Most used colours in Japanese Colour Kanji Hiragana/Katakana Romaji White 白 (しろ) shiro Black 黒 (くろ) kuro Red 赤 (あか) aka Blue (green/azure) 青 (あお)…
Beginning with Japanese
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The 250 most used Japanese verbs, their conjugation and example sentences on how they are used. Most common Japanese verbs 1-50 Kanji Hiragana Romaji Meaning Link (する) suru To do…
Introduction to の The main use of the Japanese particle の in grammar is to say something about a word with another word. It therefore is also called the modifying…
The Japanese particle と is one of the most versatile and essential particles for learners. While it’s often first introduced with simple meanings like ‘and’ or ‘with’, its functions extend…
Introduction to volitional form (Let’s do something) When you want to suggest an activity in English you can say ‘let’s do ….’ or ‘shall we do …’. In Japanese, you…
Starting to learn a new language can be incredibly challenging, especially if the language is not similar to the ones you already know. The same holds for Japanese, which can…
Introduction to ある and いる So you probably already know the standard ‘to be’ verb, です, that is used for saying that something exists and is used to describe things….
Introduction The て form of Japanese verbs is extremely important to learn en will expand what you can do in Japanese immensely. If you listen closely you will hear Japanese…
Introduction By now you probably know some Japanese vocabulary and more importantly you know how to conjugate verbs. If not, you can recap verb conjugation in this lesson. In the…
Introduction to the most important Japanese verb: です です is probably the word you will see the most when you’re learning Japanese and it is in someways the core of…