Archive for August, 2011 
Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You’ve made it to the end of the three part series. Now, you’re ready to open up a world of possibilities with one simple phrase. Consider how often you express certainty. You might say, “There is no doubt about it,” or “This is definitely going to be easy.” As you can imagine, you’ll find new ways to use this phrase daily.
In this upper intermediate Japanese lesson, you’ll learn all about — ni chigai nai, which is used by the speaker to express confidence. There are plenty of example sentences and phrases for you to practice with. This JapanesePod101.com lesson will have you speaking Japanese confidently in no time!

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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Sometimes being forced to do what you don’t want to do is a good thing, like when your mom tells you in Japanese to eat your peas. Advice about things such as eating your veggies is helpful. However, usually, when someone tells me that I have to do something in Japanese, it’s not quite such healthy advice. Moreover, it just makes me want to rebel against doing what I’ve been told to do in Japanese!
In this lesson, you’ll learn how to say “I was forced to do something” in Japanese using the causative passive. This conversation takes place at a bar between two friends, so they are speaking informal Japanese. You will also learn how to express your sarcastic sympathy in Japanese. 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! To practice your Japanese before you get to Japan, you strike up a conversation with someone seated next to you in the airport terminal. This person is also waiting to go to Tokyo, and you try to have a polite conversation, but this Japanese person keeps interrupting you with Japanese words and phrases. After a while, you excuse yourself, tired of the interruptions.
In this lesson, you will learn how to how to respond to someone in a conversation in Japanese. The Japanese conversation takes place at one of the speaker’s homes. This speaker is talking to a distant family member; therefore, they are both speaking formal Japanese. We’ll also teach you a list of words you can use to describe family relationships in formal and informal Japanese. 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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If you’re like us - you love your smart phone. You also have a ton of apps to study and play on the go! Personally, we spend our time between reviewing words and catapulting angry birds at pigs! And we’re always on the look-out for great new apps.
But, there’s something about mobile apps you may not know. We didn’t even know it either until yesterday. It’s not a dark secret and not an upgrade either - that was last week! Actually, it’s possibly the world’s biggest news about our apps here at Innovative Language Learning.
Tune in and find out what the big news is…
Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com. What if you need to ask for a favor in Japanese, but don’t know how to do it politely? You don’t want to seem rude, and you don’t want to make demands, right? Chances are you’ll need a favor at some point. What if you need a ride or directions? Ask politely, and people will be willing to help.
In this upper intermediate Japanese lesson, you will gain indispensible ways to ask nicely for favors and what you need. Learn to use te moraeru to tasukaru to ask for something politely. Packed full of examples and helpful Japanese words, this lesson will certainly make your life easier!












