Why use kudasai on strangers, if onegaishimasu is more polite?
Is it that people use kudasai for demands, and then onegaishimasu for favors? I noticed instructions also are…
Help with a Japanese translated book I’m listening to
I'm listening to Confessions by Kanae Minato and it has several POVs. One of them is from a…
Writing vs typing in japanese
Are there any letters/ characters in Japanese that are typically written not how they are typed? For example…
Help on a Presentation about Utagawa kunyoshi’s “Neko no Ateji”
Hello everyone, I am trying to do a presentation about Utagawa Kuniyoshi and his series "猫の當字". Specifically I…
Hello to all Japanese people. I currently studying your culture and I have questions
I have the number of words with similar meaning: 体面, 栄光, 名声 and 名誉 Сould you please write…
I have problems with “O nomae wa”
When I write it in Hiragana, "wa" for some reason does not use the "わ", but "は" like…
Anyone used Quartet series in zoom group classes?
I am starting first time since maybe two years in online group classes again, as I used Italki…
たる adjectives?
I don't quite understand what they are, where they come from, or what the verb たる even means,…
Ainu Language (a beautiful and fascinating language in danger of extinction)
Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/endangeredlanguages/comments/1i3jo0z/ainu_language_a_beautiful_and_fascinating/ by Different_Method_191
Weekly discussion and small questions thread
In response to user feedback, this is a recurring thread for general discussion about learning Japanese, and for…
Help with gifting gf’s Japanese parents
Hi guys! I am meeting my girlfriend's parents for the first time this weekend, we are going to…
If する conjugates into される、させる、and できる(I hope I’m not missing any others), can these also be conjugated further?
I see things like できなかった as conjugations for できる, so it becomes "could not do" from "can do"……