Writing an email in Japanese isn’t as overwhelming as it sounds. You just need a few key expressions to maintain proper etiquette, and the rest sort of falls into place. In English, we also follow a set of formalities to show good manners. You usually start with a greeting like “Dear…” and end with a […]
Between people’s fascination with Japanese culture and the desire to live in Japan, Japanese has become one of the most popular languages to learn – but also the hardest, too.
Want to learn some of Japan’s no-no words? We’ll be going over some of Japan’s Swear Words that you probably should not be using. They can range from kind of insulting to you’ll get punched if you say this. Read on to learn more!
To achieve fluency, you need to memorize a set of 2,136 kanji called Joyo Kanji, and to make things harder, many can look misleadingly similar. It’s all too easy for Japanese learners to mistake a kanji character for another. But don’t worry! There are subtle details to look for, and in many cases you can […]
It’s okay to make mistakes. We’re all carrots after all.
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Hiragana, katakana, and kanji make up the Japanese writing system. When you start learning Japanese, figuring out how to read and write can feel overwhelming; after all, Japanese is completely different from the Roman alphabet! You then learn that there are three different writing systems used all at once. How is that even possible? Not […]
Aoi (青い) is a color that can often be said as blue or green, but what is the actual meaning and culture behind the adjective?
