vocabulary

How to say "home" in Japanese Japanese people would say "ie" or "katei" to say "home" in Japanese. In this blog post, I will explain these two words in detail and how they are different through example sentences. Let's get started! Contents Definition and meaning of "ie" Definition and meaning of …

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How to say "river" in Japanese Japanese people would say "kawa". It is the Japanese word for 'river'. Very simple, I think. Yet, it has two different kanji expressions. In this blog post, therefore, I will explain this word based on its two kanji expressions. And also, I will explain how they are different. Let's …

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How to say "flower" in Japanese We can say "hana". It is the Japanese word for 'flower'. Very simple, I think. Interestingly, however, it has two different kanji expressions. And unfortunately, their roles are not the same. In this blog post, therefore, I will explain them in detail how they are different. Let's …

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How to say "art" in Japanese Honestly, Japanese native speakers quite often say "āto" which originally came from the pronunciation of "art". So, they often use the word imported from the English language. In this blog post, however, I will focus on words in the Japanese language. We have two major ways to say "art" …

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How to say "hope" in Japanese Japanese people would say "kibou" or "nozomi". Both words can be used to say "hope" in Japanese. In this blog post, I will explain them in detail based on the kanji characters. And also, I will explain how to use them through example sentences. Let's get …

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