5 Unusual Ways To Master The Japanese Language

130 million people in the world speak the Japanese language, making it the 9th most spoken language around. Although there are countless sources out there these days that help you further your knowledge, mastering the Japanese language ain’t that straight forward.

Not to mention the 3 levels of ways that the Japanese language expresses politeness: the plain form (“kudaketa”), the simple polite form (“teinei”), and the advanced polite form (“keigo”)

Despite all this, the trick to learning any language, amongst others, is to have fun with it. We’ve compiled a list of 5 unusual and quirky way that we used to Master the Japanese Language!

1. Talk to yourself… in Japanese “HITORIGOTO”

Yes, it’s the first sign of craziness, we know. But it’s so effective!
You won’t always have a chance to practice your Japanese every day, and just like a sword, if not constantly sharpened, will become dull.

Everyday life is full of opportunities to ‘talk to yourself’ or ‘Hitorigoto’ as the Japanese call it.

Ok, imagine this. You’re in Sainsbury’s looking for bread, in this scenario we’d usually talk to ourselves.

“Ok, next is bread. Um… which isle was on again?”
instead think it in Japanese,
“Yosha, tsugi wa pan da ne. Eto… michi wa doiitsu dake?”.