Hi everyone, let's say I'm trying to read a japanese book, I come across a kanji or kanji compound I can't read. I would like to be able to find out a) the word in japanese. b) the …

this is getting tough. i am having a hard time learning. i need to have this down by september when i start the Japanese class.

In my studies of Japanese, one of the least taught things outside of slang and different subgroups are the principles of Japanese society that regulate each and every one of their …

How do I tell me son to apologize in Japanese? For instance instead of just saying, "Dame" for "No", how do I say "That's too loud" or "That isn't good" or "Apologize please".

Please spell river from heaven in english letters and japanese characters.

To establish a baseline for what I'm lookin' for, this is what I know so far about the rules for compounds: There are 2 basic types (訓読み+訓読み&音読み+音読み) and 2 advanced types (重箱読 …

Another grammatical use question, this time involving むしろ, and its many grammatical forms. In the text we were given to study this, we were given the following meanings and example …

Hi guys, it's exam time again! (yayyyyy). What's the difference between these two when using them as a "Clause 1 に対する／対して Clause 2" stucture? The definitions I got off Jisho are as …

Alright, so the basics of it are を is proceeded by transitive verb and が intransitive, and that in casual usage either one can be dropped. But what about when が is replaced by の, …

Can someone give me an explanation and/or example sentences for using the word 対？

Hello everyone! I was talking about one of my favorite Japanese singers and I was trying to figure out how to say " How is he this amazing? or Why is he so great?" And then I wond …

I finally made an account...yay! haha...anyhow... I'm trying to translate a song and there's this part: 無邪気にはしゃぐ姿 I really don't know what it supposed to say. Is it like Innoce …

Hello again everyone...really, as much as I come here I should just go and make an account haha. So I recently came across these sentences in a message from my Japanese friend: 本 …

Hi OnJ! Just curious if anyone has a specific source they LOVE for learning onomatopoeia- I really want a book, but online sources are alright too. As well, illustrated onomatopo …

I'm looking for a good English to Japanese dictionary application for the iPhone. I live in Japan. I just started learning the language a month ago and I was looking at denshi j …