by Matthew

Keigo is hard yards. One fundamental aspect of Keigo is the difference between honorific and humbling language.
The key is knowing about 内 (うち) and 外 (そと): your “in” group and “out” group respectively. You need to figure out what the relative status of a person is to you. Are they 目上 (superior) or equal to [...]

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by Mojodon

Since this is my first post, I have no idea what I am gonna talk about but I guess I can start with a Kanji that has recently blown my mind away, in terms of making life a lot easier when living in Japan and also in terms of learning another side to Kanji.
Your average-billy-bob [...]

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