Tag: Learning Japanese

One of the most enjoyable romance anime of the winter 2023 season was Otonari no Tenshi-sama ni Itsunomanika Dame Ningen ...

It seems to me like every otaku’s dream is to learn Japanese, whether it is to understand anime better or ...

If you've studied Japanese at any time in the 21st century, you've probably done so using the Genki Integrated Japanese ...

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One of the fun parts of becoming an anime fan is opening yourself to a completely new language, which naturally ...

I've written before that memes don't flow very freely across language groups, and anime visual jokes and ideas we take ...

Who's Your Favorite Yandere Girl in Anime? There's just one more week to order if you want to get your ...

Learning About Japanese Gestures through Anime There are just two days for our Megumi Free Gift sale. We're going to ...

Why We Protecc Our Favorite Anime Girls It's beginning to look at lot like Christmas here at J-List and we've ...

Anime Expo starts in a week, and J-List is celebrating early with a huge 300-points-per-$20 sale. Here's how it works: ...

I've been on a health kick for a couple of years, taking 4km walks and hitting the gym twice a ...

It's not easy for Japan's animation studios keep coming up with ideas for hit shows every season, and one recent ...

While I'm usually in Japan this time of year, I've actually hopped back to San Diego to take care of ...

Is Japanese hard to pronounce? If English (or Portuguese, or Italian) is your native language, you might find that it's ...

I'm interested in the way that the feedback we receive in life plays an important part in moving us in ...

It's great being back in San Diego, enjoying the nice weather and energy of the city. I love surfing the ...

One of the more creative trends from Japan this century has been 萌化 moe-ka, or "moe-ification," making inanimate objects and ...

Tax time is coming up, so I thought I'd talk about what taxes are like in Japan. As with people ...

One of the more interesting trends of the past decade has been "moe anthropomorphism," the practice of taking real-world objects ...

Another anime series I started watching recently is Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo!, or God's Blessing on this Wonderful ...

This year has been an interesting one for history buffs as it's seen the 70th anniversaries of the events of ...

The history of yuri culture in anime, and how to succeed at anything. If you follow the J-List Facebook page ...

One of the benefits of being an English speaker learning Japanese is the high number of foreign loan words in ...

It's interesting how often one of the most important cultural bridges between two countries is food. There are many "routes" ...