In almost every aspect of Japanese language, culture, fashion, sushi, trains, robots (well, at least the first two), you'll find that there are multiple levels of politeness. I've heard different numbers, ranging from a … [Read more...]
Learn Japanese from anime in only 5 minutes a day! 1337!
You TOO can learn Japanese from anime in only 5 minutes a day! WRONG. If you think you can learn Japanese from anime, you have been sorely misguided. Perhaps it is a genetic defect. Perhaps your parents drank a lot before … [Read more...]
An easy way to write kanji in proper stroke order
When learning kanji, a lot of books and teachers expect you to memorize stroke order solely through practice and repetition (does the image remind anybody of their kanji book?). I’m definitely, all about repetition, but … [Read more...]
Japan’s suicide rate will make you want to kill yourself
Hot hitting Ichiro Suzuki has hit over .300 every year he's played in America. Likewise, Japan's suicide rate has hit 30,000 every year for the last nine years. Time to stop it with the baseball analogies. 32,155 … [Read more...]
Welcome to Tofugu.com!
The title says it all, welcome to tofugu.com, a proud replacement for English Koichiben, which soon will be fully integrated into this site (resistance is futile). Why change, you ask? Well, I've been reading this book … [Read more...]