Wed 2018.10.24

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Japanese expression highlight: “ああ言えばこう言う” (aa ieba kou iu)	aa ieba kou iu, General, grammar, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Beginner, Japanese Study: Intermediate, Word Origins	Self Taught Japanese

Mon 2018.10.15

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Google suggest: a surprising supplement to foreign language learning	General, google suggest, grammar, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Beginner, Japanese Study: Intermediate	Self Taught Japanese
Konbucha: a popular tea with health benefits…or not?	culture, grammar, japan, japanese, konbu, konbucha, Reviews, Uncategorized	Self Taught Japanese

Wed 2018.09.19

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Japanese word highlight: gureru (ぐれる）	grammar, gureru, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Beginner, Japanese Study: Intermediate, words	Self Taught Japanese

Tue 2018.08.14

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A quirk of modern Japanese Grammar: adjectives becoming nouns	adjective, General, grammar, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Advanced, Japanese Study: Intermediate, verb	Self Taught Japanese

Tue 2018.08.07

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Japanese literature review: “Utopia” （ユートピア) by Kanae Minato (湊かなえ)	book, culture, grammar, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Advanced, Japanese Study: Intermediate, kanae minato, literature, review, Reviews, 湊かなえ	Self Taught Japanese

Sat 2018.07.21

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PS V1, Chapter 35: Dice	Action, Adventure, Comedy, Dice, Die, Fantasy, Grammar, Magic, Mature, Private Server, PS, Science Fiction, Video Games	Mike777ac

Sat 2018.06.30

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Japanese book review: 「脳が若返る！大人の古典・名文暗唱ドリル」(“Revive your brain! Recitation drills of classic literature”) by 篠原菊紀 (Kikunori Shinohara)	classical japanese, classics, General, grammar, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Advanced, poetry, Reviews, study, working	Self Taught Japanese

Thu 2018.06.14

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The correct way to describe a negative state using そう (sou): “なさそう” vs. “なそう” (nasasou vs. nasou)	General, grammar, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Advanced, Japanese Study: Intermediate, nasasou, nasou	Self Taught Japanese

Tue 2018.05.15

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Overgeneralizing and 3 painful mistakes in Japanese	expressions, General, grammar, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Beginner, Japanese Study: Intermediate	Self Taught Japanese

Mon 2018.05.14

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Japanese Literature Review: 「猫を抱いて象と泳ぐ」 (Swim With an Elephant, Embracing a Cat) by 小川洋子 (Yoko Ogawa): A nostalgic ode to chess	book, chess, fiction, grammar, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Advanced, literature, Reviews, Uncategorized, yoko ogawa	Self Taught Japanese

Mon 2018.04.30

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The expression「お茶はどう？」 (“ocha wa dou?”) and the vagueness of the Japanese language	expressions, General, grammar, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Intermediate, vague	Self Taught Japanese

Wed 2018.04.25

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Japanese literary expression:「〜かのように」 (~ka no you ni)	expressions, General, grammar, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Advanced, Japanese Study: Intermediate, literary, mitai, phrases, Uncategorized, you ni	Self Taught Japanese

Thu 2018.04.12

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Introducing Mr. Mizuhiro Kaimai (開米瑞浩), diagram wizard	Aside, culture, diagrams, General, grammar, japan, japanese, kaimai mizuhiro, Reviews, Uncategorized, 開米瑞浩	Self Taught Japanese

Tue 2018.03.27

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Literary particle combination: をば (wo ba)	ba, General, grammar, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Intermediate, o, particles, wo	Self Taught Japanese

Fri 2018.03.23

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Japanese word comparison: yaru (やる) vs suru (する), two ways of ‘doing it’.	General, grammar, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Intermediate, suru, vocabulary, yaru, する, やる	Self Taught Japanese

Wed 2018.03.14

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A simple explanation of the particles wa (は) vs ga (が）and the surprising equation “1+1=2”	ga, grammar, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Intermediate, particles, Uncategorized, wa	Self Taught Japanese

Fri 2018.03.09

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The mysterious case of the double wo (を) particle	General, grammar, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Intermediate, o, particles, wo	Self Taught Japanese

Thu 2018.02.22

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Japanese particle combination: ”no ni” (のに)	General, grammar, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Beginner, Japanese Study: Intermediate, noni, のに	Self Taught Japanese

Mon 2018.01.29

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Two types of “can’t” in Japanese: improper vs impossible	cant, General, grammar, impossible, improper, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Beginner, Japanese Study: Intermediate, potential, self-taught	Self Taught Japanese

Mon 2018.01.22

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Talking about the future in Japanese (mirai, shourai, kore kara, ima kara, etc.)	future, grammar, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Beginner, Japanese Study: Intermediate, self-taught, tense, verbs	Self Taught Japanese

Wed 2018.01.03

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Japanese Expression Highlight: 「水を得た魚 」(mizu wo eta sakana)	expression, fish, General, grammar, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Advanced, Japanese Study: Intermediate, kotowaza, phrase, Uncategorized, water	Self Taught Japanese

Thu 2017.11.02

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Review: 日経おとなのOFF: 美しい日本語と正しい敬語が身に付く本 (“Guidebook to beautiful Japanese and proper polite language”)	grammar, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Advanced, magazine, nikkei, polite language, review, Reviews	Self Taught Japanese

Thu 2017.10.05

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A primer on Japanese emotive sentence-ending particles: ne, na, naa, yo (ね、な、なあ、よ)	General, grammar, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Advanced, Japanese Study: Beginner, na, naa, ne, particles, raising a bilingual child, yo	Self Taught Japanese

Tue 2017.09.05

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The Japanese particle は(wa), 癒やし (iyashi), and therapeutic dogs.	General, grammar, ha, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Intermediate, particle, passive tense, translation, wa	Self Taught Japanese

Sun 2017.08.27

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Using “~ga suru” (〜がする) to express feeling or sensing something in Japanese	express, feeling, ga, General, grammar, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Intermediate, suru	Self Taught Japanese

Mon 2017.07.31

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Japanese non-past (present/future) tense, “will”, and intention	future, General, grammar, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Beginner, Japanese Study: Intermediate, non-past, past, present, tenses	Self Taught Japanese

Fri 2017.07.21

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Expressing bad intentions in Japanese and 「悪気」 (warugi)	expression, General, grammar, intenion, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Intermediate, warugi	Self Taught Japanese

Fri 2017.07.14

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Variations on a phrase for asking directions when you are lost	directions, General, grammar, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Intermediate, phrases	Self Taught Japanese

Tue 2017.05.02

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Japanese phrase: “warukatta” (わるかった・悪かった)	General, grammar, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Beginner, language, phrase, study, warui, warukatta	Self Taught Japanese

Fri 2017.04.07

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Japanese grammar: a tricky passage and morphing adjectives	adjective, grammar, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Advanced, Japanese Study: Intermediate, noun, self-taught	Self Taught Japanese

Wed 2017.03.15

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Japanese Grammar: Using kara (から) and node (ので) to express a reason in isolation	grammar, japan, Japanese Study: Advanced, Japanese Study: Intermediate, japanse, kara, language, node, reason	Self Taught Japanese

Thu 2017.01.19

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Japanese expression “〜するも” (~suru mo) and vagueness of the が (ga) particle	expressions, ga, General, grammar, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Advanced, literature, mo, particle, Re, short story	Self Taught Japanese

Tue 2016.12.27

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Japanese historical short story review: 野望の狭間 (Opposing Ambitions) by 天野純稀 (Sumiki Amano)	culture, General, grammar, historical, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Advanced, period, Reviews, short story	Self Taught Japanese

Fri 2016.12.02

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Japanese phrase “mou hitotsu” (もうひとつ）and a brief Murakami translation	expression, General, grammar, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Advanced, Japanese Study: Beginner, Japanese Study: Intermediate, meaning, mou hitotsu, murakami, shosetsu, translation	Self Taught Japanese

Sun 2016.11.27

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あらせられます (araseraremasu): A triple-polite Japanese word	General, grammar, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Advanced, Japanese Study: Intermediate, language, linguistics, politeness, verb, Word Origins	Self Taught Japanese

Mon 2016.11.21

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Self Taught Japanese Podcast: 8 recordings in 8 days	grammar, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Beginner, Japanese Study: Intermediate, podcast, self-study	Self Taught Japanese

Wed 2016.08.17

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Another use of the simple non-past tense in Japanese: admonishing children	grammar, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Beginner, Japanese Study: Moderate, orders, raising a bilingual child	Self Taught Japanese

Sun 2016.06.26

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Report: Meetup at Kale for The Portland Japanese Language Exchange (ポートランド日本語交換会)	culture, General, grammar, japan, japanese, meetings, meetup, oregon, portland	Self Taught Japanese

Sat 2016.06.11

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The “〜くある” (~ku aru) form for Japanese adjectives	adjectives, grammar, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Advanced, Japanese Study: Moderate, ku aru, language, linguistics	Self Taught Japanese

Wed 2016.06.08

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問題 (mondai): a very problematic word in Japanese	explanation, General, grammar, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Beginner, Japanese Study: Intermediate, language, mondai, term, Uncategorized, word	Self Taught Japanese

Wed 2016.06.01

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Linguistic debate on the existence of subjects in Japanese (from three points of view)	english, grammar, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Advanced, Japanese Study: Beginner, Japanese Study: Intermediate, language, linguistics, sentence structure, subject, Uncategorized	Self Taught Japanese

Sat 2016.05.07

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Useful Japanese expression: shikata nai (仕方ない) and a bunch of variants	expression, grammar, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Advanced, Japanese Study: Intermediate, language, linguistics, shikata nai, Word Origins	Self Taught Japanese

Tue 2016.04.26

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Japanese phrase “~kara de” (〜からで）	advanced, because, construction, grammar, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Advanced, karade, language, linguistics, particle, Uncategorized	Self Taught Japanese

Wed 2016.04.20

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Japanese book review: “Reserved Seat: Short short oukoku” by Jiro Akagawa	akagawa jiro, author, culture, General, grammar, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Intermediate, literature, review, Reviews, short stories, short story	Self Taught Japanese

Mon 2016.04.04

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An important Japanese word that is good to master: “hoka” (ほか、外、他）	explanation, General, grammar, hoka, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Advanced, Japanese Study: Beginner, Japanese Study: Intermediate, linguistics, other, Uncategorized, word, 他	Self Taught Japanese

Tue 2016.03.29

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A discussion on problems students face with the common Japanese verbs もらう、くれる, and あげる (translated from a textbook)	ageru, book, education, General, grammar, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Advanced, Japanese Study: Moderate, kureru, morau, teaching, translation, Uncategorized	Self Taught Japanese

Thu 2016.03.17

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Book Review: “Teaching methods based on student native language: English Edition” by Kazuko Nakagawa	academic, book, culture, General, grammar, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Advanced, Japanese Study: Moderate, lecture, review, Reviews, teaching, textbook, Uncategorized	Self Taught Japanese

Thu 2016.03.03

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Lack of polite Japanese in certain parts of the novel “Downtown Rocket” (下町ロケット）	culture, downtown rocket, forms, General, grammar, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Advanced, Japanese Study: Intermediate, polite, shitamachi roketto, Uncategorized	Self Taught Japanese

Thu 2016.02.18

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Japanese particle combination での (de no)	combination, de, deno, General, grammar, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Intermediate, no, particle, Uncategorized	Self Taught Japanese