英文法 ＜BASIC GRAMMAR IN USE＞ 洋書版の英文法の中では定番中の定番ですね。 こちらはアメリカ英語版の初級編です。 購入の際には「e-book有り無し」や「問題の解答有り無し」 のバージョンがあるのでご注意ください。 高校の英語がわかる方なら、読める…

現在までに購入したことのある英単語帳・英熟語の本を紹介してみたいと思います。 英単語 ＜データベース3000＞ 私が所有しているのは第5版なので、その内容です。 基礎的な英単語を覚えたいと思い購入しました。 3000という数字ですが、3000語載っているわ…

Salty is SpicyWe say Salty "塩辛い" in Japanese.Almost everyone from the Kansai region says 辛い（からい）without 塩. I know this because I'm from Osaka.In the Kanto region, It is said that people say ”しょっぱい”.（I've never said the phr…

Repeat The word And Use The Sentence.I've been thinking that a lot of lang-8 members can write in Japanese fluently when I read your post, but when some people don't tend to use the same word and they use a wrong word like this.私は、お店…

Where dose "色々（いろいろ）" go? I sometimes see this phrase "色々があります" on this site.It literally means "many types/sorts/kinds of, various or a variety of " is here/there.Don't use this phrase "色々が/色々を/色々にあります".You hav…

How To Use These Words 年/月/分/秒 with 以上/以内/前/後/前後First, let me explain these symbols "✔", "×" and "△".✔ means "correct".× means "incorrect" or "hardly used".△ means "it depends on the person/the phrase" or "I don't know if it's …

この記事は、日本語で書かせてもらいます。 新しく出たパソコンでは、「アプリ」という単語をよく 目にしますが、未だにパソコン上で聞く「アプリ」という 言葉には違和感しかありません。 なので「アプリを開く」という文字を見ても 何を開くのだろう？と考…

The End Of The Sentence Is Very Important In Japanese.I wrote about the first person pronunciation in Japanese before. japanese-library.hatenablog.com The end of the sentence is also very important.I sometimes see conversation sentences wr…

暦通りですか？(こよみどおりですか？)/カレンダー通りですか？↑Have you ever heard this Japanese phrase?If you live in Japan, you might often hear that just before starting a vacation.This question means "What's your day off during summer/win…

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…