New Japanese words from English
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| One of the most fun ‘features’ of the Japanese language is how foreign words are mangled to fit the limited Japanese sound-set. For example, McDonalds becomes マクドナルド (Makudonarudo, 6…
Speaking Japanese is easy!
| We at GenkiJACS think Japanese is an easy language to learn to speak. (Reading and writing are a different matter, though!) Here are the reasons why. (I’ts long! I’d…
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Japanese Language Proficiency Test Level 3 preparation course
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GenkiJACS’ new dorms!
| Details are already up on the accommodation pages of our site, but we though it might be good to mention here too that we’ve recently acquired the use of…