Chinese and Japanese learners unite. This character challenge works for both languages! Below is an image of a scene, like a cartoon, however it’s made up using Chinese characters instead of drawings. The goal is …
Cartoon Character Challenge #11
Chinese and Japanese learners unite. This character challenge works for both languages! Below is an image of a scene, like a cartoon, however it’s made up using Chinese characters instead of drawings. The goal is …
Cartoon Character Challenge #10
Chinese and Japanese learners unite. This character challenge works for both languages! Below is an image of a scene, like a cartoon, however it’s made up using Chinese characters instead of drawings. The goal is …
New Chinese mobile app is now on iOS and Android!
The new Chinese mobile apps are finally here on iOS and Android! We’re very excited to announce that the new Skritter mobile app is now available for download on the App Store and in limited …
A Guide to Japanese Grammar: 8 (Only and nothing but)
In this lesson, we’ll learn how to say “only” and “nothing but”. Let’s start with “only”, or だけ. This is added to the end of what you’re indicating is “only”. 一つだけ残ります。 ひとつだけのこります。 There’s only one …
Mountain Day: A new holiday in Japan
Since 2016, Japan has been celebrating a new holiday on August 11th, called Mountain Day (山の日) or やまのひ. The holiday is meant to bring people closer to nature, with the hopes that it’ll encourage more …
Bluff Your Way Through Any Conversation in Chinese
Here are a few phrases you can use to get through any conversation in Chinese – even if you have no idea what is going on! Is that so? 是嗎？Shì ma? Really! 真的假的 / Zhēn …
Internet Slang in Japanese
Japanese is filled with internet-related slang just like how English is. If you use the internet a lot (as I’m guessing you do, since you’re reading this), you’ve probably picked up a lot of slang. …
A Guide to Japanese Grammar: 7 (How to say “but” and “however”)
Learning how to say “but” and “however” In this lesson, let’s learn how to say “but” or “however”. There are different ways to do this, however let’s start with using が. If you’ve been following …
A guide to Japanese Grammar: 6 (Expressing desire and intent)
This lesson will go over desire and intent. After this, you will know how to say you want something, intend to do something, or expect something! Learning how to express wants using 欲しい and ~たい …