Japanese Jokes for English Speakers
I wanted to write something light hearted to apologise for the last few months of slow updates. So here are some really bad/wonderful jokes for English speakers who know Japanese,…
2015
Update
Apologies for the radio silence. Moving house, essays and translation projects have taken priority over the blog. I’m also trying to update the JLPT N1 Kanji list for memrise as…
Let’s go! Ikimashou! – Guest Post
行きましょう！ (Let’s go! Ikimashou!) So imagine… you’re teaching English in Japan and winter vacation rolls around. Oh, what will you do? Well, ☆THIS GUY☆ decided to hit up Tokyo, because……
Anime Japanese – Good Anime to Watch
If you are trying to use anime to practice your Japanese then this post is for you. I will talk briefly about the types of shows that are good to…
Why Repetition is Important
“Practising for 15 minutes a day is better than 1 hour every 3 days” This is what a good friend said to me the other day, and it’s been stuck…
Anime & Manga Japanese Greetings
“Tadaima~ I’m Home~” You may have noticed how certain phrases crop up a lot in anime, but do you know what they’re saying and do you know exactly what they…
“I heard” “It seems” – The different uses of sou そう
This is a grammar point that had me in a lot of confusion recently. I’d created some lessons to help people on the Memrise group learn these but due to…
My Japanese Study Routine
As I mentioned in the last post on Finding Your Daily Study Routine everyone works differently using different resources and methods to learn Japanese. The following is my own routine,…