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...
All about “か ka”. This is must-know Japanese grammar. か ka as a question marker with です、ます か as a connection of two questions か （どうか） -I don’t know if...
During a conversation with a Japanese person. You are spaced out while she is talking. And then you are back into consciousness hearing her saying: 「ねえ、聞いてる？」...
Today we are going to talk about something that is often overlooked but extremely valuable: goal setting. First we will discuss a little bit about the importance of goal...
Today we are going to tell you about an amazing FREE tool that will improve the rate at which you remember Japanese. It’s called Anki. This is definitely something...
