Introduction Japan is a country filled with unique traditions, beautiful landscapes, and warm hospitality. For visitors, learning even a...

There are many homonyms in the Japanese language. Homonyms refer to the words that have the same reading with different meanings. Some of...

Both いる(Iru) and ある(Aru) are "be verb" in Japanese. In English, there is only one verb “be” and different conjugations for different...

Continuing on from the last article, “The difference between 御社/おんしゃ/Onsha and 貴社/きしゃ/Kisha”, this article is also about Japanese words...

Today’s article is about Japanese words that have the meaning of “your company”. 御社/おんしゃ/Onsha and 貴社/きしゃ/Kisha both refer to the...

This article will explain the difference between だんだん(Dandan), どんどん(Dondon) and ますます(Masumasu). All of them are onomatopoeia that shows...

The words 存じ上げません(Zonjiagemasen) and わかりかねます (Wakarikanemasu) both mean a polite form of “I don’t know” and although their original...

The difference between 他方/たほう/Taho, 一方/いっぽう/Ippo and 片方/かたほう/Kataho The word “他方/たほう/Taho”, “一方/いっぽう/Ippo” and “片方/かたほう/Kataho” have...

In Japanese, there are many homonyms which are words that have exactly the same reading but have different meanings. This article focuses...

This article will explain the difference between こと(Koto) and もの(Mono). Both words can be translated as “Thing” and have a similar...

There are two different types of readings for kanji which are 音読み/おんよみ/On-yomi and 訓読み/くんよみ/Kun-yomi. This article will briefly explain...

The word すごい/Sugoi and すごく/Sugoku both sound similar and they are both frequently used words. すごい(Sugoi) is usually translated as...

Continuing from last week, today’s article is again about the Japanese honorific language. This article will focus on...

Continuing from last week, this article is also about the Japanese honorific language. This article will focus on 尊敬語/そんけいご/Sonkei-go....

Today’s article is about Japanese grammar, 敬語/けいご/Keigo/Honorific language. I have briefly explained this in the past article...

「は」と「が」の違い/「は」と「が」のちがい/”Ha(wa)” to “ga” no chigai Distinguishing the difference between the Japanese particles "ha" and "ga" is said to...

The English translations of "もうすぐ/Mosugu" and "そろそろ/Sorsoro" are often interchangeable in much the same way, making it easy to get...

Today’s article is about the difference between 行きます/いきます/Ikimasu and 来ます/きます/Kimasu. In English, 行きます is translated to “go” and 来ます is...

In Japan, the kanji, along with the phonetic kana (hiragana and katakana), have become the main characters for writing the Japanese...

Before continuing with postpositional particles, this week’s article is about intransitive verb and non-volitional verb. In a previous...