Tue 2024.06.25

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Japanese book review: 活の入れ方 (“Techniques for Motivation”) by 藤平信一 (Shin’ichi Tohei)	aikido, culture, General, Japanese Study: Advanced, Reviews	Self Taught Japanese

Thu 2024.06.06

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Learning to Read Japanese Quickly	General, grammar, Japanese Study: Advanced, Japanese Study: Beginner	Self Taught Japanese

Fri 2023.12.22

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Japanese Pronunciation Highlight: The debate of the soft “ga”	culture, General, grammar, Japanese Study: Advanced	Self Taught Japanese

Thu 2023.12.07

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Japanese Youtube Recommendation: Taigu Osho (talks from a Buddhist Priest)	culture, General, Japanese Study: Advanced, Japanese Study: Intermediate, Uncategorized	Self Taught Japanese

Tue 2023.07.18

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Japanese Literature Release: “The Face” by Hayashi Fubo	culture, E-book publishing, Japanese Study: Advanced, translation	Self Taught Japanese

Thu 2023.06.22

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Japanese Netflix drama review: “Tiger & Dragon” (タイガー&ドラゴン）	culture, General, Japanese Study: Advanced, Reviews, Uncategorized	Self Taught Japanese

Wed 2023.05.31

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How long will it take me to learn Japanese?	General, Japanese Study: Advanced, Japanese Study: Beginner, Uncategorized	Self Taught Japanese

Tue 2023.04.18

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Advanced Japanese technique: changing a thought mid-stream	General, grammar, Japanese Study: Advanced	Self Taught Japanese

Mon 2023.03.13

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Several usages of “mono”（もの）in Japanese	General, grammar, Japanese Study: Advanced, Japanese Study: Intermediate, Word Origins	Self Taught Japanese

Mon 2023.02.06

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Japanese bilingual literature book release: “Tokyo: City of Illusions” by Muro Saisei （室生犀星）	E-book publishing, General, Japanese Study: Advanced, translation, Uncategorized	Self Taught Japanese

Tue 2023.01.10

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Japanese drama review: 『ミステリと言う勿れ』(misuteri to iu nakare)	General, Japanese Study: Advanced, Reviews, Uncategorized	Self Taught Japanese

Tue 2022.12.13

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Japanese grammar: the difference between “のが” and ”のか”	General, grammar, Japanese Study: Advanced, Japanese Study: Intermediate, Uncategorized	Self Taught Japanese

Mon 2022.09.26

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Japanese book review: “マンガでわかる！10才までに覚えたい言葉1000”	General, Japanese Study: Advanced, Japanese Study: Intermediate, Reviews	Self Taught Japanese

Tue 2022.09.06

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Verbification: how (almost) anything can turn into a verb in Japanese	culture, grammar, Japanese Study: Advanced, Uncategorized	Self Taught Japanese

Fri 2022.08.26

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Translation is a Creative Act (and how to get better at it)	culture, General, Japanese Study: Advanced, translation	Self Taught Japanese

Mon 2022.08.22

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Japanese Literature: Using Western letters as placeholders for names	culture, grammar, Japanese Study: Advanced, Japanese Study: Intermediate, translation	Self Taught Japanese

Mon 2022.08.08

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Site review: Linguee (an online bilingual dictionary)	General, Japanese Study: Advanced, Japanese Study: Intermediate, Reviews, translation	Self Taught Japanese

Tue 2022.06.07

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A hint to help improve comprehension and appreciation of Japanese literature	culture, General, Japanese Study: Advanced	Self Taught Japanese

Tue 2022.05.31

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Japanese expression: どうにでもなれ (dou ni demo nare)	General, grammar, Japanese Study: Advanced, Japanese Study: Intermediate, Word Origins	Self Taught Japanese

Mon 2022.05.23

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Japanese expression highlight: あるある (aru aru)	General, grammar, Japanese Study: Advanced, Japanese Study: Intermediate, Uncategorized, Word Origins	Self Taught Japanese

Mon 2022.05.16

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Japanese book review: わたしたちの家庭科 (A home economics textbook)	culture, General, Japanese Study: Advanced, Reviews, Uncategorized	Self Taught Japanese

Wed 2022.05.04

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Tackling Translation Troubles (Vol. 2): parallel structure	General, grammar, Japanese Study: Advanced, Tackling Translation Troubles, translation	Self Taught Japanese

Wed 2022.03.30

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Japanese Grammar: The mysterious connection between the volitional form and でしょう / だろう (deshou / darou)	General, grammar, Japanese Study: Advanced, Uncategorized, Word Origins	Self Taught Japanese

Wed 2022.03.23

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Japanese grammar: When is it safe to omit a first person pronoun?	General, grammar, Japanese Study: Advanced, Japanese Study: Intermediate	Self Taught Japanese

Wed 2022.03.02

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10 usages of the Japanese word でも (demo)	General, grammar, Japanese Study: Advanced, Japanese Study: Beginner, Uncategorized, Word Origins	Self Taught Japanese

Wed 2022.02.23

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Japanese Book review: 『九十歳。 何がめでたい』 (“What’s so great about being 90 years old?”) by 佐藤 愛子 (Aiko Sato)	culture, General, Japanese Study: Advanced, Reviews, Uncategorized	Self Taught Japanese

Thu 2022.02.17

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Japanese Radio Dramas: a unique and interesting way to study the language	culture, General, Japanese Study: Advanced, Reviews	Self Taught Japanese

Mon 2021.12.06

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Japanese expression “darou ni” （だろうに）	General, grammar, Japanese Study: Advanced	Self Taught Japanese

Tue 2021.11.23

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Japanese literature review: わたしの美しい庭 (“My Beautiful Garden”) by 凪良ゆう(Yuu Nagira)	General, Japanese Study: Advanced, Reviews	Self Taught Japanese

Mon 2021.09.27

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Japanese comedy highlight: Sandwich Man (a comedy duo)	culture, General, Japanese Study: Advanced, Japanese Study: Intermediate, Uncategorized	Self Taught Japanese

Mon 2021.09.13

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Vocabulary list: Classical Japanese kanji	culture, General, Japanese Study: Advanced, Uncategorized, Vocabulary Lists	Self Taught Japanese

Mon 2021.08.02

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Japanese Literature Translation: “My Life”, an essay by women author Hayashi Fumiko (林芙美子)	culture, General, Japanese Study: Advanced, translation, Uncategorized	Self Taught Japanese

Mon 2021.07.26

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Japanese expression ともなく (to mo naku)	General, grammar, Japanese Study: Advanced, Japanese Study: Intermediate, Uncategorized	Self Taught Japanese

Wed 2021.07.21

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Japanese expression:「言葉が足りず、すみませんでした」 (kotoba ga tarizu, sumimasen deshita)	General, grammar, Japanese Study: Advanced, Japanese Study: Intermediate, Uncategorized	Self Taught Japanese

Mon 2021.07.12

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Blog review: Landofnudotcom (landofnu.com)	Chinese, General, Japanese Study: Advanced, Japanese Study: Intermediate, Reviews, Uncategorized	Self Taught Japanese

Wed 2021.06.30

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Japanese Grammar: Abbreviated causative-passive forms	General, grammar, Japanese Study: Advanced, Japanese Study: Intermediate	Self Taught Japanese

Mon 2021.05.10

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A surprising meaning of the Japanese word その(“sono”).	General, grammar, Japanese Study: Advanced, Japanese Study: Intermediate	Self Taught Japanese

Mon 2021.04.26

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The Translation Project of a Lifetime	General, Japanese Study: Advanced, translation	Self Taught Japanese

Tue 2021.04.13

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Japanese phrase: 〜ことから (~koto kara)	General, grammar, Japanese Study: Advanced, Japanese Study: Intermediate	Self Taught Japanese

Mon 2021.04.05

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Japanese Literature Release: “The Masquerade Ball” by Edogawa Rampo (Bilingual Edition)	culture, E-book publishing, General, Japanese Study: Advanced, Japanese Study: Intermediate, translation, Uncategorized	Self Taught Japanese

Mon 2021.03.29

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Japanese Writing Lab #7: A fun event or trip	class, General, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Advanced, Japanese Study: Beginner, Japanese Study: Intermediate, Japanese writing lab, japanese_writing_lab, language, practice, self-taught, topic, writing	Self Taught Japanese

Wed 2021.03.10

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Japanese expression: だけあって (dake atte)	General, grammar, Japanese Study: Advanced, Japanese Study: Intermediate, TransLiterary Lab	Self Taught Japanese

Mon 2021.02.22

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Japanese literature review: “大きな鳥にさらわれないよう” (“To Avoid Being Swept Away by a Large Bird”) by 川上弘美 (Hiromi Kawakami)	General, Japanese Study: Advanced, Japanese Study: Intermediate, Reviews	Self Taught Japanese

Mon 2021.02.01

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Classical poem translation: “The Second of a Series of Miscellaneous Poems” (雜詩其二) by Tao Yuanming (陶淵明)	Chinese, General, grammar, Japanese Study: Advanced, poetry, translation, Uncategorized	Self Taught Japanese

Mon 2020.12.28

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Japanese Book Review: 首里の馬 (“The Horse of Shuri”) by 高山 羽根子 (Takayama Haneko)	General, Japanese Study: Advanced, Reviews, Uncategorized	Self Taught Japanese

Wed 2020.12.09

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Japanese grammar: Solving the mystery of “僕に言われても” (boku ni iwarete mo)	General, grammar, Japanese Study: Advanced, Japanese Study: Intermediate, translation	Self Taught Japanese

Wed 2020.12.02

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Japanese literature review: 人間 (“Ningen”) by 又吉直樹 (Matayoshi Naoki)	culture, General, Japanese Study: Advanced, Japanese Study: Intermediate, Reviews	Self Taught Japanese

Mon 2020.11.16

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The patterns “shite dou?” / “shitara dou?” and vagueness with verb tenses in Japanese	General, grammar, Japanese Study: Advanced	Self Taught Japanese

Mon 2020.08.31

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Multiple Meanings of “Maru” in Japanese (円、丸)	culture, General, Japanese Study: Advanced, Japanese Study: Intermediate	Self Taught Japanese

Wed 2020.08.19

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Japanese expression: とんだとばっちりを食う (tonda tobacchiri wo kuu)	General, grammar, Japanese Study: Advanced	Self Taught Japanese