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Japanese grammar, what does te oku mean?
When you ask someone to do something in advance, how can you ask it? You can use ておく for it. W…
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JLPT N4 Japanese grammar かもしれない -uncertainty-
If you aren’t sure if it’s true or not, how can you express it in Japanese. You can use かもしれない in…
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Japanese grammar -What is sou da?-
When you tell someone that it’s about to rain or I hear that it’s going to rain, you can use そうだ. …
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Japanese grammar JLPT N4 -てしまう-
When you failed something, how can you explain the situation in Japanese? You may use てしまう. In…
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Learning Japanese grammar -V方(かた)
If you don’t know how to use a computer, how can you ask in Japanese? In this article. I will tea…
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What’s adverbial form of adjectives (く form)?
In this article, I will teach you how to change from adjectives into adverbs. As you know, adject…
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Learning japanese grammar -nominalizer-
Do you know how to change verbs or adjectives into nouns? The rule is easy. I have been teachi…
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Let’s learn japanese grammar -Vにくい, Vやすい-
When something is hard to do or easy to do, how can you explain the situation in Japanese? In thi…
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Learn Japanese grammar- what is Vところだ?-
When you tell someone what you are about to do, are doing, or have just finished, you can use Vところです…
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What is Japanese masu form? -learning verb-
When you learn Japanese verbs, you will see -ます with verbs. ます form is a very basic conjugation t…
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Japanese grammar, what is たことがある?
When you want to say “I’ve been to Japan”, how can you say it in Japanese? You can use たことがある to …
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Improve Japanese skills -difference よ、ね、か-
You may have heard “ですよ”, “ですね”, “ですか” or “ですよね”. よ, ね and か are called sentence ending particles…
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4 Essential Japanese particles -と、で、から、まで-
I wrote about 5 essential Japanese particles, は, が, を, に, へ in the previous article. In this arti…
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Let’s learn Japanese essential particles part 1
You may feel difficulty when learning Japanese particles because there are many particles and one pa…
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Let’s learn more about kono, sono and ano
Please think about this conversation. A: I went to a new restaurant. B: How was that? A: It was …
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Japanese grammar -too much, ~すぎる-
When something exceeds the standard and it causes a problem, how can you explain the situation? I…
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Japanese grammar for obligation, ~なければなりません
When you want to say I must study hard for my exam, how can you say that in Japanese? You can use…
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japanese transitive and intransitive verbs
Do you know the difference between 「ドアがあく」and「ドアをあける」? あける is たどうし(Transitive verb) and あく is じどう…
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Difference between から、ので and ため-Japanese grammar-
When we explain a reason, we usually use から、ので、ため. For example, if you say the game has been can…
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Basic Japanese grammar-Comparative forms-
How can you say I am younger than you or I am the most handsome person in Japanese? In this artic…
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Difference between どう and どんな -japanese grammar-
When you want to ask your friend what kind of music they like or how they feel about music, how can …
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What’s the difference between Japanese は and が?
Many Japanese learners might be wondering what the difference is between は and が. In this article…
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Let’s learn what temiru is -JLPT N4 grammar-
When you want to recommend something to your Japanese friend, how can you do this in Japanese? Yo…
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how to ask questions and answer in Japanese
How can you make question sentences and answer it in Japanese? In this article, I will teach you …
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learn adjective and noun テ form -JLPT n5 grammar-
If you want to talk about things that are cheap and delicious, how can you explain it in Japanese? …
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Join a language exchange for Japanese learners!
Are you interested in a language exchange? Do you want to speak with Japanese speakers? If so,…
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JLPT N5 Japanese grammar -てから- explain after doing
When you want to say that you did homework, then watched TV, how can you say that in Japanese? In…
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JLPT N5 grammar. Let’s learn about という
When you tell your Japanese friends about a thing or person that your friends don’t know well, how c…
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Let’s learn Japanese plain form.
When you talk with your friends, you would want to be casual, right? There are two types of sente…
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Let’s learn Japanese grammar -もう and まだ-
When you want to ask your friends if they’ve finished eating their dinner, how can you ask it in Jap…
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JLPT N5 Japanese grammar -になる, にする-
You have endured the cold weather, but now it’s getting warmer. The weather is changing. How …
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before and after japanese grammar-まえに, あとで-
How can you say before or after in Japanese? In this article, I will teach you the different ways…
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Japanese grammar -purpose+ni+iku-, ~にいく
When you want to explain why you came, how can you express yourself? In this article, I will teac…
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Japanese grammar ながら-how can you say while ~?-
You want to have breakfast and watch TV, but you don’t have enough time. You will want to do the …
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Japanese grammar – how to use ~たり、~たり-
If you went to Japan and you want to tell your friends what you did, you would give them some exampl…
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Let’s learn Japanese dates, days, month and time
We use different words to count the month, date or time. In this article, I will teach you the nu…
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Volitional form japanese grammar -しよう-
Do you want to invite your Japanese friends out? What do you say when you want to invite them? …
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How can you say I want 〇〇 in Japanese -がほしい/したいです-
If you want water, how do you say it in Japanese? If you also want to do something, how do you sa…
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How can I say I like 〇〇 in Japanese?
How can you say I like ○○ in Japanese? In this article, I teach you expressions about like and lo…
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What is te kudasai? -Japanese grammar-
How do you ask someone to do something? In this article, I teach you how you can ask people to do…
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Japanese grammar masenka vs mashou
When you would like to invite someone or ask to do something together, how can you invite? In thi…
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Japanese aru vs iru, what’s the difference?
When we mention the existence in English, we would say there is bla bla or there are bla bla. How…
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Japanese verbs conjugation-past tense
There are three groups for Japanese verb conjugation. In this article, I will teach you plain for…
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Japanese particle の- possessor and modifier
How can you add information to a noun and explain the noun more specifically. When you read this …
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learning negative sentences in japanese
How can we make negative sentences in Japanese? In this article, I will teach you how to create n…
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What’s the difference between てあげる、てくれる and てもらう?
How do you explain when you do something for someone or someone does something for you? In this a…
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What can you learn in the general Japanese course?
I will talk about the activities done in my classes for anyone who is curious. This is the fourth…
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What’s the difference between あげる、くれる and もらう?
I gave a present to my brother. My brother gave me a present. Like in these sentences, “give” …
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What’s the difference between こと and の?
I love read a book. Is it correct? As you already know, this sentence is wrong because we shou…
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how to order food in Japanese restaurant
When you go to Japan, how would you order food from the menu? In this article, I’m going to teach…
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Let’s learn Japanese words for question
How can you ask Japanese people? In this article, I’m going to teach you the 5 Ws: What, Who, Whe…
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Let’s learn Japanese kosoado words
How can we say “this”, “that”, “here” or “there” in Japanese? When we talk about these things, th…
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Learning Japanese grammar-adjectives conjugation
There are two types of adjective in Japanese. These are イ adjectives and ナ adjectives. In this ar…
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Let’s learn Japanese counters, counting words
When you count something in English, maybe it isn’t too hard. That’s because the rules are not co…
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Introduction of General Japanese beginner course
I’m going to talk about class activities for someone who is interested in my class. This is the t…
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5 Japanese onomatopoeia words I often use – part 1
What is an onomatopoeia? It is… the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitat…
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Learning Japanese conjugation te form
One of the hardest conjugations to remember might be the “te” form. The “te” form is one of many …
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JLPT N4 classes have started in person
I’m going to talk about class activities for someone who is interested in my class. This is the …
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How to introduce yourself in Japanese
If you moved to Japan, how would you introduce yourself to your new friends, coworkers or family. …
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Three Japanese words it’s hard to translate
When I teach Japanese, I realize that it’s hard for me to translate into Japanese or English. I’d…
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Japanese verb conjugation rules with chart
There are three groups for Japanese verb conjugation. I will teach you the groups and polite form…
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【Toronto Japanese Class】We did language exchange
I’m going to talk about class activities for someone who is interested in my class. This is the f…
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8 Japanese greetings words used in daily life
I’ve been teaching Japanese for 3 years and have met many students. When I teach them, they usual…