Archive for September, 2011 
Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You’ve started jogging to stay in shape while you’re living in Japan for work, and you’ve recently been thinking about taking it to the next level. When they find out that you’re a runner, your Japanese colleagues ask you to join them in an upcoming race. You agree wholeheartedly to run if they help you train. Little do you know that the race they’re talking about is the upcoming marathon in Tokyo…not a 10-K!
In this lesson, you will learn how to how to say “if” in Japanese. The conversation takes place at an office between two co-workers. The speakers are good friends; therefore, they will be speaking informal Japanese. We’ll also tell you about the Tokyo Marathon, which takes place in Japan each year. 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 at JapanesePod101.com! Akemashite omedetou gozaimasu! Happy New Year! Today’s conversation is between 6 people: ojiichan (grandpa), obaachan (grandma), okaasan (mother) and 2 musuko (sons). The whole family is gathered at the grandparents’ house in the country to celebrate the new year together. We’ll talk about some traditional food and drink and enjoy Japanese New Year. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You haven’t been studying for your upcoming Japanese test, so while your friends are going out to dinner, you stay home and start cramming. After they eat, they call you to tell you that they’re going out to a Japanese bar for drinks. You try to decline, but they insist that you join them. They promise to help you practice your Japanese while you’re out. This sounds like a recipe for disaster!
In this lesson, you will learn how to use te kuru to indicate the beginning or the continuation of an action in Japanese. The conversation takes place between two high school students and also features a Japanese television newscaster. The speakers are friends, so they are speaking informal Japanese; the newscaster is speaking formal 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! Even though you are staying with your close friend in Japan, you feel like you have to be on your best behavior. You’re making your bed every day, helping around the house, and doing whatever chores you can find to assist your Japanese buddy. When she suggests sushi for dinner, you slowly nod your head in agreement, though you secretly cannot stand the taste of raw seafood. Noticing your reluctance, she tells you that you should be truthful about whether you like and don’t like something!
In this lesson, you will learn how to how to say that you like or don’t like something in Japanese. The conversation takes place at a home and is between four distant family members; therefore, they are speaking formal 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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Ever feel the need to make a change? We get that feeling too. Look around, something’s different. Can you tell? We’ve redesigned our homepage, our iTunes, Twitter, and Facebook logos. Some wait to make changes after the New Year, we’re starting early. Innovative Language is the modern and practical (also the most fun, easy and fast) way to learn so we’re giving ourselves a modern look.
Take a few minutes and listen all about our new exciting changes! And take a look at our new face here.











