Calling a Business in Japanese

Calling a Business in Japanese

If you are just learning Japanese or maybe even are an intermediate speaker, making a professional phone call (a call to a business or company) can be a little bit intimidating. This article contains a few tips you can use, as well as some Japanese words and phrases that should help you out. The difficulties [...]

March 3rd, 2010 by Nick 

Learning Japanese From Video Games?

Learning Japanese From Video Games?

With region codes being removed from a lot of the games and game systems, it has become easier than ever to get copies of Japanese games. The big question however, is do games make good tools for practicing Japanese? In the past I would have generally said “not really”. Not for me at least. If [...]

February 2nd, 2010 by Nick 

Communicating In Japan If You don’t Speak Japanese

Communicating In Japan If You don’t Speak Japanese

Learning and communicating in a new language is a great experience. I can still remember the first time I really engaged in Japanese conversation. It was like I had passed through some invisible barrier. But what if you are traveling to Japan before you have had a chance to study much Japanese or need to [...]

May 14th, 2009 by Nick 

Practicing Japanese Pronunciation

Practicing Japanese Pronunciation

Marilyn Monroe. Yes, Marilyn Monroe. Two words difficult for both Japanese speakers to say in English and for English speakers to say in Japanese. I can still remember the conversation with my Japanese host mom from over five years ago about Marilyn Monroe. I don’t remember exactly how it started, but she was asking me [...]

April 21st, 2009 by Nick