If you've studied Japanese for a little time or a long time, you've probably run across rendaku. You might not know what it is, just based off the name, but surely it's confused you once or twice. Rendaku means "sequential … [Read more...]
I hope everyone had a fabulous Christmas (if that's what you celebrate), full of Christmas Cake and KFC. Yum! Fa ra ra ra ra, ra ra ra raaaa! One of the things that almost every Japanese learner has trouble with (if … [Read more...]
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...]