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How to say Time in Japanese 時間 /jikan/: Time When describing the time of day in general terms: 朝 /asa/: morning 昼 /hiru/: noon 晩 /ban/: evening 夜 /yoru/: night When expressing time between the hours: 時 /ji/: o’clock 時間 /jikan/: hour 午前 /gozen/: a.m. 午後 /gogo/: p.m. 分 /fun/: …

25 Different Languages in Japanese 「語」/go/: Language In most cases, the name of a language will be the name of the country where it is spoken with the suffix「語」. However, there’re also some exceptions*. 1．英語* /ei-go/: English 2．フランス語 /furansu-go/: French 3．ドイツ語 /doitsu-go/: German 4．オランダ語 /oranda-go/: Dutch 5．北京語* /pekin-go/: Mandarin 6．スウェーデン語 …

How to talk about Duration in Japanese 期間 /kikan/: Duration For hours, add 時間 /jikan/ after the numbers. Some irregular readings: 4時間 /yo-jikan/: 4 hours 9時間 /ku-jikan/: 9 hours *1時間半 /ichi-jikan-han/: one and a half hour (we normally say this instead of 1 時間30分 /ichi-jikan-san-jup-pun/) →　「何時間」/nan-jikan/: how many hours For …

How to say “What” in Japanese 「何」: What There are two different ways to say「何」:「なん」/nan/ and「なに」/nani/. Now, the real question is how can we know when to use what? Here are some quick tips for you guys: 「なん」/nan/ When it stands after words that have “d”, “t” and “n” sound. …

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What Does もし (moshi) Mean in Japanese Hy everyone, welcome to my blog, pleasure to meet you guys, ok, in this post, let’s learn about the meaning and use of moshi (もし). The meaning of moshi is “if”, yeah, just “if”, but there is a rule you must know, if …

Adjectives with Dupicate Kanji Followed by しい So, this post idea basically boils down to my being interested in the adjectives that use the same kanji twice or phrase twice in a row following my discovery of 馬鹿馬鹿しい. Here are the ones I found which seemed most practical. 馴々しい (or …

Using 感じ to express your feelings in Japanese A lot of people seem to think that expressing your feelings in Japanese is difficult, and while it can be, there are a lot of different variations used in Japanese to express feelings. I promise it isn’t that bad! First, let’s start …