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Basic Japanese Grammar: I Want… (欲しい・〜たい)
One of the best times is towards the end of the year, because it’s packed with all the festive goodness! So many holidays and opportunities for gift giving! Anyone else always have a Christmas wish list to make it easy for your family and f...
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Birth, Life and Death: The Three Ceremonial Stages of Life in Japan (Podcast Recap! S2E9)
Japan has a lot of traditions. We delved more into the ceremonial traditions that take place at certain stages of life in the Nihongo Master Podcast Season 2 Episode 9. From my years of living in Japan, I feel like there’s always some sort...
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Basic Japanese: Adjectives
Adjectives are important in language learning. They are used to describe things and express how you feel about something. It’s like saxing “the shoes are beautiful” or “the meal was expensive” In Japanese, adjectives are classified into two...
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Basic Japanese Grammar: I Think… (と思う)
Our Nihongo Master Podcast has a language series called Study Saturday, where a Japanese grammar point is introduced in a fun, easy, and bite-sized way. In Season 2 Episode 8, we looked at how to express our opinions with the phrase “I thin...
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Basic Japanese Grammar!
Learning a new language can be tough, especially if you don’t know where to start. One of the key things to any language is the grammar. For the Japanese language, grammar is crucial. For those of us who are learning it in English, like me,...
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Seijin no Hi: The Japanese Celebration of Becoming An Adult
A new year is like a new beginning. Other than the big oshougatsu (お正月) celebrations, the Japanese has another festivity that celebrates the beginning of adulthood: Seijin no Hi (成人の日). This translates to Coming of Age Day. This spec...
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How to Learn Japanese the Fast & Easy Way!
If you want to learn Japanese, you’ve come to the right place! We at Nihongo Master are dedicated to providing you with the best Japanese language learning content on all our various media platforms. Learning a new language is tough, and mo...
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Where to Buy Kigurumi
Kigurumi is big in Japan. It has always been big. Now it’s big all over the world! Started as a trend back in the ‘90s, who would’ve thought that it would be here to stay? But it did, and we’re all for it! Now we’re not here to talk about w...
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Shougatsu: How Japanese People Celebrate the New Year’s
Whoa, 2021 zipped by so fast! We’re already in December and counting down the days to the new year. How crazy is that? When the new year approaches, people of all cultures and traditions start preparing to welcome the upcoming year. In Japa...
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How to Say "Do You Know" in Japanese — わかる and 知っている
(NM Podcast Recap! S2E6) One of the most commonly used phrases in any language is “do you know…?” This phrase is without a doubt an essential one for not only daily conversations but also at work. Remember asking your friend if they knew of...