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Try! JLPT Grammar Book

July 8, 2015

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…

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Japanese Talk Online on Pause for the JLPT

June 28, 2015

Because of the JLPT Exam on the 5th J-Talk Online is on hold. It will be back 8th July. In the mean time, I’m always happy to hear suggestions for…

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JLPT – Hitting the Wall

June 17, 2015

With only two and a half weeks before the JLPT for July 2015 some of you may be feeling a number of things. Stress, anxiety, boredom. Keeping yourself motivated is…

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Learning Japanese Radicals

June 10, 2015

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…

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How to Read Japanese Newspapers

June 3, 2015

Being able to read Japanese newspapers is considered to be one goal for becoming “fluent” in Japanese. For some it might be a sign of fluency, for others a challenge,…

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Being “Fluent” In Japanese

May 27, 2015

“What does it mean to be fluent in Japanese?” When I tell people I speak Japanese they often ask “are you fluent?” to which I often reply “no, not yet”.…

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JapanesePod101 Review

May 13, 2015

Don’t waste your money on JapanesePod101 This is an honest JapanesePod101 review and has my own opinions. I’m sure each person using the program will think of it differently, so…

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Review of italki.com

May 6, 2015

italki.com is a website I decided to check out after watching this video by Rachel and Jun reviewing the site. Turns out I’d already signed up for the website at…