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 …
A Great Way to Learn Kanji for Beginners
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 …
How to Use Anime Subtitles to Help Improve Your Japanese
Are you using anime subtitles to learn Japanese? Are you looking for a faster, easier, and more efficient way to study? If so, then you’ll need to check …
Japanese Songs That Can Help You Study The Language
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 Ghost Stories to Help Your Language Studies
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 …
Japanese Honorifics: How To Act Polite in Japan
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 …
Japanese Onomatopoeia: A Guide
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 …
Try These 15 Japanese Tongue Twisters!
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 …
50 Japanese Words You Need to Know Before Going to Japan
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, …
Let's Eat! Japanese Phrases For Eating Out
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 …