てみせる(Japanese Grammar Explained – With Examples)
In Japanese, the grammar pattern “てみせる” (te miseru) is used to express a strong determination or intention to perform an action and show the result or outcome to…
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In Japanese, the grammar pattern “てみせる” (te miseru) is used to express a strong determination or intention to perform an action and show the result or outcome to…
In Japanese grammar, “んとする” is a phrase that means for “someone to try to do” or for “something to be about to occur.” It is very often used…
In Japanese grammar, “そうになる” is a phrase that means “for something to almost happen” or “to be about to happen.” It is very often used to describe a…
For anyone interested in studying jinmeiyō kanji and wondering where to start, here’s a list of all of the jinmeiyō kanji found in one of the all-time classic…
For quite a while now I’ve been trying to come up with an effective way to study non-jōyō kanji (technically known as jōyōgai kanji [常用外漢字] i.e. the kanji…
Wondering how to write furigana (those little hiragana characters you sometimes see above Japanese kanji) in WordPress? Here’s how: Step 1. Step 1 – You’re going to need…
Okurigana (送り仮名 – literally: “accompanying characters”) are characters that appear after a kanji character in a Japanese word. They are used to indicate the inflection or pronunciation of…
Come across the word Furigana in the context of Japanese kanji and wondering what it means? Furigana (振り仮名 – literally: “assigned characters”), also known as ruby text or…
To write furigana (振り仮名) in HTML, you can use the <ruby> element, which is a part of the HTML Ruby Extension. The <ruby> element is used to mark…
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