Colloquial Japanese One gripe among Japanese learners is that they learn all these verb conjugations and honorifics and then when…
Except 以外いがい means “other than” or “except for”. It is added directly to nouns and verbs in their dictionary form.…
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”.…
Because (から, ので) We have already seen one way to express a reason or cause by using the te form. 電車でんしゃが遅おくれて、会社かいしゃに遅刻ちこくしました。…