Study plans and JLPT
Practical guides on speaking, grammar, pronunciation, listening, and study planning, written for learners who want to use Japanese in real life.
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Japanese Letter Format: Haikei, Keigu and the Seasonal Greeting
A formal Japanese letter has a fixed frame. Once you know the frame, the only part you really write yourself is the middle.
6 min readHow to Write an Email to a Japanese Teacher or Professor
A teacher receives dozens of student emails. The ones that are easy to answer say who, which class and what, in the first three lines.
6 min readHow to Write an Inquiry Email in Japanese to a Company or School
An inquiry email is answered fastest when the person reading it can tell in ten seconds who you are and exactly what you want to know.
6 min readHow to Write a Sakubun: Japanese School Essays That Work
A good sakubun is not full of difficult words. It picks one style, one clear point and a structure the reader can follow.
5 min readHow to Write a Complaint in Japanese: Emails to Companies and Landlords
A written complaint in Japanese works best when it reads like a calm report with one clear request at the end.
6 min readLearning Japanese With ADHD: Study Habits That Actually Stick
Advice written for steady, patient learners often fails people with ADHD. A study system that works with how your attention actually behaves will beat one that relies on willpower.
6 min readLearning Japanese as an Introvert: Speaking Without Burning Out
Most speaking advice sounds like it was written by extroverts: go to meetups, talk to strangers, say yes to everything. There is a quieter route that works just as well.
5 min readLearning Japanese as a Teenager: A Practical Guide
As a teenager you have something most adult learners would love: real interest and a timetable that already includes learning. The trick is turning that interest into steady progress.
6 min readLearning Japanese as an Italian Speaker
Italian already has the doubled consonant that defeats most learners of Japanese, which is a bigger advantage than it sounds.
7 min readLearning Japanese as a Finnish Speaker
Finnish gives you both of the length contrasts Japanese depends on, plus an agglutinative grammar, which is close to the best preparation available.
7 min readLearning Japanese as a German Speaker
German already sends the verb to the end of a subordinate clause, which means the hardest thing about Japanese word order is something you do every day.
7 min readLearning Japanese as a French Speaker
French gives every syllable roughly equal weight, which is closer to Japanese rhythm than most European languages manage.
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