I’m am the first commenter!!

I used it today. I baked panncakes. And I used these words. And my mother looked at me like I was crazy. Yes I am! But even weirder then normal!!

And it hear 2 of them in naruto.

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.

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

cheehee! woohoo that was awesome

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.

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.

Great lessons!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE this site more than my Japanese textbook! I just wish it was all free or a one-time fee…lol.

Thank you, koneecheewa, i’ll keep listening to these and learning japanese.

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！

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!

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！！

konnichiwa!

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 ^^

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

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.

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.

Jpod101 is the coolest website to start learning and to really use what I learn!
I love these lessons! Thank you!

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.

this is very easy and fun thanks!…I hope to visit Toyko one day, so I thought it was time for me to learn some japanese, I absolute love Japanese culture…everything has a meaning and is very delicate.

Also, so far I love the program! Thanks so much for making it!

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!!!

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!!!!!!!

Yay! finally i found a way to learn to speak japanese that doesn’t leave me bored or make me want to pull my hair out in frustration and confusion. Many thanks!!!

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!

It’s perfect site! It helps me to learn japanese easier. ありがとう！

Yay! I learned more with this site in 10 minutes, than rosseta stone in 3 hours. I memorised all the words in this lesson first time through, but with rosseta stone, all I memorized was otokonoko and bimbou(spelling?) because one sounds funny, and thanks to them i am the other.

sugoe
got some of these up from the prince of tennis
but unfortunately one of the guys name is oishii itself

Claudette-san,
I checked this audio, and it seems to be fine. Could you try it again, please?

Chiara Gasperini-san,

Thank you for the nice comment! Ganbatte kudasai!!

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!

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!

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!

thank you very much for your lessons and work ^ ^

ありがとうございます~

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

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!

Konbanwa! Atashi wa Mitana desu. Yoroshiku onegaishimasu.

Thanks for this site! Doumo arigatou gozaimasu

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

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!

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

This is oo cool!
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 been looking up all kinds of japanese everywhere, but here, it`s all in one place!!

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!

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!

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

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!

OMG!! this is awesome!! i love japan so i decided to learn the language, i tried everything but nothing worked, til this day that i was looking for a discovery channel podcast when i found this gorgeous podcast of learning japanesse!! even though i’m from mexico, i can understand everything!! this is so easy!!

thank you guys!!

hey there!! can you guys please tell me my name in japanese??
my real name is regina

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.