May 2014

Japanese Hiragana Writing

By |May 17th, 2014|

Japanese Hiragana Writing

Hiragana is a part of the Japanese writing system. It is syllabary, which is a set of written characters that represent syllables. Thus, hiragana is a basic phonetic script in Japanese.

Below is the image showing the stroke […]

Hiragana & katakana chart with audio sound

By |May 12th, 2014|

Japanese Syllable Alphabets
Hiragana & katakana chart with audio sound
Japanese Beginner Students might get confused by what Hiragana, Katakana, Romaji and Kanji stands for. Let me explain to you.

Japanese contains two syllable alphabets, katakana and hiragana.They both represent the same […]

April 2014

sayoonara

By |April 18th, 2014|

sayoonara
Although Oscar has just arrived in Japan, he studied Japanese for two years in his own country, so he has some confidence in speaking. One day he went to a part-time job at a company where his friend Mr. […]

sugoi and sugoku

By |April 17th, 2014|

sugoi and sugoku
The difference between sugoi and sugoku, these two Japanese words look very similar, however the way of usage is different, many Japanese learners feel confused, sugoi is adjective, sugoi is used before noun., for example we can […]

kekkou desu

By |April 16th, 2014|

kekkou desu

Kekkou desu is one the most Japanese expressions used in Japan, it can be positive meaning also can be negative meaning, which makes Japanese learners feel confused.

Let’s see the example below.

Kate has been taking Japanese flower arrangement […]

Japanese Language (Omachidoosama) and (Omatase shimashita)

By |April 15th, 2014|

Japanese Language (Omachidoosama) and (Omatase shimashita)
Jeff was five minutes late for his appointment with his professor, so as soon as he saw the professor’s face, he said, “Omachidoosama”.

This caused the professor to recall the time when, coming into the […]

Japanese Language (onegaishimasu)

By |April 14th, 2014|

Japanese Language (onegaishimasu)
Onegaishimasu is an expression that will prove to be very useful to anyone spending time in Japan. For example, when you get into a taxi, if you say “Akihabara (destination), onegaishimasu,” the taxi will take you to […]

March 2014

sumimasen

By |March 5th, 2014|

sumimasen

The Japanese word sumimasen is used in a lot of different situations. For example, in instances when you apologize for being late, causing trouble, stepping on someone’s foot, or lightly bumping into someone, sumimasen is used to mean “I […]