Explore how the Japanese word 勇気 (yuuki), meaning bravery, is used in daily life with real examples to help boost your Japanese vocabulary and fluency.

“にゃん～”、 “わんわん”、“げろげろ”。These are Japanese Onomatopoeia called 擬声語 (Giseigo) used to put into words the sounds animals make. But, do you know what the names of these animals are in Japanese are? Read on to find out! All illustrations from this post were drawn by a talented Coto Student – Gabriela Zumbado from Costa Rica. She […]

This week Yasuko Hidari will share with us about the culture behind the Mikan -(Mandarin Orange in Japanese) and how your style of eating it can show your personality.

Wondering Magokoro meaning and how Japanese people use it? Worry not, we are here to help you. Magokoro: a true heart – a heart with no deception or a façade – Sincerity. “To put your heart in a gift”. “Devote one’s heart to something.” Right after I graduated from a university, I landed my first […]

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

A List of the best ways to learn Japanese in Tokyo

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

What brought you to study Japanese in Japan? I am half-japanese and grew up in America.  I recently moved back to Japan to reconnect with my Japanese roots – I will be attending Waseda University to study literature in January and I have 9 months to improve my Japanese and enjoy living life in Japan. […]

We are continuing our Essential Japanese series with directions in Japanese. Very similar to English, Japanese language has interrogative words and they’re easy to remember. Even with a limited vocabulary, you have different ways to ask “Where is” in Japanese. Let’s learn this short key-sentence and asking the location of things will be very easy! […]