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Archive for February, 2008 


February 29th, 2008 | help Need help?

Learn Japanese on Your Own Terms at JapanesePod101.com! in today’s lesson, a patient is visiting the dentist because her tooth hurts. But this doctor has a slight hearing problem… (among other things). Well, at least his Japanese is good! And so are our grammar points. Today we’ll look at the negative stem plus -zaru wo enai and yō ga… mai ga. These constructions are kind of formal, so it should be good practice for those of you who are preparing for the JLPT. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

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February 28th, 2008 | help Need help?

Learn Japanese & Have Fun at JapanesePod101.com! Today is the exciting conclusion of our Wasabi Kunoichi series. Last week Wasabi-chan discovered her kōchō-sensei (highschool principal) was behind all the missing wasabi. But now that she learned his secret, he has to eliminate her. What will happen to poor Wasabi-chan? Tune in to find out! After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

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Voice Actors: Yoshikai, Ushijima
Category: Lower Intermediate Lessons (S2) | 19 Comments »
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February 27th, 2008 | help Need help?

Learn Japanese Dialects at JapanesePod101.com! It’s time for another lesson in the Niigata Dialect! Yuuki and Rie return with a brand new conversation which features a bit of a misunderstanding. See if you can figure it out before the explanation! We’ll take a look at more particles and some unique vocabulary. And of course, you can hear the lovely Rie say “awww yeah!” What more could you want from a Japanese Culture Class? After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

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Voice Actors: Rie, Yuki, Marky
Category: Japanese Culture Classes | 9 Comments »
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February 26th, 2008 | help Need help?

Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! One of the most delicious foods in Japan is unagi (sometimes called freshwater eel in English). They begin their life in the sea and migrate to Japan to hang out in the rivers and lakes. In today’s two young unagi are discussing their plans after graduation. Our grammar point is using the -masu stem plus hajimeru/hajimaru and oeru/owaru to indicate starting and finishing actions, respectively. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

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Voice Actors: Nori, Take
Category: Beginner Lessons (S3) | 25 Comments »
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February 25th, 2008 | help Need help?

Start Learning Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Ever since he was shot down by Mi Yeon, Shu’s been a little more depressed than usual. Today Fabrizio finds him and tells him about his plans to go to Shikoku for a crazy party. Today’s grammar is conjugation of the polite past of verbs (-mashita). We’ll also introduce the four cardinal directions (kita, minami, higashi, nishi) and talk about how to use word order to give sentences more nuance. This is an important one, so you don’t want to miss out. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

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Voice Actors: Yoshikai, Yoshikai
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