Have you ever been to Japan? If so, you know showing politeness is a core aspect of the culture. Politeness isn’t just shown by actions, but it’s also woven into …

There is nothing wrong with rote memorization in order to learn Kanji. In fact, for me, it helps me to lay the strong foundation upon which I’ll build more advanced …

Let’s face it: Japanese is a really cool language, but, it can be pretty difficult to learn. And like anything you study, it can become tedious if you don’t have …

Japanese is said to be heavily context reliant, which means that the circumstances around a conversation greatly influences what is said.  Whether it is through body language or the use …

Politeness can be a very big issue in Japan, and the Japanese language displays this. Japanese honorifics can be fairly complex and to fully go over the system is very …

Onomatopoeia are words that describe how something sounds. Examples include bam, pow, or meow.   In English, you might expect to hear/read onomatopoeia in children’s books about what animals or …

We all know about Sally and how she sells seashells by the seashore. This is just one example of a tongue twister.   Many try to repeat a tongue twister …

Going to Japan? You might be wondering how much Japanese you need to know. In some places you can get by with virtually no Japanese and only English. In others, …

One of the universal aspects of humanity that transcends cultural or language boundaries is hunger. We all must receive nutrients somehow or another. One of our great pastimes of the …