A new lesson every day

1 Answering the Phone in Japanese Without Panic 2 Sep 2 Polite Requests: お願いします vs ～ていただけませんか 3 Sep 3 Excuse Me, May I Come In? Real-Life Permission Phrases 4 Sep 4 The Art of the Sincere Apology: 申し訳ございません 5 Sep 5 Arigatou Isn't Enough: Thanking Like a Pro in Japanese 6 Sep 6 The Art of the Japanese Invitation: Saying Yes and No with Grace 7 Sep 7 Giving and Receiving in Keigo: 差し上げる vs いただく vs くださる 8 Sep 8 Office Keigo: When to Use いただく Over もらう 9 Sep 9 The Three Phrases a Shop Clerk Will Say to You 10 Sep 10 Telling a Doctor What Hurts, Without Sounding Rude 11 Sep 11 Keigo at School: Talking to Teachers Without Freezing Up 12 Sep 12 Writing Emails That Sound Like You, Only Politer 13 Sep 13 The Art of the Polite Correction in Japanese 14 Sep 14 The Three-Part Phone Call You Can Actually Survive 15 Sep

1 日: The Sun That Became a Square 20 Aug 2 The Moon: 月 — A Crescent That Counts Months 20 Aug 3 The Tree That Grows a Forest 20 Aug 4 The Walking Person: How 人 Became a Radical 20 Aug 5 口: The Box That Speaks 20 Aug 6 The Eye That Sees: 目 and Its Tilted Cousin 罒 20 Aug 7 The Hand That Holds and Hits: 手 and 扌 20 Aug 8 The Heart: 心 and Its Hidden Forms 20 Aug 9 Water's Flow: 水 and the 氵 Radical 21 Aug 10 火: The Fire That Lights the Way 22 Aug 11 The Earth: 土 — Grounding Your Kanji 23 Aug 12 Three Peaks, One Story: The Kanji 山 24 Aug 13 Why Does It Rain? The Picture Behind 雨 25 Aug 14 The Door: 門 and the Senses Behind It 26 Aug 15 The Child: 子 – A Swaddled Baby in Every Kanji 27 Aug 16 The Woman in 女: A Kneeling Figure, Hidden in 好 and 始 28 Aug 17 The Man in the Field: 男 28 Aug 18 The Horse: From Picture to Station 29 Aug 19 The Bird That Sings: 鳥 30 Aug 20 The Fish: 魚 — See Scales and Tail in Every Stroke 31 Aug 21 The Sun Behind the Tree: Seeing East 1 Sep