Review of Kyoto JALS – Great for Beginners, Not Advanced
To put my situation in context: I have been studying Japanese for over 10 years. I have passed the JLPT N2, working on the N1 for about 6 months, and…
Quality Japanese Self Study Techniques
The majority of Japanese Talk articles focus on “Tips & Tricks” to study Japanese. These focus on study methods for improving speaking or reading, or studying in general if you’re…
Why You MUST Read in Japanese
When I started learning Japanese I drilled vocabulary, grammar and kanji. In my young mind language = words. For many years that was all I focused on, figuring that listening…
How to Use Manga to Study Japanese
A lot of us study Japanese because we want to be able to understand anime without subtitles or read manga in Japanese. Being able to do either of these is…
Japanese Talk Online Hiatus [Until April 9th]
You may not know this but Japanese Talk Online is a website I run in my spare time. It was always a hobby to share my knowledge and experience of…
Cheap Japanese – You Don’t Need to Break the Bank to Learn Japanese
I was at a convention the other day talking about how beginners can learn Japanese for anime and manga. At the end one person asked me. “I was thinking of…
Presentation and Resources – Japanese With Anime and Manga ECCC 2018
This last weekend I gave a presentation at Emerald City Comic Con (ECCC); “How to Learn Japanese Using Anime and Manga”. The idea behind the presentation was tips, tricks and…
Lose Yourself in Japanese: “I Want to Eat Your Pancreas” 「君の膵臓を食べたい」
Last year I picked up a book from Kinokuniya called 「君の膵臓を食べたい」(Kimi no Suizou wo Tabetai). I didn’t realize at the time was a great book it was. To the point…