Archive for December, 2010 
Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Sports Day is popular in Japan and every years schools across the country celebrate health and exercise. Of course, Miki and her friends had to participate. Today she’ll tell us some of her memories of sports day. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave her a post!
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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You’re amidst a big pile of Japanese paper when your roommate walks in. She asks you in Japanese, “What are you doing with all that clutter?” Defiantly, you say in Japanese, “It’s not clutter. This is my new project for our apartment.” Your roommate responds in Japanese, “Oh really? You’ve got another project? What are you working on now?” You reply in Japanese, “I’m making some origami to hang on our wall. I can’t decide whether to make cranes or something else, though. She says in Japanese, “I vote for something else…like maybe nothing!” You respond in Japanese, “That’s not very nice.” She defensively replies in Japanese, “Well, I just know the last project didn’t turn out so well. I don’t care, so long as you clean up the mess. Remember that we are having a bunch of our Japanese friends over in an hour for drinks!” You had totally forgotten, but you decide to play it cool and say in Japanese, “Oh, of course. I’ll be done in half an hour, and then I’ll clean it up.” Looking around you at the paper on the floor, you better start cleaning now. You haven’t even finished one of the ten cranes you were planning to fold tonight!
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Particle lesson will teach you even more ways to use the Japanese particles no and to. For instance, we’ll show you how to use these Japanese particles as quotation markers and as pronouns. You’ll have no choice but to sound well-educated when you use these Japanese particles! 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! Your friend drops by your office and she chats for a while in Japanese. You know this is not a good thing, since she rarely ever stops by except for when she needs something from you, so you ask her point-blank in Japanese, “What do you need?” She responds in Japanese, “I’m going out of the office on appointments for the next few days, and I need you to cover some accounts for me.” You reply in Japanese, “Well, I’m very busy, but I will help you out if you’ll agree to do the same for me later this year.” She replies in Japanese, “Of course, of course. Just let me know when.” Relieved to get rid of her, you turn back to the pile of work on your desk. An hour later, your boss comes in and tells you in Japanese, “I have a special project for you that will take a few days. But wow…look at your desk! So full of papers! Do you have time to do it?” You tell your boss in Japanese, “Sure…but you have to take something off my plate. There’s no way I can fit any more work into the day!” 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 not possible due to a bad situation in Japanese. In other words, you’ll learn how to tell someone that something is “out of the question” in Japanese. Of course, telling someone no in Japanese is always easier said than done, but you’re on your own to solve that problem! 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 just earned a promotion at work, so you take your family out for dinner at a fancy Japanese restaurant to celebrate the good news. When the host seats you, your children sit very properly as they peruse the Japanese menu. One child demands in Japanese, “Mom, I want french fries.” You respond in Japanese, “Honey, I don’t think they serve french fries here. This is a fancy restaurant—not fast food. But I’ll ask for a child’s menu just in case.” When the waiter passes by your table, you inquire in Japanese, “Do you happen to have a children’s menu?” The waiter answers in Japanese, “No, but we can certainly improvise if that becomes necessary.” You reply in Japanese, “I think we’ll be just fine, thank you.” You explain to your child in Japanese, “I’m sorry, but they don’t have french fries for you. Can you find something else on the menu? Do you need me to help you?” Your eight-year-old child says in Japanese, “Of course I can. I’m not a little kid anymore!”
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Beginner lesson will teach you humble language, which you can use when you want to be very formal in Japanese. We’ll show you the humble forms of several regular and irregular Japanese verbs so you can use the proper level of respect while you’re in Japan. 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. In this lesson, we move on to the “r” row of katakana - ラ、リ、ル、レ、and ロ 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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