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Japanese Passive and Causative: られる, させる and させられる

Japanese can take one verb and turn it three ways. 食たべる (to

Free JLPT N5 Practice Test: 20 Questions with Answers and Audio

This is a free mini mock test for the JLPT N5, the

から, ので, のに and ため: Four Ways to Say Because in Japanese

English gets by with “because”, “so”, “even though” and “in order to”.

Japanese Reading Practice: Tengu Legends (天狗の昔ばなし), with Furigana and Audio

This is the first half of 天狗てんぐの昔むかしばなし (Tengu Stories), the third story

こと vs の: When to Use Each to Turn a Verb into a Noun in Japanese

Japanese has two ways to turn a verb into a noun, こと

Japanese Reading Practice: The Three Warlords and the Cuckoo (戦国時代の武将), with Furigana and Audio

This is the first half of 戦国時代せんごくじだいの武将ぶしょう (The Warrior Leaders of the

JLPT N5 Listening Practice #8: How many people will climb the mountain?

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JLPT N5 Listening Practice #7: Where did he go on Sunday?

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JLPT N5 Listening Practice #6: What day is the test?

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JLPT N5 Listening Practice #5: How much will she pay?

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JLPT N5 Listening Practice #4: What time will they meet?

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Kanji List: 1,000 Essential Kanji with Readings and Meanings (Free PDF)

Here are 1,000 kanji, the core characters you need to read everyday

JLPT N2 Kanji List (Free PDF)

This is the list of 367 kanji most often counted as new

だけ・しか・ばかり・のみ: Four Ways to Say “Only” in Japanese

English has one word for all of this: “only”. “I only have

Japanese Reading Practice: Hikoichi and the Young Lord (彦一さんと若殿), with Furigana and Audio

This is the first half of 彦一ひこいちさんと若殿わかとの (Hikoichi and the Young Lord),

つもり, 予定, はず and べき in Japanese: Plans, Expectations and Oughts

English gets by with two phrases for all of this. "I'm going

Japanese Food Texture Words: もちもち, さくさく and とろとろ (with Audio)

How do you say “crispy” in Japanese? さくさく. Chewy is もちもち, and

Japanese Reading Practice: A Kappa Mummy (河童のミイラ), with Furigana and Audio

This is the first half of 河童かっぱのミイラ (A Kappa Mummy), the second

は vs が in Japanese: The Stage and the Spotlight

You met は on your first day and が on your second,

ている, てある, ておく, てしまう: What the Japanese て-Form Is Really Doing

You learned the て-form to join two sentences and to ask for

に vs で: The Two Japanese Place Particles

You were taught that に marks location. Then you met 学校がっこうで勉強べんきょうする and

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