Tired of not knowing how to use ん? or perhaps you haven't really thought about it but MaggieSensei teaches you how to use ん like it's no-doggie's buscuits.
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Posted by
Michael 17 hrs ago in
Strange
I’m not going to be roundabout with this. Today’s post borders on the sickening. If you want to hang onto your dinner or are easily offended, go back now. Even it takes a lot to offend you, consider y...
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Posted by
G4uss 1 day 8 hrs ago in
Foreigners
Someone emailed me recently asking for advice on how to live on a budget in Tokyo. Perfect timing! I’ve actually been brain-storming ways to cut back costs in the last few weeks, being that I’m perpet...
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Posted by
GaijinGuide 1 day 21 hrs ago in
Recreation
The limestone caves of Inazumi were naturally formed and contain some of the purest water in Japan. People come from all over not only to see them, but to collect water and take it back home. One of t...
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Posted by
I-CJW 2 days ago in
Nature & Outdoors
I climbed the ridge between Oku-hotaka and Nishi-hotaka a few weeks ago, and came to a difficult decision...
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Posted by
kwech 2 days ago in
Photography
Some of the location include Tokyo, Matsuyama, Imabari, Nagano, Gifu, and Ishizushisan.
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Posted by
erizabesuesu 2 days ago in
News
Japan is still whaling despite declining interest in whale meat, and sells it to school lunch centres.
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Posted by
LostAlpinist 3 days ago in
News
Despite the official stance of "research" on whale hunting, a surprisingly large number of schools in Japan serve their students whale meat.
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Posted by
G4uss 3 days ago in
Learning Japanese
I woke up this morning at seven, stepped into the shower, and sleepily pushed the button that turns on the hot water heater.
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Posted by
reviewmylife 3 days ago in
Sightseeing
Sailing on the ferry from Naha to Kagoshima. Booking the tickets, checking in, boarding the boat, and what it is like to spend 25 hours on this ship. Lots of photos.
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Posted by
LostAlpinist 3 days ago in
News
With the latest incident of an 81 year old daughter collecting her 111 year old father's pension (while his body remained mummified in his bedroom), Japan has begun an effort to account for the approx...
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Posted by
LostAlpinist 4 days ago in
Strange
It's a precision walking competition and to put it simply, it's "like a marching band, but without the tubas."
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A great guide to ramen in japan. An explanation of varieties, reviews on ramen restaurants and much more.
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Posted by
Locohama 4 days ago in
Celebrities
Student: Wow...so what happened?
Me: Well, Roberta Flack had these three back up singers too. They were incredible! I mean, all of them could be lead singers! Anyway, at one point in the show, a man ...
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Posted by
jpnTutor 6 days ago in
Technology
The news about overly-mechanized Japanese toilets usually spreads to the West as a sort of “funny story,” but there’s far more to Japanese bathrooms than gimmicky singing toilets or the like.
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Posted by
G4uss 6 days ago in
Culture
A video interview to Jacke Adelstein, the author of Tokyo Vice
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