When I started making the "Little Victories" lessons switch on TextFugu, I realized that even though I'm just changing things over on TextFugu, the entire concept of "little victories" can be used by anyone learning … [Read more...]
Recently three new Japanese words made their way into the Oxford English Dictionary, officially blessing the English speaking world with concepts such as hikikomori, karoshi, and otaku. But, these aren't the only words … [Read more...]
In a couple hours at 1:40pm Pacific Time, I'll be live on BBC Radio (sorry, no idea which one... people tell me it's probably #4, though) talking about "Character Amnesia" (or for us Tofugu-folk, "Kanji Amnesia"), so I … [Read more...]
Sometimes (well, often times), you look at the Japanese culture and think "gosh, Japan is really weird." This is probably one of those times. Then again, what's so weird about wanting refrigerated panties every once in a … [Read more...]
You know how it's hard to quit bad habits? Biting your nails, drinking, eating too many cookies, yadda yadda (sure, you could take it to be the Seinfeld reference if you want)... But I bet you didn't realize you have a ton … [Read more...]
This post was written by Dave of JapanDave.com who Tweets and has a great newsletter full of amazing pictures of Japan. Kid’s songs are a wonderful resource to help you learn Japanese better. They are often overlooked … [Read more...]