Japanese Surnames: Meanings & History with Illustrations

Did you know that not until the Meiji era (1868 – 1912), Japanese surnames did not exist to ordinary men and women? Today, Japan has a shockingly high number of 100,000 surnames in total! During the Meiji era, the government required all citizens by law to register under a surname. While many decided to choose […]

U-verb ー Verb Conjugation List with illustrations Part 1

Click Here to join our 30 day challenge to learn Hiragana In Japanese, what are U-verbs? Are they the same as Ru-verbs? In this blog, we will be talking about the difference between Japanese U and Ru verbs.  As well as their different forms. We will be releasing more similar articles over the coming weeks! […]

Japanese Writing: Best way to improve your writing in 2023

Do you want to learn to type written Japanese? Are you looking for apps – websites and other tools that will improve your Japanese writing composition skill?  You may never have the time to master the handwriting of each individual kanji – but thanks to computer input methods – you are now able to compose writing […]

JLPT N2 Grammars: Top 20 to Know (Part 1)

Are you preparing for a test and learning the JLPT N2 grammar now? This article explains 20 of the must-know grammar points for JLPT N2! From the meaning to sentence structures and sentence examples! Grammar Point 1: っぽい This grammar point is used to express something that “has a strong tendency of~” or simply put, […]

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