Archive for October, 2014
How are you? In Japanese Posted by keiko on Oct 13, 2014
In English, we often ask our friends, “How are you?”. Response might be, “I am doing well, thanks.” or “Well, I am not doing so well today..” If we were to apply this for conversation in Japanese, what will be the most appropriate way of asking, “how are you?”? My best advice to you is…
Learning Synonyms in Japanese Posted by keiko on Oct 9, 2014
Often times, it is easier to build your vocabulary by grouping similar meaning words or opposite words together. In Japanese, synonyms are called, “Dougigo (同義語、どうぎご)” or “Ruigigo(類義語、るいぎご)” In today’s lesson, let’s build your Japanese vocabulary by learning synonyms! You can use these words below interchangeably within your sentence. You pick which one to use! Read…
Simple Hiragana Reading Game Posted by keiko on Oct 7, 2014
Many of you who might be reading my blog posts, might be already familiar with Hiragana (平仮名、ひらがな). Hiragana (平仮名、ひらがな) is the basic form of writing in Japanese. Among the three styles of writing, Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji in Japanese, Hiragana is the most simple and the first style you should learn when learning Japanese. Today, I…