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160 Responses to “Introduction Part 1 - Where Did You Learn to Speak Japanese Like That!”
Thursday at 2:45 pm
Wednesday at 1:52 am
Tuesday at 5:01 am
Man, thanks you guys! Your lessons are awesome. They’re easy enough for even me to understand. I’ve been using these phrases as often as possible. This really helps.
Friday at 5:35 am
I love the audio lessons that I have downloaded off of ITunes. I have listened to the first couple of lessons several times. This is exactly what I have been looking for to take with me while I am in the car. I also signed up for the seven day free trial, but I am not as impressed with the interactivity of the website. I do not like PDF files, they are awkward and I think that there could be more of the flashcards and quizes. I am going to be trying out several different lessons, and I may change my opinion though.
Friday at 6:28 am
Joshuaさん,
Welcome to JPOD.
These PODcasts are probably the best (or second best, consider Pimsleur as well) material that you can listen to in your car.
Of course there are limitations to what can be done with audio, eventually you need to see the material too. By reviewing the PDF that goes along with each lesson, I think you can get a lot more out of the material. Well, at least I know I do.
Regarding your comments about the quizzes and flashcards, I will let the JPOD staff respond.
Please feel free to post if you have any questions about Japanese. That is one of the great things about JPOD, the community. You can proabably get some people to help suggest other study materials.
jya mata
John
Friday at 1:52 pm
Minodragon-san I want your pancakes! Yummi

if you don’t mind of course!
Welcome everyone to JP101 community, anyone needs anything e-mail me: Sakuraeagle84@hotmail.com and I’ll be happy to assist you!
S_R_C
Monday at 10:00 am
cheehee! woohoo that was awesome
Saturday at 5:14 am
Friday at 12:36 pm
Hey,
I love JPod. It’s so much easier to listen to than the usual dry educational texts I’ve found in the library. Great job!
I did have a question though. In this episode, Peter says something like “we have introduced over 12 speakers to date.” This leads me to believe that Eat, Drink & Be Merry isn’t the first episode.
Can anyone clarify this for me, please?
Thanks, and keep up the amazing work.
Thursday at 4:55 pm
uhhh, its a bit confusing on how i download the earlier episodes for this podcast, when theyre not on itunes? this podcast taught em a lot with only one episode, but is it possible to download the earlier posts?
Saturday at 10:12 am
I love you guys. I’m working my way through the newbie/beginner freebie stuff to supplement my Rosetta Stone. I’m hopefully going to be teaching in Japan early 2008. When I’m about 6 months out, I’m going to purchase a package and gun it until my brain explodes.
Keep it up.
Saturday at 12:59 pm
I’m not quite sure what David is talking about. The introductions are wonderful and give me quite a laugh before I get right into the lesson itself.
I would like to say that I am very thankful for these excellent lessons. They are great for improving ones’ Japanese speech; they’re helping me beyond a doubt. I am majoring in Japanese next year when I go to University, so it is excellent to use the beginner lessons as a refresher and the intermediate increase my knowledge of the language. Hopefully, I will be back in Japan in a few years (I went two summers ago and loved it). Please continue with lessons. Though it will take me ages to catch up, I am glad that everyone involved with Japanesepod101 has taken such time out of their day to create something to help those learning the language.
ありがとうございますみんなさん!
Sunday at 1:09 pm
Wednesday at 7:58 am
I hear the word revolutionary so undeservingly used nowadays, but Japanese101 is TRULY revolutionary!
Its so nice of you to make usable parts this service free to people who cant pay for it. You should promote a Webby Awards link on your site so your users can show you their appreciation.
Friday at 3:09 pm
Thank you, koneecheewa, i’ll keep listening to these and learning japanese.
Wednesday at 6:01 pm
Hello, I´m from germany and this ist nearly what I have looked for! Naturally I want to listen japanesepod101 in german, sadly there is no good Japanese learning material for germans.
But in spite of this I like the japanesepod101 courses
because of many reasons. But I am a little confused
in which order I should follow the different courses, blogs, videos and so on, any sugestions?
Monday at 10:49 am
犬図化さん、
Try starting with the Newbie + Beginner Lessons. I find that the most recent newbie lessons are actually more difficult than the older beginner lessons. When you want a break from learning, listen to the News. Finally, you can learn some survival phrases in just about any order, as they don’t necessarily build on each other.
If you want to watch the videos, just work them in, in the chronological order that they appear. For example, Video #1 was published on the same day as Beginner lesson #7, so just watch it following Beginner lesson #7.
Good Luck + 頑張って下さい!
Wednesday at 12:12 pm
Ah, this is excellent. These lessons are much better than the lessons that I’ve been doing myself on the net. I am glad to see how each lesson has notes for reference. I also liked how a little humor is speckled into the lesson, it makes it more enjoyable. Thanks for providing such a great way to learn Japanese to the public!
Monday at 1:14 pm
this is great!
These are wonderful lessons, thank you so much. I’ve just finished the ‘Basic Japanese’ set from Pimsleur and found that JapanesePod101 is so full of energy and interesting, compared to the straight ahead Pimsleur. Thanks for such an invigorating and refreshing way to learn Japanese!
Friday at 10:22 am
OMG, great lesson!
I already kwew a couple of words like itadakimasu (and it’s probably written bad XD haha anyway..i knew the meaning). I heard them watching 1 Litre of tears on youtube *_*… anyway, this is helping a lot, thanks! I mean.. arigatou gozaimasu
I’m italian, but i speak english quite well, so i understand the whole thing.. more or less
Saturday at 10:07 am
こんばんはみなーさん!
I love the podcasts. I have tried and tried to find the same thing else where for less or no money at all (im cheap lol)…lets just say it didnt go over very well lol
I was here before, and the fee turned me away that time. I’ve come back, with a lil more knowledge of japanese (not by much lol) and i feel i can follow along better. I signed up for the 7 day free trial, the PDF’s arent anything special, but they do help, visual aid is always good =D
Now, I signed up for one month basic, ima try that, and maybe next month try premium (lack of funds this month lol). Maybe in my trial i just didnt get a chance to really see alot of stuff, but I was hoping to see more visuals. I dont know what i’m expecting, looking for..im a beginner, but everywhere i go to learn this, somethings missing. I guess its my lack of willing to spend money? lol
good find, takes some getting used to, stick around long enough for forums to become a tool as well…they’ve helped me alot just in my first night on them!!
ありがとうございます!!
Monday at 2:43 pm
thanks!
the recent PDF’s (from the last six months or so) have gotten really detailed grammar point write ups, so i recommend checking out some of those lesson notes!
Also, if you’re a newbie, i recommend Naomi-sensei’s Newbie series which is in progress now!
http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/07/03/newbie-lesson-31-nihongo-dojo-welcome-to-style-you-1/
the first episode is here:
Saturday at 4:59 pm
Wow i found this site and im pretty chuffed tbh! Iv been learning Japanese with some Audio CD’s iv already got but been finding it hard, this his helping big time! ^^ I cant wait to get back to Japan.
Am i right in thinking there is a intro lesson 5? or where do we go after lesson 4 (the flash tut)
airgato ^^
Sunday at 6:26 am
this was a very helpful lesson thanks
Thursday at 8:02 pm
Hi!!!
I am portuguese and I am enjoying so much hearing and learning japanese with japanesepod101 lessons that I made a blog where you can read what is said in the lessons with the meaning in portuguese.
Anyone interested in Portuguese, visit the above site for a Portuguese translation of this lesson.
http://aprenderjapones.blogs.sapo.pt/2008/01/10/
Doomo Arigatoo
Mata ne
Friday at 7:07 am
This is my favorite Japanese podcast. I started listening to it last year before I went to Japan for the first time and now I’ll be back in Tokyo next week so I started breaking out the lessons again.
Thank you for putting together an A+ program!
Saturday at 10:28 am
i love this site. (: i’m a basic subscriber, just subscribed and started to look at this site today.
i have a zune, not an ipod…and i wish i could of subscribed to premium(it’s expensive!) but it’s still all good.
Wednesday at 6:25 am
i am 14 and have been learning japanese since i was 12,i havent been learning for long ,but i can at least survive and be polite in japan ,but i do need a lot more work and to learn more vocabulery,i once downloaded before you know it, it was easy ,but recently i treid to down load it and it didnt work,then i found this and it is AWSOME lolz ,dom arigato lolz you all rule sooooooooo much i hope i can reach my goal to go to japan and maybe live there one day xxxxxx arigatou gozaimasu , lovu tami chan xxxx
Saturday at 7:58 am
みんなさん おはようございます。
(minnasan ohayougozaimasu)Hello Everyone
にほんごはとてもすごいですよ。
(nihongo wa totemo sugoi desu yo!) Japanese is very cool.
まいにちにほんごをべんきょうします。
(mai nichi nihongo o benkyoushimasu!) Study Japanese everyday!
がんばってね。(gambatte) Be persistant!
I hope my hiragana, romanji and english came out correct, but anyways, these lessons are great and for me the next best thing to having worked in a Japanese owned and run restaurant for the last 4 years. The best way to practice is with a native speaker. Finding a Japanese friend can be as easy as making a trip to your local Japanese grocery store or joining your local chapter of the Japan America Society, if you live in the US. Or, as in my case, you can just work for a Japanese restaurant, but beware not all Japanese restaurants and sushi bars are run by Nihonjin, so ask around.
Jpod101 is the coolest website to start learning and to really use what you learn! The Japanese language spoken here is modern everyday Japanese taught with both formal and informal ways of saying things. Being just barely an intermediate level speaker, I love to refresh my memory and get new insight on the things I’ve already learned as well as learn new concepts and words.
Monday at 4:57 am
yeah i heard a couple of these words in anime, especailly one piece there was this pun on the word gochisosama, having to do with somebody who died i don’t remember but it was funny,
but i liked this i started japanese over a year ago but this time i’m going to go at my own pace and be constinent, i liked how they did the lesson can’t wait to listen to more xD
Monday at 1:08 am
Jpod101 is the coolest website to start learning and to really use what I learn!
I love these lessons! Thank you!
Thursday at 6:26 am
haha wow theres more than 150 pages of japanese lessons xD I LOVE YOU GUYS!!
man i just started couple weeks ago and am already at page 149 xD yeah i know am addicted to this site but it can’t be helped you make japanese sound soo much easier than the other sites
lol!! keep up the good work everyone
if i had “$Cash$” i would totally sign up in here
ohh yeah and Peter plz work more on your japanese xD yup i totally felt better about my japanese after hearing yours lol well keep up the good work everyone
Monday at 10:14 am
Ah Kampai is allot like Ganbei(干杯) in Chinese.
I’ll surprise my Japaneses boy friend by speaking Japaneses . he was suppose to teach me he is to busy now.
Friday at 6:16 am
Hi!
i really want to know how to say my name
in Japanese
plx
=D
Friday at 11:14 pm
Friday at 12:07 pm
Hello! Just wanted to mention, I think there’s a typo in the main lesson PDF. Under the description of “desu”, it states:
“It may be used after nouns, adjectives and verbs in their plain *negative* form.”
On the grammar page for this lesson, it states:
“It may be used after nouns, i-adjectives and verbs in their plain form.”
It then shows that both present negative and past negative forms are “De(wa)”. I’ve hardly started with this program yet, so I may be wrong (please let me know if I am) but I think the “plain negative form” in the PDF is incorrect.
Friday at 12:09 pm
Also, so far I love the program! Thanks so much for making it!
Friday at 2:55 am
i already used this for one day and can speak fluently and i cuss my mom out all the time and she thinks im weird yead for me KIDS VOTE FOR OBAMA
Saturday at 6:46 pm
Very good lesson,
i have used many books over the last months to get me started (i am self teaching myself) and these lessons are great to get what you can not out of a book! The listening and speaking is one of the msot important parts of survival in Japan!
SUGOI DESU YO!!!
Sunday at 12:04 am
Gareth-san,
>> The listening and speaking is one of the msot important parts of survival in Japan!
You’ve got that right!
Glad to see you are enjoying the lessons. Keep at it!
Saturday at 7:49 pm
Wow, I didn’t think I’d be able to find this fun, but I did! This really is a great way to learn Japanese!
Domo arigatou!!!!!!!
Tuesday at 11:25 pm
Errol-san,
Thanks for your kind comments. I hope you continue to find the rest of the lessons just as fun and useful!
Sunday at 11:57 am
Tuesday at 10:15 am
Kia-san,
Thank you for the nice comments!
We hope you keep enjoying learning Japanese with us!
Monday at 11:51 pm
Whoohoo! After listening to the Podcast I got very excited and started listening to the Dialog and Review right away. It really helped me with memorizing the words! I never knew it could be so much fun
Arigatou!
Tuesday at 9:20 am
Nielsさん>
Glad to hear it! We hope you enjoy the other lessons as well
Tuesday at 9:55 pm
It’s perfect site! It helps me to learn japanese easier. ありがとう!
Friday at 2:03 pm
Yanochka-san,
Glad to know that you really like our site!
Please keep learning with us!
Tuesday at 4:15 am
Tuesday at 2:17 pm
star1bandit-san,
Thank you very much for the comments! So you can learn a lot more things if you keep learning with us! Ganbatte kudasai!
Monday at 11:20 pm
sugoe
one of the guys name is oishii itself
got some of these up from the prince of tennis
but unfortunately
Saturday at 2:50 pm
I tried to download this audio file and I get a message
“it can’t be found on the server”.
Monday at 2:06 pm
Claudette-san,
I checked this audio, and it seems to be fine. Could you try it again, please?
Wednesday at 12:09 am
This site is great!
I’m Italian and my dream is learning Japanese and it’s for this that after the hugh school degree I’m going to attend Japanese at the university of Venice.
This is only a start and it’s really good!
I learn a lot of new words in this vacation days
Domo arigato!
Wednesday at 2:22 pm
Chiara Gasperini-san,
Thank you for the nice comment!
Ganbatte kudasai!!
Saturday at 11:41 pm
Fun and easy to listen to! Chiguya-san has a nice voice. Thanks, you guys are all awesome for doing this!
Saturday at 11:55 pm
Ah- my bad! ChiguSA-san! Don’t know how that y crawled in there. Anyway here’s hoping I’ll do my best in learning Japanese!
Sunday at 7:00 pm
Where is the video review ?
Monday at 10:12 am
jaltaさん> Thanks for the nice comment!
Marcus XDさん> There is a link to the Video Vocab above for Premium Members. If you are a Premium Member and it is not working for you, please let us know!
Saturday at 5:10 pm
Wow! Thankyou to all the staff at JapanesePod101… This stuff is *really* good!
I’m learning Japanese independently right now and I’m an absolute beginner, but I’ve tried a plethora of different learning methods before with limited success… From Rosetta to actual lessons at university to numerous expensive book purchases… None of it has worked for me.
However, for some reason I’ve found your site to be really, really helpful. I normally don’t retain the words or phrases I hear that well but using the audio in conjunction with the PDF files and supporting material is really making it easy for me to pick up on Japanese!
Well, I probably sound like a paid salesman at this point so I’ll wrap it up. Thanks guys! I’m on a 7 day trial but I’ll be upgrading to premium for sure.
My one piece of criticism about the site would be that it doesn’t seem to have any information about Hiragana or Katakana, or Kanji… At least not that I can see. Probably less useful than the vocal material for most people (eg. travellers) but I definitely want to learn it too. Have I just missed something? Currently, I’m using the ‘Yookoso!’ book to supplement this site for the written aspects of Japanese.
Thanks!
- Duality.
Saturday at 8:52 am
i used some of these words for cooking ramen today (yummmm ramen
) and my little sister looked at me like i was crazy! which isn’t that bad since i listen to japanese music anyways! I
atashi wa nihon kokoro!
Monday at 2:22 pm
Hannah-san,
Thank you for your nice comment! Very glad to know that you actually used the words you learned in our lessons.
Wednesday at 4:07 pm
thank you very much for your lessons and work ^ ^
Thursday at 3:30 pm
pyeonji-san,
Please learning Japanese with us!!
Thursday at 3:35 pm
ありがとうございます~
Monday at 11:39 am
When I was going over the hiragana vocabulary I noticed that you and my Genki I textbook spell itadakimasu different. At first I though you were writing ‘itadaku’, then I realized that it didn’t have ‘ku’ at the end but ’su’. In fact, I believe your spelling may be incorrect as the syllables the way you have it spelled don’t make the word.
You have it spelled:
いただます
I Ta Da Ma Su
Genki and I spell it:
いただきます
I Ta Da Ki Ma Su
Did I miss something or is that a mistake?
Monday at 12:44 pm
Alexさん,
Can you tell me where you saw the いただます spelling? I looked for it but couldn’t find where it was spelled like that. The correct spelling is definitely the latter, いただきます
Monday at 1:07 pm
I believe it was in the hiragana list of the lesson notes (In the vocabulary) but I can’t go back and make sure that I didn’t just copy it wrong because my free trial has ran out of .pdf downloads.
Wednesday at 4:06 pm
Hajimemashite Watashi wa Jared desu. Yoroshiku onegai shimasu.
I love this! Kore wa aishiteru!
Just a simple question: I’ve just registered (yesterday evening exactly) and I see I’m able to download all the audio of the free lessons, pdf, video voc, etc.
This feature is always on or expires in 7 days?
Thanky you very much! Arigatou gozaimasu!
Wednesday at 5:34 pm
Jaredさん,
Thank for signing up for JapanesePod101!
Your 7-day trial gives you access to everything on the site. After the 7 days are over, the trial will expire and you will only have access to the audio for the lessons of the last three weeks (those will always be free).
Wednesday at 9:40 am
Konbanwa! Atashi wa Mitana desu. Yoroshiku onegaishimasu.
Thanks for this site! Doumo arigatou gozaimasu
Thursday at 2:02 pm
Mitana-san,
Thank you for your introduction! Yoroshiku onegai shimasu!
Tuesday at 2:35 am
Ummmmmmmmmm, i am so lost, i am in japanese 2 and i have no idea how to speak or even write this language. i need some mental help like a therapist….please PLEASE!!! the voices are talking to me in japanese and i cant understand them!!!!!! HELP ME JAPANESEPOD101
Tuesday at 9:16 am
koolkidklubさん,
You’ll be fine! Starting with these Introduction lessons is a good idea. You might also want to try some of the Newbie lessons as well. Are you studying katakana and hiragana? Those two scripts are really important to know for writing!
Take a deep breath!
If you need specific help, you can also ask at our forum:
http://www.japanesepod101.com/forum/
You’ll find lots of people studying Japanese there who are willing to help you if you get stuck!
Saturday at 11:53 am
I want to learn this language so bad. I am a fan of Japanese Anime and it would be great to understand Naruto in other ways than subtitles. I love Anime and I would like to learn this language anyways, and learn the unique Kanji style of writing!
Friday at 10:13 pm
Konichiwa!
I have a quick question does this site teach how to read and write Japanese’s also?
Monday at 11:40 am
zehra-san
Yes, it does.
We have reference material in the learning center. There, you can practice reading Hiragana and Katakana. You can find the material in our learning center.
http://www.japanesepod101.com/learningcenter/reference/hiragana_chart
Thursday at 6:29 am
Well I failed….miserably…
but I’ll get it eventually!
Thursday at 6:27 am
This is oo cool!

I been looking up all kinds of japanese everywhere, but here, it`s all in one place!!
I love it!
It`s really funny,.
“maa, maa”
“I`d give you more so you will like it!”
I`m very young, and they say learning a new language is easier for younger minds. >.> I really want to visit Japan. I`ve heard most of these phrases on Anime and TV shows. Though, i don`t know any one who`s japanese so i could talk and practice to them. ( i guess my dad would help since he`s lived there before.) ._. But this helps me a lot! I retain all i`ve heard.
I enjoy listening to the podcasts.
I`d like to get them on my ipod so i can listen to them everywhere i go, but i don`t get how that works ?
if anyone could help me, i`d be most happy.
Bai-bai!
Thursday at 5:57 pm
Luisa-san,
Glad to know you enjoy listening our lessons!
You can find information for the iPod owners here.
http://www.japanesepod101.com/help-center/technical-questions/
Saturday at 12:40 pm
Arigatou! Thank you so much JPod!
I have to say this is the best way to learn Japanese from the picks I have. The people communicating in the lessons act casually and not the dull way other Japanese DVDs teach you. Im using these phrases as much as I can and Im glad to see Im progressing!
Though some think Im crazy and others know it, I love the lessons!
Monday at 2:31 pm
Shiori-san,
Thank you so much for your nice comment!
Glad to hear that you like our lesson style! Please enjoy learning Japanese with us!
Sunday at 12:22 am
Hi there,
thank you very much for this funny and easy to understand way of teaching!
I really love it!
Now I no longer waste my time when driving to work
Domo arigatou
Thursday at 4:15 am
Hi all,
The audio lesson is good but Kanji Close-Up is so difficult for me. I have no prior knowledge of Japanese so this is the first Japanese lesson I’ve ever taken, and I don’t understand how should I write kanji. Should I use a pen for it? And how do I write these little arrows at the end of strokes? According to Kanji Basics sheet in Learning Center there is a correct writing order for every kanji. Is there a place where I can look up a correct writing order for kanji from the Close-Up sheet?
Thursday at 2:21 pm
Oleksandr-san,
Thank you for trying to use the Kanji Basics sheet in the Learning Center. We have another new feature to learn Kanji. You can access it from the URL below.
http://www.japanesepod101.com/learnkanji/
You’ll search kanji which you want to look up and you’ll see the animated kanji stroke order.
Please check it out!
Friday at 3:33 am
ありがと まゆみ(I hope I wrote it right
)
Great thanks!
It is exactly what I need. It would be perfect if it worked in Google Chrome browser, but I don’t mind switching to Safari for it.
Tuesday at 12:23 pm
thank you guys!!
Tuesday at 2:04 pm
ilovejapanさん,
Thank you for your message! Muchas gracias!
We hope you have fun learning the Japanese language.
Friday at 9:29 am
hey there!! can you guys please tell me my name in japanese??
my real name is regina
Friday at 12:53 pm
ilovejapanさん,
Your name would be レジーナ (Rejiina) in Japanese - it’s pronounced almost the same!!
Sunday at 12:14 pm
this is great, i have fun learning japanese…its not boring and the voice cast are very lively that they will encourage you to learn more…thanks.
Monday at 9:30 am
ritzさん,
Thanks for your comment! Enjoy the lessons!
Friday at 4:36 am
I really like the way you teach us guys.
keep up the good work!
Friday at 9:40 am
Jecelさん,
Thank you, we really appreciate it!
Saturday at 7:31 pm
This site is the best~!:D
Arigato gozaimasu~!!!
Thursday at 10:26 am
Ringo-san
We’re glad you liked our site.
Keep on listening!
Tuesday at 4:32 am
this site is amazing and i have only just started
Tuesday at 9:55 am
yojoさん,
Welcome to the site!!
Sunday at 1:36 am
Hajimemashite Watashi wa sahar desu.
i like these lessons very much
i tried other sites before but really this is the best
thank you(arigatou gozimasu)
Sunday at 4:32 am
Awesome stuff, I like the way these lessons are delivered. I am starting classes at the end of the month for japanese begginer, and this will help me go along. So excited!!! ^__^
Tuesday at 1:59 pm
maria-san,
Welcome to JapanesePod101.com ! Please enjoy learning Japanese with us!
Friday at 12:01 pm
2010.7.22 - This lesson is sooo important to digest. As well as the yummy food. I was taught to clap my hands gently when saying “いただきます。” I think that is right.
Friday at 4:53 pm
Dave Boyer aka 「ビッピー」
Yes. Some people place their palms together (just like we pray to buddha) and say “Itadakimasu”.
Tuesday at 11:40 pm
hello ..
i agree with everyone who found this impressing , it really is a very easy and fun way to learn japanaese
thanks for all your efforts
all due respect
alia
Wednesday at 3:20 am
hello …..
well i agree with all of yall becuse i might go to japan soon
but i need help
Sunday at 3:48 am
I have a hard time listening in school
.But this….It is remarkable!
I just need to start listening more!
I am glad I can listen to this!
Except…I cant remember the words!
But I wont be like pissed Jimmy.
Friday at 7:05 pm
Monday at 11:58 am
Wednesday at 9:24 pm
Please forgive me if this question makes me seem ignorant, cheap or unreasonably poor, but I’m at the moment trying to view and download as much free content as possible, with the hope of upgrading soon.
In this and the 3rd introductory lesson, “Grammar List” is listed under the “Free Content” column, yet when I try to click on it a message appears stating “Access to this feature of the Learning Center requires an active Premium Subscription.To activate your expired Premium subscription, please go to the My Account page.”
Are the grammar lists for these two lessons included in the free content or not? If not, that’s JP101’s prerogative. But, if that’s the case, it should be moved to one of the other columns, so as not to produce false hope in the unsuspecting basic member.
Thanks, very much.
Sincerely,
Marvin D. Johnson.†
Fallon, NV, USA.
Wednesday at 9:25 pm
DoubleRich-san
Arigatou
Thursday at 1:03 pm
hello , hop u al doin great. I don’t know how can I cal my name in japanese
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how can I cal my name Riz Khan in japanese ?
reply wil be apreciated.
regards,
riz khan
Monday at 6:49 am
To download it i press DOWNLOAD MP3…then what? this is helpful and i’d like to down load it!!
Monday at 9:50 am
Marvinさん,
Thank you for pointing this out to us. The grammar lists are now listed under Premium content as they should have been.
Rizさん,
Your name would be リズ・カーン (Rizu Kaan) in Japanese
Jackieさん,
To download the MP3 to your computer, right click the “Download MP3″ link and then click “Save Link As…”
Tuesday at 2:01 pm
Hello, I am new in Japaneseclass101~
Wowww~ so many stuff here!!
I’m soooo exciting ^^
よろしぐ お願いします!!!
BTW, can you help me to tranlate my name,too?
my name is “tzu-yu” Thank you sooo much!!
Wednesday at 9:40 am
tzuyuさん,
Thank you for posting!! Welcome to JPOD101
Can you let us know how your name is pronounced?
Then we can tell you how to say it in Japanese
Wednesday at 12:05 pm
Dear Jessi: Sorry to make the mistake!! Is JPOD101….I confused it with Koreanclass….please forgive me!!
My name in Chinese is tzu3yu4 (the number is the tone of the pronounciation.)
I’m not good at hanyu-pinyin…
Because in Taiwan we have different system.
Thank you for replying!!!
Thursday at 10:15 am
tzuyuさん,
No problem!
Your name would be something like ツーユー (Tsuu yuu) in Japanese
Hope that helps!
Thursday at 1:02 pm
Jessiさん
わかりました!!
ありがとごさいます。
Sunday at 2:43 pm
Can someone tell me what my name would be in Japanese? My name is Caitlyn.
Monday at 12:22 pm
if im a foreigner can my name be spelled with kanji?
Arigato Gozaimasu!!
Monday at 3:23 am
this is really nice
Saturday at 9:12 pm
really i like it its so easy
Saturday at 11:32 pm
I’m glad I’ve found this web site!
thank you people very much)
Saturday at 11:45 pm
Please, can you tell me my how to spell my name in Japanese too?? It’s Tanya.
Monday at 9:34 am
tuska19938886-san,
Your name Tanya would be タニア (Tania) in Japanese
Wednesday at 1:25 am
wow! now I can be calm, that it isn’t difficult to wright down) thanks a lot!!!
Saturday at 7:22 pm
I’m starting to love you guys!!!
Thursday at 9:40 am
This was a wonderful lesson! Very useful phrases, thank you! I do have a question:
I added “gochisousama” to My Word Bank and found there is no audio pronunciation for the word! Will there be audio clips to help pronounce the word?
Thursday at 9:42 am
Sorry, posting this question again, but I forgot to check the e-mail followup button!
Anyway,
I added “gochisousama” to My Word Bank and found there is no audio pronunciation for the word! Will there be audio clips to help pronounce the word?
Again, thanks for the lesson!
Thursday at 10:10 am
sailor_sistersさん,
You’re in luck! I was able to replace the old entry for that word with another one that had the audio, so now you should be able to hear it. Please try adding the new entry to your WordBank.
Friday at 2:38 pm
Jessi-san,
Thank you SOOO much for the audio! ^_^ It works fine!
Saturday at 6:38 pm
This awesome!
But what is the instruction? I don’t understand the basic lesson checklist..?
UH! KAMPAI!:D
Friday at 12:19 pm
Sunday at 10:02 am
I haven’t listened to the whole cast yet…I’m kinda scared to.
I know I know some simple Japanese from my karate but want to know more so I can visit Japan sometime,or even live there! I know small things like ‘gomen, arimasen’ when you can’t do something. ‘Tageme’ (or however you spell it) means begin. ‘Iie’ means ‘no’ but shouldn’t be used super often or you will seem rude. Mae means forward. And I used to even know ‘neck of the hand’ but don’t remember it as of right now.
I know small things from karate and little things from websites I read, but I don’t know all that much different.
I still can’t help being scared even with that out. I just need a free version so my parents don’t get mad at me.
I hope you guys can help!
Sunday at 10:19 am
Yay! I listened to it.
I need tohear them again though!i
I can’t remember them yet, but I really can’t buy anything.
I got oishii! And that’s about it.
I guessi have to listen again! Thanks though! I hope I enjoy this and get something out of it!
Japan Bound one day,
Hurami(I choose this as a Japanese name(
) with my friend who I gave the name Naoki)
Sunday at 10:24 am
P.S. the girl’s voice is SO KAWAII! (cute) .
hee hee
I have a little experience from Tokyo Mew Mew with English subs.
Nya!~~~~~~~~~~
Sunday at 10:50 am
Itadeku, gososama, oishii, kanpai, mama, itadakimasu? Are those right? The Jana and kanji are what’ll kill me. I’ll get it though!
Wednesday at 3:32 am
みなさん、乾杯、頂きます、美味しい、まあまあ、御馳走様。
Thursday at 4:45 am
Dear All:
Anyone knows what the different between class note and class note lite???
Thursday at 5:55 am
Alice-san, I believe the notes are the same except note lite uses different font so the file takes up less byte space than other notes.
Thursday at 10:11 am
Hello Alice,
Yes, sailor_sisters is right in that the Lesson Notes lite uses different fonts (made for those who can’t view the original Notes on their computer). The content is exactly the same
Thursday at 11:01 am
Loved it! Can’t wait to start speaking japanese properly!
Tuesday at 1:12 am
I am so hungry for a nice sushi bento after this lesson…
I already use these expressions (with my boyfriend, who is also studying Japanese), so I came back to learn the kanji.
What funny looks we got when we said “いただきます” in a Greek restaurant
Friday at 10:55 am
I am only 15 and very interested in learning Japanese.
I am very glad that these lessons are easy to learn.
Wednesday at 10:59 pm
it’s cool

this what i searching 4
i love it
Saturday at 5:52 pm
This is AWESOME
This is what I have been looking for.
Arigato!
Great stuff.
Monday at 6:42 pm
Oh my gosh! I have only done one lesson and I already love this! I am going to use these words any time I can. I will say itadakimasu (i don’t think thats spelled right) before every meal, and I will say gichousama (thats probably not spelled right either) after every meal… unless my dad is cooking
then i will say maa-maa desu,to be polite
. My family already thinks I’m weird so they are just going to think I’m even weirder, but Oh well
. I love the japanese culture and have always wanted to go there. Go japanesepod101 and domo arigatou Gozaimasu
By the way could someone please translate my name into japanese. My name is christa. Arigatou
Wednesday at 6:07 am
I really loved today’s lesson
It’s what I am looking for ^^
Tuesday at 10:04 pm
I only listened to one lesson but..I already love it! I really enjoy listening to you guys and whats even better is I do know some of these words from anime like Naruto. It’s getting a better understanding of these words from you that make learning the language fun and easy for me! =D
Thursday at 2:34 am
I liked this lesson! Now I know how to pronounce ごちそうさま correctly, and what it literally means
Sunday at 9:06 pm
I love how the audio is broken down into syllabels (Romaji) so helpful!!! Cheers guys
Wednesday at 7:14 am
thank you it was easy gusy
Saturday at 9:45 pm
it’s a amazing lesson.in this website learning is easier than in many Chinese webs
Monday at 5:17 am
いただきます!
かんぱい!
おいしい!
ヘー。。。まあまあ。
ごちそうさま。
Thank you for the lesson.
Tuesday at 7:06 am
Shai!
(thanks)
I appreciate you doing this for all of us. I may be young but I do know very little Japanese. Me and a few of my friends are learning to be able to converse with each other in Japanese rather than in Spanish or French. My friend Laura I think is using a different website than this one. We’re anime loving Americans and love the Japanese language. I wish to live in the Japanese lifestyle for at least a day on my birthday. Thanks again!
Sayonara!
Thursday at 5:59 pm
Its unclear from the writing, is the end u in itadakimasu pronounced?
Wednesday at 9:17 am
Malkavian-san,
Good point! In Tokyo dialect, the most common dialect as Japanese, tends to omit the ending u.
But in other dialect, especially in the western Japan like Osaka and Kyoto, people pronounce the ending u.
Wednesday at 11:46 am
Great hrlp! some of this i recognize from anime and such. Arigatou!
Sunday at 9:30 am
Hi everyone,
I liked the listening part of the lesson. However, I must say that the part about kanjis must be streamlined: it is complicated for a beginner to memorize the kanjis, specially because they are not easy ones. Moreover, they do not seem to have
Even so, I have not regretted subscribing as a premium.
Sunday at 10:56 am
This lesson is very helpful. Thank you so much.
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