Pages for learning Japanese about casual speech, sorted by how much they offer a learner.
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Guide to 17 essential Japanese particles with explanations, usage notes, and example sentences for each. Helps beginners understand how particles relate words within sentences.
Guide to keigo, Japanese polite and respectful speech, explaining its three levels: teineigo (everyday polite), sonkeigo (respectful), and kenjogo (humble).
A guide to learning Japanese through manga, offering study tips for all levels and recommending titles from beginners to advanced learners. It covers authentic vocabulary, kanji with furigana, and character dialects.
Detailed guide to the Japanese grammar pattern ~んです, showing how to use it for explanations, questions, and emphasis. Covers politeness levels, example sentences, and common mistakes for beginner learners.
Grammar lesson on the ~的 suffix, which attaches to abstract nouns to form na-adjectives and adverbs used in academic and formal contexts. Covers usage patterns, sentence structures, and comparisons with similar suffixes.
Guide to the N5 grammar pattern と一緒に for expressing 'together with' someone, explaining how the particle と marks a companion and how 一緒に emphasizes togetherness.
Casual and internet Japanese with examples of how each expression is used.
Guide to 25 Japanese greetings with audio, organized by formality level and situation, including formal phrases, informal expressions, first meetings, phone answers, and bowing etiquette.
Explains how to form the negative of る-verbs (ichidan verbs) using ない or ません, with examples and related grammar points for JLPT N5 learners.
Lesson on converting between polite and casual Japanese speech, covering the ます and です forms, verb conjugation, negative forms, common contractions, and honorific prefixes.
Guide to katakana, one of the three Japanese writing systems, covering character forms, pronunciation rules, long vowels, and uses for foreign and loan words.
Grammar guide explaining N1をN2と言う (naming and defining things in Japanese), with formation, examples, related patterns, and practice exercises. For intermediate learners studying formal definitions and labeling.
Learn 15 Japanese swear words with pronunciation, severity levels, and cultural context. Covers anime language vs real life and male vs female speech.
Detailed explanation of the Japanese copula verb desu, covering its meaning, use in simple sentences, and role in overall sentence structure.
Godan Verbs 五段活用動詞 In this lesson, we will learn a…
Guide to 30 essential JLPT N3 grammar patterns organized by category with meanings, conjugation rules, and examples. Includes practice quiz and comparisons of easily confused patterns for intermediate learners.
Every time you build a Japanese sentence, particles are doing the heavy lifting. They identify who does what, the place,
A clear, complete guide to Japanese verb conjugation: the three verb groups, the all-important て-form, plain vs polite, past, negative, potential and more — with patterns and examples.
Free JLPT N4 reading practice with intermediate stories and learner articles at the N5-to-N4 boundary. Each text includes furigana, audio, and tap-to-look-up words.
Explains how to express obligation and prohibition in Japanese using だめ, いけない, and ならない with various grammatical structures. Covers must do and must not do patterns for beginner learners.
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