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2025.03.31
Is “I Love You” Translated Only as “Aishiteru”? Exploring Japanese Literary Interpretations
Do Japanese people avoid saying “I Love You”? When do they say “Aishiteru”? Today, we’re exploring p…
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2025.03.25
【Interview with an Experienced TCJ Student】From Interest in Japanese Culture to Opening a Sushi Restaurant
To answer the voices of those considering joining our school who say, “I want to hear from current s…
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2025.03.12
【Interview with a TCJ Student】 A Student’s Journey: Taking Private Lessons Five Days a Week After Early Retirement
This article is for those considering learning Japanese. We had the opportunity to interview one of …
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2025.01.14
The Meaning and Use of “Kawaii” in Japan: Exploring Its Application in Various Situations
We’ll explore the situations in which Japanese native speakers use the word “kawaii” and delve into …
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2024.12.23
Exploring Japanese Number Units: Big and Small
How do you say “ten thousand” or “two million” in Japan. Do you know how to read 0.12 or 1/2? Japane…
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2024.12.20
【A Must-Read for Beginners】7 Similar Japanese Words: Grasp Their Meanings and Nuances!
Shukudai wo tasukeru (helping with homework), Nihongo wo narau (learning Japanese), Haha ni deau (me…
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2024.12.17
Sensei, What is Charao “チャラ男” ? ~Japanese use various onomatopoeia~
Dogs bark with a “wan-wan,” and rain falls with a “shito-shito” sound. Japanese is a language where…
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2024.11.12
What is the N1 level of the JLPT, the highest level of the Japanese-Language Proficiency Test, and what kind of questions are asked?
Started working as a Japanese language teacher in 2001. I continue to teach Japanese because it make…
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2024.10.22
A Japanese language teacher teaches! Summary of Japanese expressions that are easy to make mistakes
"たばこ:Tobacco(tabako)” and "たまご:egg(tamago)", "にく:meat(niku)" and "くに:country(kuni)" are Japanese wor…
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2024.10.18
What Are Loanwords Used by Japanese People? Are They the Same as the Original Words in Terms of Pronunciation?
There are people who find loanwords “difficult” and others who find them “easy to understand.” Why i…
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2024.09.26
Words express more than the words
This article explains the differences between how to answer a negative question in Japanese and Engl…
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2024.09.10
The Interesting Points of Japanese Language – Intransitive and Transitive –
This article explains the automatic verbs that Japanese people often use in their daily lives. Depen…
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