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Sunday Haiku: 桜 Poems and Cherry Blossom Vocabu...
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...
Sunday Haiku: 桜 Poems and Cherry Blossom Vocabu...
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...

How to Create and Maintain Motivation for Learn...
Improve your Japanese: Motivation Tips for keeping your motivation for learning Japanese up! In the mid-90s when I was a bright-eyed and bushytailed new student of Japanese, I was...
How to Create and Maintain Motivation for Learn...
Improve your Japanese: Motivation Tips for keeping your motivation for learning Japanese up! In the mid-90s when I was a bright-eyed and bushytailed new student of Japanese, I was...

寝る! Sleeping Words in Japanese
Here are five words related to sleeping in Japanese 1) 昼寝 hirune (afternoon) nap; siesta [昼 hiru (noon; daytime) + 寝 ne (sleep)] 2) 寝不足 nebusoku not enough sleep [寝...
寝る! Sleeping Words in Japanese
Here are five words related to sleeping in Japanese 1) 昼寝 hirune (afternoon) nap; siesta [昼 hiru (noon; daytime) + 寝 ne (sleep)] 2) 寝不足 nebusoku not enough sleep [寝...
FREE Hiragana (and JLPT N5 Kanji) Reader for ve...
A Hiragana Reader from our upcoming Beginner's Bundle - BERI- BERI- SHOSHINSHA. If you know hiragana, give this reader a try! It's FREE! No catches or opt-ins! Download it for FREE...
FREE Hiragana (and JLPT N5 Kanji) Reader for ve...
A Hiragana Reader from our upcoming Beginner's Bundle - BERI- BERI- SHOSHINSHA. If you know hiragana, give this reader a try! It's FREE! No catches or opt-ins! Download it for FREE...

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!...
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!...

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, "Mother's Day." It is held on the...
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, "Mother's Day." It is held on the...