Latest Blog posts for Learning Japanese

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  青5 June 2023
  #青 is listed under the radical of 靑, which is the old form of this character 青. My dictionary lists many theories how this kanji was formed, but none of […]
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  Family words21 April 2023
  This post explains how to call your own family, somebody else’s family and what word to use when you talk about your family.
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  かわい、かわいい、こわい21 April 2023
  Today’s set of similar sounding words are: かわい、かわいい and こわい I have heard many people mixing up かわいい (cute) and こわい (scary) which are almost opposite in meanings. If you […]
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  Why you can’t say: ちちはシェフとレストランのオーナーです。14 March 2023
  When we talk about more than 1 role of a person/item, we cannot use the particle と. Instead we should combine the 2 roles with で, the てform of です」/だ.
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  おなじ7 March 2023
  おなじ is a frequently used word meaning “the same” or “identical.” Native speakers use it very often but it does not get classified into parts of speech easily.
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  ～てから28 February 2023
  The particle から has a few meanings and beginners at JLPT N5 level need to remember at least 3. This is the one used after a てform verb. ～てから means “after ～, ..”