Translator / Linguist / Japanese TeacherPlease read TE form ① here before reading this one : ) Now, For other verbs (not -iru/eru ending, but including –Aru, –Uru, Oru ending), It’s a bit...
Author - Misa
TE FORM – MUST KNOW JAPANESE GRAMMAR!!!!!!! So what is TE form? – Doesn’t TE て 手 mean “hands”? – Yep, but...
Why you shouldn’t follow the textbook order if you are learning Japanese on your own. – Don’t learn masu form first! First, masu form is a type of a...
Grammar, Japanese Slang, Vocab
What does “By no means are you meant to mean it, you meany” mean in Japanese?
What does “By no means are you meant to mean it, you meany” mean in Japanese? Okay, let me guess what you are thinking now : “what the…”...
Common / useful expressions, Vocab
Jealousy and Envy in Japanese – Do we feel jealousy in a different way?
When you describe the feeling of jealousy, there are two different words in English : jealousy and envy. Those words mean slightly different things...
I always ask my students if they want to practice casual speech, like that you would use with friends in daily life, or formal speech, like that you would use when you...
(Check out this video to learn what “akemashite” or “yoroshiku” mean in Japanese) Happy New Year! – or should I say “Happy...
Christmas is already tomorrow! クリスマスはもう明日！kurisumasu wa mou ashita! Are you looking forward to it? Japanese kids must be sugoku (super) excited. Not just because...
Interestingly, a lot of students get confused with つかう tsuKAU and つくる tsuKURU. During a conversation with one of my student...
Common / useful expressions, Japanese Slang, Vocab
I knew it / I’ve changed my mind /a hunch in Japanese
テレビで刑事ドラマを見てて、犯人が分かったとき、「やっぱり！」って叫んだことある？ terebi de keiji dorama wo mitete, hannin ga wakatta toki, “Yappari!” tte sakenda koto aru? Have you ever shouted...
