Tag: Japanese language

One thing I like about learning a foreign language like Japanese is the way it helps you to learn how ...

Well, I've made the hop from the U.S. over to Japan, a journey of about 24 hours from door to ...

It's interesting having kids who are half Japanese and half American, and my wife and I put quite a lot ...

One of the first great mysteries foreigners encounter in Japan are toilets with a handles that turn in two different ...

There are many approaches to studying a foreign language, including the Communicative Method, stressing verbal communication with other students, or ...

One fun group of Japanese words consists of a single word repeated twice, which makes the words more charming and ...

There are many ways of approaching the study of Japanese. You can follow the traditional approach, studying with Japanese textbooks ...

If you're studying Japanese or plan to, there's a good chance you'll need to take the Japanese Language Proficiency Test ...

When I started my third year of Japanese at SDSU, there was a new book we were required to buy: ...

You know you've been in Japan too long when your mother sends you a bottle of nutmeg spice for Christmas, ...

Yesterday marked the 25th anniversary of the tragic crash of Japan Airlines Flight 123, which occurred in my home prefecture ...

It's funny how perceptions work differently in different languages. If you're below a certain age, the most famous Chinese name ...

One interesting aspect of living in Japan is getting used to the, ah, unique pronunciations of English words the Japanese ...

One of the challenges in learning Japanese is tackling kanji, which is not easy for Westerners, as it's a very ...

Leave it to Japan to turn something as simple as "yes" and "no" into something more complex than it needs ...

The Japanese Ministry of Education has announced a new initiative designed to improve English ability by requiring English lessons to ...

I remember when I first started learning Japanese, I wondered how Japanese text entry could work on a computer. I ...

While the Japan Language Proficiency Test is the most recognized test of Japanese, and likely the best for anyone studying ...

First of all, the J-List and JBOX.com websites were down for a portion of Saturday due to a site issue ...

Life is a little more fun when you know some Japanese, whether it's to communicate with nihonjin who can't use ...

One interesting aspect of learning Japanese is tackling the complex world of yomoji jukugo, a class of four-character compound words ...

The Japanese are good at coming up with innovative ways of committing information to memory. Like the man who memorized ...

It's funny how words move from one language group to another in this hyper-connected world we live in. Like the ...

While all languages change over time, the massive shifts the Japanese language has been through over the past century and ...