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Winter months in Japan are extremely dry. Can you guess the word they use to express this?

Onomatopoeia or words that sound like the thing they are describing, are used sparingly in English but extensively in Japanese!

The Japanese language is filled with onomatopoeia words. They can be humorous and expressive ways to improve your language.

How do you say 'my efforts all went down the drain' in fluent Japanese? Try this quiz to test yourself!

Impress your Japanese business counterparts and co-workers with some intelligent use of Japanese idioms!

When you use idioms in the right way when speaking Japanese, you can make a great impression.

Body Language is an essential part of Japanese conversation.If you master it, then you can be really really fluent. But what is it called?

You are pulling my leg!

Believe it or not, there is a similar phrase in Japanese, but does it mean what you think it means?

Using idioms in Japanese is a really effective way to make your Japanese language sound really impressive.

Japanese is a very respectful language.You can choose to either honor the person you are speaking to, Or you can also humble yourself when speaking.

Japanese is a language with 3 writing methods. Kanji is one of the methods. It is derived from Chinese characters.

Can you guess the reading for this Kanji?

Have you met some nosey neighbors? Do you have any relatives that ask prying personal questions?

Have you fallen out with a Japanese friend, and then made up later? Here is a great phrase to memorize!

Japanese language has a lot of idioms - some are very similar to English ones or have roots in different cultures.