“What Does It Mean” in Japanese: 7 Helpful Phrases for Clarifying the Meanings of Words and Phrases While engaging in conversation with your Japanese language partner, you’re bound to come across unfamiliar terms. Even if you’re advanced …
Japanese Phrases for Tourists: 116 Essential Phrases for Your Japanese Vacation Before I traveled to Japan for the first time, everyone assured me that “Everybody speaks English there,” and I wouldn’t …
The In-depth Guide to Japanese Adjectives: What They Are, Conjugations, Endings and Examples Adjectives are the crayons of the speech world. They add color and interest to conversations. I learned their importance quickly …
42 Romantic Japanese Phrases to Get Your Love Game On World favorite Japanese comics are filled with blushing students confessing to their 先輩 (せんぱい — upperclassman). Even the most action-packed …
Agree to Disagree: How to Say Yes and No in Japanese Think about the last time you agreed or disagreed with someone. You may have given them a non-verbal response (like …
200+ Katakana Words: Your Introduction to Japanese Loanwords In a nutshell, katakana uses characters to represent syllables (instead of single letters like an alphabet) and it’s used primarily …
35 Insects in Japanese and Their Role in Japanese Culture “Wow, that’s huge!” I remember thinking this when I saw a cicada for the first time in the countryside of …
12 Japanese Filler Words to Speak More Like a Native [with Audio] How often do you say “like” and “um” when you’re speaking to a friend? These little space-fillers are called filler …
77 Ways to Say “I Love You” in Japanese Like a Native Speaker Japanese is a beautiful language—and one of the reasons why is because there are numerous ways to say “I love …
30 Japanese Nicknames and Ways to Create Your Own Like most countries, in Japan, nicknames are a common way to show affection or respect, gently tease or generally bring …