Giving and Receiving in Japanese-Introduction

Learn about talking about giving and receiving

Giving and Receiving in Japanese-Kureru

Learn about expressing that someone does something for the speaker

Giving and Receiving in Japanese-Ageru

Learn about expressing that someone does something for someone else

Giving and Receiving in Japanese-Morau

Learn about talking about benefiting from someone else's actions

Journey to Japan 1

Learn about making polite requests

Journey to Japan 2

Learn about asking for a favor

Journey to Japan 3

Learn about expressing requests in a casual way

Journey to Japan 4

Learn about making polite requests

A Slight Possibility

Learn about expressing possibility

What do you Really Think?

Learn about expressing one's opinion

What's Your Probability of Success?

Learn about expressing possibility

What Did You Expect?

Learn about expressing expectations

Tell Someone Else in Japan to Do This!

Learn about making indirect requests and commands

Japanese Embedded Questions: I Don't Know WHO will come!

Learn about asking about plans, making questions inside another statement or question

Japanese Embedded Questions Part 2: I Don't Know if I'll Go!

Learn about asking whether or not questions

Do You Know Where Your Japanese Will Take You?

Learn about making a question in another question or statement

How Did YOU Learn Kanji?

Learn about reporting something one has heard

Students Always Know the Language of Food

Learn about reporting hearsay

A Popular Japanese Trend You Can't Afford to Miss!

Learn about expressing the speaker's conjecture or guess

I Hear It's Not Just for Japanese Men Anymore!

Learn about indicating hearsay or conjecture

A Japanese Discussion Gone to the Dogs

Learn about expression the idea of making someone do something

My Japanese Father's Lament

Learn about expressing the idea of letting someone do something

Radio Advice for the Socially Inept in Japan

Learn about describing the idea that one person makes another feel a certain emotion or emotionally react in a certain way

Munch on the Idea of Japanese Lunchbox Day!

Learn about expressing the idea of letting someone do something and making someone do something

International Student Exchange in Japan

Learn about expressing the idea of "to let someone do something"

First Time in an Onsen! What Should I Do?

Learn about expressing one's volition or inviting someone to do something

First Time in an Onsen! What Should I Do?

Learn about telling someone that you want or intend to do something

First Time in an Onsen! What Should I Do?

Learn about talking about the purpose of something

First Time in an Onsen! What Should I Do?

Learn about making rough commands

Happy International Katakana Day!

Learn about Getting used to katakana

How to Meet People Online 1

Learn about using the nominalizer "no"

How to Meet People Online 2

Learn about indicating your assumption or judgment based on what you can see

How to Meet People Online 3

Learn about using the nominalizer "no"

Exotic Pets! 1

Learn about expressing one's decision

Exotic Pets! 2 - What's What in Japanese

Learn about how to ask questions beginning with the word "what"

Exotic Pets! 3 - So, What's It Going to Be? Have You Decided?

Learn about talking about one's decision

Box Karaoke for One Part 1 - You Don't Have to Read this, but you Should!

Learn about talking about what you don't have to do

Box Karaoke for One Part 2 - Try This, and See What Happens Next!

Learn about talk about what will happen if a certain thing takes place

Box Karaoke for One Part 3 - Do You Mind?

Learn about asking for permission

Are you Overreacting?

Learn about expressing unchanged conditions

Try Talking your Way out of This One!

Learn about questioning someone about something

Passive Voice Part 1 - Learn to Speak Polite Japanese

Learn about talking about an action being done by someone

Passive Voice Part 2 - Learn to Speak Japanese, Naturally

Learn about talking about an action being done by someone

Passive Voice Part 3 – Learn to Speak Japanese, Politely and Naturally

Learn about indicating that someone has something done to them

The Easy Way to Make Your Japanese Sound Natural

Learn about indicating that someone has something done to them

Say What You Really Mean in Japanese

Learn about telling others how you feel

The Right Way to Form Japanese Sentences

Learn about using the passive voice in a clause modifying the following noun

Japanese that Gets You in on the Action!

Learn about using the passive voice to indicate that something is sent or presented by someone

Can Japanese Make you More Organized? Find out Here!

Learn about using the "troubled passive"

Recipe - Fried Chicken

Learn about talking about how to cook something

Recipe - Niku Jaga

Learn about talking about how to cook something

Making the Rugrats Read 1

Learn about getting someone motivated to do something

Making the Rugrats Read 2

Learn about expressing the coercive idea of "being made to do something"

Wasabi Kunoichi 1

Learn about expressing that someone goes away from the speaker after or while doing some action

Wasabi Kunoichi 2

Learn about expressing that the speaker will return after doing something

Wasabi Kunoichi 3

Learn about expressing that some action continues, or a state continues changing

Wasabi Kunoichi 4

Learn about expressing that senses like smell, sound or emotion reach someone

Getting to Know You 1

Learn about expressing that someone/something comes to be in a state different than before

Getting to Know You 2

Learn about expressing that someone tries to do something habitually or tries to do something

Getting to Know You 3

Learn about getting someone's contact informationstating purpose

Getting to Know You 4

Learn about asking someone to do something

Getting to Know You 5

Learn about stating purpose

Party in the 'Burbs! 1

Learn about giving directions on how to get to a destination by train

Party in the 'Burbs! 2

Learn about asking for directions at a train station

Party in the 'Burbs! 3

Learn about giving directions

Party in the 'Burbs! 4

Learn about talking about how things could have been

Going on a Date 1

Learn about inviting someone to do something

Going on a Date 2

Learn about talking about likes and dislikes

Going on a Date 3

Learn about describing events

Mo' Money, Mo' Problems 1

Learn about asking to open a bank account

Mo' Money, Mo' Problems 2

Learn about asking to open a bank account

Mo' Money, Mo' Problems 3

Learn about talking about money and finances

Mo' Money, Mo' Problems 4

Learn about asking to change coins into bills

Mo' Money, Mo' Problems 5

Learn about talking about money and finances

Cheerleaders and Lost Kids

Learn about helping out lost children

JLPT N3 Grammar #1

Topic Markers

JLPT N3 Grammar #2

Reason or Cause

JLPT N3 Grammar #3

Positioning Temporal and Continuous Events in a Time Frame

JLPT N3 Grammar #4

Decisions

JLPT N3 Grammar #5

Reason or Cause

JLPT N3 Grammar #6

Time Relations

JLPT N3 Grammar #7

Various usage of koto

JLPT N3 Grammar #8

Various expressions

JLPT N3 Grammar #9

Sonkei-go or honorific language

JLPT N3 Grammar #10

Kenjō-go or “humble language”

JLPT N3 Grammar #11

Various usages of bakari

JLPT N3 Grammar #12

JLPT N3 Grammar #13

Topic Markers

JLPT N3 Grammar #14

JLPT N3 Grammar #15

JLPT N3 Grammar #16