～がほしい = "I want (a thing)" (Noun + が + ほしいです).
新しい靴がほしいです.

Short visual:
https://youtu.be/ceHnLK5lT0M

Full lesson:
https://bunpou.jepang.org/en/lesson/0106/ga-hoshii

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～たくなかったです = polite "I didn't want to…" (ます-stem + たくなかったです).
行きたくなかったです.

Short visual:
https://youtu.be/hlaSnFZ1NpQ

Full lesson:
https://bunpou.jepang.org/en/lesson/0105/takunakatta-desu

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Slang of the day: タイパ
= time performance, the younger cousin of コスパ (cost performance).
・この動画、タイパ悪い → this video wastes my time
Japanese youth optimize everything by タイパ now ⏱

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～たかったです = polite "I wanted to…" — ます-stem + たかったです.
日本へ行きたかったです.

Short visual:
https://youtu.be/s_EODE8VT-w

Full lesson:
https://bunpou.jepang.org/en/lesson/0104/takatta-desu

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The reason I built StayJP: lower the barrier to daily practice. Open it, it tells you today's review, done. Consistency beats intensity every single time 🙂

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お疲れ様 vs ご苦労様 — both mean 'thanks for your hard work', but ご苦労様 goes downward in rank. Say it to your boss and it stings 😱 Just use お疲れ様です with everyone. Always safe.

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～たくないです = polite "I don't want to…" — ます-stem + たくないです.
今日は行きたくないです.

Short visual:
https://youtu.be/JZSV_Bsm-2Y

Full lesson:
https://bunpou.jepang.org/en/lesson/0103/takunai-desu

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Why are you learning Japanese? 🎌 Anime / travel / study abroad / work / your fave idol? Reply and tell me — betting 'anime' wins 😂

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Lost? 「道に迷いました」 + 「〇〇に行きたいんですが」. Japanese people are unreasonably helpful — I once had a guy walk me three blocks to my destination 🥹

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StayJP started as a scrappy tool I built just for my own N2 prep. Showed it to coworkers, they said 'wait, this is actually good' — so I turned it into an app. Classic dev move: no tool, build the tool 😂

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The most soul-crushing part of learning Japanese: you memorize 500 words and STILL can't catch a single line in a drama 😭 Textbooks don't teach contractions or real speed. Anyone else? 🙋

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How to say no in Japan without being rude: 「ちょっと難しいです…」 (that's a little difficult…) and let the sentence trail off. Everyone understands. Nobody loses face 😌

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Japanese conversation is a team sport. Aizuchi — そうですね, なるほど, たしかに — are little 'I'm with you' signals that keep the talk flowing. Learn these and you instantly sound way more natural 👌

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Fun fact: the number 'one' is read totally differently by context — 一つ (hitotsu), 一月 (ichigatsu), 一日 (tsuitachi). Yeah, tsuitachi looks nothing like the others 🤯 Japanese numbers are the real final boss.

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