Archive for August 11th, 2008 

Learn Japanese with Japanese Idiomatic Phrases at JapanesePod101.com! A life lesson from a Japanese idiomatic phrase.

Imagine yourself a samurai on a journey in Japan to the ancient capital of Kyoto. You are traveling by foot, and crossing through a big open field. It’s late, the sun is starting to set, and your stomach growls. Just as the thought of supper pushes it’s way to the forefront of you mind, you spot two rabbits. As they snack on a head of lettuce, they don’t notice you creep up. As you near striking distance, you feel your foot crush a twig. The rabbits’ heads turn; you’ve been spotted. You take off toward them, and they take off in two different directions….You look left, you look right. And your supper has just sped away.

What went wrong? Should you have went left? Or perhaps, right?
Well, we know what went wrong, and the answer to that is inside today’s lesson.

To be able to think in Japanese is an important process in mastering Japanese and progressing faster. You’ll probably be surprised to know that you’ve done it many times before! There are many Japanese proverbs and idiomatic phrases that have entered the English language. Today we’ll learn several more phrases to help get you thinking like a Japanese person.

Impress Japanese friends and colleagues with these 2 yojijukugo, 4 character kanji compound that forms an idiomatic phrase. And progress faster by learning to think like a Japanese Person!

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