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Book/Guide: Tae Kim’s Guide to Japanese Grammar
Tae Kim’s Guide to Japanese Grammar is one of the best, general use Japanese grammar guides I’ve seen. The guide caters to learners of all different levels, from the very new beginners, to the...
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Kanji Spotlight: Of trees, books and lumber
I got a whiteboard sometime back, and since I love writing on whiteboards, here are three words that I’ll highlight… The first kanji we’re looking at is 木, meaning tree or wood. As you can see in the...
View ArticleVocabs: Fruits and vegetables 1
果物 (くだもの, kudamono) – fruits 野菜 ( やさい, yasai) – vegetables りんご (ringo) – apple 梨 (なし, nashi) – pear オレンジ (orangi) – orange レモン (remon) – lemon トマト (tomato) – tomato 鰐梨 (わになし, waninashi) – avocado;...
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Japanese Through Songs!
Heeey! This is my first ever contribution to our site! (wooah~) And this entry will be all about learning Japanese! Like J, I’m also a beginner in learning Japanese, despite my 10 years of exposure to...
View ArticleJPOP: Arashi’s new album, Japonism to be released on the 21st of Oct 2015
So… Arashi’s new album has been announced! The album is titled “Japonism (ジャポニズム)”, and will be released on the 21st of October. What’s Japonism? I turned to good ol’ wikipedia to find out: Japonism...
View ArticleVocabs: Sakurai Sho’s Josei Jishin 15th Sept 2015 Interview
Some pick up vocabs from Arashi’s Sakurai Sho magazine interview in Josei Jishin (女性自身) 15th Sept 2015. The interview basically asked Sho for his views on marriage, and his idea life partner. 結婚 (けっこん,...
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2016 Anime and Manga Calendars Available for Pre-orders
It’s September and we are steadily marching into the last quarter of 2015. It’s three month till 2016 rolls around… but it never hurts to prepare ahead of time right? Pre-orders for 2016 calendars are...
View ArticleVocabs: Fruits and Vegetables 2
Check out Part 1 as well. 苺 (いちご, ichigo) – strawberry ブラックベリー (burakkuberii) – blackberry ブルーベリー (buruuberii) – blueberry 桜桃 (さくらんぼ, sakuranbo) – cherry 芒果 (マンゴー, mangoo) – mango パパイア (papaia) –...
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Perfume is on Apple’s iPhone 6s Advertisement!
Apple fans might know this already… but the Japanese electropop sensation Perfume appeared on Apple’s new iPhone 6s advertisement! I was watching the keynote last night, when Apple showed off their new...
View ArticleNintendo to Unveil Pokemon game for mobile
If there’s any RPG that I love the most, it’ll be Nintendo’s Pokemon series. From the days I’ve spent looking over people’s shoulders to watch them play on their gameboy… to all the times I tried...
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Vocabs: Ohno & Kids’, Future Art Exhibition in Miyagi Website
Hi all! It’s been a while since I did a random vocabulary post. I was looking at the special site for Ohno’s art exhibit in Miyagi and picked out a few vocabulary of note. Home page of the art...
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Breath Palette – Toothpaste with a Difference
Ok. It may seem weird that I’m talking about toothpaste in this blog. But hey, it’s a Japanese brand toothpaste that exhibits the elegant simplicity and attention to detail in a most Japanesque way; so...
View ArticleVocabs: Matsumoto Jun – Jweb – Enjoy Vol. 128
So… Jweb is well, a website by Johnny’s Entertainment. It contains informations about their various artists, and gives fans a place to get official news about their idols. Some of the artists have...
View ArticleVocabs: Sakurai Sho GQ Magazine Interview July 2010, No. 86
Here’s some vocab I picked out while reading Sho’s magazine interview in the GQ magazine. It’s not the MOST exciting magazine interview out there, but it’s still pretty interesting. Like. How Sho...
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Vocabs: AnShi 29th Aug 2015 edition
Ok. I picked out a really long list of vocabs from this episode. Probably the longest I’ve done so far from a single episode…. As usual, the vocabs are in order of appearance in the show, so that it’s...
View ArticleVocabs: Sakurai Ariyoshi Abunai Yakai 15th Oct 2015 edition
Ok! Well, these vocabs are actually only from the first half of the show – the Sakurai in Miyagi segment. Following last year’s invasion of Sho’s hotel room during the Hawaii Blast concert, they...
View ArticleVocabs: Arashi songs – Fly
Fly is one of the coupling songs in the Limited Edition single of GUTS by Arashi. I really love this song, the tune is catchy and upbeat. It’s my favourite out of all the tracks in GUTS, coming a close...
View ArticleMovie: Assassination Classroom (Ansatsu Kyoshitsu)
I watched the movie Assassination Classroom (暗殺教室 , Ansatsu Kyoshitsu) when it aired in the cinemas. I was really excited to be able to catch this in the theatres. The movie is an adaptation of the...
View ArticleArashi ni Shiyagare Episode Guide
I followed THIS episode guide and continued the numbering for later episodes. Remember: THIS IS JUST AN EPISODE GUIDE. #0 – [2010.04.24] Cream Stew #1 – [2010.05.01] Shimura Ken #2 – [2010.05.08]...
View ArticleNews: Arashi BLAST in Miyagi DVD/Blu-ray out on 1st Jan 2016
Pre-orders are out, links below! Grab your copy now! The DVD and Blu-ray of the Arashi BLAST in Miyagi concert will be released on the 1st of January 2016! The Arashi BLAST in Miyagi concert took place...
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