I’ve been tossing around the idea of inviting native Japanese speakers to ask their English questions on this site. I’ll list some pros and cons of doing this, but I’m really inte …

One of the main things I've learn about what separates Japanese from other languages is the supposed lack of a true future tense, or expressing when something will happen, that has …

I believe they both mean "for" or "in order to", but I can't see when to use one over the other. I ran across an example such as: "byouki o naosu tame ni, ichinichijuu nete imasu" …

hey I want to prepare for JLPT 1. any suggestions on rapid studies? thanks

御飯を柔らかめに炊いた why is 柔らかめに　used here instead of　柔らかく　or 　柔らかに　？ Thanks for your time

I am looking for a translation of a quote, found in Miyamoto Musashi's "The Book Of Five Rings", in a poetic and (specially) correct way. "The Way of the warrior is resolute accep …

According to the Japanese iPhone application the negative form of 知っている would be 知っていない. However in one of the books that I use for reference it says that the opposite of 知っている wo …

The sentence is: 眩しいばかりに美しい女 The meaning is easy enough to understand, but I'm not clear on how the ばかり can be used in other contexts. Does ばかり here mean "as if" -- i.e., "so bea …

How would you say the popular expression of "I'm so tired of.." for instance: I'm so tired of school I'm so tired of your lies I'm so tired of waiting etc? つかれた seems kind of i …

General question: I've done a lot of study on the different intonations and emotions different ways to structure create in Japan, and I've been wondering about what other subtletie …

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.

Simple question: does anyone know what the terms are for different parts of scholarly studies in Japanese? (IE Math, History and other terms for different classes). I know I can lo …

Or how to say "I will answer any questions you have" Thanks!

Watashi wa kuruma ga aru. Watashi wa kuruma o motteiru. I believe they both mean "I have a car". So can I use "motteiru" and "aru" interchangeably when I want to say "X have/has Y …

I was watching Sense of Japan on my local station carrying NHK World, and the topic of the show was 中元 and 歳暮. It got me thinking about how little foreigners/students are taught ab …