Japanese Conversation– category –

You study some Japanese, you feel like you are getting somewhere, and then someone sends you a message that reads りょ！www and you are completely lost again. Written Japanese in chats, games, and social media follows different rules fro...

Greetings are the first Japanese most people learn, and also the first place where a textbook answer can sound slightly off. こんにちは is correct, but it is not what a coworker says to you at 8 a.m. さようなら means goodbye, but saying ...