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Fighting the cold! GeneralNihongo Blog

Fighting the cold!

Now that it’s really started to get cold, here are some of things the Japanese do to keep warm.

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Video: “Japanese for Tourists”

The Travelling to Japan: Keys for Communicating and Discovering the Best Places to Visit event organized by the Centre for Modern Languages took place at the UOC’s centre in Madrid on Thursday 25 October. Dr[…]

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Video: “Japan: A Welcoming, Affordable Destination for Any Tourist”

The Travelling to Japan: Keys for Communicating and Discovering the Best Places to Visit event organized by the Centre for Modern Languages took place at the UOC’s centre in Madrid on Thursday 25 October. Hajime[…]

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Kanji and feminine gender

Although the Japanese language has no morphological markings for gender when it comes to nouns and adjectives, like in Catalan or Spanish, we do find several ways in which the feminine gender is expressed in[…]

Autumn and chrysanthemums GeneralNihongo Blog

Autumn and chrysanthemums

The chrysanthemum (kiku) is a typical autumn flower in Japan and can be spotted in different spheres of life.