Has anyone ever heard of Middlebury Language School?
I was doing some Japanese listening practice on Youtube and one video I came across mentioned Middlebury Language…
Daily Thread: simple questions, comments that don’t need their own posts, and first time posters go here (May 30, 2025)
This thread is for all simple questions, beginner questions, and comments that don't need their own post. Welcome…
Those that finished wanikani, how often do you run into kanji that you don’t know?
Just curious. There's apparently 144 joyo/247 n1 kanji not in bunpro at all. Wondering what to expect in…
は in place of に
I was going through the Cure Dolly organic Japanese series. In lesson 3 [https://youtu.be/U9\_T4eObNXg?feature=shared&t=316\], an example of は…
Weekly Thread: Victory Thursday!
Happy Thursday! Every Thursday, come here to share your progress! Get to a high level in Wanikani? Complete…
Can you understand?
Gf shared this with me today. It's a very Hokkaido way of speaking. by Dry-Masterpiece-7031
How do you check for misunderstandings in Japanese — without sounding like you’re dodging
There’s a phrase I keep circling back to: 👉 「それはどう思いますか？」 It sounds simple — but in real conversations,…
If I had a 千円 for every use of かかる／かける
I’d pay off my student loans! I thought -te was bad, someone please tell me かかる／かける is the…
So… does の do the same as よ at the end of a sentence?
Note: I am referring to the explanatory の, not the one that is used for noun-ification So in…
Navigating through honorifics in a casual setting
Hello everyone! I've been studying for a couple years, and on my journey I've met some wonderful Japanese…
Daily Thread: simple questions, comments that don’t need their own posts, and first time posters go here (May 29, 2025)
This thread is for all simple questions, beginner questions, and comments that don't need their own post. Welcome…
“Sentence fragments” in Japanese
I'm wondering if anyone has any thoughts on the apparent "sentence fragments" in Japanese. We kind of have…