2025-11

Japanese Column (Beginner)

New YouTube Short: Let’s Learn The Japanese Pitch Accent.

I just uploaded a new YouTube Short all about Japanese pitch accent!Pitch accent is one of those things that seems small...
Japanese Column (Beginner)

New YouTube Short: Let’s Learn Japanese Long Vowels! 

I just uploaded a new YouTube Short all about long vowels in Japanese!Long vowels are simple but very important—they mak...
Japanese Column (Intermediate)

Discover Osaka

大阪おおさかは日本にほんで二番目にばんめに大おおきい都市としで、昔むかしから「天下てんかの台所だいどころ」と呼よばれています。 Osaka is the second-largest city in Japan and has long b...
Japanese Column (Intermediate)

About the History of Japan’s Imperial Family

日本にほんには、とても長ながい歴史れきしを持もつ皇室こうしつがあります。 Japan has an Imperial Family with a very long history. 最初さいしょの天皇てんのうは、紀元前きげんぜん660年ね...
Japanese Column (Beginner)

New YouTube Short:Master the small “tsu” (っ)

I just uploaded a new YouTube Short all about the small “っ” (sokuon) in Japanese!This tiny character is very important—i...
Japanese Column (Beginner)

New YouTube Short: Japanese Hiragana Pronunciation

I’ve uploaded a new YouTube Short that features only the pronunciation of the 50 basic Hiragana sounds — from あ (a) to ん...
Culture & Tradition

The Three Writing Systems of Japanese: Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji

If you’ve just started to learn Japanese, you may quickly notice something unusual — there are three types of writing sy...
Japanese Column (Beginner)

How to Use Kore, Sore, and Are

A quick guide to Japan’s tricky “this–that–that over there.” If you’re starting to learn Japanese, one of the first thin...