Japanese Language Learning

Writing

• Japanese writing system
  Kanji, hiragana, katakana, romaji.

Grammar

• Japanese Grammar
  Sentence, nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, particles and euphonic changes

• Politeness levels in Japanese
  Keigo, teinei-kei...

• How to use Japanese suffixes
  San, sama, dono, kun, chan, sempai, heika...

• Personal pronouns in Japanese
  Watshi, boku, ore, sessha, kisama, onore... Confused ? Here is an explanation

Vocabulary

• Useful expressions
  Greetings, courtesies, apologies, congratulations...

• Cultural Expressions
  Terms particular to Japanese, with no exact translation in English

• Japanese words with numerous English translations

• Non-English Katakana words
  Foreign words used in Japanese that do not come from English

Resources to study Japanese

• Online Japanese & Kanji Dictionary

Japanese Language Schools

• Japanese Language Schools in Tokyo
• Japanese Language Schools outside Tokyo

Various

• Fortuitous resemblance between Japanese and foreign words sharing the same meaning
  Funny coincidences can happen

• Were Hiragana and Katakana influenced by ancient Mediterranean alphabets ?
  Striking similarities with ancient Phoenician, Hebrew, Greek and Roman alphabets

• Japan and English speakers
  How much English is spoken in Japan ?

• Characteristics of English as spoken by the Japanese
  Jengrish, Katakana English and Japanese pronuciation of English

Japanese names

• Japanese family names
  List of kanji used in Japanese surnames and most common surnames