Japanese Language
Advanced Japanese Reading Practice with Side-by-Side Readers
Want to read Japanese newspapers or essays? Preparing for JLPT N1? Here’s how to level up your Japanese game with side-by-side readers.
September 6, 2023
Want to read Japanese newspapers or essays? Preparing for JLPT N1? Here’s how to level up your Japanese game with side-by-side readers.
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“Mama” and “papa” are such ubiquitous parental terms in Japan that it’s easy to forget they’re foreign words – words the government once tried to ban.
Most languages use a variation of the name Japan – except for Japan itself! Learn the etymology of Japan, and the reason for the difference.
There’s no word quite like “yabai” in Japanese – an extremely popular slang term that can mean anything from “awful” to “risky” to “excellent, dude!” Yet the prevalence of “yabai” has some worried.
Watching Japanese dramas with subtitles in our native language can sometimes make us lazy, to the point we stop paying attention to the Japanese without even noticing! Watching with Japanese subtitles, however, prevents over-reliance on instant comprehension.
Want to read Japanese books and novels? We outline a method to help get you started – and build your Japanese listening skills along the way.
While cramming is often advised against for long-term study, many students turn to it for short-term goals, such as passing a test.
On my first practice test, I would’ve automatically failed, simply because I couldn’t finish the test. It was what I did next that made all the difference.
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