Tag: Japanese language

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 ...

After studying Japanese for four years at San Diego State University and living here for nearly twenty years, I'm about ...

Anyone who's worked in Japan probably knows the frustration of making a heartfelt suggestion to one's employer, only to have ...

Humans are strange creatures. It's okay for a man to carry a laptop bag or "messenger bag" or a backpack, ...

If you've ever spoken with a Japanese person at length, you may have noticed them making strange "agreeing noises" while ...

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

Iceland's erupting volcano Mt. Eyjafjallajokull has certainly been in the news a lot this week, and the media here was ...

The Japanese strike me as a very creative people, and I'm often amused by the things they bother to come ...

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

It's interesting to see the random cultural tidbits you can pick up watching anime. Like the scene in K-On! in ...

Japan has certainly had a unique history. Compared with most other nations, it got a late start, importing its writing ...

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

When I was studying Japanese back in the 1980s, I had a real problem finding tools to help me learn, ...

Just about any aspect of Japan can provide an interesting cultural lesson, even names. In Japan, everyone has a family ...

The other day I came across a site asking in all seriousness which country's animation was better, the U.S. or ...

The Toyota Motor Company has been in the news a lot lately over quality issues with its vehicles. Akio Toyoda, ...

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 ...

There are several methods of learning a foreign language, including Grammar-Translation (learning grammar and example sentences), Total Physical Response ("Simon ...