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So, here you are, thrilled to have learned your very first Japanese words and ready to put them to use into a sentence. But how does Japanese sentence structure work…? How should you put different types of words together to make a grammatical sentence? After reading this quick guide, you
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You may already know that "あなた (anata)" is the second-person pronoun, singular "you" in Japanese. However, did you know this is a word that should not be used as frequently as in many languages, such as in English? You must wonder: what could go wrong
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Quick Introduction Without a doubt, the key to becoming fluent in Japanese in no time is to grasp a really good understanding of Japanese verb conjugation early on. Verbs are the very foundation of the language. In fact, a sentence requires only a verb to be grammatically correct! With knowing
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Download 百千万.mp3 Despite being quite different from English, Japanese actually has a very easy counting system. Japanese numbers are strictly based on the decimal system. Once you've mastered the tricky pronunciations of Japanese numbers, you'll be all set to count in Japanese! After reading this
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I remember a few years ago, before I had even started learning Japanese, whenever I saw one of those kanji characters I was always so confused as to how someone could actually learn to read one of those things, let alone memorize tens of thousands of them! Tiny, complicated characters
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Intro to Japanese Honorifics As is known by many, Japanese is one of the most polite languages in the world. However, not knowing when and how to be polite can cause a lot of trouble for language learners. Japanese honorifics (Keigo) are complex. But don’t worry, let’s get
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Intro to Typing in Japanese Are you learning Japanese and want to know how you can type in Japanese on your computer or smartphone? It’s easy to install a Japanese keyboard to type in hiragana, katakana and kanji. We will step you through this below and show you how
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Duolingo is a popular free language learning app, but is it any good? In this article, an intermediate student returns to pick up her language studies and reviews Duolingo Japanese. Are there better Japanese language learning app alternatives?
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Did you know that as an English speaker, you already know Romaji? Romaji is not a unique Japanese script like hiragana or katakana that requires learning. Romaji is simply the Latin script used to help you pronounce the Japanese language. It's also called the Romanization of Japanese. Although
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When you make up your mind to learn Japanese, the first question that pops into your head may be: What are these?! Why do Japanese characters look so different from each other? In fact, Japanese has three different writing systems: hiragana, katakana, and kanji. Hiragana and katakana are unique Japanese
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I’m guessing you’ve clicked your way to this page because you’re hoping to learn how hard Japanese is. In order to answer this question, you’re going to need to identify two significant factors. The first is what your native language is, and the second is how
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