[日本語文へ] Hi everyone! Coach Yuka here. Hope the weather is treating you well. It seems that this year the rainy season has ended with the record quickness! I don’t know if …
この発想は日本語だけ！？訳すのが難しい体の特徴｜Body parts that are difficult to translate
[日本語文へ] I made a video combining adjectives with body parts so you could memorize the body parts, or confirm your knowledge while learning common adjective combinations. If you think you …
カタカナ語の罠｜The trap of ‘Katakana’ words
[日本語文へ] Katakana can be dangerous. It sounds funny, but I’m serious here. It can kill your motivation in your English development. Sitting at my computer looking at a video I …
世界から見た日本人の３つの強み｜3 things Japanese people excel at
[日本語文へ] Contents1 Welcome to the rainy season of 20182 1.Handwriting3 2. Desire4 3.Spelling Welcome to the rainy season of 2018 Welcome to the rainy season everyone. I’m not sure how …
THEの使い方｜How to use ‘the’
[日本語文へ] How to use ‘the’… I got it! I will tell you how to understand ‘the’. ‘The’ refers a noun or noun phrase to something else. When we do that, we …
Do you know…?は「知らないでしょ？」と同義？｜What “do you know…?” really means
[日本語文へ] Do you know how to use ‘Do you know?’ ? Do you know that something can be grammatically correct but unnatural for the situation? I’m sure you do! That’s …
FINALLY, IN THE END, AT LASTの違い (1)｜The Difference between “finally,” “in the end” and “at last” (1)
[日本文へ] Finally, I’ve came back to write an article for English learners. Our team has been working on revolutionary material for English learning, and finally we are back. I noticed that …
使い分けられてますか？意味が似ている動詞｜’wear’ vs. ‘put on’, ‘know’ vs. ‘learn’, ‘have’ vs. ‘get’
[日本語文へ] Contents1 ‘Wear’ vs. ‘Put on’2 ‘Know’ vs. ‘Learn’3 ‘Have’ vs. ‘Get’4 Wear Everything ‘Wear’ vs. ‘Put on’ What is the difference between ‘wear’ and ‘put on’? In English, we …
almostとmostの違い｜’Almost’ or ‘most’?
[日本語訳へ] “Almost Japanese people” ??? Many people try to say “almost all Japanese people” but end up saying “almost Japanese people”. The word ‘almost’ is an adverb and it means …
数えられない名詞の見分け方｜How to tell uncountable nouns
[日本語訳へ] The noun party continues… (Click here for Part 1) Uncountable nouns = Mass nouns. Don’t ever let someone tell you that you cannot do something…in English…or in anything else …
自信と上達の深い関係｜How confidence can get you very far
[日本語文へ] ‘Confidence’ or ‘A confidence’ : The solution to English Confidence. We all wonder the fastest way to get confidence, because it is so useful. Confidence helps you with your …
必見！funとfunnyは同じではありません！｜Are you ‘fun’ or ‘funny’?
[日本語文へ] Are you ‘fun’? Or are you ‘funny’? Probably neither! If you say ‘I am fun’, it’s like you’re telling us you’re like DisneyLand or Fuji Kyu! Now if you …
上手な自己紹介の仕方｜How to make a good first impression in English
[日本語文へ] Do you really introduce yourself properly in English? Your self-introduction in English is one of the very first impressions we give, maybe the very first. You should be confident …
“I don’t care”と”I don’t mind”のニュアンス｜”I don’t care” or “I don’t mind”?
[日本語訳へ] Read “Part 1” The phrase ‘I don’t care’ is used to express lack of concern. At times I’ve heard Japanese people say, ‘I don’t care’ in a seemingly unintended …
「生まれる」と「亡くなる」の表現｜’Born’ and ‘die’ in English
[日本語訳へ] “Before I was borned, my grandmother was died.” “I was borned.”, was written by one of my students. What a diligent mistake. It brings light to the layers of …
ほとんどの人が間違えて使っているNever mind｜The real meaning of “Never mind”
[日本語訳へ] “I don’t care” “I don’t mind” “Never mind” This article is partly written based on an expression my first Japanese roommate used to say to me whenever I would …
数えられない名詞と数えられる名詞｜Are ‘food’ and ‘drink’ countable?
[日本語訳へ] At Hanami (Cherry Blossom hangout), you eat foods and drink alcohols? When discussing what type of general activity happens at an event, we need to understand what exactly we’re expressing. A …
国籍に冠詞は必要か？｜’A Japanese’ or ‘Japanese’?
[日本語訳へ] Are you “a Japanese”? A Japanese what? Video game? Helicopter? Could you please elaborate? In these ever expanding global times it seems quite odd to identify people as “an …
「解消」healとreleaseの違い｜’Heal stress’ or ‘release stress’?
[日本語訳へ] Are you stressed out? Do you want to heal your stress? Don’t do it! I have a better idea! We all can be a little stressed out these days. …
前置詞を忘れると…｜Don’t forget your prepositions
[日本語訳へ] “I ate my boyfriend.” Why did you eat your boyfriend? Did you mean to eat him? Or did you eat him on accident? Hey Hey, It’s Coach Chris here! This …
