{"id":106535,"date":"2023-05-11T16:03:10","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T20:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/learn\/informal-japanese\/"},"modified":"2025-06-16T12:55:32","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T16:55:32","slug":"informal-japanese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/blog\/japanese\/informal-japanese\/","title":{"rendered":"8 Simple Ways to Use Informal Japanese"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you started your Japanese learning adventure in the classroom<\/a>, chances are you first learned the semi-polite, neutral way of speaking. But listening to Japanese songs<\/a>, watching anime<\/a>, getting hooked dorama<\/em> and chatting with Japanese friends\u00a0often require you to know informal Japanese.<\/p>\n

Learn eight ways to master informal, casual Japanese in this post.<\/p>\n

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1. Master Casual Form in the Present Tense<\/h2>\n

Most Japanese students are familiar with casual conjugation already. It’s how most dictionaries and translators write verbs and adjectives.<\/p>\n

Whatever you call it (plain form, casual form or dictionary form) probably depends on your teacher or textbook. But for this article, I’ll call it casual form<\/strong>, casual speech<\/strong> or casual voice.<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you aren’t familiar with the casual form of verbs yet, you may need to spend some more time on this, but I’ll cover it briefly here.<\/p>\n

First, we’ll split Japanese verbs into three groups: Group 1 verbs<\/strong>, Group 2 verbs<\/strong> and Irregular verbs.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Group 1 Verbs<\/h3>\n

Most Group 1 verbs have a -\u307e\u3059 stem that ends with an \u3044<\/strong> sound. For example:<\/p>\n