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…
JJapaneseRelated adjectival pairs in slang/dialect or standard languageJune 30, 2024No comments Talking about etymological connectedness here! Just like in English we have words of the same root like horrible,…
JJapaneseHaikyuu sayingJune 30, 2024One comment Hi everyone! I have a question about a particular scene in the manga/anime Haikyuu. There is a particular…
JJapaneseomae wa? with an inanimate objectJune 29, 2024No comments since omae basically means "thing before me" can it be used with an inanimate object? おれさまをふきとばしてたちはだかった黒いやつなにものだ!おまえは!? my first…