Japanese

4 common expressions in Japanese emails II (advanced)

In this article, I will present you new japanese expressions often used in mails. The sentences I will show you here are sentences used at an advanced level of proficiency compared to the first article. They are commonly used to communicate with business partners or customers and allow you to structure your text as well as to guide your politeness level.

2020.12.12

Japanese

Counting in Japanese and in Korean

Counting in Japanese and Korean can quickly become a hard task for a westerner. Learning how to count correctly will follow you during your entire learning journey. Let’s see why.

2020.12.06

JapaneseKoreanLanguages

My TOP 5 best YouTube channels to learn Japanese

YouTube is an inexhaustible source of content allowing us to learn languages and more specifically Japanese. In this article, I introduce you 5 of my favorite Japanese channels that I watch on a regular basis.

2020.09.26

JapaneseLanguages

The differences between the Japanese and the Korean language

As my move changed from Japan to South Korea, I started learning Korean every day to have the basics as soon as possible. Before that, I spent about 4 years learning Japanese and reached a level revolving around the JLPT N2. While learning Korean, I can’t stop comparing with Japanese. The similarities as well as the differences are very fascinating, helps me understand more easily and therefore learn more quickly. This is what I’m going to talk about today.

2020.09.24

JapaneseKoreanLanguages

6 common expressions in Japanese emails

Writing mails in Japanese is a whole new level of Japanese skills using complicated expressions. As a Japanese learner, it can be quite surprising to face this writing style. After several months of exchanging mails with my colleagues and Japanese customers, I noticed several expressions that are frequently used in mails.

2020.09.19

JapaneseLanguages

Top 5 mistakes to avoid when learning Japanese

When you start learning a language and especially Japanese, you sometimes don’t know where to start. Should you start learning the kanjis ? How long should you study to get a decent level in the language ? During my learning journey, I made mistakes that cost me a lot of time...I mean a LOT of time. I would like, thanks to this article, to prevent you from making the same mistakes. For that, I gathered the 5 main mistakes that I believe were the most penalizing.

2020.09.19

JapaneseLanguages