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Spring is coming!

Hello everyone,   I hope you are enjoying your weekend. At this beautiful sunny Saturday, we are very pleased to announce that “the spring is coming”!   Wait a minute! The weather outside is terribly hot, hot enough to fry eggs! What are you talking about?   Actually, today is “Lichun” (立春, りっしゅん, rissyun) in […]

New Term! Beginner Group Lesson

Group Lesson programme consists of 4 terms a year. Each Term runs for 10 weeks with one 2 hour lesson per week (20 hours per term). Term fees are $400 per term plus a textbook fee of $35 for new students. Beginner Group Lesson  – Term 1 Day: Wednesday Time: 18:00-20:00 Week 1  February  8th Week 2 […]

【One Point Lesson】Go, do something and come back

Hello everyone, welcome to our one point lesson. We would like to introduce てform+きます(te-form + kimasu) means “go, do something and come back”. Please have a look at these examples. ex. 昼ごはんを買ってきます。(Hirugohan o katte kimasu.) I will go and buy a lunch (and come back). 買って(katte) is the te-form of 買います(kaimasu).   ex. 昼ごはんを買ってきてください。(Hirugohan o katte […]

【Culture Class】 Haiku Class

It’s the first culture class in 2017! We will practice making Haiku. Beginners are very welcome! Saturday January 28th at 4pm – 5pm @ Awesome Japanese School in Dickson Shops $5 for Awesome Japanese student $7 for non student Places are limited, so please make a booking ASAP! Contact: info@awesomejapanese.com.au

【One Point Lesson】 Adjectives

Hi everyone, welcome to our one point lesson! Today we would like to introduce adjectives and their forms to express your feelings precisely.   You might have learned some adjectives at our school or other places, but I have personally found that many students are struggling to remember the forms; present, present negative, past and […]

New Term! Elementary Group Lesson

Group Lesson programme consists of 4 terms a year. Each Term runs for 10 weeks with one 2 hour lesson per week (20 hours per term). Term fees are $400 per term plus a textbook fee of $35 for new students. Elementary Group Lesson  – Term 1 Day: Wednesday Time: 18:00-20:00 Week1  JAN  18th Week2     […]

New Term! Lower Intermediate Group Lesson

Our Group Lesson program consists of 4 terms a year. Each Term runs for 10 weeks with one 2 hour lesson per week (20 hours per term). Term fees are $400 per term plus a textbook fee of $35 for new students. Lower Intermediate Group Lesson  – Term 1 Day: Thursday Time: 18:00-20:00 Week1  JAN […]

【One Point Lesson】…ppanashi – leave it as it is

Happy New Year! Welcome to our one point lesson. We would like to introduce you to how to use ~っぱなし(~ppanashi) which means “leave it as it is.”   Expressions combining the stem of a verb + ppanashi (from the verb hanasu – to release) are used to mean something that is left “as is” without […]

【One Point Lesson】 Holiday Greetings

Hi everyone, welcome to our one point lesson. It’s our last blog update this year, so we would like to share the information of how to write new year’s greetings in Japanese.   To begin with, we don’t generally celebrate Christmas in Japan and it’s not a public holiday either. But we definitely enjoy the […]

【One Point Lesson】Before / After a noun

Hi everyone, welcome to our one point lesson. We would like to explain a grammar point about time words before and after a noun.   Noun の まえに (no maeni) means  Before noun, and Noun の あとで (no atode) means After noun まえ(mae) might be already familiar for you as the word for the position “in front of”. […]