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I got the following email the other day. I thought it was interesting for a number of reasons and instead of replying, decided to share here instead. Hi, You make a good grammar guide, but sadly few people will ever use it. It is foolish not to put the guide in romaji and have it help [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

I know there’s still many of you out there that still feels uncomfortable about the difference between the 「は」 and 「が」 particle. You might have even read my first post which covered this very topic. Maybe my explanation didn’t “vibe” with you (translation: something’s wrong with you), so let me give you a more concrete [...] Related posts:The essence of sentence construction During my lessons, when the person doesn’t know how to... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

My twitter account is the story of A-san told in the form of a dialogue. Rules for replying and adding your own dialogue lines are below. Not sure how well it’s going to work but here goes. 気まぐれ会話のルール： １）会話の続きは、「@kimchi314」の返事で行う。 ２）会話の続き以外の返事はダメ。 ３）返事は、日本語だけ。 ４）話し手を明確にする。 例えば、「@kimchi314 A：ありがとう」 Update: I will retweet any interesting replies (with maybe a little embellishment). Eventually, I will follow good contributors. [...] Related posts:気まぐれ会話 Follow my twitter account! http://twitter.com/kimchi314 I’m going to try something... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Follow my twitter account! http://twitter.com/kimchi314 I’m going to try something interesting (or at least I hope it turns out interesting). (Hint: read post title) I’ll wait a few days to start or until I get 100+ followers. Related posts:The story of A-san My twitter account is the story of A-san told in... Google buzz Great, another Twitter account but now [...] Related posts:The story of A-san My twitter account is the story of A-san told in... Google buzz Great, another Twitter account but now in my email and... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

The response to part 1 was very positive so as promised, here’s part 2 of ordering food in real Japanese. I imagine the first thing most people come up with when thinking about Japanese food is “sushi” but for me, I would definitely say it’s “ramen”. Ramen was definitely a big part of what got [...] Related posts:Ordering food in real Japanese (part 1) If you ever learned how to order food in a... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Great, another Twitter account but now in my email and without the hassle of having to add followers (they pre-load from your contacts). I guess my major problem is I don’t spend enough time online ALREADY. Related posts:気まぐれ会話 Follow my twitter account! http://twitter.com/kimchi314 I’m going to try something... Google Wave I got an account on Google Wave, [...] Related posts:気まぐれ会話 Follow my twitter account! http://twitter.com/kimchi314 I’m going to try something... Google Wave I got an account on Google Wave, which is still... The story of A-san My twitter account is the story of A-san told in... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

My wife’s friend Akina is coming to visit next month, so I thought I’d take this opportunity to capture her nice voice with a nice microphone. It’s a short visit so time will be limited but I figured I could at least get the Hiragana sounds done (male version by yours truly). I’m looking for [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

If you ever learned how to order food in a classroom and/or textbook, let me assure you that is not how it’s done. Because Japanese employs a relative system of politeness, as a customer of the food establishment, you are automatically on top of the societal ladder regardless of your actual social status. Of course, [...] Related posts:Ordering food in real Japanese part 2 (ramen) The response to part 1 was very positive so as... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

I tried the new version of Chrome yesterday (see review). The Japanese font still looked crappy. However, I found out that if you change Chrome to the Japanese version, it magically fixes itself. Chrome English version (Win XP): Chrome Japanese version (Exact same machine): I’m now considering switching to Chrome with this discovery. It’s much faster than [...] Related posts:Fonts matter people! I thought I’d try Chrome out since it has cool... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

We really take the verb, “to wear” for granted and you never realize how much until you try to say the same thing in Japanese. 「着る」（きる） is the verb meaning “to wear” in Japanese and is pretty simple to use as you can see by the examples below. シャツを着る。- Wear shirt. ジャケットを着ています。- Wearing jacket. Awesome. So we’re done [...] Related posts:When to use (and not use) grammar I’m a huge believer in using grammar as a tool... Mastering the art of chain conjugation I’ve noticed a particularly difficult part of learning Japanese is... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.