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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Your airplane has landed at Narita, and you’ve made it through Japanese customs. As you exit the airport, you see a person holding a sign with your name on it. He greets you in Japanese, and you answer. Then he says something in Japanese you don’t understand. It sounds familiar, but not quite. You’re not sure, so you answer in Japanese, “Once again, please.” This time, as you walk to the car, he again speaks to you in Japanese, but this time he’s just too fast for you. You know you can’t keep up with that yet. So, you flex your Japanese again and ask your companion, “Slowly, please.” He smiles and speaks the same Japanese words again, but this time, he says them carefully and apologizes for speaking too quickly. You think you might be able to handle this after all; this time you understood everything. He gives you a ride to your hotel and bids you a good day. Exhausted as the jetlag sets in, you collapse onto your hotel room bed, thankful for the useful Japanese phrases that got you here today.

Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Basic Japanese video lesson provides you with three of the most valuable Japanese phrases you can learn either in the classroom or out. In Japanese, or any other language, you should be able to ask people to repeat themselves, ask them to speak slowly, and ask them to write down the information you need. That’s why this Japanese lesson is so vital. 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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27 Responses to “Basic Japanese #6 - 3 Useful Classroom Expressions”

JapanesePod101.com says:

Mina-san! These 3 expressions should always be in the back of your brain when speaking Japanese! :smile:

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Lou says:

No lesson notes anymore for basic members ?

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Jessi says:

Louさん,
That was caused by a mistake in the settings - our apologies! They are now under Basic access again :smile:

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Rachael Kvapil says:

Everyone knows that if I’ve bothered to learn a statement in a foreign language then they need to listen up. I’m going to learn these three so I can use at work!
:mrgreen:

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sarah says:

I’m going to use them ALL the time. My japanese teacher will never hear the end of it…

Thanks!

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Billy Bishop says:

Yeah, even if they are, or spongebob is. :twisted:

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Jessi says:

Rachael Kvapilさん & sarahさん,
Yes, please try these new phrases out!! :mrgreen:

Billy Bishopさん,
Wait, what about Spongebob? :lol:

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Cherish says:

LOL!

This was really s great lesson, it’s also good because I usually hear the first two lines, at the end of a conversation during the newbie series lessons. I kind of knew what it meant but to get this lesson and know really helps.

Arigatou gozaimasu Hiroko-Sensei!

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Hiroko says:

Cherish san- Glad it helped! :mrgreen:

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tony says:

im too useful for this

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Charms says:

Arigatou! These visual lessons are a great help! :grin:

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Daniel says:

If you listen to the podcast you will regularly hear this. いい説明はありがとうございました。

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Moustache says:

I am wondering could the last two interpretations for “please” be switched? Could you say “mou ichido kudasai?” or “kaite onegai shimasu?”

I also found on another site that other ways to say these are “mouichido itte kuremasuka?” and “yukkuri shabette kuremasuka?” what is different between these and the ones you explained?

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Rehan says:

i love this site, soon i am going to japan so it will help me so much now… :mrgreen:

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Christie says:

I have taken Japanese one, and finished my exam yesterday, after putting in 9 hours a week in homework, I still only earned 60%-70% on all my quizzes and exams. My class did not speak to the teacher in Japanese. I belive you can also say “Mou iichi do TO youkkuri onegaishimasu” (TO = and in Japanese) Im just not sure if this is a proper grammar structure.

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Edwin says:

:grin: Love this lessons alot can study fast like this!

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アニカ says:

LOVE IT!!!! :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin:

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Mckinnley says:

Excuse me, but I’ve always wondered why the 「う」 in words like 「おねがいします」 or 「です」 is left off? And thanks for the video, it was very helpful :D

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Jessi says:

McKinnley-san,
When a “u” comes at the end of a word, it is not pronounced - this is just a characteristic of Japanese pronunciation :)

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Mckinnley says:

Okay, that has been bugging me for a while now, thank you Jessi-san :D

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Laurentiu says:

What is the nice music at the end of the video? :roll:

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dony says:

thanks….for lesson!

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dony says:

I LOVE JAPANESE!!!

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Daan says:

Japanese is hard too learn, but this is a fun :smile:

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Daniela says:

whats the deference between Onegai shimasu and kurasai ?

Thanks ^^

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megumi says:

thanks for a great lesson… hope i’ll be fluent in japanese soon…

arigatou gozaimasu… :smile:

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Serena says:

Is っ the only character used for short pauses? Are there other purposes for っ, as well?

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