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…
Tips & Tricks
Learn Japanese Grammar Using English Grammar
“Why do I need to know English grammar to learn Japanese grammar?” English grammar is a topic I could not get my head around easily when I was younger. I…
Japan Hacks – Asking For Directions in Japanese
You might get lost in Japan (actually you probably will get lost) and not all Japanese people know English (in fact hardly any do), so it’s always helpful to be…
Reading Practice for Beginners
When you start learning Japanese you learn the hiragana and katakana along with vocabulary and grammar, but if you’re teaching yourself you won’t often get much reading practice to combine…
Using YouTube to Learn Japanese
Learning Japanese from textbooks and articles on the internet are great but sometimes your brain isn’t taking in the words and you need a change of pace. Watching and anime…
Verb Groups – Beginners Japanese Grammar
Plain form is also called dictionary form and it is just like “masu” form but is used in casual, informal situations. Plain form is the present/future tense and is pretty…
Studying Japanese Grammar
“I find it hard to learn Japanese Grammar” In the past I’ve tried to explain basic Japanese sentence structure and introduced “masu” form, but I’ve not gone into much detail…
Telephone Calls in Japanese
I find that in the day and age where we use email and texting all the time, using the phone can be a daunting experience. Even worse if it’s in…