Advice on Short-term Study Abroad in Japan
This is a guest post written by Jennifer from Japan Therapy. I’ve had guest posts before but this is my first collaboration! I wrote an article for her site on…
Context is Everything in Japanese
“The Japanese are Masters of Context” When you start studying Japanese you will probably read about the sentence pattern 「___ wa ___ desu」 . You’ll probably then go on to…
Japanese Asadora Bite Size Drama
Drama are great ways to practice Japanese. They are made by Japanese people for Japanese people telling Japanese stories. Often it’s hard to pick a good drama to watch if…
Video Game Japanese
When I was 11 my sister got our very first video game, Final Fantasy IX. Little did I know it would greatly shape me to be who I am today.…
Best Japanese Study Resources
There are a lot of lists like this on the internet yet quite often I find they only list the most popular resources, not the best Japanese study resources. The…
Study Kanji Kentei, Learn Kanji, Profit
Use the Kanji Kentei to improve your Japanese What is the Kanji Kentei? The full name of the Kanji Kentei is actually the 日本漢字能力検定 (Nihon Kanji Nōryoku Kentei, shortened to…
Formatting Manga Translations
Many people want to translate manga but there is not much information on how to start translating manga. This series looks at different aspects of translating manga for beginners, with…