How to say Lucky in Japanese – 運(うん）がいい - あいうえおブログ「う」 日本語はこちら Feeling Lucky…? The Mysterious Man with a Chestnut A Matter of your own Abilities? Feeling Lucky…? Has anyone found themselves thinking “I’m lucky!” lately? In Japanese, the word “luck/lucky” can be any of the following: “運（うん）がいい”: Read “Un ga ii”. “Un” refers to “Luck” […]
日本語はこちら！ “i” → “imadoki” (Conversation between two colleagues at work) A: Looks like our casual, Yamada, is going to be off today. B: What? When did he/she call you? A: He/she didn’t call. He/she used LINE. B: What? LINE? Unbelievable. A: It seems that all university students are like that these days. B: Really? Do […]
Memrise MindSnacks Kanji no Owari There are many applications out there to learn Japanese – this guide is a list of the top / best Japanese Flashcard Apps that our students use. Memrise – FREE Memrise is a very beautiful flashcard application that has a user-friendly interface and some seriously great technology on its backend. […]
We are happy to introduce our 2nd location, Coto Japanese Club – Azabu Juban! We are so excited to be welcoming students and friends past, present and future to our shiny new Coto Japanese Club in the heart of Azabu-juban in Minato-ku. We would love you to pop in during our Open House on 9 February 10:00- […]
日本語はこちらから Hello, everyone! This will be the first in a series of blogs we will call “AIUEO” IntroductionWhy choose Arigatou?Origins of ArigatouQuiz Time! Introduction Here at Coto and our staff and teachers will be writing blogs about the Japanese language and Japanese culture in the coming weeks. The reason why our blog is […]
Basic Japanese Grammar: Using Particles Creating longer sentences in Japanese typically involves inserting different kinds of information in between the subject and predicate. To do this requires an understanding of basic Japanese grammar, which is why grammatical units known as “particles” help simplify this process. Japanese particles are similar to English prepositions, words like “in” and […]
This is an older post – to see our upcoming monthly events – click here Monthly Events at Coto Every month we hold cultural and social events for our students and their friends to discover more about Japanese culture, meet new friends and practice Japanese. We are looking forward to seeing you there! Thursday, February […]
Grace came to Tokyo from Taiwan to pursue her Japanese studies. Highly motivated to work in Japan, she joined our 8-week Business Course in September, to boost her choices to find a job in Japan. How long have you been in Japan? I arrived in April 2017, so I have been in Japan around half […]
If you are a new resident to Tokyo, you may have bought a bike and are having fun riding it around your neighborhood or using it to commute to work – but do you know where to park it? Do you know where to NOT park it? What happens if you park it illegally and […]
Coming-of-Age Day has been saying “welcome to adulthood” officially since 1948. But how, and why? We take a look at what it means to turn 20 in Japan.
