Hannah Stafford 
Planning a trip to Japan? Arm yourself with these essential Japanese phrases for travelers, and it will help your trip go a whole lot more smoothly! Don’t worry – you don’t need to speak fluent Japanese in order to have the best trip ever. You might be relieved to learn that many Japanese people are … Read more
The Japanese term for ‘greeting’ is aisatsu (挨拶 / あいさつ). Aisatsu refers not only to the phrases used when meeting someone, but also gestures and actions that come alongside them. Having these few aisatsu under your belt will be a great help upon your arrival in Japan! You will also need to be able to … Read more
As part of learning basic Japanese, family related vocab is very useful to know! In Japanese, the terms for different family members can be a bit complex. This is just another example of the hierarchy system and politeness culture in Japan. Whether you are speaking about an older or younger sibling, or whether you are … Read more
One thing that connects people all around the world is food. Wherever your travels take you in the world, you will need to eat food! The Japanese food culture is second to none. If you’re planning a trip to Japan, you’ll definitely want to get out there and experience the country’s amazing restaurants, diners and … Read more
Love is in the air! Who’s ready to learn some romantic Japanese love words? In previous posts, we have learned some Japanese pick up lines and how to express like or love in Japanese. In this post, we will look at some of the other common words in the Japanese world of romance and love! … Read more
‘Aesthetic’ is hard to describe in words, perhaps because it is mainly a visual thing! Aesthetic is pretty much the concept of beauty and taste. If something is aesthetically pleasing, that means it is satisfying to the senses, particularly sight. We already talked about beautiful Japanese words, which were related to the deep and beautiful … Read more
Japanese learners are very fortunate for the fact that there are so many resources available for studying Japanese. There are countless textbooks, apps and online learning tools that will have you up to exam standard in no time! That being said, the way in which we speak Japanese in an academic setting vs a social … Read more
It is no surprise that Japanese is a language containing a lexicon of words with deep, profound meanings. So much so, that we may find we don’t even have the words to express such ideas quite the same in English! Many Japanese words are written in kanji characters. Kanji are logographic characters which originally come … Read more