The word is is one of the most common words in the English language. So, naturally, if you are learning Japanese, it is natural…
Japanese is a very contextual language. Part of that means that depending on the situation certain words can be used and other words can…
The Japanese verb 来くる means come and 行いく means go. In Japanese, these verbs come after other verbs in the て-form to represent a starting…
There are two words in Japanese that translate to know and understand. They are 知しる and 分わかる. These words deal with knowing and understanding…
Understanding Japanese sentence structure is key to fluency. If you understand how words fit together in a sentence you can move to the intermediate…
Nouns are words for objects, living things, places, or concepts. They are different from adjectives which describe things, and verbs which are actions or…
と and や are both Japanese particles for listing or connecting other nouns together. Both of these particles can be translated from Japanese to…
In Japanese が is the subject and を is the object or direct object particle. You have probably noticed that there are times when…
There are two Japanese particle に and へ which basically mean the same thing. In most situations they are interchangeable and you could probably…
こそ in Japanese is a particle that emphasizes the words that it follows. You can translate it into English as a number of different…