This post explains how you can introduce yourself in Japanese. It has a list of occupations and you can learn to count up to 100 here.

This post explains how you can introduce yourself in Japanese. It has a list of occupations and you can learn to count up to 100 here.
Today’s #kanji is #遅, which is an informal variant of 遲. 遲 is made of its semantic element of #しんにょう(辶)…
This post compares the meaning of まだ with affirmative and negative verbs, [てform] + います/いません and with noun and adjectives.
Today’s Question Which いまだに is used correctly? 昨日きのう何なにをたべたか祖母そぼはいまだに忘わすれてしまった。 今朝けさ買かった本ほんをいまだに読よんでいる。 父ちちはいまだにバレンタインのチョコをもらった。 母はははいまだに亡なくなった父ちちの手紙を読よんでいる。 Today’s Grammar Point いまだ(に)~ Connection and Meaning いまだ(に)~ない still…
Today’s #kanji is #押, which is made of its semantic element of #てへん(扌) and phonetic element of 甲, although 押…
Today’s Grammar Point: ~方(ほう)がよかった Connection [noun] + のほうがよかった[いadj] + ほうがよかった[なadj] + なほうがよかった[verb たform] + ほうがよかった (~ばよかった is more common)[verb ないform] +…
Today’s Question 雨が降りそうだから、かさを持って行った__がいいですよ。a. こと b. とき c. ほう d. より Today’s Grammar Point: ~方(ほう)がいい Connection [verb dictionary form] + ほうがいい…
Today’s Question 日本といえば、____ですよ。What would you put in the blank? (Please note there is no right or wrong answer to this…
Today’s #kanji is 速, which is made of its semantic element of #しんにょう(辶)and phonetic element of 束. 束 also has the meaning of “busy” and/or “restless.”
When you want to attract attention of a stranger, how do you call him/her? That’s not easy in any language. This post explains how to address people in Japanese
Today’s Grammar Point: ~ということになる Connection [noun] + ということになる[clause] + ということになる Meaning … would mean ~ (It is not as sure…
Today’s Grammar Point: ~ということは、…ということだ Connection [clause A] + ということは、[clause B] + ということだ Meaning [clause A] means [clause B] This pattern…
Today’s Grammar Point: ~ということだ Connection [clause] + ということだ Meaning There are 2 meanings for this. I hear ~, I heard…
Today’s Question If I say to Suzuki-san, “鈴木すずきさん、田中たなかさんという人ひとから電話でんわがありましたよ。”Do Suzuki-san, Tanaka-san and I know one another very well? Today’s Grammar Point:…
The aim of this lesson Change all です ending sentences to negative. Explanation Video Connection [noun] は [いadjective stem] くない…
Connection [person] は [activity] が じょうず です。= [person] is good at [activity]. (Do not use for yourself or other people’s professional…
xxx は yyy が zzz です has both the topic marker は and the subject marker が in one sentence, meaning “talking about xxx, yyy is zzz.”
Today’s #kanji is #未, which is apparently a pictogram of a tree with many branches. Then, do you know what…
Today’s post is about how to refer to one’s child(ren) in Japanese such as my oldest child, my second son, a daughter-in-law, etc.
Today’s Question 長年ながねんの努力どりょくの__に、店みせを持もつことができました。a. うち b. すえ c. とき d. まえ Today’s Grammar Point: ~すえ、~すえに、~すえの (followed by a noun) Connection [noun]…