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- When learning Japanese, motivation and excitement is highest when you’re a beginner. It’s easy to chart your progress, and your world noticeably expan
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- After coming to grips with the soul-crushing inevitability of having to memorize over 2000 kanji characters, the next wall of frustration that Japanes
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- I've been augmenting my Japanese studies with technology ever since I brought my trusty iPhone 3G from the States to Japan when I moved here in 2009.
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- Everyone who studies Japanese uses different methods, techniques, and tools to achieve mastery. However, ask around, and you'll find that most learner
- A Roadmap for Learning Japanese: How to Optimize Classes, Textbooks, and Flash Cards to Achieve Fluency
- A few weeks ago, I was listening to a podcast about learning Japanese, and the host divided learners into two camps: those who use textbooks and those
- 5 Ways to Make Time to Study Japanese
- Learning Japanese is one of the best things you can do to enrich your life and increase your chances of career success in Japan. However, learning a n
- Three Perspectives on Learning Japanese: A Tadaima Japan Roundtable Discussion
- As three authors from three different countries, we all share one common thread. We’ve all achieved a working knowledge of Japanese, and each of us ha
- 10 Japanese Language Tips that Will Make You Sound Fluent
- Here you are: you’ve been studying the Japanese language for some time and you’re ready to have conversations with Japanese people. However, the Japan
- Breaking Down (Over) Kanji Part 2: The Two Most Popular Ways to Achieve Japanese Literacy
- In the first part of this series, I outlined what it takes to become literate in Japanese, and like a mid-trilogy Hollywood movie, I ended up on a dow
- Breaking Down (Over) Kanji Part 1: An Introduction to the Challenges of Reading Japanese
- For upper-intermediate Japanese learners, successfully reading blog posts, newspapers, and magazine articles can feel like winning what I call the "ka
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- Gathering around food and drinks in an izakaya (a Japanese-style pub is an important part of Japanese culture, and you may have heard about nomunicati
- Is there a Rule to Reading Kanji or is it Totally Random?
- Are you an intermediate Japanese learner struggling with reading kanji? In this article, I go over a simple but important sound change that occurs whe
- 10 Ways of Saying “I’m late” in Japanese
- When you are late すみません、おそくなりました。(Sumimasen, osokunarimashita). I’m sorry for being late. おまたせしてすみませんでした。(O-mataseshite sumimasendeshita). I am sorr