Learning true Japanese

It’s always good to have basics: grammar, vocabulary, kanjis… But many people studying Japanese actually wonder why what they hear in the drama they are watching and their japanese book is so different.

Don’t look further, I got the perfect books for you. I saw them at the last floor of Tower Records, in Shibuya.

True Japanese Books

Ok, first, the best-seller for gaijins: “Making Out in Japanese“. Available here for example. Actually this book covers the “making out” part but also daily situations. Pretty interesting, and quite different from any of the textbooks you’ve ever read.

Then you have “Outrageous Japanese“. Available here for example. Funny. Apparently some parts are outdated but I’m no expert.

Last but not least, “The Real Japanese You Were Never Taught in School“. This one might actually be the most outdated.

The point is you don’t read these kind of books because you actually want to learn something, but because it’s funny.

In these books, there were sentences of the “Take it, bitch!”-style, or “Please hurry and come in me, I have a date with my boyfriend”. “Oh Johnny, you’re so great. I’m like the Niagara Falls down there.”

Things you will never use when speaking Japanese or that you will never use before asking a Japanese friend “Is that correct?”.

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