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In this lesson, you will learn an introduction to Japanese particles (specifically wa は, ni に, to と and de で). Please be on the l…
Japan Society currently offers 12 comprehensive levels of Japanese, as well as a variety of specialized courses and workshops including shodō (Japanese calligraphy). Courses take place year round with…
We might not realize it, but we use conjunctions all the time in our conversations. These connector words help make our sentences flow and allow us to add some complexity to our speech. So with that i…
Waku Waku Japanese - Language Lesson 49: Transportation .
There are numerous reasons for learning the Japanese language, but one of the biggest is always the desire to travel to Japan! So today we'…
When exploring and learning about Japanese culture, you're sure to run into this one particular drink that is served at almost all meals. It's tea, ocha! In Japan there's even art forms and ways of li…
With Christmas days away and a brand new year coming, Waku Waku Japanese is taking a short break for the holiday season! We leave you with two words you can practice for this holiday time.
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Today we're going to learn how to say "no!". While many may already know the simple "iie" as the translation of "no", there's often circumstances when simply saying "no" will not suffice. So while we …
As we're all learning Japanese, we're bound to encounter many situations where we just won't understand a word, a phrase or even complete sentences. Even for those fluent in Japanese, there are numero…
Let's say you travel to Japan and make new Japanese friends. I'm sure they will be really curious about where you're from, and what it's like there. In this lesson, Erin talks about how to introduce y…
While learning a new language can be a difficult and painstaking process, there are often an abundance of fun new words to learn! Japanese is no exception as it uses very expressive and amusing onomat…