Manga Japanese for Beginners
“I want to be able to read manga in Japanese” Want to learn manga Japanese? Manga Japanese is great fun to read but can be pretty tricky for beginners who…
Tips & Tricks
Getting Translating Experience I
“I want a job in translating but have no experience, and I can’t get any experience without a job…” The catch 22 of the job world. This problem is even…
An Introduction to Japanese Verbs – “masu” Form
A lot of Japanese grammar is based in it’s verbs which when conjugated (changed into a different form) can give a very different meaning to the sentence. The Basics of…
Giving and Receiving in Japanese
-Guest Post from Wana10- Hello! Niffer asked if I’d write a post for J-talk and I decided why the heck not. But what to talk about? Let’s focus today on…
Being Sick in Japan
There was no post this week on Wednesday because I was ill. Which although meant I spent the week getting over some kind of cold bug, it also reminded me…
JLPT N4 – Study Methods and Resources
So for those who don’t know I’ve talked previously about taking the JLPT but I felt like I was a bit vague when it came to beginners as there aren’t…
JLPT N5 – Study Methods and Resources
ve talked previously about taking the JLPT but I felt like I was a bit vague when it came to beginners as there aren’t actually that many specific text books…