The Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) is a crucial stepping stone on your language-learning journey. So should you take it?

Welcome to the world of Kanji, one of the most fascinating yet challenging aspects of the Japanese language. For beginner learners, Kanji can be overwhelming with its complex strokes and countless characters. In fact, to be considered fluent, you need to learn somewhere from 1500 to 2500 kanji characters! Thankfully, Kanji characters can be broken down […]

Japan continues to attract travelers, culture aficionados, and tourists from around the world who are interested not only in the country’s unique culture but also in learning Japanese communication. It is without a doubt that being exposed to such an array of foreign customs can be fun, but often intimidating and confusing, too. For those […]

If you’re learning Japanese right now, there’s a high chance the textbook you have uses Standard Japanese, which is based on the Japanese dialect in Tokyo. By now, we know that Japan is an incredibly diverse place. From Okinawa to Hokkaido, you can find many different traditions, foods, and landscapes, but there are nearly as […]

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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.

Japanese also has its fair share of auditory quirks! We’ll walk you through two things – long vowels and double consonants in Japanese.

They might have the same meaning, but sou そう, mitai みたい, rashii らしい and ppoiっぽい have different nuances and distinctions.