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Japanese verbs……in my first post on verbs I introduced you to the plain form verbs, also known as the dictionary form verb. Now, allow me to introduce “masu”.  Masu form verbs differ to dictionary form verbs in that the masu form is used in formal situations. As a general rule the dictionary form is used when speaking to family and [...]

Sakura is the name for the celebrated and beautiful cherry blossom trees of Japan. I hope you enjoy this video, I spent two weeks documenting the Sakura trees in my local area. I was amazed how quickly the trees changed over night. The cherry blossom trees were in full bloom for less than two days. [...]

In my years o f studying Japanese and living in Japan I have had a never ending battle with verbs. In my experience mastering verbs is one of the hardest aspects of learning the Japanese language. I first realized this when I came to work in Japan for the first time. Having study the basics [...]

Basic Japanese……………there is no such thing. Basic Japanese is what deters most people from learning Japanese. While living in Japan I saw hundreds of foreigners, usually English teachers, start learning Japanese and then give up within the space of a month. What happens is these newly arrived teachers get all excited up about learning Japanese [...]