Keigo III – Rules for Using Keigo
“I find it really hard to remember keigo.” There are many websites that cover the basics of keigo and special vocabulary, but I find not many that give a clear…
Advanced Japanese
Getting Translating Experience II
“I want a job in translating but have no experience, and I can’t get any experience without a job…” The catch 22 of the job world. This problem is even…
Getting Translating Experience I
“I want a job in translating but have no experience, and I can’t get any experience without a job…” The catch 22 of the job world. This problem is even…
Business Japanese – Keigo II – Kenjougo
“I find it really difficult to remember keigo.” Keigo 敬語 literally means “respectful language” and is used in formal situations (but mostly business). If you are studying Japanese at university…
Business Japanese – Keigo I – Sonkeigo
“I find it really difficult to remember keigo.” Keigo 敬語 literally means “respectful language” and is used in formal situations (but mostly business). If you are studying Japanese at university…
Reading Novels – Breaking into Japanese Literature Review
“I want to be able to read Japanese novels” (If you’re not yet convinced that being able to read Japanese novels is worth it check out this article). When I…
Learning Kanji – From Beginners to Advanced
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,…