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Volume 8: Two by Two, Here We Go! |
Volume 8: Counting two by two--with an Octopus! More... |
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Body Idioms Part V |
 | Body Idioms 手の内を明かす Opening up your heart (but with your hands)
胸をなでおろす Stroking one's chest in relief |
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Body Idioms Part IV |
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Body Idioms
耳にたこができる the 'umpteenth' time
足が棒になる My dogs are barkin'
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Body Idioms Part III |
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Body Idioms
足を引っ張る Drag someone down
小耳に挟む Eavesdrop
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Body Idioms Part II |
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Body Idioms
～を尻に敷く be henpecked
腕が鳴る to show one's skills
With Video!
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Chiyon's nihongo no tamatebako |
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Chiyon's Lessons
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Volume 7: Number Units 数の単位 |
Volume 7: Number Units 数の単位 |
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Body Idioms Part I |
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Body Idioms
鼻が高い to be proud
顔が広い to know many people
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Frank and the Obaasan Japanese Lessons |
 A TJP Original Beginning Japanese Reader with Audio
While on an intergalactic spy mission, Frank the alien loses control of his spaceship and plummets to Earth; Fukui, Japan to be precise. Lacking Essential repair materials, Frank must learn the earthlings language and find earth equivalents of the materials needed to repair his ship. |
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Time Squares: Speaking About Duration |
Japanese does not have an entirely consistent pattern for speaking about units of calendar time: days, weeks, months, and the like. For example, “last week” is sen-shu ; “last year” is kyo-nen . However, when written, many concepts are represented by the same kanji . For this reason, this article has been organized into conceptual units so that these basic connections between the spoken and written language can be understood. |
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Useful Around the House Words |
Vocabulary lesson with useful around the house words. With sound and flash |
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Directions in Japanese |
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