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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! At most film screenings in Japan and elsewhere, the attraction is the film…not the scenery in the theater. In fact, most movie theaters are deliberately plainly decorated so as not to interrupt the moviegoing experience for all viewers, including the Japanese. Besides, all Japanese movie theaters are dark for most of the time you’re in them, so your surroundings don’t show. However, one Japanese director recently decided to break new ground with his movie project. In a showing of his film in Japan, he added some innovative surroundings that were the talk of the viewers of his Japanese film. This backdrop for his Japanese project was like no other!
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Audio Blog lesson will tell you exactly what it is the Japanese film director used to decorate his venue. It will also describe the impact this Japanese director’s décor had on his audience as well as discuss the creative process in Japanese. Visit us at JapanesePod101.com where you will find Japanese Lesson notes (remember-this lesson is spoken entirely in Japanese!) as well as 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! Your friends say they are going to introduce you to one of the great Japanese cultural events. But they won’t tell you where you’re going until you get there. You trust your Japanese friends, so you know it won’t be awful. But still, you’re getting a little nervous. What if they’ve arranged for a trip to a traditional Japanese bathhouse. You don’t think you could do that. However, as you get off the train, you see lots of people streaming into a building, so it looks to be okay. There couldn’t be that many people taking a bath all at once. Your friends hand you a ticket and announce you’re going to see a Japanese sumo wrestling match. “No way,” you exclaim in Japanese. At least you had the presence to say it in Japanese. “Yes,” they tell you in Japanese, “You’ll love it.” After you get to your seat, you see two enormous Japanese men staring at one another and you notice a small ring between them. You think the ring can’t be big enough to hold the two of them at once, much less allow them to wrestle. The gigantic Japanese men stretch and limber up. They each toss something—you know not what—over a shoulder and start to place themselves in the ring. The official checks each man. The two fighters tense and grimace. The official suddenly signals the start of the match. The giants catapult themselves at each other on thighs thicker than telephone poles. And it’s over in less than three seconds. “Wow, amazing!” you say in Japanese! But your friends stare in amazement at you because you have gotten the Japanese phrases correct all night!
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Basic Japanese video lesson introduces you to three of the informal or casual Japanese phrases you will likely hear native Japanese speakers use frequently. It’s important to be formal and polite on the correct occasions in Japan, but it’s also important to know when to be informal or casual. 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! Have you heard the stories about the unbelievable size of apartments in Japan? In this Japanese lesson, we’re going to find out if Japanese apartments are really as small as rumor leads many to believe. In addition, we’ll learn what’s in a typical Japanese apartment and how to talk about the location of things in Japanese. We’ll also look at Japanese numbers. The Japanese grammar we’ll look at is Japanese demonstratives, often called ko-, so-, a-, do- words.
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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Phew! You finally feel like you’ve gotten a handle on the vocabulary portion of the Japanese proficiency test. You’ve listened to our Japanese lessons, made flash cards with Japanese words-and, in short, you’ve taken every step necessary to pass that portion of the Japanese test. Do you think you can cram more Japanese in that head of yours? Of course you can! Now it’s time to take the next step in your preparation for the Japanese proficiency exam…studying for the grammar (we can hear you groaning in Japanese!) and reading comprehension section. Don’t stop now…you’re a third of the way there!
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese JLPT lesson will tell you about the next part of the Japanese proficiency exam: grammar and reading comprehension. We’ll tell you what Japanese you need to know to prepare for this very important part of this Japanese exam, and we’ll also give you some insight into what this Japanese exam tests most often. 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! As you listen to the witnesses testify in Japanese at trial, you scribble some notes to yourself to think about during your deliberations. After the lawyers finishing questioning their witnesses in Japanese, they approach the judges and make a closing argument in Japanese on behalf of their clients. You listen patiently as the prosecutor asks in Japanese, “Please take into consideration the gravity of the offense and the evidence against the defendant.” The defendant’s attorney then gets an opportunity to plead with you and says in Japanese, “Please consider that this defendant has a family and only took food to prevent his children from starving. Please be lenient!” Though you are obligated to uphold the law, this case is tugging at your heart. What will you decide?
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Upper Intermediate lesson will show you how to form a polite request in Japanese. We’ll also give you an insider’s look at the Japanese citizen judge system. 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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