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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 the rule broke. It was never

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Japanese Graded Readers: How to Choose the Right One

A graded reader is a story written so that you can actually finish it at your current level,

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Five Ways to Say “It Seems” in Japanese: そう・よう・みたい・らしい・っぽい

Five Japanese endings all come out as it seems in English: そう, よう, みたい, らしい and っぽい. Japanese

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JLPT N3 Kanji List (Free PDF)

This is the full list of 269 kanji you are most likely to meet at JLPT N3, with

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The Four Ways to Say “If” in Japanese: と・ば・たら・なら

Four Japanese endings all come out as if in English: と, ば, たら and なら. English gets by

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What are Japanese Particles?

The Ultimate Guide to Basic Japanese Particles Japanese particles are the small, non-translatable words that tell the function

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