Category: Language

こんにちは! Hi, how are you doing? Selamat Siang! 你们好！ Reasons why you should know words often used in work If you start working in Japanese company or you have job interview for Japanese company,...

How to call someone’s name in Japanese When you call someone’s name in Japanese, there are some words you should add with name like Mr. Ms. Miss. and Mrs. in English. Those are as...

Slang in Japanese There are many slangs in Japanese same as other language. You may find slang in manga, TV drama and conversation with Japanese. However, these slangs are not described in textbook though...

Conjunction 接続詞せつぞくしを勉強べんきょうしよう Conjunction (接続詞せつぞくし) works connection with sentence and sentence. Conjunction is used in written sentence and conversation as well. In English, there are some conjunctions such as “but” “and” “by the way” “In...

5W1H Hi, I got question about how to use which (どれ) in Japanese. When you ask questions, you use what, who, which, whom and how in English, right? These are called 5W1H. This is...

What to study first for beginner Hi, recently I got many friends who just started studying Japanese language. Some just finished how to write Hiragana and Katakana. Some just started basic grammar. In this...

To improve listening I got question what good way is to improve listening in Japanese language. This is difficult question but I try to answer this.   The reason why I think it’s difficult...

Useful source for study Japanese language provided by NHK I got request to introduce useful source to study Japanese language such as song and video and app. As you already know, I found one...

Verb conjugation（動詞どうしの活用かつよう） I think one of difficult part in Japanese is verb conjugation（動詞の活用）. Conjugation is difficult word but we can say simply that “conjugation is to change form of verb”. In other language also,...

Country name in Japanese – 国名 Where are you from? あなたはどこから来ましたか？ So far people from more than 100 countries visit this site. Thanks! You may answer to this question like this, わたしは○○から来ました。 In 〇〇,...

Study Japanese with Japanese song Topic for this post is learn Japanese language with Japanese songs. I interested two songs before. These are links for songs. Aomushi song Vegetable march song I believe Japanese...

Why do you study Japanese? I get many messages from non-Japanese saying that “I want to study Japanese. Please teach me” since 2015 when I started teaching Japanese. Thanks! Then I always ask them...

Which textbook is good to study Japanese language?   I got questions about textbook on Japanese language. Which textbook is good? I think good textbook depends on your preference and feeling when you see book...

Why I teach Japanese Now I am teaching Japanese language and culture online and offline as Leo Sensei. I am native Japanese. I have my website and post articles for Japanese language learner. Also,...

Subject (personal pronouns, 主語しゅご) – わたし(Watashi)　あなた(Anata) etc In this post, let’s study subject. IN English, subject usually comes first in sentence. You can say personal pronouns such as I, you, he, she, we, they etc....

Phrasing “〜したことがある(〜shitakoto ga aru)”  with native Japanese voice (N5 level) Let’s study phrasing “〜したことがある(〜shitakoto ga aru)”  in this post. This is N5 level in JLPT.  (JLPT is short for Japanese Language Proficiency Test, 日本語能力試験にほんごのうりょくしけん...

Useful information about Kanji There are many kanji used in Japan, about 4,000 in daily life. Many non-Japanese feel difficult when studying kanji. These are tips you should know more about kanji to be more...

What is JLPT? JLPT is short for Japanese Language Proficiency Test, 日本語能力試験にほんごのうりょくしけん and recognized passport to show your Japanese language ability. You may take test in July and December in many cities all over...

Phrasing “〜方がいい(〜hougaii)”  with native Japanese voice (N5 level) Let’s study phrasing “〜方がいい(〜hougaii)”  in this post. This is N5 level in JLPT.  (JLPT is short for Japanese Language Proficiency Test, 日本語能力試験 and recognized passport to...