Monsters/ogres/devils everywhere today! Gotta throw some beans at them! Get the oni story here soon: www.japanesewithmanu.com/newsletter #japaneselanguage #studyjapanese #japaneseculture #setsubun #japaneselesson

Japanese From Scratch - free 4 day course Japanese for (absolute) Beginners Thinking about learning Japanese, or already started but struggling to make progress? Then this course is perfect for you! Starting this Saturday, let's start with the basics of the Japanese language,

Japanese From Scratch - free 4 day course Japanese for (absolute) Beginners Thinking about learning Japanese, or already started but struggling to make progress? Then this course is perfect for you! Starting this Saturday, let's start with the basics of the Japanese language,

What does this signboard say? And what does it mean? (Hint: it's something about New Year)

Dangerous Japanese New Year! No need to worry about me, I'm still alive (even after eating the mochi in the picture) :D More to come starting tomorrow - I've made a bunch of short videos about the Japanese New Year's meal and the Hatsumoude (first shrine visit of the new year).

@japanesewithmanu.bsky.social Your book arrived today! It is absolutely gorgeous and so beautifully put together. ❤️📖 ありがとう !

Happy New Year from Japan! #japan #japaneseculture #japaneselanguage #newyear2026 #oshougatsu2026

I was preparing 2 traditional Japanese New Year's dishes. The recording is available for a few more days on my YouTube channel (@japanese-with-manu) Have a great New Year! Yours, Manu マヌ #japaneselanguage #japanesecooking #japanesefood #japanesedishes #cookingclass

Thank you everyone who dropped by! We made two traditional Japanese New Year's dishes. I will leave the video for some more days before I remove it, so watch it now while you can! In case you want the ingredients list, sign up for my newsletter www.japanesewithmanu.com/newsletter

Starting in a few minutes! Join me for some Japanese cooking! youtube.com/live/jKFzRwf...

Wanna do some Japanese cooking with me? The Japanese New Year is the most important festivity here - that means very special dishes you don't usually get. I will prepare some of them and would love to show you the process, and give you some insights of what Japanese New Year dishes even are!

getting directly hit into the kintama 金玉(きんたま) golden balls The more scientific name is kougan 睾丸(こうがん) by the way. 睾 testicles 丸 round - round testicles. I like the way the robot goes down. It looks like it's mocking the human. That must be how it feels mocking yourself.

I am still in love with the opening song of the first season :D www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLW3...

Mashle is getting a third season.

Get as many Japanese posts in your feed :) being exposed as much as possible to the language you want to learn 💪

heads up that bluesky doesnt show posts from other languages by default on your timeline, and its cutting you off from a lot of the community go to bsky.app/settings/lan... and deselect any language from this setting, or else you might not see any of the new japanese users at all!

✉️📮 Invitation for casual New Year's cooking session I have just sent the very first newsletter! All people currently signed up for it have received an invitation for casually cooking some Japanese New Year's dishes. Do you want to join me? Send me a message at [email protected] and/or

In my book "Reading Japanese for Beginners," a character named Ikeda-sensei appears. She is the homeroom teacher of Kana Takeda, the 16-year-old student who appears in Story 1. But Ikeda-sensei isn't just some made-up character. She's inspired by my Japanese teacher at Keio University (2007-2008).

✉️📮 Invitation for casual New Year's cooking session I have just sent the very first newsletter! All people currently signed up for it have received an invitation for casually cooking some Japanese New Year's dishes. Do you want to join me? Send me a message at [email protected] and/or

SPEEDRUNNER FRIENDS!!! I am excited to maybe meet someone who could teach me how to run an RPG at AGDQ! ✨Is this you?✨ Do you wanna help route a JP-only SNES RPG? I have never speedrun! I am not a speedrunner! But maybe you can help me start? I'm excited to try to run this game! I'll bring carts!

Japanese houses can be really cold. When I got up today in the morning, that was the temperature in the living room. The two warmest places in the house? The kotatsu and ... the toilet seat. #japan

Thank you, everyone, for following me and liking/commenting/sharing my posts! If you want to support me even more, please get a copy of my book 'Reading Japanese for Beginners' (by Manuela Ito-Loidl) and leave a review. I work diligently on helping you with studying Japanese also next year 💪

Sorry guys for the strange alignment of the subtitles from the last video. I shouldn't have worked on it in the middle of the night 😅

Merry Christmas directly from Fukui! 福井からメリークリスマス！ Get 5 beginner videos for a smooth start 💪www.japanesewithmanu.com/newsletter #japaneselesson #japanesewithmanu #japaneseforbeginners #japaneselanguage #studyjapanese #japaneseculture

New podcast/youtube episode Gift-giving in Japan(ese) and everything about Japanese Christmas (Link to my podcast in the end) Giving gifts is a pivotal part of Japanese culture, not only during Christmas. Of course that is also reflected in the Japanese language. In this episode you learn

Winter solstice 冬至(とうじ)touji and yuzu bathing tradition 冬　ふゆ fuyu winter 至(いた)る itaru peak/climax #japaneselanguage #studyjapanese #japaneselesson #learnjapanese #kanjilearning #japaneseculture #wintersolstice

What I definitely buy when I am in Kyoto. 京都(きょうと)に行(い)くとき、必(かなら)ず買(か)ってしまう物(もの) This video is completely in Japanese 😊 how much are you able to understand? #kyoto #japaneselanguage #japaneselesson #japanesewithmanu

Did some cookie baking yesterday, with a second round this weekend! 昨日(きのう)、クッキーを作(つく)りました｡楽(たの)しかったです。 Kinou, kukkii wo tsukurimashita. Tanoshikatta desu. 昨日 kinou yesterday 作ります tsukurimasu make/cook 楽しい tanoshii enjoyable/fun #japaneselanguage #studyjapanese #japaneselesson #japanesewithmanu

クリスマスは　ちかい　です。 Christmas is near. お正月(しょうがつ)も　ちかい　です。 New Year is also near. (explanations at the end) That's why there's now a special offer for you until January 18th: Get the book " Reading Japanese for Beginners" and receive story 1 as a video lesson! Here are the first few pages of story 1:

クリスマスは　ちかい　です。 Christmas is near. お正月(しょうがつ)も　ちかい　です。 New Year is also near. (explanations at the end) That's why there's now a special offer for you until January 18th: Get the book " Reading Japanese for Beginners" and receive story 1 as a video lesson! Here are the first few pages of story 1:

We got a new air-conditioning エアコン (eakon) unit installed in the process of preparing for welcoming an exchange student arriving early January 💪 楽(たの)しみですね。tanoshimi desu ne - that's something to look forward, right? In case you didn't know: in Japan most #japan #japaneselanguage #japaneselesson

Snow storm warning in Fukui! 吹雪注意報(ふぶきちゅういほう fubuki-chuui-hou) 吹雪 fubuki - snowstorm 吹 blow (the fu is from 吹く fuku - to blow) 雪 snow (the buki is from 雪 yuki) 注意 chuu-i - caution 報 hou - report, news 注意報 chuui-hou warning #japaneselanguage #japaneselesson

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Whoops, there's a mistake in the romaji for 12月. It's juu-ni-gatsu, not juu-nii-gatsu (one i too much). 申(もう)し訳(わけ)ありません moushi-wake-arimasen - I am very sorry = there's no excuse (for this mistake) - a common way of saying sorry in a very polite manner.

This time of the year is very busy. December has the common name 12月(じゅうにがつ juu-nii-gatsu 12 months) but is also known as 師走(しわす shiwasu) monks are running. Even the monks who should practice quietness and not be bothered by worldly struggles are so busy during December in preparation for the

One of the best places to start learning Japanese is with its two syllabic scripts, hiragana and katakana. Most people start with hiragana, then katakana. And then they move on to kanji. Doesn't sound too bad, right? But why do we need three (actually, four) different writing systems?

In my online introductory video course, you'll learn your first characters and words, as well as your first sentences in Japanese. Sign up for my Japanese language learning newsletter and get the course for free: japanesewithmanu.com/newsletter #japaneselesson #japaneselanguage #japanesewithmanu

One of the best places to start learning Japanese is with its two syllabic scripts, hiragana and katakana. Most people start with hiragana, then katakana. And then they move on to kanji. Doesn't sound too bad, right? But why do we need three (actually, four) different writing systems?

ただいま！ tada-ima I am back home! Tada-ima is actually an abbreviation of ただいま帰(かえ)りました tada-ima kaerimashita tada = only/just ima = now kaerimashita = returned back home, past tense of kaerimasu.

ただいま！ tada-ima I am back home! Tada-ima is actually an abbreviation of ただいま帰(かえ)りました tada-ima kaerimashita tada = only/just ima = now kaerimashita = returned back home, past tense of kaerimasu.

Nerd/Japanese stuff at Montreal airport. Thank you so much, everyone here! I had a good time! Now it's time to go back home and keep working on my next book, as well as prepare my next lessons for you 💪 誠(まこと)にありがとうございました Makoto ni arigatou gozaimashita. #montreal #yul #japaneselanguage

Itadakimasu actually means "I thankfully receive" and is a humble way of expressing your appreciation before you start eating your meal. Here's the kanji version 頂きます the left part is 丁 which has a plethora of meanings, for example town or ward (but to me it looks like a plate),

Feels like -12°C (10.4°F) それ本当(ほんとう)？ sore hontou? For real? ウソ―！ usoo! That's a lie, right? 信(しん)じられない！shinjirarenai! can't believe that! And I still need to go out and get something important! Gotta get going now! #montreal #japaneselanguage #studyjapanese #japaneselesson

Also - perfectionism much? It can happen faster than you think - you feel like every Japanese sentence, written or said needs to be perfect. If you keep doing that, you'll easier quit than you think. Keep going even though you make one or the other mistake. I have been struggling with all kinds of

The thing that always happens when I do a task: I think of another 5-6 tasks and jobs that need to be done XD have just updated my sales page for my German books (we will have a Christmas sale) and updated the book file itself - realizing I should be doing that for all the other books too,

A fusion of Japanese and Canadian food for my brunch. Living in Japan as a European means that you can enjoy delicious Japanese meals, but things like cheese, ham, spreads, and pickles are quite difficult to get. So while being here on workation in Montreal, I enjoy the local food 🥰 -

So I am teaching this course that checks if you got down your grammar/vocabulary for A1 beginner Japanese. It's basically a two week course where you get a short test every day, including the solution. In case you are not quite sure yet, there's a video that explains every grammar point of that day

The difference between 楽しいtanoshii and 面白い omoshiroi Do you want more of my explanations and learning tips? Sign up for my newsletter: www.japanesewithmanu.com/newsletter #japaneselanguage #studyjapanese #japaneselesson

I have arrived safely in Canada! The last days have been a little rough, but I am glad that I can be here. I had nice food, and the company is nice, too! Does anyone have recommendations for Japanese restaurants/cafés in Montreal? Or any kind of recommendations in general?