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November 28, 2019

Japanese Computer Vocabulary – Useful words to know

Are you looking for Japanese Computer Related Vocabulary? In this blog, we will share 4 illustrated guides including 40 useful words for you to use to describe the features on your computer! Japanese Computer Vocabulary Lists Japanese – Pronunciation – English アイコン – Aikon – Icon アドレス – Adoresu – E-mail Address アプリケーション – Apurike-shon […]

November 28, 2019

Meet a Coto Online Teacher: Mika Sensei

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This week we sat down with Mika-sensei to ask her about her teaching style for our Coto Online Japanese Lessons Please tell us about yourself and your teaching style Hello my name is Mika. I have been teaching Japanese for 5 years and I am currently living in France. During lessons, I try my […]

November 27, 2019

Japanese Surnames: Meanings & History with Illustrations

Life in Japan

Did you know that not until the Meiji era (1868 – 1912), Japanese surnames did not exist to ordinary men and women? Today, Japan has a shockingly high number of 100,000 surnames in total! During the Meiji era, the government required all citizens by law to register under a surname. While many decided to choose […]

November 22, 2019

U-verb ー Verb Conjugation List with illustrations Part 1

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Click Here to join our 30 day challenge to learn Hiragana In Japanese, what are U-verbs? Are they the same as Ru-verbs? In this blog, we will be talking about the difference between Japanese U and Ru verbs. As well as their different forms. We will be releasing more similar articles over the coming weeks! […]

November 22, 2019

Kanji Worksheet Free PDF Download: JLPT N5 – Unit 5: Directions

Click Here to join our 30 day challenge to learn Hiragana Looking to Boost your Kanji in a Kanji Worksheet? Do you know how to describe and write the position of something in Japanese using directions? We have a new unit for your Kanji practice and studies! This features N5 Kanji that deal with directions […]

November 21, 2019

Japanese Writing: Best way to improve your writing in 2023

Do you want to learn to type written Japanese? Are you looking for apps – websites and other tools that will improve your Japanese writing composition skill? You may never have the time to master the handwriting of each individual kanji – but thanks to computer input methods – you are now able to compose writing […]

November 14, 2019

Kanji Worksheet Free PDF Download: JLPT N5 – Unit 4: Nature

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Click Here to join our 30 day challenge to learn Hiragana JLPT N5 Kanji Worksheet is now free to download! Have you enjoyed all the series so far?😁 This is the fourth in a series of free Kanji writing practice sheets that you can download and print. We will be releasing more over the coming […]

November 11, 2019

JLPT N2 Grammars: Top 20 to Know (Part 1)

Are you preparing for test and learning the JLPT N2 grammars now? This article explains to you 20 of the must-know grammar points for JLPT N2! From the meaning to sentence structures and sentence examples! All these Grammar points and much more are covered in our Online JLPT N2 Preparation Course! Without further ado, let’s […]

November 7, 2019

Learning Japanese with Online Lessons – Skype, Google Hangouts

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Are you looking for high-quality online Japanese lessons? In this blog, we share with you about practicing your Japanese speaking and taking Japanese lessons online.

November 5, 2019

Coto Student's Story: Lauren – Learning Japanese and passing the JLPT N2

Student Testimonials

Lauren passed the JLPT N2 after studying with us. In this video testimonial - Lauren shares some of her experience studying Japanese at Coto as well as her advice for other students considering Coto as a Japanese Language School

November 5, 2019

Top 5 Spotify Podcasts for Japanese Listening Practice and Learning Japanese – List and Links

Check out our list of favorite spotify podcasts to use for Japanese listening practice. This list has Japanese learning podcasts that you can use as a beginner or advanced student to practice your Japanese.

November 1, 2019

Kanji Worksheet Free PDF Download: JLPT N5 – Unit 3: Body parts

Click Here to join our 30 day challenge to learn Hiragana JLPT N5 Kanji Worksheet is Now for Free Download Have you enjoyed series 1 and 2? This is the third in a series of free Kanji writing practice sheets that you can download and print. This series deals with kanji related to the human […]