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Japanese Grammar

Understanding Formalities in Complex Japanese Sentences

Understanding Formalities in Complex Japanese Sentences

This article was requested by a Patron on Patreon! ありがとうございます! One tricky part of Japanese is the different formalities. Then how and when those formalities are used with different people, or even the same people! This article goes over the

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Niffer August 23, 2017December 8, 2017 Japanese Grammar Read more

The Best Way to Learn Japanese Particles

The Best Way to Learn Japanese Particles

Learning Japanese particles as a beginner is a MASSIVE pain in the butt! There are LOTS of guides online for how to use them, but they’re not very useful all the time. Sometimes the explanations are too complicated as they

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Niffer July 13, 2017August 25, 2017 Beginner Japanese, Japanese Grammar, Japanese Lessons, JLPT N5, Memrise, Teach Yourself Japanese Read more

How to Make Simple Japanese Sentences

How to Make Simple Japanese Sentences

Japanese grammar is actually surprisingly easy once you get it. Basic grammar is at least. It’s like a maths problem; + x – etc., all have their own uses and places, it’s the numbers around them that change the meaning

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Niffer January 25, 2017February 27, 2018 Beginner Japanese, Japanese Grammar, JLPT N5, Romaji Read more

The Best Way to Study Grammar for the JLPT

The Best Way to Study Grammar for the JLPT

I have this bad habit of avoiding grammar every time I study for the JLPT. I’ll either avoid it altogether or leave it until the last minute. But now I’ve found a great way to study grammar for the exam!

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Niffer December 5, 2016December 13, 2017 Japanese Grammar, JLPT N1, JLPT N2, JLPT N3 Read more

Studying Japanese Grammar When You Hate Grammar

Studying Japanese Grammar When You Hate Grammar

I hate studying Japanese grammar. I always have. I hate just how vague it can be, and all the rules that go with it. I’m happy when I know a grammar without needing to think about it because I don’t

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Niffer November 14, 2016January 8, 2018 Japanese Grammar Read more

How to Translate Japanese Accents

How to Translate Japanese Accents

Translating the Japanese directly doesn’t always work, especially when you come across a character with a Japanese accent. This post looks at how to translate Japanese accents in manga, the kind of accents you’d come across and how best to

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Niffer January 28, 2016December 14, 2017 Anime & Manga, Becoming a Japanese Translator, Japanese Grammar, Memrise, Reading Japanese Manga Read more

Try! JLPT Grammar Book

Try! JLPT Grammar Book

The 「Try! 日本語能力試験   文法から伸ばす日本語」or “Try! JLPT – Studying Japanese from Grammar” is the best Japanese grammar book I have ever used for learning JLPT grammar. I mentioned before that grammar is my weakness. I am so bad at grammar,

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Niffer July 8, 2015March 15, 2018 Advanced Japanese, Beginner Japanese, Intermediate Japanese, Japanese Grammar, Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT), Review Read more

Learning Japanese Radicals

Learning Japanese Radicals

Radicals (or in Japanese, ぶしゅ 部首) are the roots which kanji are made up of. Every single kanji in the Japanese language has at least one radical. Now you can get by without learning these radicals, but when you begin

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Niffer June 10, 2015March 7, 2018 Beginner Japanese, Intermediate Japanese, Japanese Grammar, Kanji Read more

“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 conflicting information on the internet the course got very jumbled

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Niffer February 26, 2015December 16, 2016 Beginner Japanese, Japanese Grammar Read more

Anime Japanese – Verbs

Anime Japanese – Verbs

Besides adjectives verbs (and grammar) are probably the most common words used in anime A previous post covered adjectives in anime. This one will go over verbs, the types that are used, how it’s different to what you learn in

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Niffer January 28, 2015January 18, 2018 Anime Japanese, Beginner Japanese, Japanese Grammar Read more

Anime Japanese – This, There, Where?

Anime Japanese – This, There, Where?

There are a lot of Japanese words that pop up regularly in anime and we are going to practice some of these using anime themselves starting with “this/there/where”. In Japanese how you say “this” or “that” depends on where you

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Niffer November 22, 2014January 18, 2018 Anime Japanese, Beginner Japanese, Japanese Grammar, Romaji Read more

Learn Japanese Grammar Using English Grammar

“Why do I need to know English grammar to learn Japanese grammar?”  English grammar is a topic I could not get my head around easily when I was younger. I even tried doing an A level in English language so

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Niffer November 5, 2014December 17, 2016 Beginner Japanese, Japanese Grammar Read more

Verb Groups – Beginners Japanese Grammar

Plain form is also called dictionary form and it is just like “masu” form but is used in casual, informal situations. Plain form is the present/future tense and is pretty important because you use this as a basis to create

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Niffer July 9, 2014March 31, 2017 Beginner Japanese, Japanese Grammar Read more

Studying Japanese Grammar

“I find it hard to learn Japanese Grammar” In the past I’ve tried to explain basic Japanese sentence structure and introduced “masu” form, but I’ve not gone into much detail on how to learn these. That’s difficult thing about Japanese grammar,

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Niffer July 2, 2014March 27, 2017 Beginner Japanese, Japanese Grammar, Learning Methods, Teach Yourself Japanese Read more

Manga Japanese for Beginners

Manga Japanese for Beginners

“I want to be able to read manga in Japanese”    Want to learn manga Japanese? Manga Japanese is great fun to read but can be pretty tricky for beginners who are studying Japanese. This is because a lot of

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Niffer June 4, 2014February 27, 2018 Beginner Japanese, Intermediate Japanese, Japanese Grammar, Reading Japanese Manga Read more

An Introduction to Japanese Verbs – “masu” Form

An Introduction to Japanese Verbs – “masu” Form

A lot of Japanese grammar is based in it’s verbs which when conjugated (changed into a different form) can give a very different meaning to the sentence.   The Basics of Japanese Verbs – “masu”* Form *Pronounced “mass” rather than

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Niffer May 8, 2014February 27, 2018 Beginner Japanese, Japanese Grammar, Japanese Lessons, Romaji, Teach Yourself Japanese Read more

Giving and Receiving in Japanese

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 a very important bit of Japanese grammar that seems to give

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Niffer April 16, 2014February 27, 2018 Beginner Japanese, Guest Post, Intermediate Japanese, Japanese Grammar, Japanese Lessons Read more

Family in Japanese 家族

Family in Japanese 家族

  As I suggested in Grouping Topics for Easy Learning, one for the easiest things to learn is family. What’s great with vocabulary for family is that you can combine it with other topics to create sentences to make it easier

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Niffer January 29, 2014February 26, 2018 Beginner Japanese, Japanese Grammar, Japanese Lessons Read more

The Basics of Grammar

“I just don’t get grammar” This is something I say a lot. I admit grammar is a tricky subject for me, and I have personally struggled with it since I started learning Japanese. But it doesn’t mean you have to!

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Niffer November 6, 2013February 27, 2018 Beginner Japanese, Japanese Grammar, Japanese Lessons, Learning Methods Read more

Learning Japanese Particles

Learning Japanese Particles

“I don’t understand particles! How do I know which ones to use when?”   Particles are a necessary evil when you start learning Japanese. They can be tricky but once you understand them Japanese (and especially grammar) becomes so much

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Niffer October 23, 2013October 24, 2021 Beginner Japanese, Intermediate Japanese, Japanese Grammar, Japanese Lessons, Learning Methods Read more

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