LIVING IN JAPAN
Survey: Japanese People Have No Confidence In Their English – But Tourists Say It’s Great
Of those who refused to communicate with someone in English, 76.5% said it was due to lack of confidence.
Language learning
LIVING IN JAPAN
JAPANESE LANGUAGE
I Tried AI for Japanese Speaking Practice – Here’s What I Learned
People keep telling me AI chatbots are the future of Japanese language learning. So I tried a few. Here's why they're wrong.
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How to Ditch Duolingo and Actually Learn Japanese
Want an alternative to Duolingo now that they're firing workers and resorting to AI slop? Here's a much better way to study…
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Ado Reveals She’s Been in America, Struggling to Improve Her English
World-famous singer Ado revealed recently she's been living in the United States for a while. Sadly, she says, it hasn't automatically improved…
JAPANESE LANGUAGE
Japanese Language Still Very Popular, Says Duolingo
Duolingo is out with its most popular languages. Japan retained its fifth place position - but will one of its neighbors unseat…
JAPANESE LANGUAGE
Advanced Japanese Reading Practice with Side-by-Side Readers
Want to read Japanese newspapers or essays? Preparing for JLPT N1? Here's how to level up your Japanese game with side-by-side readers.
JAPANESE LANGUAGE
Japanese Sentence Mining: How to Learn in Context
Have your Japanese studies gotten tired and boring? Maybe it's the way you're studying. How sentence mining can break you out of…
JAPANESE LANGUAGE
Beware These False Friends Between English and Japanese!
You may think you know what these words mean in Japanese. Think again! A rundown of the language's most famous "false friends".