こんにちは！My name is Sami; I was born in the United States and had never left until, about four and a half years ago, I went to Japan to spend my …
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Get to Know Japanese Adverbs in 5 minutes
Adverbs are words that tell more about the verb of a sentence: when, where or in what way it was done. Thankfully, Japanese adverbs are really easy to use: they …
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The 4 Best Anime For Beginners Learning Japanese
Learning Japanese certainly has its perks. For starters, once you’ve decided to learn Japanese, you’ll have access to one of the fastest growing niches in the entertainment industry, anime. Not …
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Tips and Resources for Reading Kanji
Learning a new language can be difficult, especially if you are older and have a lot going on in your life. Making time, making it fun, and setting small goals …
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The Beginner’s Guide to Learning the Japanese Alphabet
Learning the Japanese alphabet as a complete beginner can be a bit intimidating. Not only is it a whole new language, there are three different alphabets! While this may seem …
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5 Japanese Dramas That Will Improve Your Language Skills
Is watching Japanese drama a magic pill that will make you fluent? Probably not. But, next to immersing yourself in the country of Japan itself, it’s arguably one of the …
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20 Useful Italian Expressions You Can Use Right Away
Most of the language courses you will visit will teach you the importance of learning one word at a time. When I first started learning Italian and Italian expressions, I …
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Japanese Counters Explained for Beginner Learners
So you finally mastered numbers in Japanese. Great! Now you can count as easy as ichi-ni-san! But not so fast… now how do you plan on putting that new skill …
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Japanese Podcasts to Help Make Studying More Enjoyable
Japanese podcasts are a great way to fit extra listening practice into your day, and if you have access to transcripts, they can be a great way to practice reading …
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Learning to Read Japanese: A Quick Guide for Beginners
Does learning to read Japanese need to be hard? As both the regular readers of my blog know, I have been learning Japanese on LingQ this year, mostly to see how hard it is. I wrote some posts on it, if anyone is interested: http://tracesofdodo.blo…
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