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Japanese Particles Master is a blog written by Masaki Mori, focusing on Japanese particles, vocabulary, grammar rules, and widely used expressions.
In this blog, you can learn the Japanese language with in-depth explanations and example sentences. Especially, explanations on words based on their kanji expressions will help you to remember them easily as well as to understand their concepts which native speakers have in their minds.
Like the English prepositions, small parts in Japanese are important to make phrases and sentences sound natural. Especially, Japanese particles and conjugative parts are important.
Learning them as individual words is very possible. In most cases, however, leaning them through example sentences is much more effective. In this blog, therefore, they are explained in as much detail as possible through example sentences which native speakers would use in daily conversations.
Confusing verbs: "suru" and "yaru" I know that Japanese learners quite often confuse the two widely-used verbs: "suru" and "yaru". Both are very similar and, in fact, can be used interchangeably in many cases. Yet, they are not the same. So, in …
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Is there any plural in Japanese? It's very hard to answer this question. Normally, Japanese native speakers do not differentiate the plural nouns from the singular. In other words, the border is very, very ambiguous. This fact would be surprising …
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Wrong pronunciations are not always wrong Correct pronunciations are important. This is not unique to Japanese. In any language, we need to know correct pronunciations to avoid possible misunderstandings. In this blog post, however, I will focus …
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What does "egao" mean in Japanese? Native speakers say "egao" to mean 'smile' or 'smiling face' in Japanese. Very simple, I think. In this blog post, however, I will explain this word in detail based on its kanji expression. And also, I will explain how to use it through example sentences. My explanations would help …
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What does "inori" mean in Japanese? Native speakers say "inori" to mean 'prayer', 'wish', 'grace', or such in Japanese. In this blog post, I will explain this word in detail based on its grammatical components. And also, I will explain how to use it through example sentences. My explanations would help Japanese …
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What does "renshuu" mean in Japanese? Native speakers say "renshuu" to mean 'practice', 'drill', 'training', or such in Japanese. I think that many Japanese learners know this word well because it is often used in Japanese textbooks. In this blog post, however, I will explain this word in detail based on its kanji …
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What does "yami" mean in Japanese? Native speakers say "yami" to mean 'darkness' in Japanese. Very simple. Perhaps, many Japanese learners know this word as it is often used in Japanese movies, games, manga, anime, and the like. In this blog post, I will explain this word in detail based on its kanji character. And …
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What does "omake" mean in Japanese? Native speakers say "omake" to mean 'freebie', 'bonus', or 'extra' in Japanese. Perhaps, some Japanese learners know this word well because it is often used to refer to an extra volume of Japanese manga or such. In this blog post, however, I will explain this word in detail based …
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