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The other day my daughter sent me a funny graphic titled The Internet Taught me Japanese that listed some ridiculous Japanese/English word ...

We're all human, and are naturally susceptible to having partially incorrect stereotypes about a far-off country like Japan. As I ...

Hello from exciting Las Vegas, where I've come for a short vacation with Mrs. J-List and our kids. While I'm ...

Language is always changing, evolving to fit the needs of the people who use it on a daily basis. One ...

There are certain eternal questions about Japan. Like, why do the Japanese insist the color green (for example a traffic ...

We live in a complex world in which everything around us is becoming more and more global, including marriage. My ...

Every gaijin who speaks some Japanese knows the agony of accidentally using the wrong word of nihongo at an embarrassing ...

I, of course, am a card-carrying language geek, loving the study of language and all its unique aspects and drinking ...

The decades after WWII have seen some successful American businesses establish themselves in Japan, including Coca-Cola, Toys R Us and ...

One of the more well-known linguistic issues related to Japanese is its lack of L/R sound differentiation, which is where ...

My kids are haafu, half Japanese and half American, and my wife and I have done our best to ensure ...

Hello from "the land of kawaii and sugoi," Japan! J-List is in full Christmas mode, packing and shipping hundreds of ...

One thing I like about the Japanese is how creative they are with language. The other day I was choosing ...

Japan, of course, is located in Asia -- though sometimes it seems the country would rather be part of Europe ...

I once saw an interesting thread on Japan's ubiquitous BBS 2ch entitled, "Things Japanese people do abroad that mark them ...

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

I've learned some things about the Japanese people during my time here, which I thought I'd share with you. First, ...

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 ...

One aspect of learning a foreign language is getting a handle on its jokes, gags and other forms of humor. ...

Japan's relationship with the English language is an interesting one. All Japanese study three years of English in junior high ...

The Japanese language has not one but three writing systems: hiragana, a syllable-based system for expressing sounds and grammatical particles; ...