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Em Casalena
Em Casalena
Umm… 12 Japanese Filler Words That Are, That Is, Super Useful
How often do you say “like” and “um” when you’re speaking to a friend?
These little space-fillers are called filler …
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 …
By Em Casalena
Em Casalena
11 Top-notch Japanese Translators for Language Learners
Sometimes, we want to say something in Japanese or decipher a Japanese sentence in a book but we can’t be …
Japanese Present Tense to Discuss Current Happenings with Confidence
Boy do we have a gift for you—a Japanese one, to be precise.
We’ll be teaching you how to use …
By Em Casalena
Em Casalena
Learn the Japanese Language Online with 10 Remarkable Resources
Who needs a classroom, anyway?
If you want to learn the Japanese language but don’t want to spend the gas …
Japanese Phonetics and the Power of Pronunciation
Let me set the scene: Japanese class, second semester. Small university in the middle of nowhere. A meter of snow.…
The Japanese Future Tense, or How to Fake It
Forget the laws of physics and let’s travel to the future using the power of words!
We can travel to …