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Exchanging Contact Details in Japanese
You have had a good conversation, it is ending, and now you have about five seconds to decide whether to ask for their contact details and how.
9 min readMaking Plans with Friends in Japanese
Agreeing to meet is easy. Agreeing when, where exactly, and what happens if one of you is late takes a set of phrases that most learners have never practised.
8 min readJoining a Club or Circle in Japan
A circle is the fastest route from studying Japanese to using it, because it gives you the same people, on the same day, every week, talking about something you already care about.
9 min readJapanese or Chinese: Which Language Should You Learn?
Japanese and Mandarin are hard in opposite places, so the honest question is not which is easier but which difficulty you would rather live with for the next two years.
15 min readJapanese or Korean: Which Is Easier to Learn?
Korean gives you reading in a weekend and harder sounds; Japanese gives you easier sounds and a writing system that takes years. Here is how to choose, and why the second language is far cheaper than the first.
14 min readJapanese Textbook or App: How to Choose Your Core
A textbook series and a drill app are not competitors. They do different jobs, and most stalled learners are using one of them for a job it was never built to do.
14 min readA Japanese Class or Self-Study: Which Fits You?
A group class buys you a schedule and a teacher's correction. Self-study buys you speed and control. The right answer depends less on your budget than on which of the two things you keep failing to supply yourself.
14 min readIs a Japanese Language School in Japan Worth It?
A language school in Japan buys you structure, a cohort, and a country full of Japanese outside the door. It does not buy you fluency, and the difference between the two is what you do with your afternoons.
14 min readHow to Choose a Japanese Tutor Who Actually Helps
Most disappointing tutor experiences start before the first lesson, with a learner who booked a nice person without deciding what the hour was for. Decide that first and the choosing becomes easy.
14 min readJapanese Language Exchange: How to Make It Actually Work
A language exchange is free, human, and unreliable. This is the structure that stops it drifting into English and turns each session into material you can actually study.
15 min readIs Japanese Worth Learning? An Honest Answer
Japanese is a long language for an English speaker, and the honest answer depends on what you want from it. Here is the cost, the return, and a verdict for four specific situations.
15 min readTravel Japanese or Real Fluency: Choosing Your Target
Travel Japanese is a closed set of exchanges you can rehearse. Fluency is the ability to handle the conversation you did not prepare for. Choosing between them early saves months.
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