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6 Ways to Improve Your Japanese Learning Ability using Quizlet

Since the introduction to Quizlet , I’ve come up with 6 ways to improve your Japanese learning ability.

1. If you are a total newbie on learning hiragana and katakana , start creating your own set of hiraganas first. Probably the first 10 sounds namely, あ、い、う、え、お and か、き、く、け、こ. As you become familiar, you should proceed to the next 10 hiragana sounds and so on until you complete all hiragana sounds. [Read more →]

How to learn and remember Japanese Vocabularies? Use Quizlet!

I just happen to stumble upon this great looking site call Quizlet. Basically what this site allows you to do is not only create your own set of Japanese vocabularies, but for other languages as well. I think its a really great way to help Japanese learners to build their vocabulary power and ease the trouble of referring to your Japanese dictionaries or textbooks. It sort replaces the need for flashcards.

After creating a set of Japanese vocabularies that you want to memorize, you can make use of its interactive features such as games to help you make learning Japanese more fun. Some people have already created their own set of Japanese vocabularies, you might just want to participant freely. It’s all free anyway. To start your own, find out more in their tour video

Using passive sentences in Japanese, the -rareru form

Let’s learn how to form passive sentences in Japanese. By using the -rareru form, you can prove to your friends that your Japanese grammar has improved by a huge margin :) So let’s take a look at some of the passive words you often use in English conversation. [Read more →]

How to use “when” in Japanese or -tara form

This form very useful and commonly use by the Japanese. The examples below will show you how to change from the plain verb to -tara forms [Read more →]

How to show progression in Japanese using the -teiru form

Let’s say you are doing something. Like say for example, eating. You probably would want to tell a friend, I am eating in Japanese. So today we will learn on using -ている -teiru form.

たべる becomes たべている which means “Eating”

And to add the polite -masu form [Read more →]

How to Express Assumption and Using the -ba form in Japanese

In order to bring your Japanese to the next level, there are a couple more forms to learn. Let’s get started.

How do you express assumption? By adding the でしょう or だろう [Read more →]

How to Speak, Write, Read, Listen and Understand in Japanese

Learning the Japanese grammar, forms, vocabularies and other common expressions just by finding on the web does not help you to fully become able to S.W.R.L(Speak, Write, Read, Listen) and understand in Japanese. You have to get a hands on. [Read more →]

Learn how to connect Japanese sentences using ga, kedo and dakara

Sometime back ago we learned about the -te てform, which is use to connect or continue sentences, or also known as “and”. In today’s post we shall learn more on how to connect Japanese sentences using connective words. The use of “but”, “because” and “so” will be covered today. [Read more →]