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Anime high schoolers and a clean appearance
Anyone who’s seen at least a few anime that take place in a modern day high school, or even middle school, have probably noticed something different about the appearance (besides the school uniforms)...
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Fundamentals of Japanese – Part 1: Pronunciation
Welcome to the first installment in a series of posts I’m going to be writing about the fundamentals of the Japanese language. Part 1 will be an introduction to the post series as well as covering an...
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Fundamentals of Japanese – Part 2: Reading
Here’s Part 2 of my ongoing Fundamentals of Japanese post series. In Part 1 I went over how to pronounce Japanese and read it using English letters (romaji). Now I’m going to discuss how it’s read...
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Fundamentals of Japanese – Part 3: Particles
Now that I’ve covered the Japanese syllabary and writing systems, in this section I’ll be going over the basics of Japanese sentences. To me, the most fundamental parts of Japanese grammar are...
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Fundamentals of Japanese – Part 4: Verbs and Adjectives
In Part 3 I discussed the very basics of Japanese grammar with particles and the “to be” verb です(desu). Today I’ll be moving up to the next step in grammar fundamentals with the conjugation of...
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Fundamentals of Japanese – Part 5: Speech Levels
In Part 5 of my Fundamentals of Japanese series, I’ll be covering the characteristics of the language’s different levels of speech… Polite Speech Japanese comprises varying levels of speech, using...
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The importance of subtitle quality
A recent post by @fkeroge talked about how subtitle quality can vary between official subtitles and fansubs, with the official ones not always being the most accurate. But ultimately, the only way one...
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Fundamentals of Japanese – Part 6: Counting and Demonstrative Forms
This is going to be the final post in my Fundamentals of Japanese series. I’m using it to discuss the two last grammar points I feel are important for a basic understanding of the language, but...
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My continued adventures in Japanese self-study
After taking my last formal Japanese class in mid-2009, I’ve only had self-study to rely on in keeping up my study of the language. Starting in 2010, after graduating college, returning from my second...
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Watching anime raw
In past posts I’ve talked about the subtitle quality in anime we watch, as well as anime dubs, but I never specifically wrote about watching anime in its “pure” form – raw in Japanese without any...
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