Tag: Learning Japanese

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Recently I started watching the latest Bakemonogatari sequel, called Tsukimonogatari, which is a great series for fans of both high ...

With Anime Expo finally over, the J-List staff can take some time to recover from four fun-but-tiring days of mixing ...

Hello from Anime Expo 2014, the premier anime convention in the U.S.! We're all ready to have a great time ...

One theme I write about a lot is that Japanese don't always expect Westerners to speak Japanese, and will occasionally ...

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

I often talk about the various unique aspects of the Japanese language, in part because I just think languages are ...

I received a request in my Twitter feed from a customer who was studying Japanese in preparation for a visit ...

I've written before that, while anime and manga can be useful tools for studying Japanese, it's important to avoid relying ...

I watch more than a little late-night Japanese TV, and I enjoy its light- hearted goofiness. The other night I ...

One reason I like studying a foreign language like Japanese is the way it teaches you about your own brain, ...

When you live in Japan, you naturally develop a new set of skills in order to survive. Very few streets ...

Now it's time for a Japanese lesson, with some fun words you might be able to make use of someday. ...

Do you like karaoke? If so then we have good news: today has been designated as Karaoke Culture Day by ...

Well, my little trip to the U.S. has come to an end, and it's time to head back to Japan. ...

When learning Japanese, there are various yardsticks students will use to measure their progress. Are you able to converse normally ...

One thing serious learners of a language need to have in place are concrete strategies for their success. What's fun ...

Every once in a while I like to revisit the rules of Japanese pronunciation, since the language can be tricky. ...

Recently I wrote about a class of four-character compound words that are fun for students of Japanese to learn because ...

One of the most useful words of Japanese is sumimasen, which generally corresponds to "excuse me," though like most aspects ...

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

With a sentence structure and grammar unlike anything used in the West along with three different writing systems, learning the ...

The Japanese language is famous for being difficult to learn, and was once thought to be an invention of the ...

One aspect of the Japanese language is its heavy use of foreign loan words, usually borrowed from English. Since the ...