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Language, Identity, and Japanese for Nikkei: An Interview with Mimi Okabe, PhD

Recently, I spoke with Mimi Okabe, PhD, my friend and business partner. She shared her thoughts and experiences about language, identity, and the new business, Japanese for Nikkei.

今回は幼馴染でもあるビジネスパートナーの岡部さんをインタビューしました。言語、アイデンティティや「ジャパニーズ・フォア・ニッケイ」について教えていただきました。

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Study Strategies from a Japanese Language Learner Whose Goal it is to Become a Translator

This month, I spoke with Nicole, an aspiring translator, about her language learning strategies. What’s worked, what hasn’t, and what suggestions does she have for other Japanese learners?

今回は翻訳者希望のニコールさんにお話を伺いました!言語学習において役立った学習法、役に立たなかった学習法、そして他の言語学習へのおすすめ法について教えていただきました。

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言語力の維持と上達について

Maintaining and improving your languages isn't always easy. It hasn't been for me. I now know I wasn't alone in this struggle, and neither are you. Let me share with you some of my challenges, and what I've done to get to where I am today.

言語を学び、維持するのことは決して簡単とは言えないのですが、あなたは一人ではありませんよ。今回は翻訳者、言語講師としての言語上達と維持についてお話させていただきました。

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Japanese Pronunciation: 6 Points to Remember & Practice to Sound More Like a Native Speaker

6 Points to remember & practice in order to have natural-sounding Japanese!

今回のブログは日本語学習者対象で、覚えておくべき6つのポイントと発音の練習法をご紹介しております。

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