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| As much as this country, its amazing culture and wonderful people always warm our hearts, it can still get very cold in winter. That means illness is likely to…
English Origin?
| When learning a new language, there is happily always some vocabulary incorporated that we already know from other languages. Japanese offers a lot of terms that derived from the…
The Legendary Turtle Shell – How Kanji Came to Life
| Whoever studies the Japanese language will eventually come across the complex writing system based on the Chinese characters called Kanji. Memorizing them is probably the hardest part when studying…
Japanese “Cat-phrases”
| Every language has sayings in which animals play an important role. However, in Japanese, the cat appears particularly often. Here are some “cat-phrases” that will make you smile. (Unless,…
早言葉(はやことば) Tongue Twisters
| They do exist in the Japanese language as well: the loved and feared tongue twisters. They help us make a fool of ourselves but that is exactly why it…
Shiritori (しりとり)
| This game is a fun way of memorizing vocabulary. Shiritori means “taking the end”, which is exactly what this fun Japanese word game is about. The players take turns…
Gesshuku Ishiyama mother passed away
| At GenkiJACS, we offer a few different types of dormitories for our students. One of those is the 月宿 (gesshuku), which is like the owner’s house opened up into…
We Have a Winner
| This year`s winning 流行語 (りゅうこうご) have been announced on December 1st. And 2016’s “word of the year” is … 「神ってる」（かみってる）. This phrase is based on the Japanese word 神（かみ）(=god),…
Kaomoji – Let us know what you feel
| A language does not only consist of grammar and words. Particularly in social media, an emoticon can say more than 1,000 words. In Japan, young people have gone to…
駄洒落 (だじゃれ) – Japanese Puns
| In general, dajare could be described as Japanese Puns. However, while English puns are usually created by exchanging a word in sentence with a similar one, dajare benefit from…