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2025.05.12
Experience Japan’s Four Seasons: Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter—What Makes Each One Unique?
Spring, summer, fall, and winter—these four seasons in Japan are clearly distinct, making the countr…
Learn Japanese
2025.04.28
Have Fun Speaking Japanese! Useful Phrases for Restaurants
Do you enjoy Japanese food? Trying new dishes is one of the most enjoyable experiences. Eating out i…
Learn Japanese
2025.04.10
Popular Among Foreigners! Introducing Cool Kanji!
It is said that 2,136 kanji characters are used in daily life. Today, we introduce kanji that are es…
Learn Japanese
2025.04.02
Why Are Japanese People So Interested in Blood Types? The Facts Behind Blood Type Personality Tests and Fortune Telling
In Japan, blood types are commonly brought up in conversations. A lot of people tend to categorize c…
Learn Japanese
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…
school / courses
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…
Learn Japanese
2025.02.26
The Japanese Zodiac Features the Boar and Rabbit! How Did the 12 Zodiac Signs Begin?
The Chinese zodiac is the name of the 12 animal species used in the Japanese calendar. China, Korea,…
business
2025.02.19
Essential Manners and Mindset for Interacting with Japanese Professionals
Last month, when I conducted a Japanese language class for Nikkei individuals based in Latin America…
Learn Japanese
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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2024.12.17
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…
Learn Japanese
2024.11.27
蛇化(Hebi ka)? 蛙化(Kaeru ka)? バット(Batto)? ワンチャン(Wanchan)?… Youth slang beyond just “やばい(Yabai)”!
You’ll encounter a lot of “youth slang” or “trendy words” in Japanese anime, TV shows, video games, …
Learn Japanese
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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