suru - Self Taught Japanese

suru – Self Taught Japanese Skip to content The Japanese verbs する (suru) and やる(yaru) are used quite frequently in the Japanese language, and while both of these mean “to do”, they have different usage. Let’s start with two general rules to help distinguish between these two verbs. First, する is more often used together with a noun to describe some action: 今晩、一緒に練習しましょう… Read More » In this post I’d like to discuss a grammar construct that I had not explicitly learned into fairly late in my Japanese studies. I saw it used often but until I researched it I didn’t understand it completely. The pattern is “[noun] + ga suru”. First, before we talk about the combination of “ga” and… Read More » Recent Posts Japanese vocabulary list: Photography-related terms Japan Travel: do you need to know Japanese to travel in Japan? Ki Aikido Topics: holding with Ki Japanese casual expression: “jan” (じゃん） Japanese manga review: パノラマ島奇談 (Panorama Island Story) Popular Posts Japanese phrase: “yokatta” (よかった) Japanese slang word: yabai (やばい）- when things get dangerous Japanese Particle combination では (de wa) and じゃ (ja) Japanese word nuances: 美味しい (oishii) vs. 美味い (umai)… A tale of two Japanese “because” words:… The Japanese volitional form (~しよう、〜しましょう): much… Japanese honorific prefixes お and ご (‘O’… Japanese phrase 〜として (~toshite) [including としても and としては] Three expressions in Japanese for “by the way” そろそろ (sorosoro) – an extremely useful Japanese phrase Search for: Meta Register Log in Entries feed Comments feed WordPress.org AI aikido Aside Aside Audio Narrations Bad Japanese Blog Analytics Calligraphy Chinese contests culture E-book publishing food General grammar Hawaii trip 2017 Hawaii trip 2023 Interviews Japan Travel (misc) Japan trip 2018 Japanese Study: Advanced Japanese Study: Beginner Japanese Study: Intermediate Japanese Study: Moderate Japanese writing lab meetings Music online quizzes and tests Other Travel performances podcast poetry portland raising a bilingual child Read & Answer Reviews Streaming Tackling Translation Troubles translation TransLiterary Lab Travel Travels in Japan 2015 Travels in Japan 2019 Uncategorized Vocabulary Lists Word Origins Writing Practice Iconic One Theme | Powered by Wordpress