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Japanese Kanji Lesson – Body Parts Posted by keiko on Apr 10, 2014
Learning Kanji’s can be hard at first, but if you study in the correct order, I strongly believe that you can build your Kanji knowledge steadily. In Japan, school children start learning Kanji’s starting at 1st grade in elementary school. It is true that they also learn Hiragana & Katakana; however, during the same year…
Enjoying the beauty of cherry blossoms. Posted by keiko on Apr 8, 2014
Have you heard of “Ohanami (お花見)” ? Hanami, (meaning “flower viewing” in English) is the Japanese traditional custom of enjoying the beauty of cherry blossoms. You can enjoy the beautiful cherry blossoms starting the end of March through May in Japan. It is not uncommon over here in the U.S. to see cherry blossoms beautifully blooming…
How to write business emails to your boss in Japanese? Posted by keiko on Apr 4, 2014
Here is another version of writing business emails in Japanese. The other day, I talked about writing business emails to more of a partner company. In this article, I will cover a bit more variations, such as business emails to your boss. Writing emails to your boss: The most important thing you have to…
How to ask questions in Japanese? Posted by keiko on Apr 2, 2014
In Japanese, converting from normal sentence to question is pretty easy, as long as you know to add the particle, “Ka” at the end of the sentence. “Ka”- “か” is the key particle in Japanese when you are asking questions. You will need to add “Ka”- “か” at the end of the sentence. Word order will…
Why is Japanese so hard to learn? Posted by keiko on Mar 31, 2014
Many foreigners say that Japanese is one of the hardest languages to learn. Everyone has their own opinion as to why it is a challenge to learn Japanese. Perhaps, the way the words are pronounced? or maybe the 3 writing styles (hiragana, katakana, kanji) that they use? Well, below, I have summarized the key points…
How to write business emails in Japanese Posted by keiko on Mar 27, 2014
Have you ever thought of writing emails in Japanese? Well, for those who are interested in writing emails in Japanese, I will show you some of the key vocabularies and examples below. First, let’s become familiar with some vocabularies for main words below. Dear – Haikei (拝啓、はいけい) Subject – Kenmei (件名、けんめい) Sender – Sashidashi nin…
Words of Praise in Japanese Posted by keiko on Mar 25, 2014
How would you say, “Good job!” in Japanese? Would like to know more about the expressions to use when you want to praise someone? Below, I have compiled the list of common praising expressions. よくやったね！(Yoku yattane!) or よくがんばったね！(Yoku Ganbattane!) – Good Job! Way to go! たいへん よくできました。(Taihen yoku dekimashita.)- You did a great job! *This…