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Kaishoku Michiba: A Restaurant by Rokusaburo Michiba, Iron Chef Japanese
Does Michiba Rokusaburō's restaurant cuisine reign supreme?
January 22, 2019
| Kanae Nakamine
japanese
月: Counting Months
When this counter hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's 愛
January 3, 2019
| Mami Suzuki
japanese
年: Counting Years and Planetary Orbits
If you're an 1年生 in understanding this counter... then keep reading
January 3, 2019
| Mami Suzuki
japanese
日: Counting Days
How many days do you have left on Earth? Count them with this counter!
January 3, 2019
| Mami Suzuki
japanese
New Japanese Learning Resources: November 2018
This month's best tools to help you to learn Japanese
December 11, 2018
| Kristen Dexter, Michael Richey, and Jamal Lee
japanese
分: Counting Minutes and Edo Period Silver Currency
When someone asks how many minutes it took to boil the egg you brought for lunch, you'll need this counter.
November 19, 2018
| Mami Suzuki
japanese
時/時間: Counting Time and Hours
Your time is valuable... so use it to read about time
November 19, 2018
| Mami Suzuki
japanese
New Japanese Learning Resources: October 2018
This month's best tools to help you to learn Japanese
November 13, 2018
| Michael Richey
japanese
回: Repetitive Actions, Regular Events
The times, they are a-being counted
November 6, 2018
| Mami Suzuki
japanese
階: Floors of a Building
When the elevator operator in Japan asks you what floor you want, how will you answer her if you don't read this article?
November 6, 2018
| Mami Suzuki
japanese
羽: Counting Birds, Bats, and Bun-Buns
🦅 🦇 🐇 ... one of these things is not like the others
October 23, 2018
| Mami Suzuki
japanese
人: Counting People and Smart Animals
"This counter counts PEEEOPLE!" shouted Charlton Heston as he was carried away on a stretcher
October 23, 2018
| Mami Suzuki
japanese
冊: Counting Books
This one's easy, the counter even looks like a book
October 23, 2018
| Mami Suzuki
japanese
New Japanese Learning Resources: September 2018
This month's best tools to help you to learn Japanese
October 16, 2018
| Kristen Dexter and Michael Richey
japanese
本: Counting Long, Skinny Things
11 categories of long, skinny things that are worth counting
October 2, 2018
| Mami Suzuki and Koichi
japanese
匹: Counting Animals, Bugs, and Wild Children
Learn the difference between counting orcs and elves, you racist nerd.
October 2, 2018
| Mami Suzuki
japanese
台: Counting Machines, Furniture, & Whole Cakes
Finally, you can count that pile of window unit air conditioners in your basement
October 2, 2018
| Mami Suzuki
japanese
枚: Counting Everything Flat
Counting flat things, round things, cloth, roles, sections, food orders, and so much more
October 2, 2018
| Mami Suzuki and Koichi
japanese
頭: Counting Those Big, Professional Animals
That show "Dogs with Jobs"... all those dogs on that show are counted with this counter
October 2, 2018
| Mami Suzuki
japanese
個: Counting (Almost) Everything and Anything
Like the counter 〜つ but slightly less useful (only slightly)
October 2, 2018
| Mami Suzuki
japanese
〜つ: Counting Everything and Anything
When you don't know what counter to use...
October 2, 2018
| Mami Suzuki
japanese
Getting Started with Japanese Counters
What they are, how to use them, and grammatical aspects
October 2, 2018
| Mami Suzuki and Koichi
japanese
350 Japanese Counters Grouped by Usefulness
Divided into 2 Absolutely Must-Know, 17 Must-Know, 47 Common, and so on
October 2, 2018
| Mami Suzuki
japanese
New Japanese Learning Resources: August 2018
This month's best tools to help you to learn Japanese
September 21, 2018
| Kristen Dexter
japanese
Ganbaru: Fight! Do Your Best! Never Say Die!
Meanings, history, example sentences, and what Japanese people think when they hear it.
September 19, 2018
| Mami Suzuki
japanese
Japanese Name Enders: More than Mr. and Ms.
When and how to use さん, くん, and more you've never heard of
August 21, 2018
| Michael Richey and Mami Suzuki
japanese
Rendaku: Why Hito-Bito isn't Hito-Hito
What your Japanese teacher doesn't want you to know (because they don't actually know)
August 14, 2018
| Kristen Dexter
japanese
New Japanese Learning Resources: July 2018
This month's best tools to help you to learn Japanese
August 3, 2018
| Kristen Dexter
japanese
Japanese Numbers and How to Count ALL of Them
Counting that's not as easy as 1, 2, 3
July 30, 2018
| Mami Suzuki
travel
Bar Orchard: The Creative, Fresh Fruit Cocktails of Ginza
The passion (fruit) of two bartenders put together one of the best bars in Tokyo
July 25, 2018
| Michael Richey
travel
Yakiniku Meimon: Famous Japanese Meat for Famous People
The Prime Minister ate here, you guys. C'mon!
July 20, 2018
| Kanae Nakamine
japanese
The Meaning of Genki: Going Way Beyond "O Genki Desu Ka? Hai, Genki Desu."
Start using the word "genki" the way the Japanese use it.
July 10, 2018
| Mami Suzuki, Michael Richey, and Koichi
japanese
New Japanese Learning Resources: May & June 2018
This month's best tools to help you to learn Japanese
July 6, 2018
| Kristen Dexter
reviews
Renting Middle-Aged Japanese Men for Fun: A Review of Ossan Rental
Seriously, these are some quality ossan
June 26, 2018
| Koichi
travel
Studio Crown: Cosplay, Then Walk the Streets of Akihabara as an Otaku God
Rent professional costumes, get professional photos
June 26, 2018
| Koichi
interviews
Yasashii Shufu: Cosplaying-Along with a Rental Ossan
Dressing up as anime characters with a kind ossan
June 26, 2018
| Koichi
interviews
Omocha-kun: Our Anthem Singing, Puppet-Wielding Ossan Rental
Puppets, wigs, and national anthems
June 26, 2018
| Koichi
travel
Hanachan: A Drinking Place I Love But Can’t Recommend
It’s like the Netflix show *Midnight Diner* come to life
June 26, 2018
| Koichi
travel
Nakagin Capsule Tower: Retro Future Living Space
An entire apartment complex made of 140 individual capsules
June 23, 2018
| Mami Suzuki
travel
Umebachiya: Real Veggies, Real Sweet, Real Edo Style
One of the last places in Japan you can get candied vegetables made the way they did it in the Edo period.
June 21, 2018
| Mami Suzuki
japanese
Chotto: A Little Word with a Lot of Ambiguity
Seven meanings, one word, all cop
June 12, 2018
| Mami Suzuki
japanese
How to Make a Reservation in Japanese
Make that reservation in Japanese, reservation-free
June 7, 2018
| Mami Suzuki
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