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…
Easy & Hard: ～やすい & ～にくい Nominalising verbs already gives us one way to say that something is easy or hard to do. 日本語にほんごで新聞しんぶんを読よむのが難むずかしいです。…
Honorifics in Japanese: A Complete Introduction to Keigo, Sonkeigo, and Kenjogo Honorifics play a huge role in the Japanese language. They define underlying power dynamics and help the speaker…
About or Approximately: ～ぐらい くらい is the most common way of saying “about” or “approximately” in Japanese. It will usually be introduced…