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Archive for September, 2010  

Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! The Japanese language has all sorts of fun and expressive phrases using the word that means “legs.” From expressing that you’re on cloud nine to talking about someone’s idea being unrealistic, you can use this word.

In this upper intermediate Japanese lesson, learn all the ways you can form expressions using the word that means “legs.” You’ll be surprised at how many Japanese phrases containing the word “legs” you can use all the time to make your Japanese more detailed and meaningful. This is one fun Japanese lesson!

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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You say out loud in Japanese, “I could study tonight; however, I could also go out for dinner.” Your roommate responds in Japanese, “I vote that we go out for dinner. I’m starving! Where do you want to go?” You reply in Japanese, “Oh, I’m sorry, I was just practicing forming sentences using some Japanese conjunctions I’m learning for the test. I’m not going out tonight.” Your roommate suggests in Japanese, “Well, you can’t eat conjunctions and survive. You need some dinner to help you stay focused.” You tell your roommate in Japanese, “Sure, but when it comes to dining with you, it’s never just a simple dinner: it’s always an appetizer, an entrée, and then a dessert. It’s a whole production. I need to study, so can we just have a quick meal?” Your roommate tells you in Japanese, “Sure, and then you can get back to your precious conjunctions!”

Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese JLPT lesson will show you how to prepare for the reading comprehension section of the Japanese Language Proficiency Exam. Specifically, we’ll review the some of the Japanese conjunctive expressions you’ll need to know to ace this Japanese exam. 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! When your boss walks into your office in Japan first thing on Monday morning, your heart sinks. Your boss tells you in Japanese, “We have a ton to do next week, so you might want to think about rescheduling your vacation for another time.” You respond in Japanese, “But I’ve had next week’s vacation planned for months now, and we’ve got airline tickets. I cannot agree with your opinion. There must be something else we can do.” Your boss says in Japanese, “I don’t see how you’ll get all this work done.” You respond in Japanese, “Well, I’ll just have to work some extra hours every night this week, and I’ll even work on Saturday if it means I can still take time off next week. I’ll be efficient. But you need to do one thing for me.” Your boss inquires in Japanese, “What’s that?” You reply in Japanese, “Take any unnecessary meeting off my calendar so I can just work!”

Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Upper Intermediate lesson will teach you how to say that something might happen or that you might do something in Japanese. We’ll tell you how you can use this Japanese expression in both formal and informal situations. 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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Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese. Next week is your significant other’s birthday! What are you going to give him or her? Better yet - how would you you answer that question in Japanese?! In this Beginner lesson, you’ll learn how to talk about the acts of giving and receiving in Japanese using the verbs ageru, kureru, and morau. You’ll be able to talk about giving things, receiving things, and much more! Get into the giving spirit with this Beginner 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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We’ve got a confession to make. We’ve been keeping a secret from you. A BIG secret. For the past year, we’ve been working on secret Project 101. Project 101 is going to make learning Japanese even easier and more fun for you. In addition to writing and recording new Japanese lessons, we’ve also been reading through all your comments and emails trying to find ways to improve our system. New hosts? No…our hosts are great! New languages? Well…we just started 5 new sites this summer. Then we started to notice a common theme in your comments, which is what led us to Project 101. Trust us, we hate keeping secrets from you and we’re starting to feel a little guilty. So today, the cat’s out of the bag!

JapanesePod101.com is a getting a makeover! The website to be exact. Using your comments as a guide, we’ve updated not just the look of JapanesePod101.com, but we also added some new features that we know you’re going to love. So, what are these changes and when are you going to see them? We’ll tell you all this and more in today’s news lesson!

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