Tag: english

It's been a long time coming and we appreciate the patience you've all had for the past two years. We've ...

Doujinshi licensor J18 Publishing has come up with one of the most impressive releases so far, Yamori's Cum Toilets, by celebrated hentai artist ...

Training Day is J18's newest doujinshi release from the artist 23, fully English translated and uncensored and licensed by the ...

One of the main ways for foreigners to come work in Japan is as teachers of English as a Second ...

I get a lot of questions from readers interested in working in Japan, usually as a teacher of English as ...

Hello again from J-List! It's time for another slice of life from the land of strawberry and whipped cream sandwiches. ...

The Japanese do their best when it comes to learning English, with most taking six years in junior high and ...

Over the weekend I took my life into my own hands and visited the local Costco that the company was ...

Everyone knows that adding 'y' to the end of a noun can turn it into an adjective, like silky, messy, ...

Recently I wrote about place names around the world that are famous here because they sound funny in Japanese, the ...

It's time for another installment of Wacky Japanese You Already Know, featuring Japanese words that happen to have the same ...

The other day I reached for some saltine crackers and found myself smirking at the name on the package: "Mornin' ...

Last time I wrote about the concept of "bottle keep," which is when you pre-purchase a bottle of liquor for ...

"I hate it when someone smorks in my face." For whatever reason, the English word "smoke" is often rendered as ...

One of the good things about teaching ESL in Japan was learning my own language. Languages are based on rules ...

When I first got to Japan, I was extremely motivated to learn Japanese, which was a good thing since the ...

My son continues his juken studies, preparing for the difficult high school entrance exams he'll be taking early next year. ...

I see that some of Japan's manga publishers are finally taking action against websites that allow large-scale downloading of their ...

My son is in juken jigoku or "test hell" this year, as he prepares for his high school entrance exam ...

"How are you?" If you've ever taught English as a Second Language in Japan then you know the correct answer ...

My daughter is pretty smart. The other day I was getting on her case for watching too much YouTube at ...

The Japanese use a great number of English words in their daily speech, often changing their nuances to fit a ...

When I arrived in Japan, I had to get used to many new things, like being the only gaijin at ...

I've written before about how people who are bilingual actually develop separate personalities for each language, and it's interesting to ...