Japanese Pronunciation Guide 2009
It's time for another installment of Peter's Japanese Pronunciation Guide. First, understand that Japanese is a syllabic language, meaning that ...
It's time for another installment of Peter's Japanese Pronunciation Guide. First, understand that Japanese is a syllabic language, meaning that ...
I received a request to talk about my house in Japan by a Twitter reader, so I thought I'd oblige. ...
It's always fun to observe the little bits of Japanese culture that are communicated through anime. I was re-watching the ...
I spent my weekend in a Japanese high school, dating three different girls in Love Plus, the awesome interactive dating-sim ...
The next time you utter the phrase "walk to work," you've just done something that's very difficult for Japanese ESL ...
The other day I was watching a show about strange and unique world records people had achieved, and there was ...
Today is the 28th, which I happen to remember has been designated Chicken Day by the Japan Poultry Council since ...
Remember, J-List sells really cute pre-painted anime figures direct from Japan, including popular lines like Nendoroid and Figma and Revoltech, ...
Having lived in Japan since the first Bush presidency, I generally feel like I've gotten used to the place..and yet, ...
It seems that whenever there's a dust-up about pork-barrel construction projects in Japan, my home prefecture of Gunma is at ...
When you take the train from Tokyo to Kyoto, the train line you use is the Tokaido Line. I've always ...
One odd thing about learning Japanese is getting used to revised versions of words from your native language. The Japanese ...
Although the Japanese are a very level-headed people who generally have their feet firmly planted on the ground, they can ...
One interesting aspect of the Japanese is how concerned they are with how they appear to foreigners, especially from the ...
Japan is currently enjoying a second "Golden Week" holiday this year, naturally called "Silver Week," thanks to three holidays -- ...
One thing about Japan: they are really are good at apologizing and showing reflection when they've done something wrong. When ...
Tragedy has struck the manga world with the sad loss of Yoshito Usui, who died after falling a terrifying 300 ...
If there's a Golden Rule to Japanese society, it's this: don't cause meiwaku (may-wah-ku), meaning inconvenience or bother, to others. ...
The General Motors of Japan, meaning the company that's come to represent the recession more than any other, is Japan ...
It seems that every time I notice a really attractive Japanese actress on TV, like the talented Hitomi Kuroki, my ...
What a difference an elongated vowel can make. Japanese is quite different from English, having had a totally unique developmental ...
Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) leader Yukio Hatoyama is all over the news these days as he prepares to take ...
The combination of one of the lowest birthrates in the world coupled with the lack of an inflow of new ...
I try to promote study of Japanese on J-List because it's been such a satisfying journey for me. One challenge ...