節分 Setsubun is celebrated throughout Japan near the start of the lunar year, this is around the first week of February. The most common custom for Setsubun in Japan is…

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Today we will continue with adjective conjugation specifically “noun” adjectives as in the last lesson we learned “i” い adjectives. Here are some “Noun” adjectives: Kirei きれい (Pretty remember this is a exception…

In this lesson I will introduce adjective conjugation. This does not exist in English in they way it does in Japanese. It is very important that your learn this, as…

カラオケ Karaoke is one of the most popular pass times in Japan. It is also very popular outside of Japan. The word Karaoke is made up of two words. The word “Kara” meaning…

In this lesson we will learn the object particle “o” を. When used in writing the hiragana used for this particle is “wo” を. An easy verb to lean that uses this particle is…

アイヌ Ainu are the indigenous peoples that live on the northern island of Japan, Hokkaido. They are ethnically and culturally different from the main Japanese population.  In fact the Ainu people are very…

In this lesson we will lean two basic verbs, the verb “to go” and the verb ” to come” To go – Dictionary form  “iku” いく polite form “ikimasu” いきます. to come- Dictionary form “kuru” くる polite…