How to Say “I Want” in Japanese (Explained with Ties) It’s an unremarkable weekday evening and a salaryman is collapsed in the aisle of a dilapidated discount department store. He …
How to Make Japanese Friends Online: 6 Steps to Lasting Connections There are many resources available online to help you learn Japanese. But one of the best ways to learn and …
The 17 Must-know Japanese Particles and How to Use Them Japanese particles, also known as (じょし) or , are small words in hiragana that come after the words they modify. …
Learn Japanese by Reading: 22 Reading Suggestions for Eager Students Have you ever had that experience where you understand every single kanji and vocabulary word, but have no idea …
Japanese Phonology: The Ins and Outs of Japanese Sounds Let me tell you a quick, personal story that I think underscores the importance of learning Japanese phonology or phonetics.…
The Complete Guide to Japanese Email Etiquette and Format “… I think that your Japanese is good enough to understand how you should address a professor. Please reword this …
Kanji Mnemonics, or How to Learn Kanji by Picturing Grandma Doing a Headstand Nothing could’ve prepared you for this. Your grandmother, all 93 years of the woman, is balanced upside down on a …
Build a Strong Japanese Core Vocabulary from Your First 100 to Beyond 6,000 Learning a new language involves learning lots of new words, and not all words are equal. Some are used differently …
How to Use the Volitional Form of Japanese (AKA the “Let’s” Form) The volitional form, or “let’s” form, was easily my favorite Japanese verb form to learn. It’s used to tell people …
