Zipangu
Roldano De PersioExploring Japanese grammar and literature as structures of thought.
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The Japanese Particle が Nobody Really Explained to You
In a previous piece, I wrote that when I failed a simple N5 quiz, particles seemed to work backward from what I’d learned. I now know why. Nobody gave me the wrong answers. They gave me the wrong map.
Look at the following three sentences....
Hiragana Can Wait. Your Ears Can't.
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If you’ve decided to learn Japanese, what you need to know first is which steps will surely take you to the top.
Japanese is like a big layered cake. Often, Japanese courses start with too...
What a Samurai Knew About Learning Japanese
Calligraphy "Mushin" by cathexis-life, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0
Sometimes I have the feeling that the universe is trying to hint at something. This morning, I read an essay by Emiko Takahashi, a Japanese-American writer and tea cer...
What I Wish I'd Known Before Learning Japanese
There is a moment every Japanese learner knows. You are sitting with your textbook, hiragana chart open, telling yourself: “Okay, just the alphabet first, then I’ll figure out the rest.” Three hours later, you discover there are not one but...
てもいいですか — The Grammar of Not Wanting to Be a Burden
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What does てもいいですか mean?
It means “May I?” — but not quite.
A translation like that gets the function right and misses everything else. Because buried inside this question is something English ra...
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