Ways to Improve Your Japanese Pronunciation
In this episode we get into Japanese pronunciation. Whether you are a beginner, advanced, or fluent, you'll find something in this episode that will help you to improve your pronunciation. To read ...
23 Maj 20181h 10min
Getting Into 込む Compound Verbs
Prefer reading instead? We wrote a whole article about this (even more example sentences included!) https://www.tofugu.com/japanese/komu-compound-verbs Have you ever seen the Japanese verb 込む? On it...
15 Maj 20181h 26min
Podcast Updates! New Season and Secret Guests!
The Tofugu Podcast is taking a break for a couple of weeks while we prepare Season 2 of our prolific podcast and interview a special guest that is near and dear to our hearts!
2 Apr 20187min
How to Lead a Group of Friends Around Japan
Traveling around Japan in a large group (10 or more) may seem impossible. But let me tell you, friends, it is very possible. In fact, the Tofugu team recently went on a trip to Japan organized and le...
20 Mars 20181h 10min
White Day, Japan's Sequel to Valentine's Day
Valentine's Day 2: PAYBACK! That should be the name of "White Day," Japan's sequel to Valentine's Day, which is exactly one month later, on March 14. But what does one do on White Day, exactly? All ...
12 Mars 201848min
Stories from Translating Final Fantasy X feat. Alex O. Smith
Friend of the podcast, Alex O Smith returns! After two decades translating video games (including many Final Fantasies), Alex has accumulated quite a few stories from inside the Japanese video game in...
5 Mars 20181h 27min
How to Make Friends in Japan
It's tough making friends in a new place. Different people have different ways of going about it. Throw in a culture and language barrier and it can be downright frustrating. For these reasons and m...
27 Feb 201857min
The Absolute BEST Japanese Learning Resources from 2017
Read the series: https://tfg.li/2oM5rYr --- After a year of collecting the best Japanese learning resources every month and delivering them straight to your eyeballs, Tofugu sits down to discuss which...
29 Jan 20181h 47min
