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Archive for August, 2009  

Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Now that you’ve seen how these Kanji video lessons are laid out, you know how simple learning Kanji can be. It’s time to go a little bit further and learn more Kanji, the easy way.

In this Japanese Kanji lesson, learn to draw and pronounce the Kanji for “eyes.” Learn the On-yomi and kun-Yomi readings as well as some super easy tricks for memorizing this Japanese Kanji. You’ll be a Kanji expert in no time!

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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Sometimes, events have to take place in a certain order. For example, your mechanic might say, “I can’t tell you how much it’ll cost until I see the car.” Put simply, X has to happen before Y can happen.

This upper intermediate Japanese lesson is all about the order of events. You’ll become a master of the Japanese phrase –te kara de nai to, which expresses that you cannot do one task without completing another first. If it sounds confusing, don’t worry. There are helpful charts and plenty of sample sentences in this Japanese lesson to help you. If you want to speak Japanese clearly, don’t miss this lesson!

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Level: Onomatopoeia

Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Some of the easiest words to remember are those that sound just like the word. This is true in Japanese as well as English. Once you’ve heard a dog bark, you never have any trouble remembering the word, “woof,” because the word sounds like its meaning? Did you sleep well? Do you snore in your sleep? Anything that makes a sound can have an onomatopoeic word for it. Do your eyelids flutter when you drift off to sleep? Flutter is one of those words. Japanese has a lot of onomatopoeic words and several that refer to sleeping. Doesn’t suyasuya sound like a person sleeping well, softly and peacefully? Doesn’t gougou sound like someone snoring? When it’s time to take a break from your study of Japanese, you can doze off, utouto, and dream in Japanese onomatopoeic words.

Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese lesson is all about onomatopoetic words of sleeping. You’ll learn how to drift off to sleep while watching television. Nope, you already know how to do that. You’ll learn how to say it in Japanese. You’ll learn about several words for different types of sleeping from a peaceful, quiet sleep to a deep snore, and all of them sound like what they mean. Just don’t utouto, “doze off,” while you’re studying Japanese at JapanesePod101.com. Visit us at JapanesePod101.com where you will find many more fantastic Japanese lessons and learning resources! Leave us a message while you are there!

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Learn Japanese travel phrases with Japanese Survival Phrases! A little Japanese can go such a long way! Whether you’re traveling to Japan for business or pleasure, these phrases will help make your trip more pleasant and meaningful!

Today, we’ll cover an extremely important phrase, “Where is the bathroom?” You could have serious bladder problems if you don’t memorize this sentence, so be sure to tune in! And you won’t regret using this phrase because Japan has many clean, functional bathrooms in public areas. To learn more about Japanese customs and phrases, comb through SurvivalPhrases.com. And when you do, leave us a post!

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Level: All About

Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! So, it’s down to you and one other person in a marathon Trivial Pursuit duel. You land on the center spot and eagerly anticipate the question for the last piece of pie you need to win, and it’s a question about pop culture. Pop culture happens to be your favorite topic so you’re feeling pretty good. But when the question is read, you start to panic, because it’s a question about Japanese pop culture. If you guess wrong, you end up losing the game. Choose the correct Japanese pop-culture answer, and you take home the grand prize! If only you’d had a chance to listen to this Japanese lesson sooner, your competition would be eating your dust!

Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese All About lesson will help you test your knowledge of the basics about Japan, including pop culture, geography, travel, tourism, and more! Afterward, you’ll be ready to knock your friends’ socks off with some impressive dinner conversation (and win your next Japanese trivia match)! Visit us at JapanesePod101.com where you will find many more fantastic Japanese lessons and learning resources! Leave us a message while you are there!

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