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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Do you work in an office? Many people do. Do you eat lunch? Silly question; of course you eat lunch. Where? How do you get your food at lunch time? Do you go to a restaurant? That can take more time than you have for lunch, and you can’t be late returning. How about a fast food place? Quick, but often times the fast food is almost as expensive as a restaurant. In Japan, a new trend is growing among office workers. Many office workers are now bringing their own lunch from home. In the US, we’d say they were “brown-bagging.” In Japanese, they’re “bento-men,” that is, men who bring bento from home for lunch. Don’t think bento means just a sandwich and fruit in a box. Not at all; bento is an art. The food is supposed to be as good to the eye as to the tongue. Good bento starts your mouth to watering as soon as you see it. Japanese admire those who have mastered the art of bento. Best of all, bento saves lots of money. You can eat really well and cheaply if you to become a “bento man.”
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Lower Intermediate lesson discusses the grammar of conjecture. You know about conjecture. You’re not sure about something, but you think it’s so, so you say, “It looks like…” Or, you might say, “Apparently…” You see things or hear things that appear to be true, but you’re not one-hundred percent sure. It’s the same idea in Japanese, but you must construct the words properly. You’ll be conjecturing right and left in Japanese at the end of this Lower Intermediate lesson. 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 much more pleasant and meaningful!
Today, we’ll go over getting a table in a restaurant. In Japan, smoking in restaurants is still accepted, but there are occasions when you’ll be asked to choose between smoking and non-smoking seats. What are the downfalls of non-smoking sections at some Japanese restaurants? Tune in to find out. And be sure to comb through Japanese Survival Phrases before setting out on your trip to Japan!
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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! After your poor showing the first day of class, it’s not likely that your Japanese teacher will take you under her wing and teach you the Japanese phrases all the cool kids are using. So you’re on your own to learn the lexicon of a true Japanese conversationalist. Without these cool Japanese phrases, you’ll be stuck just nodding or shaking your head at people as they speak Japanese all day long—and that’s bound to give you a headache or make you dizzy-much dizzier than learning a bunch of Japanese kanji!
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese All About lesson will teach you about the top five Japanese phrases you’ll need to know for conversation that you probably won’t learn in any Japanese classroom. You’ll learn how to know when the Japanese-speaking people around you are agreeing with you, not believing you, or just thinking you’re a fool-but they’d never do that, would they? 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!
Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Now you’re in deep yogurt. Your boss has invited you out to lunch, and he’s taken you to a fancy restaurant that caters to native persons. Everything on the menu is in Kanji! Even the prices! You can’t insult your boss by ordering something silly like Coca-Cola for lunch with water on the side. You certainly can’t insult him by ordering the most expensive thing on the menu. Worse, you could order something and find out it’s something you really, really, really don’t like. Coming from the mid-west, ocean fish are not your favorites. You shudder at the thought of raw tuna, and even the smell of fish eggs can make you gag. Ordering something that you can’t eat would be terrible! What if you ordered something you don’t like and it’s terribly expensive, too? That would be the worst. You need your Kanji right now.
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Everyday Kanji Video lesson will help you to find food you like and at prices you can afford. You’ll be able to recognize various types of food on Japanese menus. Visit us at JapanesePod101.com where you will find many more great Japanese lessons and learning materials. Leave us a message while you are there!
Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! We hope that you’re enjoying learning to draw and pronounce Japanese Kanji with these awesome video lessons. It’s time to add to your knowledge with another cool Kanji. You’ll be a master of the On-yomi and Kun-yomi readings after you’re done with this lesson.
This Japanese Kanji video lesson shows the right way to draw and pronounce the Kanji that means “tongue.” After you learn our easy to remember tricks, you’ll be a master at drawing and pronouncing this fun and versatile Japanese Kanji.
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