The heading reads ろくがつよっかはむしばのひ and it means “4 June is the day of carious teeth.” In fact, in Japan, the…
この vs これ
This post explains the difference between これ (a pronoun) and この (a prenoun adjectival – 連体詞/れんたいし). The same applies to それ and その, あれ and あの, etc.
June、六月(ろくがつ)、水無月(みなづき)
Today is 1 June. Many people in Australia consider today to be the first day of winter. Surely it is…
大きな家と大きい家
ケイトさんは大おおきな家いえにすんでいます。(Kate lives in a big house.) When one of my students came across this sentence, she exclaimed, “I thought 大き…
そうです
そうです is often used in conversations. You can say はい、そうです (Yes, that’s correct) to give an affirmative answer regardless of…
The difference between 「戦い(たたかい)」 and 「喧嘩(けんか)」
ももたろうはおにとたたかいました。 If you know the story of “Momotaro (Peach Boy),” you will be familiar with this sentence, which means “Momotaro…
ながら and …たり、~たり
Somebody asked me to correct this sentence: わたしはゲームをしながら、おんがくをきくこととユーチューブのビデオをみます。 There are a few things you have to consider here. First point…
イニエスタ、ほんとにきちゃった。
One of my friends posted that in Facebook the other day. He was very happy that Andrés Iniesta joined a…
きのうのよる、テレビをみてしまいました。
This sentence describes the same fact as きのうのよる、テレビをみました。The difference is there is a hint of regret, "I didn’t mean to…
してあげます、してくれます、してもらいます
Sometimes I come across a sentence like:おかあさんはわたしにチョコレートをかいました。This sentence is grammatically correct, but it is NOT appropriate. IF a native speaker…
Negative form of です
I made some quizzes on Canvas LMS for my HSC preparation course students and one of the question I put…
Welcome to EasyJapaneseE’s blog page!
As this website has gotten a bit of facelift, I am going to start a blog here about everything related…