8 Nihongo fun and easy – if you travel to Japan that’s the quick guide to everyday conversations
byThere are a bunch of different textbooks for learning Japanese and if you really want to start studying my main recommendation will always be…
Japanese textbooks
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Nihongo Nikki Noto (Writing a Diary in Japanese)
byI’ve already written a lot about the difference between active and passive knowledge (check my learn Japanese guide if you haven’t). The goal is…
Review: Shadowing – Let’s speak Japanese
byThe market for Japanese textbooks is huge and over the last couple of years I bought quite a few of them. There are so…
8.5 Review: Understanding basic Japanese grammar
byThere are a couple of Japanese textbooks around but few of them are good and give you a basic foundation to continue with your…
7.8 Review: Konnichiwa Nihongo
byI bought this book in Tokyo and always carried it in my bag. It’s a really useful one when traveling because it allows you…
Wanna read manga in Japanese? Try Mangajin
byI love Japanese the manga way and couldn’t resist buying the book which started it all. Or rather the collected articles which started it…
7.5 Review: Essential Japanese Expressions
byI bought a lot of study books over the last few weeks but most of them are still untouched. Lately I just haven’t had…
7.8 Review: Nihongo Notes
byThe Japan Times is a Japanese newspaper that’s tailored towards a foreign audience. It’s already around for quite some time and had a nifty…
6 Review: Minna no Nihongo
byThe first textbook I picked up was minna no nihongo. Back then I had no idea what I was doing and just picked up…
7.3 Review: Kanji pict-o-graphix
byYou all know it by now: I like to buy books, especially if the’re related to Japan or studying Japanese. I usually prefer Japanese…