Why Repetition is Important
“Practising for 15 minutes a day is better than 1 hour every 3 days” This is what a good friend said to me the other day, and it’s been stuck…
Tips & Tricks
“I heard” “It seems” – The different uses of sou そう
This is a grammar point that had me in a lot of confusion recently. I’d created some lessons to help people on the Memrise group learn these but due to…
My Japanese Study Routine
As I mentioned in the last post on Finding Your Daily Study Routine everyone works differently using different resources and methods to learn Japanese. The following is my own routine,…
Finding Your Daily Japanese Study Routine
Every person’s study routine is different. Not only does it change from person to person but can vary over time. This post talks about different study routines you can do,…
Anime Japanese – Verbs
Besides adjectives verbs (and grammar) are probably the most common words used in anime A previous post covered adjectives in anime. This one will go over verbs, the types that…
Using NHK to Practice Japanese – Beginners to Advance
For those that don’t know NHK is the Japanese Broadcasting Network. A bit similar to the UK’s BBC, it runs regular new reports and articles on local and international affairs.…
Learning Japanese BECAUSE IT’S FUN!
Before you do anything else, please watch this video: I made a previous post about finding ways to motivate yourself. Since then I’ve come across a lot of useful videos…
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…