Nihongo Hanasu (日本語話す) 5: Japanese say “alamak” too!

I was in shocked the other day when my nihongo sensei (japanese language teacher) exclaimed “alamak!” when only 3 out of 4 of us turned up for class again. The other 2 girls seem to like taking turns to miss classes, almost like it’s telephatic LOL. Anyway i was soo astonished yet happy because I [...]

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Nihongo Hanasu (日本語話す) 4: piece of cake = before breakfast?

“Of course I know how to do this! It’s a piece of cake!” …. which is what we English speakers always say right? In Japan, the idiom equivalent to “piece of cake” is actually “before breakfast”, or 朝飯前（あさめしまえ、asameshimae, ah-sah-meh-shee-mah-eh). The reason behind the usage of “before breakfast”? So far i’ve asked, nobody knows… (well at [...]

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Nihongo Hanasu (日本語話す) 3: Hana yori dango

While I was studying Japanese today, I chanced upon the familiar phrase “hana yori dango” (花よりだんご in japanese). For those of ya who have no clue, hana yori dango is the title of a famous Japanese drama and you GOTTA WATCH IT if you fall under the category of liking ikemen (a.k.a. beautiful japanese men [...]

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Nihongo Hanasu (日本語話す) 2: wwwwwwww

I’ve always wondered why my friends put www on their posts… =/ Now i’ve found out. Basically ‘w’ is short for wara, or laugh, or 笑 in japanese kanji. In other words, ‘wwww’ or  ’笑‘ is ‘lol’ in japanese. =D wwwwwwwwwwwwww

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Nihongo Hanasu (日本語話す) 1: introduce yourself!

Yo dudes, Welcome to my first entry of 日本語話す, a.k.a. Speaking Japanese. ^^ To cut the long story short on why i’ve decided to make this section, I’ve been thinking about it, and I thought, since I’m attending Japanese classes, I might as well share some useful information on what i’ve learnt! lol. So we [...]

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