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Archive for November, 2010  

Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Your friend asks you in Japanese, “Did you hear the latest gossip?” You reply in Japanese, “I’m sure you have something hotter off the presses than I do. I’ve had my head in the books all weekend.” Your friend says in Japanese, “Well, then, you’re not going to believe what I just heard.” You answer in Japanese, “You’re probably right… You tell me stuff all the time that you heard from someone who heard it from someone else, and inevitably it turns out not to be accurate.” Your friend responds in Japanese, “Well, that might be true sometimes, but this time, I think I’ve heard information from a reliable source. And it’s information you’ve been waiting to hear for a long time.” You inquire in Japanese, “Okay, I give in. What did you hear?” Your friend explains in Japanese, “You know that person you’ve had a crush on for a long time? Guess who’s single?” You tell your friend in Japanese, “They’ve been dating each other forever. Can that really be true?” Your friend exclaims in Japanese, “Now’s your chance!”

Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Lower Intermediate lesson will show you how you can say in Japanese that you’re making an assumption based on something you heard. We’ll also share a more casual Japanese expression with the same meaning. 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! You’ve tried calling and calling your daughter since she went on the study abroad program in Japan, but every time you call the house of her host family, the response is the same. The family member always says in Japanese, “I’m sorry, but your daughter isn’t here right now. She’s still at school.” After weeks of playing phone tag with her, you finally ask the host family in Japanese, “She’s never at home when I call. Is she in school twenty-four hours a day?” The host responds in Japanese, “No, but she’s doing a lot of after-school activities with our kids. They seem to be having a good time. She joined the soccer team and is also tutoring some students in English. Oh, here she is now.” She comes to the phone and says in Japanese, “Hi, long time no talk.” You lecture her in Japanese, “I want to make sure you are safe and enjoying yourself while you’re visiting Japan. Is everything okay?” Your daughter replies in Japanese, “It would be worse if I sat home alone without any friends and anything to do all the time, wouldn’t it! At least you know you’re getting your money’s worth!”

Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Newbie lesson will teach you the Japanese verb that means “to be” or “to exist” when referring to a person or other animate object. We’ll also show you how to create the negative form of this Japanese verb, and we’ll teach you some helpful Japanese vocabulary for the wireless age. 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! How quickly can you paint a wall of your house? Let’s say you have a typical Japanese house…it might take you a few hours even just to prime and paint the trim, depending on how many windows and moldings you have, right? Well, now imagine painting more than just one color on that Japanese wall…in a pattern or design of some kind. Now, let’s take that to the next level. Let’s imagine painting a picture, maybe a grand Japanese landscape masterpiece. It might take us forever, right? Well, not if you’re one of a handful of Japanese bath house artists. These skilled Japanese artists create large-scale Japanese landscapes in just a few hours with just some paints and a brush. Their creativity is what you’ll hear about today from our Japanese author.

Learning Japanese with Japanese Pod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Audio Blog lesson will tell you about the paintings you’ll find in Japanese bath houses. Specifically, our author will describe a Japanese artist who can paint beautiful watercolors as quickly as you or I could paint an entire room. 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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Level: Kantan Kana

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. In this lesson, we move on to the “y” row of katakana - ヤ、ユ、 and ヨ 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!

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Kid doctors, kid lawyers, kid chefs and kid bankers! There’s a place in Japan where kids can get jobs like grown ups and even earn money and open bank accounts. Where is this magical and mysterious place? Well, you’ll just have to ask Miki!

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