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Table of Contents
- A List of Words/Phrases (with definitions/example sentences)
- Blog Posts about Japanese (日本語, nihongo)
- Lesson Slides for Complete Beginners
- Lesson Slides for Intermediate-Advanced Learners
- Furigana Generator
- Japanese Synonym Finder
Featured Posts
- 5 Meanings of 気 (ki) and 30 気-related Phrases/Idioms
- “Gakkī Loss”: Meaning of ロス (“Loss”) in Japanese
- 30+ Japanese Words for “Very”: Synonyms of とても (totemo)
- 40 Ways of Saying “Many” in Japanese (Ooi, Ippai, Takusan, and More…)
- 8 Funny and Cute Japanese Cat Idioms
- Success Story of Ichiro Suzuki: What He Means to Japanese Baseball Fans
Latest Posts
- Meaning of プロ驚き屋 (“Professional Surprised Man”) in Japanese Slang 2023
- Japanese Slang するする詐欺 (suru suru sagi, “do do fraud”)
- “High School Debut” in Japanese: Meaning and Examples
- 10 Japanese 前置き (Maeoki) to Sound Modest and Reserved
- Meaning of ドーハの奇跡 “Miracle in Doha” in Japanese
- Essential Japanese Words About Drinking/Sake
- 20 Japanese X (Twitter) Slang Words
- Classic Japanese Puns (Dajare, ダジャレ) You Should Know
- Differences Between 切る (kiru) and 尽くす (tsukusu) as Suffix
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