JLPT – Hitting the Wall
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…
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…
How to Read Japanese Newspapers
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,…
Being “Fluent” In Japanese
“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”.…
JapanesePod101 Review
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…
Review of italki.com
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…
Japanese Jokes for English Speakers
I wanted to write something light hearted to apologise for the last few months of slow updates. So here are some really bad/wonderful jokes for English speakers who know Japanese,…