5 Useful Japanese Expressions

In my post about ‘aizuchi‘, I mentioned about five useful interjections that are used as filler responses during any conversation. Today, I would like to introduce five more useful words that will help you during  conversations. These words complement one’s response and  convey their feelings.   ちょっと  Literally chotto means little. Like in, ちょっと待ってください (chotto matte […]

Japanese Months

The Japanese names of months are very easy to remember. Unlike in English, the months are sequentially named according to numbers (ichi, ni, san, shi…..); and after each number 月 gatsu is added. For example, January is called 一月 ichigatsu, literally meaning ‘the first month’ and February is called 二月 nigatsu, literally ‘the second month’. However, January […]