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Looking for a simple tool to practice reading hiragana and katakana, as many times as you want to? Well, Tofugu’s Learn Kana Quiz might be a perfect tool for you. We actually made this kana quiz tool a few years ago as a companion to our Learn Hiragana Guide and Learn Katakana Guide. Since then, […]

Every­where you look, you can find traces of the ancient Roman civ­i­liza­tion from which the mod­ern West descends. That’s espe­cial­ly true if you hap­pen to be look­ing in Europe, though echoes of Latin make them­selves heard in major lan­guages used all over the world. Take, for exam­ple, the com­mon Eng­lish word itin­er­ary, mean­ing a planned […]

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There are places we go not only for experiences but for specific feelings. Visiting Parkhotel Luna Mondschein, nestled amongst the Dolomites in a picturesque town of Bolzano, gives you exactly that impression. Located in a building dating back to 1890, it combines Italian and Austrian influences. A dominant architectural style is Belle Époque but there […]

We are thrilled to announce that Ashi (Ashrafsadat) Sakhaeifar has been awarded the 2024 Volunteerism in the Arts Award! This recognition celebrates Ashi’s remarkable dedication and impactful volunteer work in the arts community at Gordon Neighbourhood House. For the past two years, Ashi has been an outstanding volunteer, fostering a welcoming and creative environment for […]

Spoiler Alert: This article contains spoilers for the video game Godbreakers. Artificial intelligence, the loss (and recovery) of human identity, and the age-old longing for transcendence… all form the bedrock of the game’s thematic concerns. Every now and then a video game comes along that is as provocative as it is entertaining. These types of […]

Battlefield 6’s hotly anticipated Battle Royale mode, RedSec, has officially arrived with Season 1, but its debut hasn’t been the smoothest. Yet the greatest surprise of the update has to be RedSec Gauntlet, which is essentially EA’s attempt to marry Battlefield 6‘s familiar squad warfare with RedSec’s survival-driven approach. According to the creators, Battlefield Redsec […]

Oct 2, 2025 Dappled Things: The Quarterly of Ideas, Art, and Faith is celebrating its 20th anniversary. In its 20 years it has contributed to the beginning of a Catholic literary revival, nurturing the talents of many Catholic writers and visual artists. In recent years especially, many exciting new initiatives, presses, and magazines have branched […]

Hiragana and katakana are literally the ABCs of Japanese. They’re the most basic types of Japanese characters and essential parts of the Japanese language. Learning these two types of characters is often the very first step to learning Japanese, too. Being able to read hiragana and katakana is amazing because it’s such an immediately practical […]

Amer­i­can is a tricky word. It can refer to every­one and every­thing of or per­tain­ing to all the coun­tries of North Amer­i­ca — and poten­tial­ly South Amer­i­ca as well — but it’s com­mon­ly used with spe­cif­ic regard to the Unit­ed States. For Frank Lloyd Wright, lin­guis­tic as well as archi­tec­tur­al per­fec­tion­ist, this was an unten­able […]