Some native speakers say “boku” to mean ‘I’ in Japanese. It is a Japanese pronoun to refer to speakerself normally used by boys and young…
Kaigan: The Japanese Word for Seashore Explained
I think that a lot of Japanese learners understand “arigatou” as a Japanese phrase for ‘thank you’. This understanding is correct. Native speakers actually often…
Japanese people would say “me”. It is the Japanese word for ‘eye’ or ‘eyes’. In this blog post, I will explain it with its two…
Japanese people often say “ano” to mean ‘well’, ‘hey’, or perhaps ‘excuse me’ in Japanese. It is an interjection. In this blog post, however, I…
Japanese people would say “natsukashii”. It is the Japanese word for ‘nostalgic’. In this blog post, I will explain this word and its major conjugations.…
Honestly speaking, “check, please” is acceptable and very understandable in many cases even in Japan. In this blog post, however, I will explain the Japanese…
Honestly, Japanese native speakers quite often say “āto” which originally came from the pronunciation of “art”. So, they often use the word imported from the…
Japanese people often use the word, “guzen”, in various situations, meaning ‘accident’, ‘chance’ or ‘coincidence’ in Japanese. In this blog post, I will explain it…
Japanese learners often say “anata wa” in conversation, meaning ‘and you?’ This expression is still understandable, but can sound weird to Japanese native speakers. In…
There are many different usages of a Japanese word, “demo”. First, it’s used to mean ‘protest/political march’. Second, it’s used to mean ‘teaching something through…