Category Archives: Japanese Study: Advanced

Japanese literature release: “A Brute’s Love” by Edogawa Rampo (bilingual reader)

Edogawa Rampo(江戸川乱歩) is an author who took influence from Western culture and went on to make a huge impact in classic Japanese literature, especially in the genres of mystery and thriller fiction.  Back in 2021 I published The Masquerade Ball (覆面の舞踏者), a story by Rampo about a mysterious party that is, considering the spectrum of… Read More »

Advanced Japanese practice: listening to and understanding accents (and a character from Sakamoto Days)

For beginner students I don’t recommend listening/reading a lot of Japanese where characters speak in a regional or other accent. While it’s good to have some understanding of other styles of accents beyond the typical Tokyo-dialect (東京弁), my concern is that you might unintentionally pick up something and use it without knowing it’s not typical… Read More »