Japanese

    You may start out skimming the surface of the Japanese language, but at some point going deeper will pay dividends. Whether that's focusing on on'yomi/kun'yomi, rendaku, or the real-life use of です, the deeper you go with the fundamental components of Japanese, the more benefits you gain from study time. Start fortifying your foundation with our articles below. Each one you read is another step toward fluency.

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    1. The 100+ Most Important Japanese Words The minimum amount of Japanese you should learn before traveling to Japan.

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    2. When Learning Japanese, It’s All About The Little Victories Every day is something to celebrate

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    3. Japanese Words That Make It Into English Dictionaries Samurai, Futon, and delish Sushi

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    4. Using Japanese Kids' Newspapers to Study for the JLPT: A 5-Step Method Don't say Japanese kids never did nothin' for ya

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    5. Why It's Okay To Forget Kanji What were we talking about, again?

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    6. How To Trick Yourself Into Good (Japanese) Study Habits If you don't trick your brain, it'll fight you the whole way

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    7. Using Kid’s Songs to Learn Japanese Because who isn't a kid on the inside?

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    8. 10 Reasons a Japanese Girlfriend Won't Help Your Japanese Don't assume learning will just happen

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    9. When You Feel Like You Don't Want to Stop, Stop. It doesn't feel right, but you'll be happy you did

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    10. Should you Learn Japanese from a Native Speaker or a Foreigner? Who do you choose?

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    11. Learn Japanese Vocabulary Faster Becoming A Nintendo DS Kanji Sonomama Master

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    12. Question: How Should You Learn Kanji? We asked the experts

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    13. The 5 Biggest Mistakes People Make When Learning Kanji Don't do what I did

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    14. The History Of Kanji Where did kanji come from, anyway?

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    15. How To Pronounce The Japanese "R" Sound RRRrrrRRRrrrrRRRRrrr

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    16. Rosetta Stone Japanese: Is It Worth It? Is it worth the money?

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    17. Is Learning Japanese Not Popular Anymore? And what does the future hold?

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    18. Japanese Language Cheatsheet For Travelers Going to Japan but don't want to really learn Japanese? Use a cheatsheet.

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    19. How Not To Find A Japanese Language Partner Don't scare your language partners away

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    20. Strange Katakana Words Words you may have trouble deciphering

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    21. Japanese Particles Cheatsheet Should I be using は or が…?

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    22. Furigana: How To Use The Little Kana That Live Above Your Kanji In the end, you should probably just learn kanji

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    23. Shiritori, The Japanese Game That Will Improve Your Japanese Good for a long Japanese car ride.

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    24. Listen to Japanese Podcasts via iTunes Hone your skills and your ears

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    25. Studying Japanese Over The Summer Three full months of Japanese study

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    26. 6 Reasons Why Kanji is Necessary Why you should learn kanji even if "you don't wannnnna"

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    27. Talk Like A Samurai Katajikenai for reading this.

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    28. Using Twitter to Practice Japanese Tweet Tweet ピチピチ

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    29. Japanese Online Translators: They Laugh at You I hope you wanted to call your teacher "cheese butt" cause you just did

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    30. Japanese Grammar: At the Same Time A grammar breakdown

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    31. Studying Japanese with a Nintendo DS Get your game on and learn something at the same time

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    32. Beginning Japanese: All Your First Steps Get off on the right foot

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    33. Ways To Say "Desu" Learn your way around the greatest copula in Japanese

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