Pages for learning Japanese about casual speech, sorted by how much they offer a learner.
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Explains the Japanese grammar pattern ～上に, which stacks additional points to emphasize cumulative positive or negative effects.
Guide to Japanese internet slang and how to express laughter online, including terms like wara, bakushyou, kusa, and www. Designed for learners wanting to understand casual written Japanese in digital contexts.
Stack Exchange community for students, teachers, and linguists to discuss Japanese language questions, from grammar and particles to dialects, pitch accent, and classical forms.
Detailed explanation of the negative te-form in Japanese, covering both ～なくて and ～ないで forms with their grammatical functions, usage patterns, and example sentences.
Guide to the Japanese particle は (wa) that explains how to mark topics, distinguish は from が, and use the particle in sentences. Designed for beginners learning core grammar patterns.
Teaches Japanese onomatopoeia and interjection sounds used to express emotions and reactions in casual conversation, with examples from manga and everyday speech. Suited for beginners learning colloquial expressions.
Explains the meaning and usage of w, ww, www in Japanese internet comments as slang for laughing, with examples from anime and manga. Covers pronunciation, origin in Diablo, and distinction from formal （笑）.
Explains how to use verb clauses to modify nouns and function as adjectives and nouns in Japanese sentences, with detailed examples and a comic dialogue for practice.
Explains the grammar pattern 〜ている, covering its three main meanings: ongoing actions, resulting states, and habits. Provides formation rules, contrasts with the plain verb, and includes audio examples.
Grammar lesson on ということだ, explaining its two main uses for reporting information and confirming statements with clear formation rules, examples, and comparison to related expressions like ～そうだ.
Grammar lesson on the word chotto and how Japanese speakers use ambiguous expressions to soften requests and politely decline. Explains cultural context and provides example dialogues for learners.
A six-day self-paced online course teaching Japanese slang and casual speech through dialogues and videos, with culture readings and quizzes. Designed for learners at N4-N5 level and above.
Guide to 118 JLPT N3 grammar points organized by topic, each with two example sentences and practice quizzes. Covers natural conversational Japanese used at intermediate level.
A guide offering beginner-level strategies for Japanese conversation, covering greetings, polite and casual speech, listening and speaking practice, and everyday vocabulary. Intended for those starting to speak Japanese.
Guide to Japanese honorific suffixes and prefixes used to show respect, with explanations of when and how to use -san, -chan, -kun, -sama, and -sensei in different social contexts.
Detailed grammar lesson on the Japanese expression ～くせに, which criticizes or blames someone when their actions contradict expectations.
Japanese-English dictionary with over 180,000 entries, searchable by Japanese, English, rōmaji or kana, with support for conjugated words and detailed part-of-speech and field tags.
Eleven interactive grammar lessons for beginners covering the copula, particles, adjectives, verb classification, negation, past tense, and relative clauses up to JLPT N5 level. Requires ability to read hiragana.
Explains how to express unintended actions using しまう and its casual variants ちゃう and ちまう, with example sentences and vocabulary for intermediate learners.
Guide explaining how to use anime as a supplementary tool for learning Japanese, covering methods like choosing appropriate shows, using subtitles, and repeating dialogue.
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