

Say What...?
用語集は下にあります. Today’s topic is about one of my favorite Japanese saying. 五臓六腑にしみる!!! Sorry, but I will not translate this to English..........

The Grass...
用語集は下にあります。 Hello again, Today’s topic comes from a picture I had seen. The picture’s caption is “Be thankful for what you have”. I...


How to get lucky...
用語集は下にあります。 Long time no see... Today’s quote was mentioned in a lesson the other day by one of my students and was by the Roman...


Slow Progress...
In today’s blog I’d like to talk about motivation (動機付け). Without getting into any deep explanation. Motivation is having the drive (やる気)...

The Answers are....
This time's entry will be shortish.... I think , The answers to the last blog are... 1) After Golden Week, we all long for another long...

Blanks! 空白
用語集は下にあります。 As all my students know, I like to review previously learned vocabulary using sentence blanks. As this is the first time for...


Typhoons...
Here's a very short post. And the answer to last time’s question is …… A) They are the same for some background information, please check...


本当に!Is that so?
用語集は下にあります。 Hello again. Today’s topic / question is about typhoons. In a lesson I had recently a student asked, “What’s the difference...


Generation Gap
用語集は下にあります。 Evening!!! Today’s blog is based on a question one of my students posed in class. “When have you felt a generation gap?” This...

The answer is....
Hello again all, Obon has passed and the weather is finally starting to cool down. Thank goodness! Then again, maybe it’s the approaching...