Are you a Japanese five-year-old?
If not, your brain isn’t currently programmed to absorb Japanese every minute of every day.
You’re going to have to make up for not being born in Japan.
Unless you’re immersed in a foreign …
Have you ever heard the word “petrichor”?
It’s an English word describing the smell of the earth after it rains.
And what about a “backpfeifengesicht”?
That’s the weird German word that means “a face badly in need of a …
Are you fluent in your native language?
Before you shrug the question off with a quick “Of course,” consider this:
If you’re a native English speaker, could you handle yourself with legalese or convoluted medical terms?
Japanese spoken in Japan …
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