Learn Japanese – Year 12 Kanji list – 2 and 3 strokes
A playlist of videos going through the kanji that are likely to come up in Year 12 Japanese exams. It’s definitely not a comprehensive list but at a minimum you want to know all of these kanji.
Author: Ace Japanese
Why are fruit and veg shops called 八百屋 in Japanese?
I’ve always wanted to know why fruit and vegetable shops are called 八百屋, so let’s read through the Japanese wikipedia entry and find out why!
Primary School Japanese – How to help your child excel!
Is your child doing primary school Japanese? Are they struggling? Do you want to help but don’t know how? This video will run you through what they need to know. The idea is that you learn the basics, and then can help guide their study! Even if you have no…
Permissions – Asking if you can do something てもいい
Welcome to part 1 of a video series I’ll be doing on permissions. This video will look at the てもいい grammar which is used to ask if you can do something, or to tell someone it’s ok if they do something. This is aimed for JLPT N5 or N4 level…
Permissions – You can’t do that ~てはだめ
Welcome to part 2 of a video series I’ll be doing on permissions. This video will look at the てはだめ grammar which is used to say you cannot do something. This is aimed for JLPT N5 or N4 level or for high school Japanese.
「カスハラ」Customer harassment
Asahi Newspaper Article Read-through, this is an article about harassment from customers. From personal experience, customers do expect a lot out of Japanese businesses and this can lead to some crazy outcomes as detailed in this article. Aimed at JLPT N1, N2 level.
Permissions – You must do that しないとならない, しなければならない, しなくてはならない
Another video in the ‘permissions’ series. Here we’ll be looking at しないとならない, しなければならない, しなくてはならない which are all used to talk about things that must be done. Update: I’ve done some reading that points out that using the と conditional with ならない is weird for this type of construction. I agree…
「引きこもり」Hikikomori – Asahi Newspaper Article Readthrough
Advanced Japanese grammar and kanji knowledge required! Read along with me as we go through this Asahi newspaper article about a Japanese social phenomenon named ‘hikikomori’ or a type of shut-in. Any article like this will squarely be in JLPT N2, N1 territory.
Permissions – Please do that/don’t do that してください しないでください
Part of a series of videos on permissions, this video focuses onしてくださいしないでください
すなわち、いってみれば JLPT N1文法
Advanced grammar lesson for JLPT N1. I hold N1 since 2019, you can see my certificate on the About page. I can tutor all levels of JLPT and I would recommend that everyone who wants to improve their Japanese include this as one of your goals. To pass the exam…