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Why me? 5 Most Useful Japanese Expression when Someone Blames You! Posted by keiko on Oct 31, 2016
Why me expression～in Japanese. Happy Halloween everyone! It’s already the end of October. I can’t believe how fast the time is going by this year. Before you know it, this year will be almost over. Hope everyone is enjoying Halloween today! Today’s topic is all about, “why me?” When someone blames you for something…
Are you into Kanji? 12 must know Kanji’s for Travelers Traveling to Japan Posted by keiko on Oct 28, 2016
Traveling to Japan??? Here is the second series of “Are you into Kanji?”. I received some feedback from my first post on this, asking me to write again for the next one. You can check out my first post here. The first one covered the following must know Kanji’s for Japanese learners. 店 喫茶店 御手洗…
When to use Japanese Sumimasen? Posted by keiko on Oct 25, 2016
What is Sumimasen???? In Japanese culture, we often tend to say, sorry for no reason. I say no reason, meaning that even when we know it’s not our fault, we often end up saying, “sorry’. I remember when I first took my ESL class back in the college, ESL teacher used to tell…
10 Most Powerful Feedbacks in Japanese Posted by keiko on Oct 21, 2016
Leaving feedbacks in Japanese I often receive some feedback from my clients I work with. Some day, when I am not feeling so great, the only thing makes me happy is to see some nice, kind comments from the clients I support. It’s amazing, how words can be so powerful at times, making you…
8 ways of asking someone to do in Japanese Posted by keiko on Oct 8, 2016
Which expression is your favorite, when it comes to asking someone to do something? So, I have been super frustrated when things are not getting done, especially when it comes to kids’ homework. They just don’t seem to have an urgency to finish them when there is a deadline for each one of their homework…
Are you into Kanji? 10 must know Kanji’s for Japanese learners Posted by keiko on Sep 29, 2016
Who says Kanjis are hard to learn???? Kanji’s is the essential part of Japanese language. You cannot read or understand written Japanese without knowing some of them. Also if you were to live in Japan, it will be necessary to know some Kanji’s. In this lesson today, let me introduce you to the basic Kanji’s…
Quick Japanese Lesson~ When you stressed out Posted by keiko on Sep 25, 2016
When you are stressed out, how would you say that in Japanese? So, these days, I have been stressed out pretty badly. I just love the picture I found.. This is exactly how I feel like at this moment.. 🙂 Sometimes you feel like you can handle so much, considering all these things going on…