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    Momoko’s Musings: Finding Good Things in the Strangest Places

    October 7, 2007
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    Momoko’s Musings: Finding Good Things in the Strangest Places

    So I was feeling stuck lately—worrying about how inadequate I am at speaking in everyday conversations, not sure how to say something in different ways or different degrees of politeness, and frustrated that the materials I have (e.g. manga, magazines, even bilingual Japanese/English books) seem a bit too advanced for my level right now. How to bridge that gap...

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    Why I’m in Love with my Japanese-Japanese Dictionary

    July 25, 2007
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    Why I’m in Love with my Japanese-Japanese Dictionary

    This is a guest article by Momoko, Khatzumoto’s…how do you say…”special lady”. This was meant to be a regular article, but it unintentionally turned into a book recommendation. In keeping with the other book recommendations, we will later discuss the cons as well as the pros of this book…Probably. Maybe. At first I was scared sheetless stiff at the...

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    The verb: the beginning and the end of a sentence

    November 1, 2006
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    The verb: the beginning and the end of a sentence

    Momoko, Japanese learner and wife of Khatzumoto, discusses the philosophy of Japanese verbs. Only verb The first thing you need to know about Japanese sentences is that you only need the verb for the thought to be complete, as Tae Kim stresses in his excellent website. That’s it. You can drop any other information that is already understood through...

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