Hello, this is Fumi from Speak Japanese Naturally. Have you ever listened to a native Japanese speaker's conversation and felt, "It's too fast, I can't follow!"? Or, when reading a Japanese text, do you struggle, thinking, "The word order is the reverse of English, so I have to read to the end and translate it in my head before I can understand the meaning"? If so, it's not your fault. It's because Japanese and English (and many other languages) have significantly different w

Hello, I'm Fumi from Speak Japanese Naturally. Do you struggle with these challenges when speaking Japanese? "I always try to translate from English (my native language), so it takes too much time" "I get confused about the order of words" If so, this article is for you. Today, I'm going to talk about a fundamental concept for constructing Japanese sentences—specifically, how to build a "Japanese Brain" , based on my video Create Your Japanese Brain! | Japanese Learning Metho

Hello, I’m Fumi from Speak Japanese Naturally I receive many comments from Japanese learners on my channel every day. The most common struggle I hear is: "Kanji is too difficult!" or "I just can't remember them!" It’s true, there are so many Kanji, and their shapes are complex. But how did we Japanese people manage to memorize this huge number of characters when we were children? Actually, the "way we learn Kanji" in Japanese elementary schools contains many hidden hints that