The Nihongo Master Blog
Learn interesting topics about Japanese language, entertainment, culture and more.
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10 Easy Phrases To Know At A Japanese Restaurant
Going to restaurants and ordering food are essential activities in our daily lives, regardless of which country we are in. Especially in a country where the native language isn’t English, it can prove to be rather difficult to get your food...
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10 Unique Japanese Street Foods To Try
What’s a visit to Japan without the full experience of Japanese street food? It’s the rite of passage to a full immersion of the local culture! Some of these delicious treats have a history that dates back to the 20th century — how insane i...
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Japan's Complicated Relationship with Plastic
If you don’t already know, the Japanese have quite a special relationship with plastic. Some might even say the relationship is quite intimate — uh oh! It’s the kind of relationship that has quite a reputation and has been going on for an e...
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Japanese Writing Systems: How Significant Are They Individually?
Those of us who have learned or are still learning Japanese would be aware of the various writing systems in the Japanese language. Some of us were even taken aback and overwhelmed by the number of characters in just the hiragana writing sy...
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Is Kanji Important in Japanese Language?
The Japanese language has three writing systems: hiragana (ひらがな), katakana (カタカナ) and kanji (漢字). In one sentence, you can have all three! How amazing is that! However, for those who are considering picking up the language, it mig...
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Pick Up Calligraphy To Improve Your Japanese!
Don’t jump to any conclusions about calligraphy just yet. Whatever it is, this article will change your mind! It doesn’t matter if you’re the last person on Earth to be doing any sort of art. You’re not doing calligraphy for art, but for le...
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The Famous Japanese Vending Machines
It can be because you’ve been to Japan or you’ve read it somewhere online, but there’s no doubting the fact that Japan is vending machine heaven. There is an abundance of them that it is said to have one vending machine per 23 people! Avail...
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10 Interesting Facts About the Japanese Language
We can all agree that Japan is a wonderful country with a rich culture and beautiful traditions. People from all over the globe dream to travel to the Land of the Rising Sun at least once in their lives. Everything from arts and literature...
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Japanese Honorifics: What Are They?
Whether it’s from an anime or Japanese drama that you watched, a manga you read, or from learning Japanese, you’ve bound to come across suffixes that are used to address people. These are called Japanese honorifics and they’re just like our...
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Japanese Tea Ceremony
Who doesn’t like a good cup of freshly brewed tea? The Japanese definitely do! They love it so much that they have their very own ritual, dating back to the 14th century! You’ll be surprised at how serious they take their tea. There are eve...