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Hi everyone! Some of you have already received parts of it in our lessons, but I'm working on a textbook that you can use to study Japanese and review your lessons: "Learning Japanese Through Its Structure" (しくみでまなぶ にほんご). What I'm sharing this time is
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Studied Japanese for years but still can't speak it? Learn how to "think in Japanese" by focusing on particles — the trail markers that guide every sentence to its meaning.
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Been told that が emphasizes the word before it and は the word after? That rule breaks almost instantly. Here's a clearer, more fundamental way to understand は vs が — from a Japanese editor and teacher.
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This time, I'm bringing you some Japanese-language information aimed at intermediate to advanced learners. I'll also include the English translation at the end, so beginners, please give it a read too:) へんな形容動詞「へん（変, hen）」 最初は形容動詞の「へん」についてです。「へん（変）」は、weird, awkward, oddというような意味です。 でも、
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Hello everyone. Thank you for letting me take time off for my trip the other day! One of my students suggested that we think through a one-week study plan together. So I'd like to take this opportunity to share some recommended study models suited to each learner&
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In the previous video, I talked about how the standard choice between the particles が and は changes depending on the type of sentence. This time, I'll explain the nuance that gets added when you go with the non-standard choice. This nuance is essentially the core function
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Many learners struggle with choosing between the subject marker 「が ga」 and the topic marker 「は wa 」 when making sentences. As I often mention in my lessons, this is not only a challenge for learners of Japanese—it can also be a difficult topic for native speakers. Depending on which
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