Learning spoken Japanese is already difficult enough due to its dissimilarity to English and other western languages. And if that was not enough, you also need to contend with kanji, an inseparable...

There are many thousands of kanji in existence, but for practical purposes learning 2000 high frequency kanji will cover 99% of kanji encountered when reading in Japanese. Targeting to learn this...

One definition of learning kanji is learning their meanings, readings, radicals, and stroke order. This is a tall order and it’s natural to wonder the best way to go about it. Learning kanji is a...

Kanji was not invented in Japan, but the way it has evolved and been adapted for use in the Japanese language is unique to Japan. It has played a critical role in the development of Japanese...

The Japanese language contains many types of words. In colloquial terms, they might be loosely classified according to their respective writing systems: ひらがな語 (hiragana words),...

The Japanese language has several words to say ‘improvement’. It can be hard to tell what the difference is between them and in what situations each should be used. Furthermore, some of the words...