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Japanese Complete First Lessons Live

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Techniques for Rapid Fluency Acquisition of Japanese

Thirty years of linguistics theory culminates in an approach synthesized for highly effective learning. The trends of the modern-day era expire daily, and it is often in the guise of research that new media hit the streets of the world of academia. However, scholarly articles may not present new truths but they do solidify theContinue reading “Techniques for Rapid Fluency Acquisition of Japanese”

Japanese Complete: Features Video

Japanese Complete Supporter Subscriptions (83% off the yearly rate) are available for a limited time until November 30th, 2019. If you’re interested in learning Japanese or getting a subscription for a friend, get one today! Japanese Complete is a frequency-based curriculum approach based on proven fluency acquisition methods. The curriculum is a work-at-your-own-pace three+ yearContinue reading “Japanese Complete: Features Video”

Language Blending

Language Blending, also referred to as Translanguaging, the creation of Bridge Language, and also sometimes Multilinguality, is cross-language teaching and elucidation that yields rapid conceptual understanding and meta-linguistic comprehension, almost as if multiple cities were each being built in the landscape of the brain, and the routes and paths between each city were getting stronger the more the languages were criss-crossed.

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Top 50 Most Frequent Japanese Verbs

This article is about the first 50 most-frequent verbs as determined by the Balanced Contemporary Corpus of Written Japanese (2011). “Balanced” refers to the utilisation of online web forums as well as television subtitles in addition to novels and newspapers. 1 言う to say, to speak.　いう2 する to do. 3 ある to be (inanimate existence),Continue reading “Top 50 Most Frequent Japanese Verbs”

The Japanese Musical Mind

and how Pitch Accent will bring your Japanese to a native-sounding level. This article is about Japanese Pitch Accent. Most people exercise their eye-strength for recognizing Japanese visually (eye intelligence), let’s work on our ear intelligence! Just like in other languages, rising intonation on the last syllable indicates a question-statement, as in “Are you goingContinue reading “The Japanese Musical Mind”

二十四節気 24 Terms to Denote the Changing of the Seasons

Twenty-four Seasonal Atmospheres 二十四節気 Japan’s seasonal appreciation in clear through art and things like haiku, but did you know that there are 24 specific terms for each “seasonal atmosphere?” We rendered it as “seasonal atmosphere” because there is no term in English equal to 節気 but the ideograms are fairly reminiscent of the idea 節Continue reading “二十四節気 24 Terms to Denote the Changing of the Seasons”

Giving and Receiving

This image shows the difference between the main verbs of giving and receiving in Japanese. Notice how with small changes in particles we change the active giver and receiver of the sentence. The が particle is a marker for the Subject of the sentence (or thought) and is the active one associated with the sentence-finalContinue reading “Giving and Receiving”