Massive Typhoon Sweeps Fukuoka – GenkiJACS Undamaged but Exhilarated
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| This weekend saw one of the biggest typhoons in recent years pass directly over Fukuoka, and it is currently sweeping up the rest of Western Japan. There have been…
Memorizing Japanese vocabulary
| The latest version of the 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Shogakukan’s Japanese Dictionary, and the largest of all the Japanese-Japanese dictionaries) has over 500,000 words listed. How are students of…
New Photos Uploaded!
| The end of the summer rush has given us time to finally catch up with some of the work we’ve been putting off for months, and first on our…
Epayments take off in Japan
| Virtually all of the new cell phones in Japan these days have some kind of electronic wallet function built into them. These ewallets allow you to charge your phone…
The adjective “onaji”
| Japanese adjectives have very strict rules. There are only two kinds of adjective:1. “い” adjectives (adjectives ending in the character “i”)おいしい (oishii, delicious)青い (aoi, blue)鋭い (surudoi, sharp)These adjectives can…
Japanese words you can’t say on TV
| For some reason, lots of the students at GenkiJACS seem really interested in learning Japanese swear words. So, in the interests of a well-rounded education on vernacular Japanese, as…
New Japanese words from English
| One of the most fun ‘features’ of the Japanese language is how foreign words are mangled to fit the limited Japanese sound-set. For example, McDonalds becomes マクドナルド (Makudonarudo, 6…
Speaking Japanese is easy!
| We at GenkiJACS think Japanese is an easy language to learn to speak. (Reading and writing are a different matter, though!) Here are the reasons why. (I’ts long! I’d…
Inaugural Student Blog: Paul Isaac
| We’re all for freedom of information at GenkiJACS. We want you to have a good idea about what studying with us is really like before you take the plunge…
Addiction or Poisoning?
| It’s often frustrating for learners of the Japanese language when they can’t express themselves clearly because they don’t know a specific word. However, it can be even more frustrating…