Amelie Marie Nishizawa
Amelie-Marie is a French writer living in Tokyo since 2013. When she isn't complaining about the price of cheese in Japan, she likes to talk about its culture and society — and always keeps it punny.
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Tweet of the Week #39: 7-Eleven Gets Roasted on Twitter for 7Pay Fail
Learn how to use the kanji 最 with this week's viral tweet pick.
Tweet of the Week #38: Animation Studio Employee Sick After Working 220 Hours Overtime
Learn how to use the JLPT N2-level suffix かねる with this week's viral tweet.
Tweet of the Week #37: Netflix’s Neon Genesis Evangelion Subtitles Stink
Fans of the cult anime aren't happy with the redubbing either.
Tweet of the Week #36: Keep Calm and Curry On
Learn how to use ので in Japanese (and liven up your curry with this hilarious game.)
Tweet of the Week #35: Cats, Cats Everywhere
Learn how to use っけ to end a sentence when can’t seem to recall something — all thanks to this week's cat-tastic tweets!
Tweet of the Week #34: The Truth About Paternity Leave in Japan
Learn how to say something has just finished in Japanese with this week's infuriating viral tweet.
Tweet of the Week #33: Nani the F, and other Japlish Phrases to Unlearn
It’s totally the opposite of Engrish, and we are not ready for it.
Tweet of the Week #32: Pill Problems
Learn how to use the construction:「だけではない」with this week's viral tweet.
Tweet of the Week #31: A Sticky Situation
Learn how to make compound verbs in Japanese with this week's viral tweet.
This Japanese TV Show Panelist Is Being Praised for Calling Out An Offensive Segment about Gender
Koji 👏 Wakaichi 👏 deserves 👏 an 👏 award 👏.
Satori Reader: This Online Tool Will Take Your Japanese Reading Skills to the Next Level
Escape study stagnation with customizable reading content, in-context definitions, and sentence-by-sentence audio.
Tweet of the Week #30
Learn Japanese with what's going viral in the Twitterverse.