Learn more than 80 Japanese animal words, common animal sounds such as wan wan and nyaa, how to count animals, useful sentence patterns, zodiac animals, idioms, and Japanese animal folklore.
Learn the difference between boku, ore, and watashi in Japanese. This beginner-friendly guide explains politeness, gender, personality, situations, anime usage, and when to use boku, with natural example sentences.
Learn why バイキング means an all-you-can-eat buffet in Japanese, how the expression began at the Imperial Hotel in 1958, and the differences between viking, buffet, and tabehoudai.
What does tanuki mean in Japanese? Learn what the real tanuki animal is, why it is not a raccoon, how tanuki appear in Japanese folklore, and the meaning of Shigaraki tanuki statues and their eight lucky features.
Learn what wasei-eigo means, why “fake English” words develop in Japanese, and how words such as high tension, viking, salaryman, mansion, konbini, and baito differ from natural English.
Learn what baito means in Japanese, why アルバイト comes from German Arbeit, how to use バイト naturally, and the difference between baito, arubaito, part, and full-time work.
Learn what “high tension” means in Japanese, why ハイテンション describes an energetic or excited person, how テンションが高い differs from English tension, and how to use the expression naturally.
Learn Kansai dialect with this beginner-friendly guide to common Kansai-ben words and Osaka phrases, including nandeyanen, ookini, akan, honma, ya, hen, nen, and natural conversations.
Learn what konbini means in Japanese, how to pronounce and use コンビニ, what you can buy and do at Japanese convenience stores, and useful phrases for visiting one.
What does ookini mean in Osaka Japanese? Learn why おおきに means “thank you,” its original meaning, pronunciation, spelling, usage, and differences from arigatou, doumo, and maido.
