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Idioms

[Japanese Idiom] You have a wide face.

Japanese language has a lot of unique idioms which may confuse the language learners for the first time. Many of the idioms are often related to some body parts, like a face, legs, hands and stuff like that. Here let's have a look at an useful example, "Your face is wide".
Pronunciation

How to pronounce ra ri ru re ro

Many Japanese learners often have trouble with pronunciation of Japanese "R" sound, ra ri ru re ro(らりるれろ). It's quite different from English "R" sound. Also, it's slightly different from English "L" sound. But there is a clue for pronouncing them correctly in American English.
Grammar

Differences between ga (が) and wa (は)-Japanese particles

Usage of Japanese particles is a significant challenge that Japanese learners should overcome to be able to use natural Japanese. Especially, ga(が) and wa(は), which come with the subject in the sentence, often cause confusion because there isn't such particle in Englsih.