JAPAN GUIDE

漢字 - A guide to understanding Kanji

Antoine Lévêque, March 30 2020

During last session, we essentially talked about Kana, constituted of both Hiragana and Katakana, two elements constituting the Japanese writing system. If you already learned both of them, congrats. However, the Japanese writing system also includes a third element, which are Kanji.

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Sakura: Cherry blossom in Japan

Antoine Lévêque, February 23 2020

The word Sakura (桜), as pronounced in the Japanese language, designates both typical Japanese cherry trees along with their flowers. Those trees and flowers are anchored within the Japanese society and culture. As a matter of fact, when comes the time of their blooming in spring, many people both Japanese and tourists gather around specific famous...

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Introduction to Japanese: Writing system

Antoine Lévêque, January 24 2020

こんにちは! The Japanese language may look complicated at first, but trust me, it's not. As a matter of fact, once you master the logic behind the sentence construction, you will find out that Japanese has the easiest grammar you could imagine. But before jumping into grammar, let's face together the most difficult part of japanese, its writing system!...

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