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…
Intermediate Japanese
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…
Giving and Receiving in Japanese
-Guest Post from Wana10- Hello! Niffer asked if I’d write a post for J-talk and I decided why the heck not. But what to talk about? Let’s focus today on…
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,…
Practising Japanese with Natives
“It’s so hard to learn Japanese without practising it with someone who knows Japanese” Believe it or not there are many ways you can meet native Japanese speakers and practice…