A beginner’s cheat sheet to all the essential Japanese greetings you need for any context.

If you’ve recently moved to Japan, knowing all of the most useful and basic Japanese phrases is essential to tackle daily activities. But even if you’ve been practicing Japanese for a while, the thought of having to talk with a native speaker can be scary.

Looking to learn in Sydney, Australia? One of Australia’s biggest cities doesn’t fall short on Japanese language lessons from beginner to advanced.

Like any other languashes, in Japanese, there are certain words and phrases that cannot excactly be accurately translated in English. Because of this, it may feel frustrating to capture the right emotion for a specific situation, even as something as saying Ganbatte to wish for someone else to keep it up, when in reality Ganbatte […]

The conjunctive particle けど is interchangeable with the particle が and has a similar meaning to the English word “but” or “even though”. However, Japanese people like to put けど (kedo) at the end of sentences to sound less confrontational and polite.

You’ve probably heard of the Japanese word kawaii, which means lovely, charming, cute and adorable. but what is the kawaii culture, and how does one become kawaii? How do you use かわいい?

Loan words in Japanese, or gairaigo(外来語), are words borrowed from foreign countries other than China — but not all of them come from English.

So while it sounds weird, here’s why you should trust Peppa Pig more than anime subs to soak in more Japanese knowledge.