Category: Japanese

いつも (itsumo) means “always” or “all the time”. It's used before a verb, action, or state to describe things that happen regularly or repeatedly. The adverb can also express an emotional...

Are you a Chanmina (ちゃんみな) fan who wants to learn Japanese with J-Pop stars you love? In Lesson 6, I translate a real Japanese sentence from Chanmina and explain its words and grammar...

しました (shimashita) means "did" or "have done." It's the past polite form of the verb する (suru), meaning “to do.” It's used to politely state that an action has been carried out or...

閉幕する (へいまく する, heimaku suru) means "to draw the curtain on" or "to come to an end." It's the suru-verb form of 閉幕 (へいまく, heimaku), which refers to a formal closing....

閉幕 (へいまく, heimaku) means “falling of the curtain” or “the closing” of an event. It refers to the formal end of a festival, performance, or large gathering. The word carries a...

が (ga) is a core particle that marks the subject of a sentence. It shows who or what performs an action or is being described. It has no single fixed translation, but it often introduces new...