無くす（なくす） This なくす is used when we lose something tangible. 財布を無くす lose a wallet 鍵をなくす lose a key ペンを無くす lose a pen 亡くす（なくす） This なくす is used when we lose someone. *This is a transitive verb. Always someone who is deceased is the object in the sentence and I is the subject. 去年、母を亡くした。 I lost …
Japanese as language The answer is 日本語（にほんご・nihongo）. Nihon is the country name, equivalent to Japan in English. ご (go) after a country name means the language. Japanese as people The answer is 日本人（にほんじん・nihonjin）. じん(jin) after a country name means the nationality of the people.
Both 他(hoka) and 別(bétsu) can be used like “other”. However, they are not exactly the same. In this article, we will dig into the slight nuances both words have. 他(hoka) 他(hoka) is used to talk about other general things. ・他の質問がありますか？(hoka-no-shitsumon-ga-arimasuka?) → Any other question? If you were asked like the sentence above, you can ask …
First of all, you need to know that we do not have future tense. In Japanese, present tense is used as future tense. That means if you say ‘行きます。’, that will be ‘I will go’ in English. Grammatically, it is called present tense, though. Firstly, 行く(to go) We use the verb 行く (いく・to go) before …
This article is not completed yet. It will take long time to make the article, so I would like to share it already so that you can start to study some of i adjectives by yourself. I will have a surgery in the middle of April and I cannot do my lessons for a few …
