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Katakana Quiz This is a Katakana Quiz on Shi, Tsu, So, and N, based on this page. If it proves to be popular, I’ll make a more difficult version, with images instead so you...

と(to) And/WithAとB – A and BAとVerb – Do Verb with A と(to) has 2 basic meanings, “and” and “with”. “and” The most basic use of と(to) is “and”, used to make a list of...

が が is the subject marker. It is sometimes interchangeable with the topic marker は. Topics and subjects The differences between は and が look kind of like this: Bobはぼくのともだちだ。 ピザがほしい(Literal direct translation) Bob....

Questions To understand some of this article, you need to understand politeness in Japanese; specifically, ます form. You may read the article here (harder) or just read on knowing that ます is a polite...

Verbs This page is a simple overview of Japanese verbs. If you want to learn about basic conjugations, please see the verb conjugations page. Japanese verbs: Typically represent an action. (Advanced: see transitive and intransitive)...

は and が This article is kind of long and about nuance. I’ve written out the basic rules, but it may be better for you to learn when to use one or the other...

Honorifics Honorifics are a somewhat unique part of Japanese language. They are words attached to the end of a persons name to say something about their position relative to you. However there are a...

Pronouns Please note that in the examples below, the topic has been omitted and indicated with parenthesis. We will cover topics under は (ha/wa) Japanese Pronouns OverviewMostly the same as EnglishMany ways to say...