Archive for December, 2010 
Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! When your roommate finishes work on Friday night, she comes home to your Japanese apartment and flops down on the couch. She asks you in Japanese, “What do you want to do tonight? We could see a movie or go to dinner.” You respond in Japanese, “Well, we could go to the gym first, then pick up some takeout, come back here, and watch a movie.” Your roommate responds in Japanese, “That’s awfully ambitious for a Friday night!” You reply in Japanese, “And it’s cost-effective. I want to save money for a new car, so every penny counts!” Your roommate says in Japanese, “You’re always thinking ahead. I wish I were more like that, but all I want to do is spend, spend, spend.” You sigh and say in Japanese, “Yeah, but I wish I had as nice a wardrobe as you. That’s another reason to stay in…until I lose a couple pounds, I don’t have anything fun to wear to go out!”
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Particle lesson will review the usage of the Japanese particles ka and mo. We’ll even throw in a few new ways to use these Japanese particles in suggestions and questions-for free! See, our Japanese lessons even help you stay within your budget! 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! At a wedding in Japan, you run into some former work colleagues from your Japanese firm. After you greet them in Japanese, you try to keep the small talk going and ask in Japanese, “So are you still working for our former company?” The person replies in Japanese, “Oh, no. I left shortly after you did, and now I work for another firm doing advertising work.” You respond in Japanese, “Oh, that’s nice. If I remember correctly, you had a background in that kind of work from your university days, right?” Your former colleague answers in Japanese, “Wow, you sure have a good memory. Yes, that’s right. And what are you doing these days? Did I hear that you took a break from work to have a family?” You say in Japanese, “No, that must have been someone else. I’m still working. In fact, I haven’t taken time off for any reason in several years!” Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Lower Intermediate lesson will explain how to use the past tense in Japanese to do two things. First, we’ll show you how to use the past tense to politely confirm something in Japanese, even if it didn’t happen in the past. Second, we’ll show you how to use this Japanese tense when you recall something. 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 having the time of your life in your study abroad program in Japan…so much so that you don’t want to leave! You are starting to miss your family, and you know they are missing you, so you call your parents and tell them in Japanese, “Why don’t you come and visit when I have my spring break?” Your parents respond in English, “Well, we would like to see you, but it’s such a long flight.” You plead with your parents in Japanese, “You guys haven’t been to Japan in years. When is the next time you’ll have a reason to come here? This is the perfect time to visit because I can show you around and you can show me what’s changed since you left.” Your parents hem and haw a bit, but they finally agree in Japanese, “We’ll come visit you for a week, but we expect you to slow down and entertain us while we’re there. You invited us to visit, after all!” Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Newbie lesson will teach you how to use the Japanese conjunction kara to provide a reason or cause for something. We’ll also show you how to form an invitation or suggestion using this versatile Japanese conjunction. Don’t forget to put JapanesePod101.com on your list of invitees for your next party! 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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What do you do during your morning routine? Wake up, brush your teeth, get dressed for work. Hop in the car and listen to some JapanesePod101.com. Fill up your mug of coffee, grab a guilt-inducing pastry and turn on your computer. Then what? Might we suggest adding a new element here to help you grow your vocabulary and spice up your morning ritual? The new Japanese Word of the Day Widget will teach you one new vocabulary word and several useful phrases every day and in less time than it takes you to finish that pastry! The good news is that learning Japanese just got a lot more convenient. The bad news? Now you have no excuse to not study Japanese everyday!
In today’s news, we’ll tell you all about the new Word of the Day Widgets. What’s a widget? What languages are available? And how much is it going to cost you to get this daily doses of language? Keep listening to find out. The answers may surprise you!
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 last few katakana characters - ワ, ヲ, and ン 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!











