what’s this accent/dialect??
in the anime "my love story with yamada-kun at lv999," the male lead, yamada, has a distinct way…
Chances of visa application being rejected?
While we're all waiting for the test results, I wanted to broach another subject. So I've been living…
I am a novice speaker, is Japanese a language that just isn’t very specific about certain things?
Tldr: Sometimes a phrase is understood a lot of different ways, do you just use context clues to…
In seach of food recipes
I love recreating food from anime and making my own soba bowls. Love anything that has fish, rice,…
The proper use of denka and heika as honorifics
Is denka like other honorifics like san or sama where you would use the name then affix it?…
SMS Verification
Hello, Some Japanese websites require a +81 phone number to buy tickets or make a reservation. My hotel…
Why is gokodu used as a synonym (euphemism?) for yakuza?
I've got very little knowledge about the Japanese language so apologies in advance. I'm playing the Yakuza videogames…
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…