Fluttering kimono in the breeze.
Eating sushi with chopsticks as cherry blossom petals scatter.
Receiving a bow from the teahouse owner before being poured a fresh cup of matcha…
In case you haven’t noticed, this post is all about Japanese …
Learning to write any new language is a challenging task. Mastering a new writing system on top of that seems astronomical. And learning Japanese, a language with three writing systems? Impossible!
Actually, it isn’t.
Japanese writing may seem complicated at …
What’s not to love about anime?
Anime has it all: high-quality animation, fantastic soundtracks, stirring voice-acting and educational potential.
Yes, you read the last one right!
Many learners of the Japanese language find anime to be a helpful resource to …
Japanese fluency demands around 2,200 hours of study time—that’s six years if you study for an hour a day.
There’s no way around it. You need to make Japanese a daily habit.
Otherwise, you won’t be prepared when someone drops …
“You’re rooted, Brandon.”
A friend from Switzerland told me this one day. She was telling me how I reminded her of solid earth and trees. To her, I was grounded and stable.
Have you ever heard a natural element being …
Parroting.
Funny word, isn’t it?
I know it always makes me think of a colorful bird and chuckle.
It probably does that for you, too, right?
But do you know that parroting is just another word for shadowing, …
When you first start learning Japanese, it feels like you’re speeding along the freeway, seeing the sights and taking in so much knowledge along the way.
But sooner or later, we all reach a point where we hit a speed …