JJapanese Read More Kyoto Culture and Dialect StickersJuly 3, 2024No comments This is hilarious and educational. https://joi.ito.com/weblog/2024/06/22/ikezu-stickers-.html Omote and Ura stickers showing a Kyoto lady making some passive aggressive…
JJapaneseHello world! I’m looking for langague learning parterns (why is it so hard)July 2, 2024No comments So, I've been mapping a lot of apps, and unfortunately couldn't keep up conversations for long, either because…
JJapaneseManga in japaneseJuly 2, 2024No comments I need some manga/novels in Japanese for real beginners. I tried my favorite mangas but basically anything that…
JJapaneseIs it objectively better to visit Tokyo if my goal is to further my Japanese?July 2, 2024No comments I studied two years of Japanese in English University. However, I've taken a gap year and therefore lost…
JJapaneseHow to tell questions and affirmative sentences in formal Japanese?July 2, 2024No comments I've just learnt that in formal Japanese you use "。"instead of "?". If you write a formal text…
JJapaneseAbout Japanese name order in Western publicationsJuly 2, 2024No comments I know that in Japan the surname/family name comes first (for example, Ushiromiya Kinzo), while in Western languages…
JJapaneseHelp, I can’t distinguished voiced and unvoiced consonantsJuly 2, 2024No comments Hi, I'm a native Mandarin speaker and I'm having a very hard time distinguishing voiced and unvoiced consonants…
JJapaneseBest resource for pronunciation?July 1, 2024No comments What is your favorite resource for pronunciation (English is my first language)? Thanks! by waterair_
JJapaneseaiming to be a translatorJuly 1, 2024No comments hey, everyone. I'm not in Japan yet. and I'm not an N1 level, yet. what I want to…
JJapaneseIn English we say, “I think you’re wrong”. The ‘I think’ to soften the insult. But in Japanese we have to say, “You’re wrong! ..is what I think.” Can’t we phrase it in a way that we start speaking words first before announcing, ‘you’re wrong’.June 30, 2024No comments I think you're wrong – 君は違うと思います。(Kimi wa chigau to omoimasu.) It is said the Japanese are very indirect…
JJapaneseAizuchi being perceived as rude in English?June 30, 2024No comments I have a friend who is half Japanese (we both grew up in an English speaking country, however)…
JJapaneseWeekly discussion and small questions threadJune 30, 20243 comments In response to user feedback, this is a recurring thread for general discussion about learning Japanese, and for…