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Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.kokorocommunications.com/blog/japanese-keigo-quiz monthly 0.5 2024-10-04 https://www.kokorocommunications.com/blog/syllable-mora-japanese-pronunciation monthly 0.5 2024-10-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6094b2bd8d191c79291398ac/3d11eb9f-c139-4b0d-9081-c812d9147979/Dec+2023+-+Syllable+vs+Mora+%287%29.png Blog - Syllables vs Moras: The Most Undervalued Part of Good Japanese Pronunciation - Make it stand out English can have syllables which are a maximum of 3 consonant sounds before a vowel sound, and a maximum of 4 consonant sounds after a vowel sound. Syllables are usually much smaller than this, but this is the biggest they can get. The word “see” has one vowel sound “ee” and a consonant sound before it “s”. These two sounds make up the word “see” which is one syllable long. The word “texts” has a vowel sound “eh”, one consonant sound before it “t” and 4 consonant sounds after it “ksts”. “Texts” is also a one syllable word. “Sunset” has two vowel sounds, “uh” and “eh”. Each of these vowels is the centre of a syllable. The two consonant sounds between these vowel sounds get separated and we get the two syllables “sun” and “set”. Check out this YouTube video to learn more about how to easily improve your overall Japanese pronunciation! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6094b2bd8d191c79291398ac/97d5c181-285a-41a8-9719-ae3877b9ca3b/25.png Blog - Syllables vs Moras: The Most Undervalued Part of Good Japanese Pronunciation - Make it stand out Even though many people say that Japanese has syllables, that’s technically not true. Japanese has moras. Moras are similar, but not the same as syllables. The easiest way to describe the difference is that moras are like a timed syllable. So one mora is one unit of time, or the way I like to think of it is one mora = one beat. Sky, or 空 (そら/sora) is two kana, and also two mora. The big sky, which sounds like a silly translation but we’ll run with it for now, 大空 (おおぞら/oozora) is 4 kana. おおぞら (o-o-zo-ra). The two お (o) are two separate moras, and therefore also separate beats. If we used the Romaji (English spelling for Japanese words) to count the syllables, we’d also get 2 and 4 syllables, respectively. So in this case, the syllable number and mora number are the same. Check out this video on YouTube to learn more about moras and how they can dramatically improve your overall Japanese pronunciation! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6094b2bd8d191c79291398ac/5809f38f-06f2-47e6-a323-a56452dbe28f/28.png Blog - Syllables vs Moras: The Most Undervalued Part of Good Japanese Pronunciation - Make it stand out Even though many people say that Japanese has syllables, that’s technically not true. Japanese has moras. Moras are similar, but not the same as syllables. The easiest way to describe the difference is that moras are like a timed syllable. So one mora is one unit of time, or the way I like to think of it is one mora = one beat. One of my rabbits is named Finch. フィンチ (finchi) is 3 moras. We have フィ (fi) which is a 拗音 (ようおん/yōon) and therefore is one mora, ン (n), and チ (chi). His nickname, フィンちゃん (fin-chan) is 4 moras. We have two 拗音 (ようおん/yo’on) , plus 2 ン (n) which are one mora each. If we were to use the Romaji to count the syllables, we’d have 2 syllables for フィンチ (finchi), and 2 syllables for フィンちゃん (fin-chan). Speaking with a mindset focused on syllables would impact your overall pronunciation. Watch this video on YouTube to learn more about how understanding moras can make a big improvement on your overall Japanese pronunciation! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6094b2bd8d191c79291398ac/6245478f-0697-443d-a9ec-832f0c30e4ff/38.png Blog - Syllables vs Moras: The Most Undervalued Part of Good Japanese Pronunciation - Make it stand out Even though many people say that Japanese has syllables, that’s technically not true. Japanese has moras. Moras are similar, but not the same as syllables. The easiest way to describe the difference is that moras are like a timed syllable. So one mora is one unit of time, or the way I like to think of it is one mora = one beat. Let’s look at an example word: コンピューター (kompyūtā). How many moras does the Japanese version of “computer” have? There are 6 mora. コ (ko), ン (n), and タ (ta) are one mora each, as is ピュ (pyu) which is a 拗音 (ようおん/yōon). The two sticks indicate long vowels, and are therefore one mora each as well. So we have 6 mora. Watch this video onYouTube to learn more about moras and how they can dramatically improve your overall Japanese pronunciation! https://www.kokorocommunications.com/blog/japanese-language-overview monthly 0.5 2024-10-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6094b2bd8d191c79291398ac/69042179-7cc4-44c1-bec8-ae7fb3c9c8dd/Dec+2023+-+Essentials+of+JP+%281%29.png Blog - How Japanese Works: A Linguistic Perspective - Make it stand out Japanese doesn’t have stressed and unstressed syllables like we do in English. Instead, it has what’s called pitch accent, which is similar to, but different from, tone. There are 4 different pitch accent patterns in Common (or Standard) Japanese. Let’s only look at 2 patterns so we don’t get caught up in it right now. Check out this YouTube video to learn more about pitch accent and Japanese, and this video to learn the essentials of how the Japanese language works! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6094b2bd8d191c79291398ac/49958dde-e504-4b73-a7ae-c65d98c7b567/19.png Blog - How Japanese Works: A Linguistic Perspective - Make it stand out There are 3 different ways of writing in Japanese: They are called hiragana, katakana, and kanji. Kanji are also sometimes called “Chinese characters”. Most native speaker adults today recognize over 2,000 kanji and university-educated people know about 3,000 kanji. However, in total, there are over 50,000 of them. Don’t worry, nobody knows them all. Hiragana tend to look softer and have rounder edges. We learn hiragana before any other writing system. They are used to write the readings for kanji, although sometimes they can also replace kanji. Hiragana are also used to write grammatical parts in a sentence. We learn katakana next, which looks more angular. We use katakana to write loan words, scientific words including animal names sometimes, company names, and slang words. Many scientific words and company names have kanji as well, but writing them in katakana can sometimes feel more official. It can also make these words easier to read. Kanji, the third writing system, often look complicated to write, but they’re much less complicated once you realise they’re made up of different parts that get put together in different ways. You cannot write a sentence in Japanese using only kanji. They’re used to write nouns, adjectives, verbs, and adverbs. Check out this video on YouTube to learn more about the essentials of the Japanese language. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6094b2bd8d191c79291398ac/b8d8db84-41d0-44e2-ab97-963c9b9559dc/Dec+2023+-+Essentials+of+JP+%283%29.png Blog - How Japanese Works: A Linguistic Perspective - Make it stand out let’s compare a simple English sentence with how it would be in Japanese. We have the sentence: I eat sushi. “I” is the subject of the sentence, the one doing the verb. “Eat| is the verb, and “sushi” is the object of the sentence, the thing being verbed. The word order in English is subject verb object, or SVO. In Japanese, this same sentence would sound like: 私が寿司を食べます。(Watashi ga sushi o tabemasu.) 私 (watashi) is the subject and it comes first, just like in English. But next we have 寿司 (sushi), which is our object, and lastly, we have 食べます (tabemasu), the verb. So, Japanese is SOV order. Check out this video on YouTube to learn more about the essentials of how the Japanese language works. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6094b2bd8d191c79291398ac/2dc7728b-f95c-4017-8d71-c739f9399d66/33.png Blog - How Japanese Works: A Linguistic Perspective - Make it stand out が (ga) and を (wo/o) are the particles. They tell us what the purpose of the word coming immediately before it is. が (ga) is what’s called the subject marker, and を (wo/o) is the object marker. 私 (watashi) comes immediately before が (ga) so we know that the subject is 私 (watashi) and 寿司 (sushi) comes immediately before を (wo/o) so we know that the object is 寿司 (sushi). To be honest, the more natural way of saying this sentence would be 私は寿司を食べます (watashi wa sushi o tabemasu)。 But the は (wa) vs が (ga) particle differences and similarities are a little complex sometimes, so we won’t get into it today. Because of these particles we have in Japanese, word order is much more flexible than it is in English. There are lots of particles, and they may be a bit confusing at first because we don’t have them in English, once you get used to them, they’re so helpful and so convenient. Consider watching this video on YouTube to learn more about the essentials of how the Japanese language works! https://www.kokorocommunications.com/blog/tone-pitch-accent-japanese monthly 0.5 2024-10-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6094b2bd8d191c79291398ac/b0ecc40f-b484-4f2a-8ffa-1a9d3db0c91f/Used+in+blog+only.png Blog - Tone vs Pitch Accent: Is Japanese a tonal language? - Make it stand out This might be the most commonly used example of tone in Mandarin Chinese with the 1-syllable word, “ma”. Mandarin has 5 tones, and depending on which one you use, the meaning completely changes. Using the first tone will result in the meaning for “mother”, the second tone, “hemp”, third tone, “horse”, and the fourth tone, “scold”. The fifth tone is an interrogative particle, meaning we use it to indicate that we’re asking a question. Tone is similar to, but different from pitch accent. Languages categorised as pitch accent languages include, but are not limited to, Japanese, Slovene, Ancient Greek, Turkish, Persian, Norwegian, Vedic Sanskrit, and Western Basque. Check out this YouTube video to learn more about pitch accent and Japanese. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6094b2bd8d191c79291398ac/290f3269-67bb-4ed2-b987-b54198360f1b/Nov+2023+-+Tone+vs+PA+%285%29.png Blog - Tone vs Pitch Accent: Is Japanese a tonal language? - Make it stand out Let’s look at how pitch accent works in Common - or Standard - Japanese. There are two pitches: high and low. They are relative pitches, not absolute pitches, like we have in music. So, "high" and "low" pitches are simply higher or lower than what came previously. There are 4 different pitch accent patterns. They are: 頭高（あたまだか/atamadaka) which means head high, 中高（なかだか/nakadaka) which means middle high, 尾高（おだか/odaka) which means tail high, and 平板（へいばん/heiban) which means flat. When trying to figure out the pitch accent pattern for a word, we often want to take the particle that comes after the word into consideration. Check out this video on YouTube to learn more about Japanese and pitch accent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6094b2bd8d191c79291398ac/f38d8926-6e6c-400c-a091-63f0a8ea1693/Nov+2023+-+Tone+vs+PA+%286%29.png Blog - Tone vs Pitch Accent: Is Japanese a tonal language? - Make it stand out Let’s look at how pitch accent works in Common - or Standard - Japanese. There are two pitches: high and low. They are relative pitches, not absolute pitches, like we have in music. So, "high" and "low" pitches are simply higher or lower than what came previously. The “accent” part of the pitch accent refers to the drop in pitch that we find in words. And as you can see, only 3 of these 4 patterns actually have a drop in pitch, so this means that some words in Common Japanese are categorised as “accentless”. These are the 平板（へいばん/heiban) words. Check out this video on YouTube to learn more about Japanese and pitch accent. https://www.kokorocommunications.com/blog/airports-japan-places-phrases-navigate monthly 0.5 2024-10-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6094b2bd8d191c79291398ac/30c6f5e7-b247-4278-a8cb-1f1b38016f5f/For+blog+-+not+used+in+video.png Blog - Navigate Japan’s Airports with Ease - Make it stand out A visual of the actual fifth floor map of Narita Airport Terminal 1 in Japan. In the red rectangle, you can see the key information about this floor - the floor number, what you’ll find there, and what the map symbols mean. We can see that this floor has レストラン (resutoran) - restaurants, ショップ (shoppu) - stores, and an 展望デッキ（てんぼうデッキ/tenbō dekki) - observation deck. It also has 案内カウンター（あんないカウンター/annai kauntā) - an information desk, トイレ (toire) - washrooms, エレベーター (erebētā) - elevators, エスカレーター (esukarētā) - escalators, and an AED. To find the Japanese version of this map, click here. To find the English version of this map, click here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6094b2bd8d191c79291398ac/f582646b-320b-45bd-8f99-f7e99ad387ae/For+blog+-+not+used+in+video+%283%29.png Blog - Navigate Japan’s Airports with Ease - Make it stand out A visual of the actual third floor map of Narita Airport Terminal 1 in Japan. In the red rectangle, you can see the key information about this floor - the floor number, what you’ll find there, and what the map symbols mean. We can see immediately that this floor is the 国際線出発ゲートエリア（こくさいせんしゅっぱつゲートエリア/kokusaisen shuppatsu gēto eria) - departure gate area for international flights. It has 案内カウンター（あんないカウンター/annai kauntā) - an information desk, トイレ (toire) - washrooms, 礼拝室（れいはいしつ/reihaishitsu) - prayer rooms, エレベーター (erebētā) - elevators, エスカレーター (esukarētā) - escalators, and an AED. To find the Japanese version of this map, click here. To find the English version of this map, click here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6094b2bd8d191c79291398ac/7476a4fe-054a-4cc6-a33d-250b80e5d622/For+blog+-+not+used+in+video+%281%29.png Blog - Navigate Japan’s Airports with Ease - Make it stand out Let’s look at some additional information about what you’ll find marked on the Narita Airport Terminal 1 maps - accessible washrooms, which are 車椅子で利用できるトイレ（くるまいすでしようできるトイレ/kurumaisu de shiyō dekiru toire).One is オストメイト対応（オストメイトたいおう/osutomeito taiō), meaning that one can accomodate people who have ostomy bags. You’ll also find ベビールーム (bebī rūmu), which would include things like changing tables for babies, キッズパーク (kidzzu pku), a space for children to play - but they do need to be supervised, and カームダウン・クールダウン (kāmudaun, kūrudaun), which is described as being “a room where people with developmental, intellectual, and mental disabilities can relax.” To find the maps in Japanese, click here. To find the maps in English, click here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6094b2bd8d191c79291398ac/2fc479c8-c549-4178-85c5-68d4f01ab40e/46.png Blog - Navigate Japan’s Airports with Ease - Make it stand out When you’re in an airport in Japan - Narita or other - and you need some help, here are 3 things that you can do: Go to an 案内カウンター（あんないカウンター/annai kauntā) Ask for English resources, like a map. You can say 英語の＿はありますか？（えいごの＿はありますか？/Eigo no __ wa arimasu ka?) where you fill in the blank with what you want. For example, 英語の地図はありますか？（えいごのちずはありますか？/Eigo no chizu wa arimasu ka?) - Do you have an English map? Ask where something is. If you choose to ask in Japanese, here are 3 options you have: ～はどこですか？ (~ wa doko desu ka?) to simply ask “Where is __?” ～に行きたいのですが（～にいきたいのですが/~ ni ikitai no desu ga) if to say “I want to go to ____” ～を探しているのですが（～をさがしているのですが/~ wo sagashite iru no desu ga) if you want to say “I’m looking for ___” Of course, if you choose to ask these questions, you’ll need to be able to understand the answers you receive, whether they point to a place on a map, use everyday Japanese to speak to you, or they respond in keigo. https://www.kokorocommunications.com/blog/indigenous-people-canada-learn-japanese monthly 0.5 2024-04-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6094b2bd8d191c79291398ac/8cd66735-145e-49f3-833c-eef294fb8749/Aug+2023+-+Hiroshima+Nagasaki+Video+%281%29.png Blog - Indigenous Peoples of Canada: Let’s (also) talk about it in Japanese ~日本語でも話そう~ - Make it stand out An image of the kanji and hiragana for “Hiroshima” and “Nagasaki”. Above each is the pitch accent pattern for these city names. Hiroshima is a heiban word, and Nagasaki is a nakadaka word. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6094b2bd8d191c79291398ac/6ca2e854-6d72-48da-a51f-7dd546225b40/10.png Blog - Indigenous Peoples of Canada: Let’s (also) talk about it in Japanese ~日本語でも話そう~ - Make it stand out A screenshot of a Canada Journal article, titled 2023年　オレンジシャツデー（真実と和解の日）　カナダの祝日 （2023年　オレンジシャツデー（しんじつとわかいのひ）　カナダのしゅくじつ/2023nen Orenji shatsu dē (Shinjitsu to wakai no hi) Kanada no shukujitsu). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6094b2bd8d191c79291398ac/bcee695c-c90b-4106-a79d-a7da628b7d94/12.png Blog - Indigenous Peoples of Canada: Let’s (also) talk about it in Japanese ~日本語でも話そう~ - Make it stand out A screenshot of a news article from 日本経済新聞（にほんけいざいしんぶん/nihon keizai shimbun) or the Nikkei titled, カナダの学校跡地に751の墓　先住民の子どもらの遺骨か（カナダのがっこうあとちに751のはか　せんじゅうみんのこどもらのいこつか/Kanada no gakkō atochi ni 751 no haka, senjūmin no kodomora no ikotsu ka). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6094b2bd8d191c79291398ac/3e2a4959-1a6f-487f-ba96-db313f558108/14.png Blog - Indigenous Peoples of Canada: Let’s (also) talk about it in Japanese ~日本語でも話そう~ - Make it stand out A screenshot of an article from Asahi, titled 先住民学校、負の歴史向き合って　カナダ「真実と和解の日」（せんじゅうみんがっこう、ふのれきしむきあって　カナダ「しんじつとわかいのひ」/Senjūmin, fu no rekishi mukiatte; Kanada “Shinjitsu to wakai no hi”). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6094b2bd8d191c79291398ac/af294bf6-0bee-4366-83e1-e77362fb9eb7/18.png Blog - Indigenous Peoples of Canada: Let’s (also) talk about it in Japanese ~日本語でも話そう~ - Make it stand out A screenshot of the first paragraph of an article from Asahi. It reads: カナダで９月３０日、先住民の子どもたちが強制的に寄宿学校で教育を受けさせられたことを振り返るための「真実と和解の日」があった。今年に入って、複数の寄宿学校跡地で多数の子どもの遺体が見つかったことから国の祝日となり、各地で追悼行事が行われた。（カナダで9がつ３０にち、せんじゅうみんのこどもたちがきょうせいてきにきしゅくがっこうできょういくをうけさせられたことをふりかえるための「しんじつとわかいのひ」があった。ことしにはいって、ふくしゅうのきしゅくがっこうあとちでたすうのこどものいたいがいみつかったことからくにのしゅくじつとなり、かくちでついとうぎょうじがおこなわれた。/Kanada de 9 gatsu 30 nichi, senjūmin no kodomotachi ga kyōseiteki ni kishuku gakkō de kyōiku wo ukesaserareta koto wo furikaeru tame no “Shinjitsu to wakai no hi” ga atta. Kotoshi ni haitte, fukusū no kishuku gakkō atochi de tasū no kodomo no itai ga mitsukatta koto kara kuni no shukujitu no nari, kakuchi de tsuitōgyōji ga okonawareta). https://www.kokorocommunications.com/blog/keigo-explained monthly 0.5 2024-06-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6094b2bd8d191c79291398ac/e735dd66-5e68-4568-9b48-eb9247e06ea4/14.png Blog - Keigo Explained: Formal/Business Japanese with Sonkeigo, Kenjogo, Teichogo (尊敬語・謙譲語・丁重語) - Make it stand out Teineigo (丁寧語/ていねいご) is the standard or average level of formality in Japanese. It’s the one you learn in classrooms and from textbooks. Sentences tend to end in desu (です), masu (ます), deshita (でした), and (ました). Two example sentences are: Kinō, kōen in ikimashita. (昨日、公園に行きました。/きのう、こうえんにいきました。) Watashi no usagi tachi no namae wa usako to finchi desu. (私のウサギたちの名前はうさことフィンチです。/わたしのウサギたちのなまえはうさことフィンチです。) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6094b2bd8d191c79291398ac/49dc13f7-3966-4f6d-9643-33fe9c030674/Sept+2023+-+Keigo+verbs+%286%29.png Blog - Keigo Explained: Formal/Business Japanese with Sonkeigo, Kenjogo, Teichogo (尊敬語・謙譲語・丁重語) - Make it stand out Both ohanashininaru (お話になる/おはなしになる) and hanasareru (話される/はなされる) are correct sonkeigo forms. When you use them, make sure to have desu/masu (です・ます) on the end! Both of the questions here mean “Teacher, will you speak in Japanese tomorrow?” (先生は明日、日本語で話しますか/せんせいはあす、にほんごではなしますか？/Sensei wa asu, nihongo de hanashimasu ka?), but the first two are more formal. 先生は明日、日本語でお話になりますか？/せんせいはあす、にほんごでおはなしになりますか？/ Sensei wa asu, nihongo de ohanashi ni narimasu ka? 先生は明日、日本語で話されますか？/せんせいはあす、にほんごではなされますか？/ Sensei wa asu, nihongo de hanasaremasu ka? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6094b2bd8d191c79291398ac/fe4c658c-7aad-4862-814b-213991951ff2/Sept+2023+-+Keigo+verbs+%2811%29.png Blog - Keigo Explained: Formal/Business Japanese with Sonkeigo, Kenjogo, Teichogo (尊敬語・謙譲語・丁重語) - Make it stand out As a quick note, if you’re familiar with meshiagaru (召し上がる/めしあがる), you’ll know that this verb is used to mean both “to eat” and “to drink”. Both of the questions here mean “Customer, will you drink afternoon tea?” (お客様、アフタヌーンティーを飲みますか？/おきゃくさま、アフタヌーンティーをのみますか？/Okyaku sama, afutānūntī wo nomimasu ka?) お客様、アフタヌーンティーを召し上がりますか？/おきゃくさま、アフタヌーンティーをめしあがりますか？/Okyaku sama, afutānūntī wo meshiagarimasu ka? お客様、アフタヌーンティーをお飲みになりますか？/おきゃくさま、アフタヌーンティーをおのみになりますか？/Okyaku sama, afutānūntī wo onomini narimasu ka? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6094b2bd8d191c79291398ac/9bb5ba9c-dd50-4a75-b987-0d58dd77474c/Sept+2023+-+Keigo+verbs+%2844%29.png Blog - Keigo Explained: Formal/Business Japanese with Sonkeigo, Kenjogo, Teichogo (尊敬語・謙譲語・丁重語) - Make it stand out The dictionary form, sonkeigo form(s), and kenjogo form(s) of the Japanese verbs “to speak (話す/はなす/hanasu)” and “to drink (飲む/のむ/nomu)”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6094b2bd8d191c79291398ac/885dac3f-92a9-414a-94da-aca9a68708b0/Sept+2023+-+Keigo+verbs+%2843%29.png Blog - Keigo Explained: Formal/Business Japanese with Sonkeigo, Kenjogo, Teichogo (尊敬語・謙譲語・丁重語) - Make it stand out The Japanese formality category of teichōgo (丁重語/ていちょうご) includes a limited number of verbs. They are: Suru (する) ⇒ Itashimasu (いたします) Iku (行く・来る/いく・くる) ⇒ Mairimasu (参ります/まいります) Iu (言う/いう) ⇒ Mōshimasu (申します/もうします) Shiru, Omou (知る・思う/しる・おもう) ⇒ Zonjimasu (存じます/ぞんじます) Iru (いる) ⇒ Orimasu (おります) Aru (ある) ⇒ Gozaimasu (ございます) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6094b2bd8d191c79291398ac/4d5143ef-28e3-4682-a251-57806ba3365d/Sept+2023+-+Keigo+verbs+%2845%29.png Blog - Keigo Explained: Formal/Business Japanese with Sonkeigo, Kenjogo, Teichogo (尊敬語・謙譲語・丁重語) - Make it stand out Let’s look at some example verbs where we can directly compare the sonkeigo and kenjōgo forms. Just as a quick reminder, I won’t be explicitly differentiating between kenjōgo and teichōgo. Au (会う/あう) becomes oaininaru (お会いになる/おあいになる) or awareru (会われる/あわれる) in its sonkeigo form, and omenikakaru (お目にかかる/おめにかかる) in its kenjōgo form Iu (言う/いう) becomes ossharu (おっしゃる) in its sonkeigo form, and mōshimasu (申します/もうします) or mōshiagemasu (申し上げます/もうしあげます) in its kenjōgo form Matsu (待つ/まつ) becomes omachininaru (お待ちになる/おまちになる) or omachikudasaru (お待ちくださる/おまちくださる) in its sonkeigo form, and omachisuru (お待ちする/おまちする) in its kenjōgo form https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6094b2bd8d191c79291398ac/67d50eb8-867c-4bbd-b231-15aecd2307b6/Sept+2023+-+Keigo+verbs+%2846%29.png Blog - Keigo Explained: Formal/Business Japanese with Sonkeigo, Kenjogo, Teichogo (尊敬語・謙譲語・丁重語) - Make it stand out Let’s look at some example verbs where we can directly compare the sonkeigo and kenjōgo forms. Just as a quick reminder, I won’t be explicitly differentiating between kenjōgo and teichōgo. Suru (する) becomes nasaru (なさる) or sareru (される) in its sonkeigo form, and itashimasu (いたします) or saseteitadaku (させていただく) in its kenjōgo form Kuru (来る/くる) has a lot of sonkeigo forms - they are irassharu (いらっしゃる), oideninaru (おいでになる), mieru (見える/みえる), okoshininaru (お越しになる/おこしになる), and its kenjōgo form is simple. It’s mairimasu (参ります/まいります). Fun fact, the formal forms of kuru (来る/くる) and iku (行く/いく) often - but not always - overlap and you just need to know which meaning is being used based on context. https://www.kokorocommunications.com/blog/formal-informal-japanese monthly 0.5 2024-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6094b2bd8d191c79291398ac/f81296d0-5f01-46e8-88ed-55ab32509803/14.png Blog - Formal vs Informal Japanese: Keigo and more - Make it stand out Teineigo (丁寧語/ていねいご) is the standard or average level of formality in Japanese. It’s the one you learn in classrooms and from textbooks. Sentences tend to end in desu (です), masu (ます), deshita (でした), and (ました). Two example sentences are: Kinō, kōen in ikimashita. (昨日、公園に行きました。/きのう、こうえんにいきました。) Watashi no usagi tachi no namae wa usako to finchi desu. (私のウサギたちの名前はうさことフィンチです。/わたしのウサギたちのなまえはうさことフィンチです。) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6094b2bd8d191c79291398ac/571179f0-9dee-400d-a983-cd4116046f0f/19.png Blog - Formal vs Informal Japanese: Keigo and more - Make it stand out Bikago (美化語/びかご) is the beautification of language, and what we do is add either o (お) or go (ご) mostly to nouns. The addition of o (お) and go (ご) is not random, and they’re not interchangeable. Let’s take a look at some example words: Hana (花/はな) and nimotsu (荷物/にもつ) both take o (お), so they become ohana (お花/おはな) and onimotsu (お荷物/おにもつ). Riyō (利用/りよう) and renraku (連絡/れんらく) both take go (ご), so they become goriyō (ご利用/ごりよう) and gorenraku (ご連絡/ごれんらく). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6094b2bd8d191c79291398ac/b6a0395f-409f-43f0-9015-afbbfdf9fa3d/20.png Blog - Formal vs Informal Japanese: Keigo and more - Make it stand out For the most part, katakana words don’t have a bikago form, but there are a few standard ones is use today. They are: otoire (おトイレ) and otabako (おタバコ). I have a feeling that over time, more katakana words will start taking on this form, but it’ll take time to test my hypothesis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6094b2bd8d191c79291398ac/7c394007-267e-4ca3-8a4f-dabfc25a98d9/27.png Blog - Formal vs Informal Japanese: Keigo and more - Make it stand out Sonkeigo (尊敬語/そんけいご) example to compare it with itsfutsūtai (普通体/ふつうたい) and teineigo (丁寧語/ていねいご) versions. “Will you eat/have dessert?” Its futsūtai (普通体/ふつうたい) or most casual form would be: Dezāto (wo) taberu? (デザート（を）食べる？/デザート（を）たべる？) In the standard level of formality, it would be: Dezāto (wo) tabemasu ka? (デザート(を)食べますか？/デザート（を）たべますか？) And it’s sonkeigo (尊敬語/そんけいご) version is: Dezāto wo meshi agarimasu ka? (デザートを召し上がりますか？/デザートをめしあがりますか？) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6094b2bd8d191c79291398ac/37e3b1c6-e6fe-46b4-852a-ac832fa67f7e/30.png Blog - Formal vs Informal Japanese: Keigo and more - Make it stand out “Look there.” Its futsūtai (普通体/ふつうたい) or most casual form would be: Soko (wo) mite (そこ（を）見て。/そこ（を）みて) In the standard level of formality, it would be: Soko (そこ) - or potentially sochira (そちら) - wo mitekudasai (を見てください。/をみてください。) And it’s sonkeigo (尊敬語/そんけいご) version is: Sochira wo goran kudasai (そちらをご覧ください。/そちらをごらんください。) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6094b2bd8d191c79291398ac/78dde2c8-dd62-4331-a84b-8e5ec0daf805/32.png Blog - Formal vs Informal Japanese: Keigo and more - Make it stand out Meshiagaru (召し上がる/めしあがる) and itadaku (頂く/いただく) are more formal forms of the verb taberu (食べる/たべる) - but we use the first to talk about others eating, and the second to talk about us eating. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6094b2bd8d191c79291398ac/4a74d949-92ed-4771-889a-88ede5ee3ee0/33.png Blog - Formal vs Informal Japanese: Keigo and more - Make it stand out It’s a little weird to say “I’ll look there” but don’t worry about that right now. The important thing to note is that goran ni naru (ご覧になる/ごらんになる) and haiken suru (拝見する/はいけんする) are formal forms of the verb miru (見る/みる). We use the first to talk about others looking, and the second to talk about us looking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6094b2bd8d191c79291398ac/6c3edfd3-44ba-44f2-9128-795d2fa7fb43/34.png Blog - Formal vs Informal Japanese: Keigo and more - Make it stand out There are a limited number of verbs in the teichōgo category, so it’s not difficult to memorise them. Let’s look at one example. Asu, sochira ni mairi masu (明日、そちらに参ります。/), meaning “I will go there tomorrow” Marimasu (参ります/) is the teichōgo form of iku (行く/). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6094b2bd8d191c79291398ac/df288a75-a858-410d-acfa-ad5b659c9bfc/35.png Blog - Formal vs Informal Japanese: Keigo and more - Make it stand out There are a limited number of verbs in the teichōgo category, so it’s not difficult to memorise them. Let’s look at one example. Watashi wa ie ni orimasu (私は家におります。/), meaning “I am (or “I will be”) at home.” Orimasu (おります) is the teichōgo form of iru (いる). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6094b2bd8d191c79291398ac/faf32993-b5a9-4231-9dda-7d607f2990db/48.png Blog - Formal vs Informal Japanese: Keigo and more - Make it stand out The categories of formality in Japanese are futsūtai (普通体/ふつうたい), teineigo (丁寧語/ていねいご), bikago (美化語/びかご), sonkeigo (尊敬語/そんけいご), kenjōgo (謙譲語/けんじょうご), and teichōgo (丁重語/ていちょうご), which can also be referred to as kenjōgo II (謙譲語II/けんじょうごII). Four of these groups fall into the category of keigo (敬語/けいご). Futsūtai (普通体/ふつうたい) is casual Japanese. Teineigo (丁寧語/ていねいご) is the standard level of formality in Japanese. Sentences end in desu, masu (です, ます) Bikago (美化語/びかご) is the beautification of language, where we add o (お) or go (ご) mainly to nouns. Sonkeigo (尊敬語/そんけいご) is very formal Japanese and it’s used to talk about the actions of others, like guests, for example. Kenjōgo (謙譲語/けんじょうご) and teichōgo (丁重語/ていちょうご) are also very formal Japanese, but we use them to talk about our own actions. https://www.kokorocommunications.com/blog/koseki-japanese-family-registry monthly 0.5 2024-09-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6094b2bd8d191c79291398ac/504a7a89-9fb7-4de2-9db1-16ce9394c013/Aug+2023+-+Introduction+to+koseki+%2820%29.png Blog - What is a koseki (Japanese Family Registry) and who has one? - Make it stand out The format of the older, handwritten koseki (Japanese family registry). Information about each family member was listed in columns, and is read from right to left. The first person listed is the head of the household, who is usually a man. To the left of them, their parents, spouse, and children’s details are included, usually in birth order. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6094b2bd8d191c79291398ac/78d9801a-f969-413e-b808-1732d8534aa7/Aug+2023+-+Introduction+to+koseki+%2821%29.png Blog - What is a koseki (Japanese Family Registry) and who has one? - Make it stand out The format of the newer, type-written koseki (Japanese family registry). Information about each family member was listed in rows, and is read from top to bottom. The first person listed is the head of the household, who is usually a man. Below them, their spouse, and their children’s details are included. https://www.kokorocommunications.com/blog/pronunciation-japanese-tongue-twister monthly 0.5 2024-04-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6094b2bd8d191c79291398ac/55ef40d4-d0f5-4a75-9622-0228d792a7c5/Aug+2023+-+%E6%97%A9%E5%8F%A3%E8%A8%80%E8%91%89+Hayakuchikotoba+%2812%29.png Blog - Hayakuchi Kotoba: Japanese Tongue Twisters to Improve Your Pronunciation ～早口言葉で日本語の発音力アップ～ - Make it stand out One of the 4 well-known Japanese tongue twisters (早口言葉/はやくちことば/hayakuchi kotoba) introduced in this week’s YouTube video! This one is about frogs jumping. Don’t forget that the “pyo” sound is one mora, even though it’s two kana, and therefore should be considered one beat. Start slow and speed up as you get more comfortable practicing it! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6094b2bd8d191c79291398ac/870f2817-efdd-43b4-9bd4-21167e96fbfe/Aug+2023+-+%E6%97%A9%E5%8F%A3%E8%A8%80%E8%91%89+Hayakuchikotoba+%2813%29.png Blog - Hayakuchi Kotoba: Japanese Tongue Twisters to Improve Your Pronunciation ～早口言葉で日本語の発音力アップ～ - Make it stand out One of the 4 well-known Japanese tongue twisters (早口言葉/はやくちことば/hayakuchi kotoba) introduced in this week’s YouTube video! This one is a list of three items - raw wheat, raw rice, and raw eggs. Focus on the clearly differentiating between the “na”, “ma”, “gi”, and “go” sounds. Start slow and speed up as you get more comfortable practicing it! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6094b2bd8d191c79291398ac/0d75cec4-c7a3-4284-8c0a-508d69579ad8/Aug+2023+-+%E6%97%A9%E5%8F%A3%E8%A8%80%E8%91%89+Hayakuchikotoba+%2814%29.png Blog - Hayakuchi Kotoba: Japanese Tongue Twisters to Improve Your Pronunciation ～早口言葉で日本語の発音力アップ～ - Make it stand out One of the 4 well-known Japanese tongue twisters (早口言葉/はやくちことば/hayakuchi kotoba) introduced in this week’s YouTube video! This one is a list of three items - red wrapping paper, blue wrapping paper, yellow wrapping paper. The key is to be able to say “ki makigami” at the end. Start slow and speed up as you get more comfortable practicing it! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6094b2bd8d191c79291398ac/19c6fec1-41f8-4d82-a223-431a9c5d4127/Aug+2023+-+%E6%97%A9%E5%8F%A3%E8%A8%80%E8%91%89+Hayakuchikotoba+%2815%29.png Blog - Hayakuchi Kotoba: Japanese Tongue Twisters to Improve Your Pronunciation ～早口言葉で日本語の発音力アップ～ - Make it stand out One of the 4 well-known Japanese tongue twisters (早口言葉/はやくちことば/hayakuchi kotoba) introduced in this week’s YouTube video! The Tokyo Tokkyo Kyoka Kyoku is the Tokyo Patent Approval Office, but it doesn’t actually exit. Focus on the long and short “kyo” sounds when practicing this one. Start slow and speed up as you get more comfortable practicing it! https://www.kokorocommunications.com/blog/hiroshima-nagasaki-japanese monthly 0.5 2024-04-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6094b2bd8d191c79291398ac/8cd66735-145e-49f3-833c-eef294fb8749/Aug+2023+-+Hiroshima+Nagasaki+Video+%281%29.png Blog - Hiroshima & Nagasaki: Let’s (also) talk about it in Japanese ~日本語でも話そう~ - Make it stand out An image of the kanji and hiragana for “Hiroshima” and “Nagasaki”. Above each is the pitch accent pattern for these city names. 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It reads: 広島と長崎の両方の爆心地は平和記念公園になっています。それぞれ8月6日と9日に、原子爆弾の犠牲者を悼み、永遠の平和を願う式典が各公園で行われます。二つの市の住民だけではなく、多くの日本人が原子爆弾を投下された唯一の国の国民として、戦争と核兵器のない世界の実現を願っています。（ひろしまとながさきのりょうほうのばくしんちはへいわきねんこうえんになっています。それぞれ8がつむいかとここのかに、げんしばくだんのぎせいしゃをいたみ、えいえんのへいわをねがうしきてんがかくこうえんでおこなわれます。ふたつのしのじゅうみんだけではなく、おおくのにほんじんが、げんしばくだんをとうかされたゆいいつのくにのこくみんとして、せんそうとかくへいきのないせかいのじつげんをねがっています。/Hiroshima to Nagasaki no ryōhō no bakushinchi wa heiwa kinen kōen ni natte imasu. Sorezore hachigatsu muika to kokonoka ni genshi bakudan no giseisha o itami, eien no heiwa o negau shikiten ga kaku kōen de okonawaremasu. 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daily 0.75 2024-01-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6094b2bd8d191c79291398ac/10eed731-b7e9-4c0c-9fcc-42e3cacdcdbd/Website+2021+-+Images+%282%29.png 404 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.kokorocommunications.com/ja/about daily 0.75 2025-07-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6094b2bd8d191c79291398ac/1632797407303-R7GJX8MI215WL5V8DIXY/Sachi+is+a+Japanese+and+English+bilingual%2C+bicultural+translator%2C+Japanese+teacher%2C+and+linguist. プロフィール Catherine Sachi Kikuchi is a bilingual, bicultural, biracial linguist. 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She has courses on professional Japanese, Japanese pronunciation and pitch-accent, and also provides fully customized private lessons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6094b2bd8d191c79291398ac/71832e14-31c3-4ac9-9b2f-30072c742a15/17.png プロフィール - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6094b2bd8d191c79291398ac/035e556b-1e98-480f-b99b-0216f2589b04/Website+2021+-+Images.png プロフィール - Make it stand out Sachi provides Japanese English translation services with care, ensuring cultural appropriateness is accounted for. 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We are accepting new clients so please feel free to reach out! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6094b2bd8d191c79291398ac/1633323070449-XCNFLB06ZPQJU6C1HY5D/Sachi+is+mixed+race+Nikkei+%28Japanese+Canadian%29.+Her+grandmother+%28obaachan%29+was+a+big+motivation+for+her+to+study+Japanese. プロフィール Sachi is biracial Nikkei (Japanese Canadian) who grew up in Canada, far away from her Japanese relatives. As a child, a big motivation for her to keep studying Japanese was to be able to talk to her Obaachan (grandmother) in rural Japan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6094b2bd8d191c79291398ac/1633323085864-ILU7P5F41IGWR0VQDDP0/Sachi+used+to+teach+at+Tohoku+University%27s+Institute+of+Development%2C+Aging%2C+and+Cancer+%28IDAC%29+in+Sendai%2C+Japan. プロフィール - Build it. After the Great East Earthquake and Tsunami disaster of 2011 in the Tohoku region of Japan, Sachi decided she would move to Sendai, Miyagi, and teach English there. 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