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The best online Japanese course truly depends on your budget, schedule, and learning goals. For comprehensive courses taught by teachers in real time, focusing on real-world interactions, Coto Academy is the go-to pick for you. If budget constraints are your main concern, Marugoto offers some of its high-quality coursework for…
While Japanese has tons of English loanwords, English actually borrows quite a bit from Japanese as well. Words like sushi, karate, or tsunami are so commonly used that it might be easy to forget that they’re loanwords from Japan. Let’s discover some common Japanese loanwords in English, covering some of…
The easiest way to say “I understand” in Japanese is 分かります (wakarimasu, meaning “to understand”), but it doesn’t always capture every nuance. Similar to English, the phrases “I know,” “I understand,” and “I comprehend” carry subtly different meanings despite their similarity. In Japanese, this complexity runs even deeper, since certain…
To achieve fluency, you need to memorize a set of 2,136 kanji called Joyo Kanji, and to make things harder, many can look misleadingly similar. It’s all too easy for Japanese learners to mistake a kanji character for another. But don’t worry! There are subtle details to look for, and…
Have you ever used a phrase from your textbook in conversation, just to receive that awkward cringe from a native speaker? We’ve all been there. While learning via a Japanese textbook is one of the best ways to get started, textbooks are far too formal for daily conversation. That’s exactly…
When you’ve just started to learn Japanese, you might notice this: the Japanese adjective for blue and green is the same: あおい (or 青い). Even in modern times, the word “Aoi” is used to describe objects that are green. For example, the word green light or green apple uses the…
Part of what makes Japan so clean and environmentally friendly is how people throw away garbage, so there are many rules to follow just to get rid of your trash. In fact, Japan takes the environment so seriously that there is even a national holiday, Greenery Day, which celebrates the…
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If a resident in Japan planning to renew your visa or change your status of residence anytime soon, there’s a change coming that’s worth noting. On Tuesday, August 25, 2026, the Japanese government decided to raise fees for foreign nationals who renew or change their status of residency in Japan.…
As of 2026, Japan has more than 57,000 convenience stores, colloquially called the konbini. Don’t think of them as your regular gas station mini-mart back home. Konbini in Japan play in an entirely different league: you can print documents, get your tax records and proof of residence, pay your bills,…