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While perhaps not the most healthy, there are somedeliciousdeep fried side dishes called 揚げ物 (agemono). One well known deep fried dish inside and outside of Japan is コロッケ. The ingredie...
For today’s post we’ll take a look at the ませんか construction. Let’s take a look at this sample sentence, “にほんごをべんきょうしませんか“. (にほんご = Japanese language. を = wo. べんきょうしませんか = won’t you study.) In English this sentence ...
For today’s grammar point, let’s look at a sentence like this, “レストランにいきましょう“. (レストラン = restaurant. に = ni particle. いきましょう = let’s go.) This sentence means, “Let’s go to [a/the] restaurant”. To form the “let’s” construction, just add ましょう to the stem of...
Today is the Kokumin Saiten (国民さいてん) or the day of the Emperor’s Ascension. The official ceremony for Emperor Akihito’s ascension to the throne was held in 1990 on the twelfth of November. Today is the twentieth anniversary of Emperor Akihito’s ascension. In celebration o...
1- Japanese word for “scarf” (マフラ) http://www.transparent.com/wotd/today/japanese.htm?date=07-08-2009 2 -This terminology can also be used to imply, “I’m sorry”, but under the Word of the Day it’s used to mean, “Excuse me”. There’s another way ...
1- Japanese word for “scarf” 2 -This terminology can also be used to imply, “I’m sorry”, but under the Word of the Day it’s used to mean, “Excuse me”. There’s anothe...
The に particle is a difficult particle to master because it has so many uses. We’ll only take a look at a couple of uses for now, but when we get to the advanced stage of grammar, we’ll talk more about に. In the...
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This Halloween, why not take the time to watch some scary Japanese movies? Here are some movie titles to help you get started: リング - Ring. Is about a cursed tape that kills the person who views it. Will there be a way to stop the curse, or will it be doomed to continue forever? 呪怨 -...
Generally speaking ゆうれい means ‘ghost’ in Japanese. However, there is a slightly negative connotation with the word ゆうれい. The word ゆうれい coul...
体育の日 (Taiiku no Hi) is Health and Sports Day in Japan. 体育の日 is held in October to commemorate the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. To avoid the summer rains, Health and Sports Day is held in October, which is a fairly sunny month in Japan. Usually 体育の日 i...
When forming the past negative polite tense, add the ending ませんでした to the conjugated stem of the verb. It’s helpful to know the present polite negative, because knowing how the present polite negative endings can help form the past polite negative. For example,...
Theaffirmative past tense in Japanese is formed by adding ました to the root stem of the verb. The best way to form the past tense is by remembering the formation of the present tense of the verb, leave off the ending, and add ました. For exampl...
The で particle indicates where the action takes place. Take a look at this example: きっさてんでコーヒーをのみます. (きっさてん = cafe. で = location marking particle ‘de’. コーヒー = coffee. を = direct object marking particle ‘wo’. のみます = polite present tense verb ‘drink’.) In English, this ...
The を particle is the direct object particle. The を particle is used to indicate that the word is the direct object of the verb. For instance, おちゃをのみます shows that おちゃ is the direct object of the verb のみます. (おちゃ = ocha. を = o. のみます = nomimas.) (おちゃ = tea. を = direct ...
