Japanese language expressions

JOI staff introduce useful and interesting Japanese expressions.

Delight your Japanese friends with this phrase!

You can delight your Japanese friends with this phrase!

Honestly, Japanese people love when foreigners use fun and interesting idiomatic phrases!

Sushi Knowledge Test

Do you like Sushi? How many Sushi can you name?

Medical Japanese Kanji

When you live or visit Japan, it is important to have good Kanji knowledge - especially with Kanji surrounding medical terms.

Can you guess the correct Kanji or word in this quiz?

Japanese for toothache

How do you say in Japanese when you have a toothache?

Difficult in Japanese? Learn new vocabulary!

Speaking Japanese fluently requires some good idiom usage!
Try this word quiz about idioms and improve your Japanese.

All or nothing ! in Japan

Have you ever given it your all when studying for a language test? If the answer is yes, this phrase might be useful for you.

Speak smooth Japanese!

How do you say smooth in Japanese?

Can I count on you? Japanese phrases

What kind of things do you have difficulty with?

How do you say gas station in Japanese?

There are gas stations everywhere in Japan. And there is an interesting word for it in Japanese. Can you guess the word in Japanese?

Shy Japanese

Japanese people are known to be quite shy.
And there are many ways to say you are embarrassed in Japanese.

A key phrase in Japanese conversation

Here is a useful idiomatic word you can use in business and everyday conversation.

Too difficult Japanese phrase

Sometimes, when studying Japanese, you may find some things difficult.
Here is a fun phrase to describe when things get difficult!

Commonplace in Japanese

There are some great phrases that can make your Japanese colorful!

Lying phrase in Japanese

There are many metaphors and idioms in Japanese that are fun and useful.This idiom is used to say someone is lying about their age!

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