Karaoke Japanese Vocabulary – AIUEO Blog! 日本語はこちらHello to our lovely readers! These days we can finally sense spring making an entrance amongst the winter cold. Here on the (self-proclaimed) hugely popular A-I-U-E-O Blog, we will now be starting with the “ka” row! A Popular Leisure ActivityList of Karaoke-related TermsQuiz on the Origins of Karaoke […]
Author, Mr. Matsumoto, was a junior high school Japanese teacher for 23 years before joining Coto Language Academy. Therefore, he is a Japanese language pro. He currently teaches Coto’s Intensive Courses (intermediate and advanced), Business Courses and the Part Time N1 grammar and reading classes. He is also involved in developing teaching materials at Coto.
Throwing Out Garbage In Japan Garbage is not just something you can throw away easily, there is a large level of preparation needed before you can pitch things out in the bin and it pays to understand it so that you can make sure your neighbors are pleased with you. 🙂 I mean, the Japanese […]
Prior, without a Japanese learning goal tracking method, I often get demotivated while learning Japanese. I have lived in Japan for 3 Years and am at a point with my Japanese where I can get around in daily conversations and interactions – and feel confident striking out on my own – so its easy […]
In the following blog – we will be introducing 10 useful phrases that you can use to sound more natural in Japanese job interviews. Japanese Job Interviews can be fun, exciting, and some of the time stressful or scary depending on the environment and how well you are prepared. When you interview with a Japanese […]
JLPT N2 Exam Guide – Table of Contents: 1. Background The JLPT N2 level is considered a landmark achievement for those hoping to use Japanese in their careers. When applying for companies where some level of Japanese is required, N2 is often the benchmark for business level, while N1 is pretty much equivalent to native-level […]
5. no – の の Can be used to express possession of an object – the following sentences show that it is an easy sentence pattern to learn and remember. [Posession] watashi no kuruma – My car. 私の車 tomodachi no hon – My friend’s book. 友達の本 の Can also be used to express affiliation to […]
日本語はこちらから In the “E” edition of the “A I U E O” blog, we would like to introduce a Japanese saying. Have you ever heard of the saying “縁の下の力持ち En-no-shita-no-chikara-mochi?” Example) A: “What do I do? I’m a wedding planner. I run around doing behind-the-scenes work at weddings. It’s a dull job but it’s also a hard job.” […]
