Colloquial Japanese One gripe among Japanese learners is that they learn all these verb conjugations and honorifics and then when…
State of Completion (てある) Not to be confused with the present participle, this structure combines the te form with the verb “to…
“As Soon As” in Japanese The easiest way to say “as soon as A, B” with the grammar already introduced is to simply…
Similarity & Hearsay in Japanese There are numerous ways to express “seems like” in Japanese and what makes each of these expressions tricky…