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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You tell your roommate in Japanese, “Show me something in writing.” Your roommate says in Japanese, “What are you talking about? Here you go, here’s a piece of junk mail.” You tell your roommate in Japanese, “That’s great. This will work.” You study the piece of junk mail intently for a minute, and your roommate asks you in Japanese, “Work for what? What’s so interesting about that piece of junk?” You reply in Japanese, “It’s helping me study.” Your roommate snatches the piece of paper and asks you in Japanese, “How is this pizza advertisement helping you study? It’s just making me hungry.” You respond in Japanese, “The new section of the Japanese proficiency exam is going to test me on my ability to read a document and find information. So I’m practicing with everything I can get my hands on!”
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 a new section of the reading comprehension section of the Japanese Language Proficiency Exam. Specifically, we’ll tell you how to prepare to spot specific Japanese information in a written Japanese document. 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! The voice in your head echoes in Japanese, “It’s too late now…you made your choice.” You respond in Japanese, “No! It’s not too late. I changed my mind! I don’t want to quit my job and go back to school!” Your roommate comes rushing into your bedroom and shakes you. She asks you in Japanese, “Why are you yelling? What is wrong with you?” You respond in Japanese, “I was yelling? Sorry…I was asleep.” Your roommate tells you in Japanese, “You were yelling at someone in your dreams? Was someone chasing you?” You reply in Japanese, “No…I’m not quite sure what it was, but someone was telling me that I shouldn’t have quit my job, and it made sense, so I agreed.” Your roommate responds in Japanese, “Well, it’s too late to worry about that now. You made your choice, so it’s useless to worry about it. You’ll enjoy being back in class next week. Remember the fun we used to have in college?” You respond in Japanese, “Yeah…but now we’re older and less fun!”
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 is “useless” or that “there is no point” to doing something in Japanese. We’ll also tell you about some Japanese expressions that you might find useful on your job hunt. 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! You have been given an important assignment at work - visit a restaurant and write a report on it! Hey, there are worse jobs, right? When you think about it, this may be the perfect opportunity to invite that cute co-worker of yours out by asking them to go with you! Perfect! But… how are you going to ask them to come with you in Japanese? In this Beginner lesson, you’ll learn about the verb kureru, which is used to talk about how someone does something for you, and is also used when making a request of someone. This is the word you’ll need to know! 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! You’re walking down the road in Japan, and pass a group of young schoolchildren laughing and singing a song. It also looks like they’re moving their hands at the same time. Intrigued, you strain your ear as you get closer to see if you can catch what they’re singing. “Zui.. zui.. zukkorobashi!” Hm? Zukkorobashi…? You’ve been studying Japanese for a few years now, but that doesn’t sound like ANY Japanese you know! In fact, the rest of the lyrics don’t make much sense on first listen either. Just what is this song about?!
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 with lyrics that after hard to understand on first listen, but actually have an interesting story behind them! You’ll learn the Japanese lyrics in this lesson, some verb constructions, and some onomatopoeia, all from this Japanese children’s song! 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 mere minutes with these audio and video lessons, so join us for Kantan Kana from JapanesePod101.com!
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese. Sorry to keep you waiting! In this lesson, we start learning katakana, the script used to write foreign words and emphasize certain Japanese words. Using katakana, you can write out your name, read menus, and much, much more! Join us as we get started with the five vowel sounds. 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!











