So, um, have you ever, like, wanted to say something, but, uh, you didn’t really know what to say?

The question that perplexes all Japanese learners at the beginning: Why is ha (は) read as wa in Japanese, sounding exactly the same as わ? We all thought Japanese phonetics was pretty straightforward, but just when you think you’ve nailed the hiragana and katakana writing systems, you come across this conundrum.  Of course, once you’re […]

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.

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

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The bee buzzes. The cat meows. Think pow! Or bam! Those are onomatopoeia. In Japanese, there are 4,500 of them.

How these warriors rose to power, dominated Japanese politics for seven centuries and influenced modern Japan.