Archive for February, 2009 
Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Nothing is more frustrating than realizing you’ve been given the wrong change after a shopping trip. Imagine being in Japan and not understanding how many yen you should get back. Also, what if you would like to say, “Receipt, please”? Understanding how change is given and how to ask for a receipt are critical skills that you’ll need to make it through daily life in Japan.
This newbie Japanese lesson makes counting change and asking politely for a receipt easy! You’ll master tsuri (”change”) and kaikei (”bill” or “account”). In addition, you’ll find super easy charts that break down Japanese counting and a number of words that will come in handy if you’re ever in a Japanese hospital. This Japanese lesson focuses on real-world skills that you can’t go without!

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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Welcome to this edition of the Sunday news! This is one you can’t afford to miss. You’ll learn about an important new theme for the year 2009. Here’s a hint, this new theme will take your Japanese to the next level.
It’s the year of video lessons for JapanesePod101.com, and this is good news for you. Every Friday, you’ll find an indispensible video that presents an important Japanese topic. On an alternating basis, you’ll find kanji close up video lessons and video picture vocabulary lessons. These lessons are always educational, but they also present Japanese culture in a really fun way. So, tune into this edition of the Sunday news to learn where you can find all the awesome videos that 2009 has in store!
Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Here at JapanesePod101.com, we’ve discovered the easiest way for you to learn Japanese vocabulary words. Put us to the test with this video tutorial designed to teach you about something that you can’t live without.
In this Japanese video tutorial, you’ll learn the words for several vehicles. They’re presented so that you’re sure to learn: hear a native speaker repeat the word three times, fast, slow, then fast. The video also shows the Japanese characters for each vehicle, and there’s a fun self-test at the end to see just how much you learned.
Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Have you ever said, “I, of all people, should have known that”? I’ll bet you have on more than a few occasions. Part of being comfortable having conversations in Japanese is being able to use similar phrases with confidence. Imagine how natural you will feel saying, “She, of all people, should be here” in Japanese!
This upper intermediate Japanese lesson is one that you, of all people, should read! You’ll master to shita koto ga to talk about actions that are contrary to your of another person’s nature. The English equivalent is, “I, of all people,…. Adding this phrase to your Japanese will make you sound like a native speaker in no time. Don’t miss the helpful examples that you’ll want to add to your own Japanese vocabulary.

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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You’ve come quite a long way towards fully mastering Japanese onomatopoeia. Great job! There’s more to learn, though. Did you know that some Japanese onomatopoeia don’t actually imitate sounds? This makes them quite different from their English counterparts. For example, when you talk about someone who is “leafing through a book” in Japanese, you are using onomatopoeia.
This Japanese lesson teaches you everything you need to know about non-sound imitating Japanese onomatopoeia. You’ll find a simple explanation about why they are different from sound imitating onomatopoeia and the right ways to use them. Just a few of the words you’ll find are parapara (“scattering rain”) and kachikachi (a clattering sound). This lesson is your one stop source for getting in-depth with Japanese onomatopoeia.

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