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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! “C’mon, why don’cha wanna get sum’in t’eat wi’ me?” What was that? Did that sentence make any sense to you? It’s American dialect. Sometimes people from one area of the country, such as New England, move to other very different places, such as the deep South. When they do, they sound odd to the natives, and the natives sound odd to them. They often long to hear the words and phrases of home. So it’s the same in Japan. Our author moved from her hometown in the Kansai district to Tokyo, and she often chuckles with her family about the differences in the Kansai and Tokyo dialects. The Kansai dialect abbreviates a lot of words just as in the sentence that starts this paragraph. Have you moved? Do you live in a place with a different dialect from yours? Have people with strange dialects moved into your neighborhood? Makes for some interesting conversations, doesn’t it?
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Audio Blog lesson tells you how to shorten some words and phrases so that you can understand people from the Kansai district of Japan. If you go to Japan, you surely don’t want to spend all your time in Tokyo. You’ll want to be able to understand people from other areas, and one of the most common dialects in Japan is the Kansai dialect. It’s called Kansai-ben. Check out 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 with JapanesePod101.com! You know it’s a trend, and a growing one, when the newscasters spend time in their segments talking about it or interviewing people about it. In this case, it’s a phenomenon sweeping Japanese office workers; instead of buying coffee, soda, or tea at the office or on the way, they’re bringing their own drinks to work. This is a considerable change to the mores of Japanese office workers, and changes to the established custom never come easily or without some friction. Would you do something radically different from the rest of your friends and colleagues in the office or classroom? Or would you wait until a large proportion of those around you were changing their habits? Your friends all tell you they’re bringing their own drinks to work to save money; after all, it’s much cheaper to bring your own home-brewed coffee or tea than it is to buy it. Not to mention that you will probably make much better coffee at home at a much more reasonable price, especially if you’re a regular of those fancy coffee houses. Will you be the next Japanese trendsetter?
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Lower Intermediate lesson reviews an important part of Japanese that was covered in the previous two lessons, expressing hearsay and conjecture. When you talk to your friends and colleagues in Japan, you want to be able to express the difference between hearing something is true, and that based on your experience you think something is true. 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 how to ask for the check at a restaurant. We’ll also introduce a set phrase to say after a meal. What is it and who do you say it to? Tune in to find out! To learn more about Japanese customs and phrases, be sure to comb through Japanese Survival Phrases. When yo do, leave us a post!
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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Want to impress your Japanese teacher? Combine words together and in any language, including Japanese, you get a phrase. However, that phrase might not have the same meaning as the words do separately. These are common phrases in every language, including Japanese, and think of how impressed your Japanese teacher would be if you sparked up a conversation in Japanese with a gem such as, “Speaking of which….” This is just one such Japanese phrase you’ll learn in this lesson. Another Japanese phrase of just two words is the equivalent of the English sentence, “I understood you, I agree with you, and I’ll do it.” Sure is a lot of meaning packed into just two Japanese words. And of course, that one is SURE to make every Japanese teacher very happy! Japanese phrases are an important part of your study. We know you are anxious to please them, and they are busy teaching you the staples of the Japanese language, so “in the meantime” listen in to hear more valuable Japanese teacher’s favorite phrases!
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese All About lesson shows you the way to use common Japanese phrases, some of whose English equivalents are, “in the meantime” and “for sure.” Phrases commonly used in Japanese will make your study of the Japanese language more interesting and make your Japanese conversation more fluent. 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!
JapanesePod101.com has always worked hard to provide you with the fastest, easiest and most fun way to learn Japanese! And now we have taken one of our fantastic language-learning tools -WordPower Japanese - and made it even MORE powerful and convenient for you!
WordPower Japanese already placed 2,000 of the most common Japanese words and phrases into the palm of your hand…don’t worry, we haven’t changed that a bit! What we have done is made this application NEW and improved for greater convenience! First, WordPower Japanese is now also available for Android (the Google phone). So that means you can get this amazing application for the iPhone, iTouch, and now the Android! Second, we have upgraded WordPower Japanese to make it the most INCREDIBLE language tool you can have for studying AND travel! Just look at what you can do with WordPower Japanese now:
The words are divided into convenient categories to make learning Japanese easier while you “travel,” or “cook,” or even while you eat in a “restaurant.” In addition to these great categories that make searching for the words you need quick and easy, WordPower Japanese also provides you with:
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The upgrade is FREE for all iPhone and iTouch users so don’t miss out on this absolutely amazing study and travel tool! Stop by JapanesePod101.com and check out the New and Improved WordPower Japanese, now with new Progress bars!
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