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Course · 15 days

Anime Japanese

The fast, casual, deliberately stylised speech of anime, and which parts of it are safe to copy.

Day 1Why anime Japanese sounds differentStylised speech, and why copying it backfiresDay 2The contractions you have to hearThe sounds that swallow whole wordsDay 3Sentence-ending particlesThe little words that carry the feelingDay 4Pronouns, and what they tell youおれ, ぼく, わたし, あたし and the restPro · soonDay 5Role languageHow a character's speech tells you who they arePro · soonDay 6Reacting and exclaimingThe shouts that fill half the dialoguePro · soonDay 7Effort, fighting and resolveThe vocabulary of the shōnen scenePro · soonDay 8Feelings and confessionsHow anime says what it feelsPro · soonDay 9School animeThe setting half of all anime sharesPro · soonDay 10Everyday scenesHome, food and phones, as anime does themPro · soonDay 11Subtitles, used properlyThree passes, and what each is forPro · soonDay 12Choosing a show for your levelGenre by difficulty, and the no-subtitles mythPro · soonDay 13Shadowing and sentence miningTurning an episode into practicePro · soonDay 14What not to copyAnime lines that would land badly in real lifePro · soonDay 15Your listening planReview, and what to watch nextPro · soon