The Lunar new year, or Chinese new year was celebrated with a spectacular parade in and around Sydney this evening…
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Hiragana (ひらがな) is one basic component of the Japanese writing system, along with katakana, kanji, and in some cases rōmaji.…
The Japanese writing system can seem quite difficult at first glance to the English speaker. When you start learning the…
Japanese has numerous different ways to count, but the most commonly taught in primary school Japanese classes are the Japanese…
Learning hiragana can be quite a daunting task for new learners of Japanese, as the idea of writing in syllables,…
Why are some languages written from right to left and others from left to right? Let’s start at the beginning…
Setsubun is the day before the beginning of Spring in Japan, traditionally the 3rd of February. The name literally means “seasonal division”,…
With the coming of the 2015 new year, which happens to be the year of the sheep/goat, many Japanese classes…
If you’ve started learning Japanese you aught to know that there are basically 3 different characters sets you need to…
We live in a world where communication between cultures and languages has never been easier, and the Google Translate tool…