How to Learn Japanese: The Ultimate Beginners Guide
There is a lot of information online about learning Japanese. This is both a good thing and a bad thing. Good, because there’re a lot of resources and study methods…
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Learn Kansai-ben With Cats ①
Ever wanted to learn more about the infamous Kansai dialect of Japan? From a Japanese person? Through the medium of cats? Well now you can learn Kansai-ben with cats!!! 関西弁にゃんこ…
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…
Nyaa and Other Japanese Animal Sounds
Bellow are Japanese animal and all the awesome sounds they make in Japanese! The animals in Japanese are written in romaji and kanji. Although kanji so exist, most of the…
I’m Afraid of Kanji
I’ve noticed that lots of people want to start learning Japanese but the prospect of kanji is intimidating. A lot of people tell me they’re afraid of kanji, and don’t…
Japan’s Lucky Poop – Dajare Puns and Culture
This week I wanted to look at Japan’s fascination with dajare (ダジャレ) or “wordplay/puns” and how their love for them has permeated itself into Japanese customs and media. (I’ve talked…
Anime Japanese – I & You
Different characters speak differently in anime, and the most recognisable ones are the differences between men and women. We will discuss the full extent men and women are characterised to…
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…