How to use ～ようです、～そうです、～みたいですCan you use these phrases depending on the situation?(A)～ようです/ようだ(B)～そうです/～そうだ。(C)～みたいです/みたいだI often think that you can write the right Japanese, but it doesn't go …

You Couldn't Write?Have you used the phrases "書かなかった" and "書けなかった"?Can you tell what the difference is between 書かなかった（～しなかった） and 書けなかった（～できなかった）?書かなかった means that I didn't write.書けなかった …

Which Do You Think Is Better?(A)私は、コーヒーを、廊下に設置した自動販売機で買った。(B)私は、コーヒーを、廊下に設置された自動販売機で買った。廊下：（ろうか）自動販売機：（じどうはんばいき）Actually, they are right, but there's nuance of di…

If I'd read this Japanese sentence パソコンの仕事です , I'd ask you "What do you do?”You usually write a couple of sentences in addition to the above mentioned sentence, so I can understand what you want to say, but if you write only this …

It Is Not Showed.Have you ever seen this phrase in Japanese "示されている"?I read a sentence used "示されている" in Japanese, but I felt that it sounded strange sometimes.I think you need to write in other words like "表示されている/書かれ…

嬉しいでした（うれしいでした）/悲しいでした（かなしいでした）/かわいいでした.I often see these sentences that people studying Japanese write. We never say 嬉しいでした/悲しいでした/かわいいでした.(Actually, I knew some Japanese people in s…

What would you do?I'm sorry it's such a long entry.I'm thinking about whether I should correct these sentences or not.I'll show you four examples.<A-1>: 日本の首都は東京です。(Tokyo is the capital of Japan.)<A-2>: 日本の首都は大阪です。(Osaka is the</a-2></a-1>…

Have you seen these phrases anywhere?(1)清掃中(せいそうちゅう)です。ご協力お願いします。(2)コイの餌1（えさ）0円。(3)嘘（うそ）をつけ/馬鹿（ばか）をいうな。I came across an interesting article on a website yesterday.In Japan, (1) and (2) us…

Is Japanese so difficult often?Today, I watched a Japanese speech contest on youtube.A woman freigner had been speaking in Japanese.She has studied Japanese for three years in university and came to Japan.I’m not sure where she was from.Sh…

The place we put a punctuation in the sentence change the meaning.Please read the following sentence.ここではきものをぬいでください。Can you understand the meaning of the sentence?I don't know the meaning of the sentence because there is n…

The same mistakes.～します/～していますI want to tell you about the difference of between "～します" and "しています", but I've already known I find it difficult to explain it to you.When I correct your Japanese, I often see the same mista…

• In Japan, we often add "さん" to the end of a person's name, like this: "村上さん", "鈴木さん", "宮崎さん". We often also add it to the name of a shop, store, clinic, or hospital.(A) clinic/hospital:病院,医者/お医者さん(B) bakery:パン屋/…

Your character depends on the first person pronoun in Japanese.I think that it's difficult for people learning Japanese to express themselves in Japanese.I often watch videos and YouTube with Japanese subtitles.I watched a video made by tw…

road/highway/railroad/freeway is running. you don't use these phrases in English, right?When we tell you that there is a road/highway/railroad , we often use this "道が走っています/線路が走っています""道が走っている" literally translates t…

I sometimes get to read some Japanese senteces that people from different countries write. I'm Japanese, but sometimes it's difficult for me to correct Japanese that people from different countries wrote and I'm not sure if I should correc…

Today, my ears are Sunday.This is a phrase that I literally translate from Japanese "今日、耳日曜(きょう、みみにちよう)" .When I was a child, a Japanese comedian said that on commercial.It means "I can't hear you/I don't want to listen wha…

We say something in the sky.Have you heard of this "空で言う"?It literally means "we say something in the sky", but it means "we memorize something like a script and say without looking it. "Some Japanese might use this, but almost all peo…

I sometimes get to read some Japanese senteces that people from different countries write. <Is Japanese so difficult?> I'm Japanese, but sometimes it's difficult for me to correct Japanese that people from different countries wrote and I'm not sure if I should corre</is>…

Does a teacher work in the hospital/clinic?I'll tell you about these Japanese "先生" and "医者/お医者さん."Have you heard of them?We call a teacher 先生 and call a doctor 医者/お医者さん, but we usually call a doctor 先生 in Japanese.That …

"I am" or "I am.""I am " means "私は/僕は" or "私が/僕が."Can you use these words depending on the situation?I'll give you an example.If there were three person Aさん, Bさん and Cさん in the place like a clinic.Aさん was you.A nurse asks y…

I have to correct your phrase.I often read this Japanese "今日は良いお天気です."It's good Japanese, but I have to correct this sometimes, because of the time when you post.When you post it in the morning, I won't correct it, but when you p…

Today's Japanese lesson 'なんで?'First of all, I'm Japanese, but I'm not a teacher, so the Japanese I'm going to tell you might be grammatically wrong.Have you used/heard of the word?It means "why?"We use it to know a reason.like thisA：「…