Best and Worst Japanese Novels of 2023
I read 14 books in Japanese this year, and picked out my top three books that I think everyone should read, and my bottom three books that you should not…
I read 14 books in Japanese this year, and picked out my top three books that I think everyone should read, and my bottom three books that you should not…
Over a year ago I wrote Tips for Studying for the JLPT N1 and Tips for When you Take the JLPT N1. The I gave general studying advice as well…
When you reach a certain level of Japanese it becomes more difficult to learn new things from textbooks. Many people read novels and newspapers but sometimes it’s not that easy…
Advanced Reading Practice on Memrise Articles: 「オゾン層に回復の兆し」 米研究グループ ネット動画で広がる被災地応援 Tip 1: When studying the vocabulary read it out-loud – Even if you’re just moving your lips (because you’re in public,…
This post covers Japanese weather reports, providing you with a vocabulary list of weather and verbs to practice. If you watch the news in Japan then the weather report will…
“What text books should I use for teaching myself Japanese?” Using text books to learn Japanese can be tricky business because they are often made for class studying rather than…
Kanji is an interesting part of Japanese that is not to be taken lightly, but not to be intimidating either. There are 2136 official regularly used (常用 / じょうよう) kanji,…
“I’m trying to learn Japanese, but I keep forgetting what I’ve learnt!” I hate it when I go to use a word in Japanese and I have to stop myself…