Colloquial Japanese One gripe among Japanese learners is that they learn all these verb conjugations and honorifics and then when…
Place of Action JLPT N3. Formal. Typically used only in writing. における and において you the more formal versions での and…
After: 後 We already know one way of saying “after” in Japanese: by using the te form. コーヒーを飲のんで、仕事しごとを始はじめました。 I drank…
Simultaneous Actions: ～ながら vs ～間に We have two basic ways of expressing simultaneous actions in Japanese, e.g. “I ate dinner while watching television”.…