Japanese Articles

Articles below are notes I picked up during the process of learning Japanese language. These notes are excerpts of various resources ranging from books to web articles. While striving to ensure the correctness of the contents, I do not claim to be an expert on the subject (remember, I am learning the language) and thus I cannot guarantee that everything you read here is 100% correct. To actually trust me and start reading these articles, it should be agreed that I will not be held responsible or liable should these articles directly or indirectly fail your marriage, or fail your attempt to impress the Japanese lady next door, or kill your cat, or cause any loss or damage.

If all that is understood and agreed, please enjoy these articles and I hope they help your learning in some ways. If anything is found incorrect or incomplete and you are feeling kind today, please let me know (through the About page). I'd appreciate your help in making this site better. Thanks!

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Japanese on Paper: Hiragana/Katakana

Japanese writing system consists of Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji characters. These characters were derived from Chinese calligraphy as Japanese started practicing them in the 5th century. Hiragana and Katakana are collectively known as kana characters, each of which corresponds to a sound that can be represented as a romaji (Romanization of Japanese characters with Latin alphabets)...

Read more | Posted by Ben Goh | February 6, 2009

Particles in Japanese Language

Just like it is in English, there is usually more than one way to express a given sentence. For an example, "Mary invited John" can either be phrased as "Mary John invited" or "John Mary invited" in Japanese language. Ambiguous as it may seem, both these sentences are grammatically correct...

Read more | Posted by Ben Goh | December 28, 2008