5 Everyday words that your textbook might miss

Textbooks all seem to teach the same vocabulary. Unfortunately sometimes what you’ll find in a textbook is only one of many ways to say something. Today I’ll look at 5 groups of everyday-use synonyms (different words with the same meaning) for common Japanese words that you’ll find in most textbooks.
Review of Smart.Fm

This is a stand-alone review of the features, and pit-falls, of the popular study website smart.fm. For a comparative review of smart fm vs. other tools, please see the Learning Software Showdown article.. What is smart.fm Smart.fm’s Study Method Tools Good Points of Smart.fm Bad Points of Smart.fm Final Thoughts What is smart.fm Smart.fm (also [...]
Study Trick: Build Vocab with Post-It Notes

No matter how proficient your Japanese becomes, you’ll always have more words to learn. You can pass 1-kyuu, go to Japan and still come across new words every single day that you didn’t know. Learning new vocabulary doesn’t have to be difficult. This exercise makes learning new words as easy as looking around.. Learn Vocabulary [...]

