When teaching beginner Japanese, the first thing you struggle with is "which grammar to teach and in what order." The current ...

Have you ever struggled to understand a presentation by a scholar with a strong Japanese accent? Last week I wrestled with the speech of a brilliant young psychology lecturer visiting from Japan. For ...

Japanese influencer Mayo Japan shared a practical and accessible guide to learning the Japanese language during her appearance at the NDTV Indo-Japan Summit — and her tips are as simple as they are ...

Once a week, I go to teach Japanese to an Estonian family. I say "teach," but I have no training in teaching Japanese, so it ...

You have been learning basic Japanese for one year. As you have noticed, we choose either the polite or the casual way of speaking, depending on our relation with the listener. Anna always speaks in ...

Australian software company Dependency has recently released its iPhone app EDICT with Grammar to the Apple store for $4.99. EDICT with Grammar is a Japanese-English dictionary built on the 20,000 ...

Now you can learn Japanese grammar with cute cartoon illustration – via James from Japan Probe. Global Voices stands out as one of the earliest and strongest examples of how media committed to ...

When it comes to teaching languages, the grammar-translation method has become the child nobody loves or wants to acknowledge. But is it really hell on toast? No, it ain’t. There, I said it. Leave it ...

English learners may improve their writing skills in the language if they focus on making good arguments rather than mastering complex grammar and vocabulary, according to new Japanese research. The ...

Japanese verbs are divided into three groups. Each group has its own patterns of conjugations. "Group 1" are the verbs that have the vowel I in the syllables before MASU. KAKIMASU (to write) is an ...