Christmas Carols - “Jingle Bell” ジングルベル in Japanese
Although the religious dimension of Christmas may not be well understood by the majority of Japanese people, Christmas Carols クリスマスキャロル such as “Silent night” きよしこの夜, “Jingle Bells” ジングルベル, “The Twelve Days of Christmas” クリスマスの12日 are heard across Japan in Christmas time. For Japanese language learners the lyrics of these carols are a great occasion to learn Japanese vocabulary and to encourage to practice pronunciation.
Memorising hiragana and katakana
We're no computers and our memory is different but frankly better for what we can do with it! However, it's a process to improve when it comes to memorising something relatively abstract for us like hiragana and katakana.
A Beginner-Friendly Guide to Japanese scripts: hiragana and katakana
Japanese scripts are not easy but when you start the right way, you will save yourself a world of bother.
Best ways for learning Japanese
If you're going to learn Japanese, you might as well do it right. Here's some good ways to achieve this in my experience.
