linguistics (Page 2)
Kiryu seems like the kind of guy who should know that effort is never meaningless, and this time is no exception.
NAFCA text covers the skills, both in drawing and speaking Japanese, that you’ll need to start an anime artist career in Japan.
Survey results show big gap in how younger and older respondents interpreted this seemingly simple phrase.
Otoshi is a unique part of Japan’s restaurant culture that can feel like a scam if you’re not ready for it.
Getting arrested in Japan is never a good idea, but it’s about to become even more inadvisable for foreigners.
Senior citizen arrested at ski resort three hours away from fuzoku establishment where incident allegedly took place.
A lot of linguistics, and a lot of flavor, goes into each and every cup of this dessert drink (and there’s room for debate about the cup too).
Many are assuming this is a backlash against trendy kirakira names, but is that really the case?
“Usseewa” singer and One Piece voice actress seems unclear on how long it takes to learn a foreign language.
Models and readers of gyaru fashion magazine Egg vote on the top 10 gyaru words/phrases of the year.
We take a closer look at some of the entries selected by Gen Z and Gen Alpha Japanese schoolgirls and suddenly feel very old.
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