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A small lesson on a Japanese slang word "Ppanashikun"

Panashikun is a Japanese slang word used basically to refer to people who do not put things back when they are done with them. 

Ppanashi （っぱなし）is basically translated as "leave" so ppanashi-kun would translate as a sarcastic way of saying "Mr or Ms Leave" because that person is always leaving things.

Some examples;

本を出しっ放し (hon wo dashippanashi) - to leave a book out without putting it away. 

開けっ放し (akeppanashi) - to leave something open, like a cupboard or a door. 

靴を脱ぎっぱなし (kutsu wo nugippanashi) - to leave your shoes off.

This is something that I think annoys pretty much every Japanese person (besides the ones who do it) so this is a slang word you may hear if someone is complaining about another's tardiness. 

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The difference between "wa" and "ga."

This is something that comes up alot with my friends when I'm explaining particles as a whole to them. 

They know that "wa" and "ga" are used similarly, they just can't understand what the difference is. 

The only difference in the use of these two particles is how "ga" is used more to stress the importance of the subject in the sentence. For example "watashi wa Clara desu." is, as most people know, I am Clara but if I changed the particle "wa" to "ga" (watashi ga Clara desu) it would be like me answering the question "Who is Clara?" I'd be stressing that I am Clara. 

It's very similar to the "question" particles "ka" and "ne" which I'll cover in the lesson covering all particles.  

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HELLO!

New Japanese teaching blog here. My name is Clara and I come from Japan but live currently in London, England. 

I figured since I am in England I should teach people who want to learn Japanese. It's what I do for friends but I'd like to do combined teachings.