Japanese Blog

This week - Yumi Yoshida sensei will teach us how to use the Japanese word hutsuni. Hutsuni in Japanese means - as expected or so - so. Learn how to use hutsuni with example sentences.

This week Hidarisan will teach us one of the meaning of Hisahiburi - a very common Japanese Expression

This week Nezu San will teach us about Japanese Haniwa Pottery

This week we will be learning some Japanese katakana words related to Rugby from Matsumoto Sensei

This week - Kumi Tanaka Sensei will share with us several idioms in Japanese related to cats.

This week - Yumi Yoshida will teach us about how to learn Japanese by stealing.

In this blog from Hidari-San we will learn the difference between writing a diary and keeping a diary in Japanese.

Aiueo Blog “Summer Festivals” Na – Natsu matsuri Hello everyone! We have finally reached the turn around “Na” column of the Japanese alphabet. For this time of year, “Na” makes us think of, yes,  (夏) “Natsu”  or “Summer. For this installment, we have written about “Summer Festivals” that make Japan’s hot summer even hotter. Having […]

How Can I Use Toriaezu in Japanese? 日本語こちら Typical Conversation between Japanese Friends The Positive & Negative Connotations To (と): Toriaezu (とりあえず) Beer! (Tori-Bee!) Have you ever been to an izakaya? It’s a kind of casual drinking establishment in Japan that also serves food. When you go to an izakaya with friends, you might all […]

A, who is a university student, told me this story the other day: “I had an interview with a company today. My university lecturer had told me to “go dressed tekitō (適当),” so I wore jeans and a T-shirt. But I noticed that the interviewer had a really shocked look on his/her face the moment […]

Would it be strange if I said I   (“couldn’t help but study?”) “ついつい勉強してしまう” When you “couldn’t help yourself” – ついつい – tsui tsui – from doing something, it’s usually about something else. You might say that you were trying to study but couldn’t help yourself from spending time browsing the web. 勉強しようと思ったけど、ついついネットを見て時間が過ぎてしまった。 Or you might say […]

Today's AIUEO Japanese learning blog is about Chahan - or fried rice. This blog will teach you how vocabulary and in the process - how to make delicious egg fried rice.