I had made—yet another—social blunder.
Our conversation had started normally enough.
My friend greeted me with a “Hey, Niko! What’s up?”
This is where the normality stopped, and everything went downhill as I offered a stiff, “I’m doing …
You’re a winner.
You know you need take your Japanese to the next level.
And since you’re a winner, you already know that you need some help from native speakers to do that.
So what’s keeping you from fitting …
Into manga?
Like, really into it?
The place you’re about to read about might just seem like your own little vision of heaven.
I studied Japanese with this one goal in mind:
To visit a 満喫 (まんきつ, manga cafe).…
Are you in a weird limbo stage somewhere near Japanese fluency?
Are you still just beginning when you thought you’d be much farther along by now?
Well, why isn’t your Japanese fluent yet?
We’ve all imagined becoming fluent in another …
Hey you!
Yeah, you.
Do you want to start speaking Japanese right this second?
Are you heading to Japan soon, desperately searching out useful phrases that you can use ASAP?
Maybe you’re on a quest to learn the secret …
Why’s it so important to master Japanese adjectives?
Well, wouldn’t you like to describe how savory your favorite local cuisine is?
Or why “Shingeki no Kyojin” is so heartwrenching that you cried over every episode?
Then it’s high time you …
Romance: it’s everywhere.
Japan is no exception.
Our favorite Japanese comics are filled with blushing students confessing to their 先輩 (せんぱい – upperclassman).
Even all the most action-packed anime seem to have their golden couples.
No matter where you turn, …
