Takayama, Gifu, Japan

The moral of most Japanese urban legends seem to consist of "don't go anywhere سے طرف کی yourself. Ever." The story of the Kuchisake-Onna, یا "Split Mouth Woman" is no different. Except that آپ are doubly unfortunate if آپ happen to be a child (We assume your legs are stubby and slow and we can thusly outrun you).

If آپ happen to be a snotty pubescent walking alone one day, آپ might consider taking a different route if آپ are suddenly approached سے طرف کی a female figure in a trench-coat. Now, before آپ assume that this will be a harmless display of kibbles and bits, rest assured: آپ will be shown...

Okay..so as a fact, learning Japanese سے طرف کی عملی حکمت is tough. Because, for one thing آپ need the syllables یا you'll make a lot of funny mistakes because Japanese یا nihon-go is totally based on syllables. So I'm going to try and make a فہرست of the common mistakes which Otakus usually make with the words we use.

1. Ane/anee: Okay. Let me make this clear. In Japanese, the words for 'older brother' and 'older sister' are the same excepting the last syllable. For older sister, the term is ane (pronounced as 'aa-nay') while older brother is ani (pronounced as 'aa-nee'). So if آپ refer to an older...