr> level classifications (even super simple words like <span lang=\"ja\">\u304a<\/span><i><\/i> <ruby><span lang=\"ja\">\u5bfa<\/span><rp><\/rp><rt><span lang=\"ja\">\u3066\u3089<\/span><\/rt><rp><\/rp><\/ruby> or <span lang=\"ja\">\u30a4\u30d9\u30f3\u30c8<\/span>). This isn&#8217;t completely the fault of the app \u2013 the Japan Foundation hasn&#8217;t released &#8220;official&#8221; <abbr title=\"Japanese Language Proficiency Test; the standard for measurement of Japanese ability administered by the Japan Foundation.\">JLPT<\/abbr> lists since their revamp of the test in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Also, if you click on a person&#8217;s name, the app has trouble. For example, trying to get a definition for a name like <span lang=\"ja\">\u30a6\u30b5\u30a4\u30f3\u30fb\u30dc\u30eb\u30c8<\/span> (Usain Bolt) gives you nothing for <span lang=\"ja\">\u30a6\u30b5\u30a4\u30f3<\/span> and &#8220;volt, bolt&#8221; for <span lang=\"ja\">\u30dc\u30eb\u30c8<\/span>. For native Japanese names, instead you get individual kanji definitions and no indication that the word you&#8217;re looking at is, in fact, someone&#8217;s last name. This is a really common problem with automated apps \u2013 so while it isn&#8217;t a huge drawback, it is a bit disappointing.<\/p>\n<p>All in all, <em>TangoRisto<\/em> a fun app that can make learning with sites like NHK easier. But it does have some flaws, that will hopefully be improved upon with time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Platform:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/app\/id1256044610\">iOS<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.tangoristo\">Android<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Cost:<\/strong> Free!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tofugu.com\/japanese\/japanese-learning-resources-august-2017\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tofugu Review<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>Pulling material from both <a href=\"http:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/news\/\">NHK News<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/hukumusume.com\/douwa\/\">Hukumusume<\/a>, TangoRisto allows users to make the most of their reading experience with unique features, customizable vocabulary lists, and easy Japanese dictionary lookup.<\/p>\n<p>When you open the app, you&#8217;re given a few options to choose from:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>NHK News Easy<\/li>\n<li>Top NHK News<\/li>\n<li>Hukumusume.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>NHK News Easy is Japanese news written for kids \u2013 think \u2026 <span style=\"font-style:normal; white-space: nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yookoso.com\/tangoristo\/\" style=\"text-decoration:none;\">[ Read more <i class=\"fa fa-arrow-circle-o-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> ]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"extra-post-info\"><strong>Author<\/strong>: <a href=\"\/authors\/javier-artiles\/\">Javier Artiles<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"\/sources\/tofugu\/\">Tofugu<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Subjects<\/strong>: <a href=\"\/category\/apps\/\">Apps<\/a>, <a href=\"\/category\/language-study\/\">Language Study<\/a>, <a href=\"\/category\/reading-material\/\">Reading Material<\/a>, <a href=\"\/category\/vocabulary-phrases\/\">Vocabulary \/ Phrases<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[569,19,50,57],"tags":[],"authors":[570],"sources":[504],"class_list":["post-832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-apps","category-language-study","category-reading-material","category-vocabulary-phrases","authors-javier-artiles","sources-tofugu"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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