When you have a cat and prepare for a trip. いつもこうなっちゃうんですよ！ It happens every time!

おはよう世界(せかい), ohayou sekai, good morning world! Today, I got up early for communal weeding! 市民一斉清掃(しみんいっせいせいそう) In around one hour the people of the local community (I think I saw around 40 peope) went around the streets and removed the weed. Everyone got 軍手(ぐんて) working gloves, a garbage bag, and

Also, yesterday, I had a lesson with some of my advanced students. We did pronunciation exercises and I was kind of strict - but they enjoyed the lesson. I have to ask them today if they got tongue/mouth/belly 筋肉痛(きんにくつう) muscle pain XD The students from yesterday were in the European time zone,

Currently writing study material for my current course. I needed some example sentences for というのは (explaining a concept or something else to someone who doesn't know the word) and I came up with this one: 味噌(みそ)ばあというのは、近所のよく知っている味噌が好きなおばあさんのことだね。 How much do you understand (without any help)?

Started watching the anime Snowball Earth スノーボールアース and ofc I cried during the first episode 😭😅😆 I really seem to like the trope human befriends robot (or alien) Yukio is written in katakana, but the kanji version might be 雪男 snow-man. Tetsuo's kanji are 鉄男 iron-man. #anime #snowballearth #kanji

Are you interested in reading the Tanabata Star festival story with me in easy Japanese? Here's the final date: July 14, 9 am JST. Click the link to see it in your time zone Contact me at [email protected] if you want to join! www.worldtimebuddy.com/event?lid=18...

Are you interested in reading the Tanabata Star festival story with me in easy Japanese? Here's the final date: July 14, 9 am JST. Click the link to see it in your time zone Contact me at [email protected] if you want to join! www.worldtimebuddy.com/event?lid=18...

Before covid, I used to do Japanese language workshops/lessons at anime conventions. The next one I will take part is back home in Austria. The Aninite will be held near Vienna in the middle of August (7-9). In case you are around, say hello! Do you have conventions you like going to?

Last chance to tell me if you are interested!

Some late night 紫陽花(あじさい) hydrangea pics

皆(みな)さん、お元気(げんき)ですか。 Soon, it's Tanabata in Japan - the starfestival. I'd love to a little reading lesson with you (for free). We'd read a short story that introduces you to the background of this traditional festival. First, we'd go through the necessary vocabulary and then we'd read the story.

It's already some time ago that I published my book "Reading Japanese for Beginners" Time to update it a little! I have gone through the book once more, with the help of some of my students. I added some more explanations/examples for even easier understanding. The next update adds downloadable

皆(みな)さん、お元気(げんき)ですか。 Soon, it's Tanabata in Japan - the starfestival. I'd love to a little reading lesson with you (for free). We'd read a short story that introduces you to the background of this traditional festival. First, we'd go through the necessary vocabulary and then we'd read the story.

A マンホール (manhooru) manhole in Fukui. Echizen (the old name of Fukui) crab 越前がに (echizen gani) is famous all over Japan.

先生は風邪をひいてしまいました。 Sensei wa kaze wo hiite shimaimashita. Sensei (I) unfortunately caught a cold. It's kind of strange, but not only kids refer to themselves in 3rd person, also teachers (for example tea ceremony teachers, also my old Japanese teacher) do that once in a while. It's about subtle

Let's get some more videos done! 💪

All over all, I have been living in Japan for around 8 years. I have been learning Japanese since 2004 and teaching Japanese since 2010. It hasn't always been easy, but choosing this path made me gain self-confidence, let me start a company with employees, and even brought me to a point where I

Two years ago I published this book for advanced learners. It's the first installment of 48 short stories (4 for every month) I wrote together with this wonderful person next to me. This books includes the first 8 stories (January and February), including vocabulary lists, grammar explanations,

Watermelon is called 西瓜(すいか) sui-ka. The kanji are west (nishi, also the kanji for Spain) and melon (uri). But if you take a look at the hiragana, you might realize that they basically mean water (sui is the Chinese pronunciation of mizu 水 water) and the first kanji of fruit (果実ka-jitsu, the more

It's getting hotter, so eating something cold is quite fitting. Have some 冷やっこ hiyayakko, cold tofu with condiments. I added 茗荷 myouga - Japanese ginger and 紫蘇 shiso - perilla I got the shiso from my garden! いただけます Itadakimasu #japaneselanguage #japanesefood

A 手巻き猫 temaki neko hand-rolled cat

Want some 生姜(しょうが) shouga - ginger?

Also, happy pride month everyone! As in any part of the world, it's not that easy in Japan either when you are part of LGBTQIA+ I dedicated a section of the book to LGBT rights in Japan (information as of 2024) But that's not the only thing that makes this book queer.

A bunch of lilies 百合(ゆり yuri). This place is called 百合の里公園 yuri no sato kouen The home of lilies Park I have a dear person who loves lilies, so I took a lot of pics! What's your fav flower? And do you know the name in Japanese?

Also, happy pride month everyone! As in any part of the world, it's not that easy in Japan either when you are part of LGBTQIA+ I dedicated a section of the book to LGBT rights in Japan (information as of 2024) But that's not the only thing that makes this book queer.

A bunch of lilies 百合(ゆり yuri). This place is called 百合の里公園 yuri no sato kouen The home of lilies Park I have a dear person who loves lilies, so I took a lot of pics! What's your fav flower? And do you know the name in Japanese?

What are YOU looking forward to for when you can speak/read etc. (better) in Japanese? What's the thing that keeps you going even though things turn out tough(er)? I had a bunch of things: simply wanting to be better (because I was jealous of people who already were where I wanted to be), enjoying

Watching Jin gives me the feeling that the author of Maomao got some inspiration there...

I love that white starchy liquid when washing the rice. It's actually good for your skin! That's why it's said that sake brewers have such soft hands I add it to my bathing water. お米(こめ) o-kome uncooked rice 炊飯器(すいはんき) sui-han-ki rice cooker (kanji for boiling rice, cooked rice/meal, and container

I started rewatching 仁(じん) Jin, a Japanese drama where a medical doctor gets sent to 江戸時代(えどじだい) Edo period. お勧(すす)めですo-susume desu. It's a recommendation. Also, it's great for picking up medical vocab! And you might shed some tears in the process. At least I do #japaneselesson #japaneselanguage

These are some of the mountains you can see from 安曇野市 the city where my book Japanese stories with Nanami and Naoki (it's not available in English yet, only in German) takes place. I am currently preparing a course that is based on this book, and I want my students to know more about this city in

I got a new desk with adjustable height, so I can record videos without getting neck pain and headaches! Kitty likes the tabletop 天板 tenban, the heavenly 天 board 板 Also: 板前 ita-mae, the word for sushi chef, has the board kanji because they are in front 前 of the table 板 preparing the sushi

I'm really glad I got to write this piece. After interviewing a very cool and special person at the Nagoya Rainbow Pride for a different article I'm working on, they invited me to the press conference. It was my first time attending a press conference explicitly as a journalist 😌

Today's homework for one of my private lessons was to write about an anime they watched or are currently watching. My student chose Inuyasha! It's one of the anime that really brought me into Japanese history and the need to watch it in Japanese. They did a really good job - they have only been

Your face is small! 顔が小さいですね。 kao ga chiisai desu ne. 顔 kao - face (right part 頁means head) 小さい chiisai - small (looks like a small 人 person with their arms close to their body) That's what people here in Japan keep telling me after I got my hair cut some time ago. At first, I was like ??? wth?

Hydrangea 紫陽花(あじさい) ajisai season has started! 紫 violet 陽 sun 花 flower

Flying carps and oak leaf rice cakes 5 video course for beginners (free of cost): www.japanesewithmanu.com/newsletter #japaneselanguage #japaneselesson #learnjapanese #japaneseforbeginners #japaneseculture

A shrine 神社(じんじゃ jinja) in a department store in Tokyo.

Mysterious fruit!

Kitty is 'checking out' the samurai decoration for 子供の日 (kodomo no hi) Children's day. (More like destroying) #japan #japaneseculture #japaneselanguage #goldenweek #cat

Today is Showa day in Japan, the start of the Golden Week! Learn everything about this day and where it came from! Sign up for my newsletter and get free study materials! www.japanesewithmanu.com/newsletter #japaneselanguage #japan #japaneseculture #goldenweek #japaneselesson

Preparing for 子供(こども)の日(ひ) Children's day. But something is not quite right... Do you spot the mistake? #japan #japaneseculture #japaneselanguage #learnjapanese

Which hiragana do you think are not used in Japanese numbers plates? And why? Kitty knows the answer but won't tell you. 猫が教えてあげないって Neko ga oshiete agenai tte #japan #japaneselanguage #japaneselesson

つつじ (tsutsuji) azalea time in Japan. They are currently blooming here in Fukui. There's even a つつじ祭り azalea festival (matsuri) in Sabae city, not too far away from here. This video is from today's night walk. Their scent is not strong but quite pleasant.

I admit, I am one of those people who need a teacher and regular classes to learn. I bought a bunch of books about drawing because the contents looked like it would help. I opened some of them and drew a few things from even fewer. The problem I have is that I need an appointment. A rhythm. Doing

It's Friday morning in Japan! That means it's drawing lesson time for me. 金曜日の朝はお絵描きレッスンの時間です。 Kinyoubi no asa wa oegaki ressun no jikan desu.

Teaching Japanese brings me so much joy! Today, I had a lesson where we read the first few pages of my book "Reading Japanese for Beginners." The student had some experience with studying Japanese from a long time ago, so they struggled a little with the first few sentences. But reading through

Today's art class. 今日のお絵描き授業 kyou no o-egaki jugyou We added the lower body 下半身(かはんしん ka-han-shin) to the upper body/torso 上半身じょうはんしん jou-han-shin). #japaneselanguage #japaneselesson #kanji #artlesson

These are the books I have published in German. One of them, 'Reading Japanese for Beginners,' is already available in English. Currently, I am working on 'Japanese for Beginners,' which focuses on hiragana and katakana, together with some useful vocabulary and a first introduction into grammar.

Kyoto aquarium has a relationship chart for their penguins - and it's hilarious! Apparently, they update it every year - this is the 2026 version: www.kyoto-aquarium.com/special/soka...