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I realized that it may be difficult to find certain posts here on my Tumblr. I wanted to introduce a simple way for you to read and access my posts, so I decided to make this table of contents. For now, I’ve organized it into a few main sections. Feel free to read and browse as you wish.

① About IsshoNihongo! 

② Kana and Kanji

Learn the Hiragana!

Start Learning Kanji! Learn the Katakana!

③ Grammar Posts

0) IsshoNihongo Blocks

The Basics (Under Construction 👷🏾) 1.1) Pairs and Sets [Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4] [Part 5] 1.2) The Topic and The Subject (は & が) 1.3) The Four Main Parts of Speech 1.4) Ending Clauses

The Three Sections of a Japanese Sentence (Under Construction 👷🏾) 2.1) The Topic Section 2.2) The Comment Section 2.3) The Nuance Section

Nouns 3.1) Nouns and the Copula 3.2) Copula で 3.3) Making Noun Phrases 3.4) X Is Not Y

Adjectives 4.1) Adjective Stems and the Dictionary Form 4.2) Adjective Endings and Adapters 4.3) Three Ways to Use Adjectives 4.4) です and です

Verbs (Under Construction 👷🏾) 5.1) Verb Stems and the Dictionary Form 5.2) Three Types of Verbs 5.3) Godan Verbs and Adapters 5.4) Verb Ending “Families” - Part 1 5.5) Verb Ending “Families” - Part 2 5.6) The Conditional and Volitional Endings 5.7) The た and て Endings 5.8) する Nouns 5.9) Transitive & Intransitive Verbs [Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3]

Particles 6.1) The の Particle [Part 1] [Part 2] 6.2) The を Particle [Part 1] [Part 2] 6.3) The から Particle [Part 1] [Part 2] 6.4) The より Particle [Part 1] [Part 2] 6.5) The に Particle [Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4] 6.6) The と Particle [Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] 6.7) The で Particle [Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4] 6.8) The が Particle [Part 1] [Part 2]

7) Compound Sentences [Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4]

8) Conditional Forms 8.1) なら 8.2) -たら 8.3) -ば 8.4) と 8.5) Choosing the Best Form

9) Receptive and Causative Sentences 9.1) The Basics 9.2) Receptive Sentences 9.3) Causative Sentences [Part 1] [Part 2]

The Concept of うちそと

している

もう and まだ

④ JLPT Grammar

N5 - ほしい N5 - くなる and くする N5 - している [Part 1] [Part 2] N5 - あげる N5 - くれる N5 - もらう

N4 - 〜して + あげる N4 - 〜して + くれる N4 - 〜して + もらう N4 - はず and はずがない N4 - ほど〜ない N4 - ことになる and ことにする N4 - になる and にする N4 - ようになる and ようにする

N3 - うちに

⑤ JLPT Kanji

N5 Kanji-Vocabulary Matching [Part 1]

⑥ Practice

Kana Matching Practice [Hiragana] [Katakana]

Katakana Words Practice [Easy]

Kanji Reading Practice [ 人 ] [ 下 ]

Vocabulary-Kanji Drag & Drop [N5 Part 1]

Two Kanji, Same On’yomi

Particle Practice [は or が] [に or で]

Verbs Practice - て and た Forms

Of course, I’ll update this as I make new posts. Thanks for reading and if you have any questions, feel free to ask! If you feel like leaving a tip, click the link below.

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擬音語　(ぎおんご)

Onomatopoeia in Japanese

The Japanese language has a large inventory of sound symbolic or mimetic words, many of them are used in spoken Japanese as well. These ae used to describe an action/ or a sound that an action produces or just a state of smth based on its taste or appearance.

Here's my list of onomatopoeia in Japanese but there are many many more- remember that you can write these in both hiragana as well katakana, whichever you want to use.

モチモチ chewy

フワフワ fluffy

サクサク crispy

サラサラ crunchy

バリバリ soupy

ギトギト oily

ザーザー sound of heavy rain

ピューピュー the whistling sound of blowing wind

ゴロゴロ sound of thunder

ワンワン woof woof

ニャン meow

ニャーニャー meow meow

カーカー　crow cawing

ブーブー oink

メーメー sheep's baa baa

ズルズル　slurp sound

ガブガブ　glup a drink

ブツブツ grumble (complain)

ドキドキheartbeat

パタパタ flapping (of flag/cloth) in wind

ニコニコto grin

ゲラゲラ roaring w laughter

ラブラブ　to be in love

ゴロゴロ to be idle/ laze around (the same word as the one for thunder)

シクシク to weep or sob

キョロキョロ to look around restlessly

パケパケ heartily eating

グウグウ fast asleep or snoring

スラスラ to read smoothly

ザラザラ to feel rough (a surface)

ベタベタ　to feel sticky (surface)

ツルツル to feel smooth/ slippery/ sticky (surface)

ワクワク excited

イライラ irritated

メロメロ madly in love or drunk

キラキラ glittering/ twinkling (of stars)

ピポピポ siren

マゴマゴ confused

お腹がペコペコ to be hungry

ジロジロ見る to stare

ウルウル teary eye

ムキムキ muscular

スラスラ (to read) fluently

How to use the onomatopoeia in a sentence?

They are used as an adjective but can also be used as an adverb.

For example-

フワフワケーキですね!(What a fluffy cake!)

雨がザーザー降っている。(it's raining heavily)

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To think - kangaeru

How to say “morning” in Japanese.

morning

朝 (あさ)

asa

early morning

早朝（そうちょう）

sōchō

Every morning

毎朝（まいあさ）

maiasa

Get up in the morning

朝起きる（あさおきる）

asa okiru

I’m not a morning person.

寝起きが悪い（ねおきがわるい）

neoki ga warui

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JLPT N4 Grammar -  〜でも

Are you using it right??

In this episode we tackle the differences between でしょう, だろう(ね),and だろ and look into gender differences in Japanese speech.

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Welcome to Benkyogo!

In our ぶんぽうご Real Japanese Grammar series, Nani and Mani are deep diving into the textbook grammar required for the JLPT, throwing out the stuff you’ll never use, and teaching you how to speak authentically whilst expressing your own personality.  

⭕️ You WILL:

- Understand grammar in real life context- Be told when and where to forget the BS - Get to listen to 2 random people free-talking about Japanese grammar  

❌ You WON’T:

- Sound boring when talking to your Japanese friends - Say anything rude to your Japanese boss - Speak like you’re fresh outta your favourite anime

We don’t claim to be experts, we’re just 2 Japanese speakers (one native, one second language) chatting about the DO’s and DON’T’s of Japanese grammar in the 21st century. Keep up, textbooks!!  

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