Kimochi ii, Kimochi Warui - Meaning in Japanese Kimochi ii, Kimochi Warui - Meaning in Japanese

kimochi 気持ち.  Sometimes it's just kimochi , other times it's  kimochi ii 気持ちいい, other times, it's kimochi warui 気持ち悪い. But wh...

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Four Seasons in Japanese Four Seasons in Japanese

natsu 夏 Summer. haru 春 Spring. fuyu 冬 Winter. aki 秋 Autumn. kisetsu 季節. And the word for the "four seasons" in J...

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Yojijukugo 四字熟語 Yojijukugo 四字熟語

yojijukugo 四字熟語 is literally a "four-character idiom," that is, an idiom written with exactly four . This word is sometimes misr...

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Gikun 義訓 Gikun 義訓

gikun 義訓 is a special type of reading, literally an "artificial kun [reading]." It happens when a word is written with a g...

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Jukujikun 熟字訓 Jukujikun 熟字訓

jukujikun 熟字訓 is a special type of kanji reading, literally a " kanji compound kun [reading]." It mostly happens when a si...

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Why Gakkou Not Gakukou? - Sokuonbin 促音便 Why Gakkou Not Gakukou? - Sokuonbin 促音便

Basically, it's because of how the words are pronounced. When you have a word like学校, it's easier to pronounce it asthan it is to p...

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Morphemes Morphemes

In Japanese, the idea of morphemes are closely related to the . Lots of kanji are morphemes, as they have a meaning, represent an idea, ...

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Easy to read manga for Japanese beginners – Vol. 03 Easy to read manga for Japanese beginners – Vol. 03

Furigana are very comfortable when you have too look up unknown words but if you already have a decent Kan...

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A good way to protect your manga – Book-Kun A good way to protect your manga – Book-Kun

I love all my books and manga and always try to protect them the best way possible. On my visit to Tokyo I...

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Different Romaji, Same Word Different Romaji, Same Word

romaji . For example, arigato , arigatō and arigatou . Or kohai , kōhai , and kouhai . Or senpai and sempai . Or on'yomi and onyomi . ...

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Nakama - Meaning in Japanese - 仲間 Nakama - Meaning in Japanese - 仲間

shounen anime to talk about friendship, friends, partners, colleagues, teammates, and stuff like that, is nakama 仲間. It is no wonder, then...

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Romaji Systems - Hepburn, Nihon-Shiki & Others Romaji Systems - Hepburn, Nihon-Shiki & Others

romaji in the ? And why? The answer is: various people. And they did it in multiple ways, for different purposes. That's right, roma...

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Jisho.org Kioku Extension - It Remembers Stuff Jisho.org Kioku Extension - It Remembers Stuff

How to Install Firefox Users Get it here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/jisho-kioku/ The Rest (unfortunately I need...

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