Duolingo is out with its most popular languages. Japan retained its fifth place position – but will one of its neighbors unseat it next year? Learn more, including what Japan thinks of its own English abilities.
Have your Japanese studies gotten tired and boring? Maybe it’s the way you’re studying. How sentence mining can break you out of your rut.
Kuzushiji, the โcrushed lettersโ found in historical Japanese documents, have long been the bane of scholars. A new app may change all that.
“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.
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.
The JLPT reading section is likely the most difficult part of the entire test. Why? While all other questions are relatively straightforward, reading comprehension questions tend to be abstract.
้ข่ฅฟใงๆดป่บใใๆฅๆฌไบบๆๅธซใงใใๆฃฎๅฒกๅๅปฃๅ ็ใฏใๆฅๆฌไบบใซ่ฑ่ชใๆใใๅใใๅคๅฝไบบ็ๅญฆ็ใซๆฅๆฌ่ชใๆใใฆใใใพใใๆฏ่ชใงใใๆฅๆฌ่ชใใๅคๅฝ่ชใใจใใฆ็ๅญฆ็ใซๆใใไธญใงๅพใๆฐใฅใใฏใ่ฑ่ชใๆใใ้ใซใ้ๅธธใซๅฝน็ซใฃใฆใใใใใงใใๅฝผๅฅณใใใใพใง็ฉใฟไธใใฆใใ่จ่ชๆๅธซใจใใฆใฎ็ฅ่ฆใจๆฐใฅใใใใจใใๆ็ซ ใซใพใจใใพใใใ
Japanese teacher Chihiro Morioka reflects on a career spent learning and teaching language in both Japanese and English – and the lessons she’s learned.
With no official curriculum for the Japanese Language Proficiency Test, it can be difficult to know where to begin. Here’s how you can design an effective game plan to study for the JLPT.
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