Sunday Haiku: 桜 Poems and Cherry Blossom Vocabulary
Sunday Haiku: 桜 Poems and Cherry Blossom Vocabulary

Welcome to this week's Sunday Haiku. Each Sunday, spend a few minutes enjoying a haiku or some facet of Japanese culture. Makoto+ Shogun (or Lifetime) members, click here for almost 100 haiku lessons with sound. ( Read more

How to Create and Maintain Motivation for Learning Japanese
IMPROVE YOUR JAPANESE MOTIVATION FOR LEARNING JAPANESE TIPS FOR LEARNING JAPANESE
How to Create and Maintain Motivation for Learning Japanese

Improve your Japanese: Motivation Tips for keeping your motivation for learning Japanese up! Read more

寝る! Sleeping Words in Japanese
5 SLEEPING WORDS IN JAPANESE SLEEPING IN JAPANESE SLEEPING WORDS IN JAPANESE 寝ぼける NEBOKERU 寝不足 NEBUSOKU 寝言 NEGOTO 昼寝 HIRUNE 朝寝坊 ASA NEBOU
寝る! Sleeping Words in Japanese

Here are five words related to sleeping in Japanese Read more

FREE Hiragana (and JLPT N5 Kanji) Reader for very Beginners

A Hiragana Reader from our upcoming Beginner's Bundle - BERI- BERI- SHOSHINSHA. If you know hiragana,...

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Family Words and Terms in Japanese Explained
FAMILY IN JAPANESE FAMILY IN JAPANESE KANJI FAMILY IN JAPANESE WRITING FAMILY JAPANESE FAMILY JAPANESE TRANSLATION FAMILY NAMES IN JAPANESE FAMILY WORDS FAMILY WORDS AND TERMS FAMILY WORDS IN JAPANESE HOW TO SAY FAMILY IN JAPANESE HOW TO SAY MOTHER IN JAPANESE HOW TO WRITE FAMILY IN JAPANESE JAPANESE FAMILY TERMS JAPANESE VOCABULARY FAMILY MOTHER IN JAPANESE RELATIVES IN JAPANESE
Family Words and Terms in Japanese Explained

I want to give you a brief overview of how Japanese words change depending on the context, however, if you are here just to get a vocabulary list, no problem! Scroll down to "Vocabulary List" for that and/or download the free PDF (...

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母の日 Mother's Day in Japanese
JAPANESE HOLIDAYS JAPANESE LESSON MOTHER'S DAY IN JAPANESE 母の日
母の日 Mother's Day in Japanese

Happy Mother's Day!  Did you know Japan also has a Mother's Day? It is called 母の日 (haha no hi), which, er, literally means,...

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Avengers End Game Infinity Stones in Japanese!
JAPANESE LESSON MOVIE JAPANESE
Avengers End Game Infinity Stones in Japanese!

If you've wondered what the infinity stones are in Japanese, look no further! It is fairly easy, actu...

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The Meaning of Kanji is Kinda Important
KANJI KANJI LESSON KANJI MISHAPS
The Meaning of Kanji is Kinda Important

The HUGE kanji on this man's shirt is 糞 This is the kanji one might see ...

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Agora Letters Sale, Coming Hikoichi Book, and Free Japanese Lessons
BOOK SALE COZY MYSTERY SALE JAPANESE LESSONS NEW JAPANESE READER
Agora Letters Sale, Coming Hikoichi Book, and Free Japanese Lessons

My collection of mysteries, The Agora Letters, is normally $3.99 at Amazon (for Kindle). Until tomorrow, it is .99. If you have Kindle Unlimited, it is free. Click here to c...

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Because ので is a Conjunction--although のに is one too!
Because ので is a Conjunction--although のに is one too!

 In today's blog post, let's examine two kind-of unrelated but useful conjunctions: ので and のに. Because—ので node  In English, we start the phrase with “because”; in Japanese, you often end with because (ので). Just add it after an a...

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