So, What do the names of Japanese car brands mean? Not all but most of the names come from the founder’s last name. So…
“らしい”, “みたい”, and “っぽい” are three words that are often used in similar situations but are all slightly different. They all mean “like” or…
What does Otaku mean in Japanese? The word Otaku is a Japanese word that is used to refer to those who are obsessed with…
When explaining things in Japanese it is easy to get lost. When you try to explain yourself in any foreign language it is easy…
In Japanese whenever you see something tasty and you have not eaten it yet instead of saying 美味しい (おいしい、）you would say 美味しそう(). This is…
When you learn Japanese many textbooks will tell you that you can pronounce all ガ行 sounds or が、ぎ、ぐ、げ、ご like “ga, gi, gu, ge, go”…
What is the difference between は and が is one of the most if not the most common questions from Japanese learners. It can…
What do きっと and 必ず（かならず）mean? I can remember when I first was introduced to the difference between きっと and 必ず. Someone offered to drop…
In English, we say ‘You’ all the time to refer to the person we are talking to. In Japanese however, this is usually not…
There are several grainy and crumbly words for food in Japanese. This is a continuation of the previous post, “Several ways to say crunchy…