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I’ve been semi-casually studying Japanese for around 5 years. I currently live in Japan, but since I already have a remote job for an English-speaking software company, I’ve never had an interest in getting a job for a Japanese company, and having a good level of Japanese was really only ever a matter of convenience and...

This is a late post but hopefully people will remember them for their contributions to the Japanese electronic music scene. Thank you Akira Complex....

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I watched a TV show with Japanese subtitles, and noticed the sentence: “秘密にしててほんとごめん。”...

I’ve been aware of OCW for a while now, but only recently realized they had Japanese course materials (not many videos, mostly just outlines and some simple exercises)....

One trope you’ll see repeated all over anime, manga, novels and even in real life is that of the ボケ (the idiot) and ツッコミ (straight man). Once you know a bit more about its dynamics and some of the more famous 芸人 duos, you start seeing it everywhere....

There’s a dish in Japan called 親子丼（おやこどん） which is a chicken + eggs rice bowl. 親子（おやこ） can be translated as parent and child, which was a bit disturbing the first time I knew about it....

For example in this episode’s poem:...

Get ready to have fun, Femme Fatale fans - Kaya announced the return of the band, commenting "Let's have fun."

Has anyone used Italki or a similar platform to aid in their studies?...

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After the GazettE’s first scream in 2002, the band built a name for itself and continues to lead the pack as one of Japan’s best rock bands.

Moonriders is a Japanese new wave rock and pop band started in Tokyo in 1975 by Keiichi Suzuki (鈴木 慶一), who has also become globally known as a one of the composers for the Mother/Earthbound video game series, the composer for the Satoshi Kon anime film Tokyo Godfathers, and a former collaborator with YMO's Yukihiro...

Metal idols PassCode will be embarking on their first US tour this September.

RURUNONE (ルルノネ) has just been unveiled. (continued…) | vkgy (ブイケージ)

Formed in 2011, DEATHROLL is a one-man project led by multi-instrumentalist Kazu. With a dark and discombobulating sound, DEATHROLL captures the true essence of Norwegian black metal whilst simultaneously putting a decidedly Japanese twist on the genre. Having just released their latest album, Japanese Extreme Metal Art...

In my last post I shared a song by singer-songwriter Tomovsky. This time I'm sharing a song by his brother's (lead vocalist and bass player, Haruyuki Oki) band, The Pees....

I’ve been doing it since day one, but I fear that if I don’t do it carefully enough, it might cripple my accent later on....

I’ve gotten into reading Japanese books a lot more recently, and I prefer e-books as their built-in dictionaries are a god-send for foreign language learners....

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