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Japanese Vocab and Grammar

Japanese • 28 Feb 2023

5 Ways to Appropriately Say “You” in Japanese

Japanese textbooks generally do use あなた (anata) to mean “you” at a beginner level, for clarity’s sake. あなた is technically…

Japanese • 2 Dec 2022

If you’ve been learning Japanese for any length of time, you’ve probably stumbled across the Japanese te form. It’s a…

Japanese • 27 Sep 2017

Phone usage in Japan is nearly as widespread as in the US, with the number of smartphone users in Japan…

Japanese • 8 Jul 2015

Though Tokyo’s become much more accessible to English speakers with the use of bilingual signage and announcements, it’s still beneficial…

Japanese • 25 Nov 2014

I’ve been learning Japanese for a few years, including a year of formal university studies. So when I visited Japan…

Japanese • 23 Sep 2014

Are you ready to get your head out of that textbook and start communicating in Japanese? Perhaps you’ve been picking…