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Have you ever been unlucky in love?

Well, there is a cool expression you can use to spice up your retelling of your story in Japanese!

Are you the type of person that manages to keep a calm face in tough situations?

Almost all over the country, people are complaining about the humidity.

Luxury goods are one of the things that the Japanese consumer is known to favour.

There are some words in Japanese that have Kanji that is quite tricky to read.

Have you ever taken the JLPT test? One of the parts of the test that is quite tricky is guessing the correct reading for Kanji, with a choice to select from.

There are some idioms we use in English to express a big surprise.For example, "a bolt from the blue" or "dropped a bombshell".

Here is a phrase that you can use in a lot of different conversations in Japanese.

When speaking in a language you are fluent in, there are phrases that we use that are tricky to learn for second language learners.

There are some phrases that Japanese business people use frequently, that are hard to understand. Can you guess this one?

Some words and phrases in Japanese are meant to sound just like their meaning.

For us foreigners however, guessing the meaning of these phrases can be a hit or miss.

The seasons in Japan are very varied, depending on the location.From freezing cold winters to blazing hot summers.

Perhaps because Japanese Washoku cuisine is so varied, the vocabulary used to describe food has a rich range in the Japanese language.

There are some phrases in English that you wish you could translate into Japanese to compliment your conversation style, right?