The Nihongo Master Blog
Learn interesting topics about Japanese language, entertainment, culture and more.
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Beautiful Japanese words for Spring!
Spring is a beautiful time of year. Spring might soon be done for the year, but we are always striving to learn Japanese! And there’s always next spring. Let’s hope by then, COVID-19 is gone and we’re allowed to travel again. Why not prepar...
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Learn Japanese Now! Here are 7 Awesome Reasons.
Have you ever found yourself wanting to learn Japanese? You’re not alone. By learning a new language you can also get a glimpse at the culture behind the language. Without the ability to communicate, you can never understand a culture on it...
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Basic Japanese Grammar: Asking Questions Using “Have You Ever...” (ことがある？)
Our second season’s second episode of the Nihongo Master Podcast introduces a language series in the mix: Study Saturday! In this series, we bring you a new grammar episode every Saturday — bite-sized and full of vocabulary words. They’re g...
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Japanese Entertainment
One thing’s for sure: the Japanese love their entertainment. You’ll never run out of things to do because there will always be something to do — even in suburban towns that lie further out from the city areas. You’ll be surprised at what yo...
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A Walkthrough of Japan's Fashion, Through the Ages! (Podcast Recap! S1E9)
My personal favourite episode so far is episode 9, as we took a walk down Memory Catwalk, looking at Japanese fashion through the ages. Japan is full of traditional culture — salarymen in business suits rub shoulders with groups of young wo...
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Japanese Food Replicas
Many who have stepped foot in Japan will notice the array of displays of food with exceptional detail and texture in glass boxes. The first question that pops into mind is: is it real? Known as the sanpuru (サンプル, sample) by the Japanese...
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Let's Take A Look At Japan's Cinematography (Podcast Recap! S2E1)
If you like film, specifically Japanese film, then why not give our podcast’s Season 2 Episode 1 a listen? In that episode, we talk all about it and the top genres that make up cinematography in Japan. Japan has one of the oldest and longes...
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Japan's Top 3 Video Gaming Companies! (Podcast Recap! S1E8)
For our eighth episode of the Nihongo Master podcast, we talked about a topic which is probably close to a lot of your hearts: video games. More than any other country in the world, Japan led the charge in the development of video game tec...
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What To Love About Japan
People all around the world dreams of going to Japan. Regardless of what occasion you’re in Japan for, this country will far exceed your expectations in more ways than one. At one point or another, you definitely have stumbled across pictur...
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A Guide to Japanese Fashion Subcultures (Podcast Recap! S1E7)
In our seventh episode of the Nihongo Master podcast, we chatted about an interesting topic: Subculture Mania. Basically, all about the various subcultures in Japan. Anyone with an interest in Japan will definitely have seen pictures online...