Japanese Japanese is the fourth language we use, and the one you are most familiar with. Most of the common words we use in class are Japanese, as are all the names of basic techniques. Japanese is not at all like Chinese. For one thing, it has no tones. The grammar is also completely different.
Chinese grammar is very simple, despite the difficulty of pronunciation.
Japanese has fairly simple pronunciation for English speakers, but the grammar is very complicated. Japanese words, like Chinese, either end in a vowel, or 'n'. Su' and 'shi' sounds are often pronounced 's' or 'sh', so chudansuki , the word for punch, is pronounced chudanski . Japanese is an interesting language because politeness is built into the grammar. In Japanese, verbs are conjugated for politeness.