Your favorite Japanese word and the story behind it？
For me, I have two favorites. And they kind of reflect two different sides of me. The first…
For those with a daily study routine you like, what does it look like?
I've been studying for about seven months now and although I know I'm still a newbie and progress…
Learning Japanese with video games!!
Hi, there! 😃 I just started to create video contents for learning Japanese with video games playing! I…
What is your current level in Japanese (i.e. JLPT level) and what is your biggest current struggle?
I've been learning Japanese for about 8 months, and I'm curious to hear from others who are further…
Questioning whether I should continue studying Japanese (mini vent)
Recently I studied in Japan and had some unfortunately racist encounters from workers in the JR, bus services,…
Daily Thread: for simple questions, minor posts & newcomers [contains useful links!] (July 04, 2025)
This thread is for all the simple questions (what does that mean?) and minor posts that don't need…
Weekly Thread: Meme Friday! This weekend you can share your memes, funny videos etc while this post is stickied (July 04, 2025)
Happy Friday! Every Friday, share your memes! Your funny videos! Have some Fun! Posts don't need to be…
Negative experiences learning Japanese?
I don't know if this is the correct place to discuss this but anyone have any negative experiences…
Is there a tool that can tell you what tense/helping verb is being used in a conjugation?
I find that often I'll be watching Netflix and know all the words in a sentence but get…
Best way to practice grammar vocab?
Hey all. For awhile I've been using the dreaded Google translate to practice new grammar and vocabulary while…
The inflection on this 触る
Saw someone post this on r/mildlyinteresting and noticed that the て form for the word 触る is a…
Do Japanese living in Japan have constant need to learn English words?
Given that 1) new things are named katakana originated from English, 2) old things that have a proper…