May 15, 2009 · What is Japanese? Japanese is the national language of Japan and its people. According to Ethnologue, Japanese is the 9th largest language in the world by number of …

Feb 12, 2024 · So I stumbled over the Japanese word メロメロ (mero mero) wich is often translated as being in love. I was wondering if it is related to the english xoxo (hugs and …

This subreddit serves as a general hub to discuss most things Japanese and exchange information, **as well as to guide users to subs specializing in things such as daily life, travel …

(This question had to show up eventually… :) For my answer, I'll be borrowing most example sentences and categorizations from pages 176-179 of 初級しょきゅう を 教おし える 人ひと …

Apr 26, 2020 · The free online dictionary Wikipedia is called ウィキペディア in kana. Why is it not called ワィキペディア? Which string of kana provides a pronunciation closer to the English …

ほど and くらい can indeed be interchangeable, though your mileage will vary depending on the particular phrase. The difference is between "measuring up to" and "about equal to", which is …

Aug 13, 2019 · That's the case in Japanese: the articles "the" and "a" do not exist. In order for you to think about a sentence in those terms, you would have to deduce the article from context. I …

Dec 19, 2022 · 退屈な人 is always boring person and "person who is bored" is 退屈した人. This is parallel to tiring/tired person = 疲れる人 / 疲れた人. Note - た connotes with perfective -d. This …

May 6, 2016 · When is "na" used at the end of a sentence, is it like "ne" or "yo" and has no meaning really? For example: Mata Nihon ni ikitai na. また、日本に行きたいな。

The main differences are that hiragana is used for phonetically spelling out Japanese words, and katakana is for foreign words. Katakana character strokes tend to be more straight while …