Gaijin with Accents
When a member of one language group learns to speak another language, the laws of phonetics decree that he or ...
When a member of one language group learns to speak another language, the laws of phonetics decree that he or ...
It's funny how anime characters tend to follow certain established patterns, like the classic dojikko clumsy girl, or the always-popular ...
One of our favorite categories of product are the gorgeous artbooks in Japan, which are printed on high gloss paper ...
There are several methods of learning a foreign language, including Grammar-Translation (learning grammar and example sentences), Total Physical Response ("Simon ...
Japan's transformation into one of the world's foremost industrial nations has been quite an achievement, especially when you consider the ...
From the Jedi Knights to the Kobayashi Maru to William Gibson's inclusion of Black Black caffeine gum in his cyberpunk ...
In Japanese, there's a class of polite phrases that are useful to memorize since they're used quite almost daily. One ...
One aspect of Japan I've written about many times is the way Japanese are tickled to death when any of ...
For me, one of the more interesting periods of Japan's history is the Meiji Era, when the country transformed itself ...
If you've read my random musings on Japan for any length of time, you'll know I'm no small fan of ...
One way of making sense of Japan is through the concept of kata, a word which means "form" and which ...
Recently I talked about "fake dialects" of Japanese that are often heard in anime, which can add much to the ...
For the past few days the Interwebs have been buzzing about the new trailer for Toy Story 3, which features ...
One Japanese TV show I watch every once in a while is "Unbelievable!" in which famed Japanese director and squeaking ...
Anime and manga are extremely visual media which communicate strong emotions through meticulously designed characters. To make their creations more ...
I love running a unique company like J-List, really I do, but there are certain frustrations that come with being ...
You wouldn't think that a simple concept like the names we use to address others could be a source for ...
On Saturday I went down to Tokyo to attend an event held by stormtrooper-blogger Danny Choo. It was great fun ...
I saw on CNN's website that Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada had officially apologized for colonizing the Korean peninsula from ...
When I came to Japan back in 1991, I had a lot of pre-conceived notions about the place, many of ...
Sometimes the most mundane Japanese TV shows turn out to be interesting. Like one I caught the other day called ...
Among the many fine products J-List offers, we have a popular line of magazines which can be purchased on a ...
As a general rule, the Japanese have a very laissez faire attitude when it comes religion, blending Shinto and Buddhism ...
It's interesting to study how language and the brain interact to create our perceptions, and it's not uncommon for an ...