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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! It’s the first birthday you’re celebrating with your significant other in Japan, and the gift has to be just right. You go to a Japanese department store, assuming it will have everything you need, but you’re at a loss. You ask the salesperson for some help in Japanese, and you tell her in Japanese, “I need something that sends the right message.” The salesperson inquires in Japanese, “What message do you want to send?” You respond in Japanese, “Well, it needs to be nice, but I don’t want to spend too much, because it will send the message that I care too much. I don’t want to spend too little, because then I’ll look like a cheapskate.” The salesperson sizes you up and tells you in Japanese, “Maybe you’re in the wrong store. Maybe you should just buy a book.” You respond in Japanese, “Now THAT would definitely send the wrong message. I want to tell this person that I care!”
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Newbie lesson will show you how to reverse sentence order when you’re using informal Japanese. We’ll also tell you how to tell someone “happy birthday” in Japanese and explain how older female speakers of Japanese soften their language. 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 with JapanesePod101.com! As you walk past a Japanese school with your buddy, you hear some children singing in Japanese. You can’t hear every word, but one Japanese word in particular stands out: the one that means “bubbles.” You tell your friend excitedly in Japanese, “Bubbles! I haven’t played with bubbles since I was a kid!” Your friend replies in Japanese, “Then we should go to a drugstore and get a bottle of bubbles later and blow some bubbles. Sometimes it’s good to let our hair down and behave like children.” You stop walking and struggle to hear the rest of the Japanese song, and you respond to your friend in Japanese, “I agree, but why do these children sound sad if they’re singing about bubbles? Bubbles always make me happy!”
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Songs lesson will teach you a Japanese song that uses bubbles as a metaphor. In this lesson, we’ll explain what the lyrics about the bubbles represent and teach you what each line of this Japanese song means. 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 with JapanesePod101.com! Welcome to JapanesePod101.com’s Kantan Kana. Japanese has three writing systems: Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji. In this series of twenty-five lessons, you will learn both Hiragana and Katakana, collectively known as Kana. Over twenty-five lessons, we will teach you Japanese Kana using simple steps, showing you the correct stroke order, helpful tricks for memorization, and proper usage in common Japanese words. If you want to get started reading and writing Japanese, this is THE place to start. You’ll learn Japanese in mere minutes with these audio and video lessons, so join us for Kantan Kana from JapanesePod101.com! Get ready to wow your friends, family, teachers, and colleagues with the Japanese you learn with us!
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! In this first lesson, we’ll show you how to write the vowels in Japanese: あ、い、う、え、お、 and we’ll teach you a few words you can write with these characters. Are you ready to learn more Japanese characters and words? Visit us at JapanesePod101.com where you will find other language-learning content, including other great Japanese videos like this one, audio podcasts, review materials, blogs, iPhone applications, and more Japanese learning resources. Leave us a message while you are there!
Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! It may seem as if you’re talking to yourself in Japanese, but you don’t care. As you walk down the street with your iPod, you’re saying Japanese words in pairs…each is an antonym of the other. You get some strange looks, but finally one person taps you on the shoulder with a smile, so you decide to interrupt your Japanese lesson and take off your headphones. The person asks you in Japanese, “What are you doing?” You explain in Japanese, “I’m studying for a test.” The person inquires in Japanese, “How can you study for the test while you’re walking with your headphones and talking to yourself?” You put your headphones on the person’s head and say in Japanese, “Listen to this. It’s easy, and I like to maximize my time.” The person nods and says in Japanese, “Oh, okay. That’s great. Multitasking. I wish I could do that!” You tell the person in Japanese, “Oh, but you can! Let me tell you about this great language website, JapanesePod101.com!”
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese JLPT lesson will provide an overview of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test, which was revised for 2010. First, we’ll give you an overview of the sections of this Japanese test. Then we’ll dive into the specifics of the Japanese kanji and vocabulary section, giving you plenty of opportunities to practice your Japanese skills. 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! Your friend walks in and asks you in Japanese, “Are you ready for your Japanese lesson today?” You respond in Japanese, “Oh, yes, I can’t wait to get started.” Your tutor notes in Japanese, “This is a new and improved attitude—I like it, wherever it came from.” You think to yourself in Japanese, “Thanks to JapanesePod101.com, I have learned a ton more than you’ve taught me,” but you decide just to let the tutor think you’ve suddenly become a brilliant Japanese student. When your tutor asks you in Japanese, “What does this phrase mean?” you explain the answer without missing a beat. After you answer question upon question, your tutor tells you in Japanese, “You are doing very well. In fact, I think none of my other students are on par with you. What has happened to you?” You tell your tutor in Japanese, “I don’t know…something just clicked!” (Even if it was you just clicking your mouse and listening to Japanese lessons!)
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Upper Intermediate lesson will teach you helpful Japanese expressions that relate to the Japanese word meaning “shoulder.” We’ll tell you how the Japanese use this word in many casual and business-related idioms. 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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