Learn Japanese: Improving 自己紹介
When introducing yourself in a foreign language it is very easy to become rigid and overly structured when it comes to introducing yourself. Today's podcast is all about making yourself sound more flu...
18 Jul 20184min
Learn Japanese: An Intro to John-Sensei
Self-introductions. The first thing we ever really learn in Japanese, that it becomes something wrote and kinda corny sounding if we are not careful. Which is why John-Sensei takes this opportunity to...
16 Jul 20184min
Learn Japanese: How to learn Kanji
This is taken from our livestream on how to start learning Japanese Kanji.
16 Jul 20189min
Learn Japanese: Zara wo enai ざるを得ない
ざるを得ない (zaru wo enai) expresses that even though something is undesirable you have no choice but to do it. ざるを得ない is more of a written or formal style and isn’t commonly used in informal speech. It us...
14 Jul 20183min
Extra: Our Comic
I try not to brag a whole bunch, but we are really stoked about his new version of our comic. Manga-sensei.com/comic
13 Jul 20183min
Learn Japanese: Ni Chigainai に違いない
に違いない (ni chigainai) is a phrase that is derived from the verb 違う (chigau), “to be different” or “to vary.” 違いない is a negative form of 違う that means the opposite, to be “sure,” “unmistaken,” or “certa...
12 Jul 20183min
Learn Japanese: Yaru やる
[verb] やる (yaru) can be considered another way to say する. The main difference is やる is used exclusively for physical action . Another difference is that する can take the word directly in front of it wi...
11 Jul 20184min
Learn Japanese: Ni Suru にする
にする (ni suru) is used to indicate that something has decided upon something. This can work with nouns and nominalized (words and phrases that have been converted into a noun) phrases. However, it is i...
10 Jul 20184min
