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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You return from a wonderful trip to Japan, and coming home is as good as the trip. Isn’t that the way it always is. Travel is great, but coming home is even better. Especially when the trip was to see some of the best sights of Japan with your Japanese girlfriend. Can’t beat that. It’s also fun to talk about your Japanese adventure with your friends. They get to enjoy your trip to Japan vicariously. They ask in Japanese, “Tell us all about your trip. Where did you go? How was the weather?” Happily, you reply in Japanese, “Oh, we went all over the area where her parents live. It’s very scenic and the weather was very good.” You hear a question from behind you and you know who’s asking it before you turn around. Your friend asks in Japanese, “What did you eat…and did you bring everyone, um, souvenirs?” Yeah, he’s always interested in the food. He knows every food term in Japanese. Sometimes he forgets easy words, but never if it has to do with food. You explain in Japanese, “We had great Japanese food at several places. We had udon and tempura and this fabulous Ichiroku-tart I brought back with me. Everyone must try it.” Everyone chimes in as they grab a portion of the Japanese delicacy, “Thank you very much. I can’t wait. It is fabulous.” The wonders of Japanese food.

Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Newbie lesson is about the language of Japanese travel. Learn casual Japanese conversation words such as “weather,” “souvenir,” and “everyone.” Your friends, whether Japanese or not, will want to hear all about your Japanese travels. We will also review the adjectival te-form, i-adjectives, na-adjectives, and the polite past and non-past Japanese verbs. After this lesson, you will be ready to move on to our Japanese Beginner lessons! 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!

Delicious Japanese Sweets: Ichiroku Tart
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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Apparently, in addition to Japanese beer, your Japanese girlfriend’s father is also a lover of udon and tempura. He stops at the udon shop most every week. So when you returned from your long walk up the stairs and lunch at the Japanese restaurant, he asked in Japanese, “Was the udon okay? Did you have the tempura, too?” STILL stuffed from the late lunch, you reply in Japanese, “No, I just ate my weight in udon.” Shocked, he replies in Japanese, “What do you mean you didn’t eat the tempura?! Oh, I guess you were just very hungry and starving…from what our daughter told us anyway. Some places are much better than others are. Since you didn’t eat any today, maybe you can get some next week.” Great! So now, the family thinks you’re a wimp. Nice. However, not able to imagine another day as mentally or physically exhausting as today (and trying to save face at the same time), you reply in Japanese, “The Japanese restaurant we ate at today was supposed to be very popular. The udon was very delicious. I wouldn’t mind going there again.” Your girlfriend’s father replies in Japanese, “That sounds fantastic! We’ll go tomorrow!” Oh, no…

Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Newbie lesson continues the previous lesson about the Japanese polite past tense. We’ll also learn how to make the past tense of Japanese i-adjectives. 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!

Japanese Food Kake Udon


Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You waited in the interminable line for the udon your girlfriend swore was definitely the best, and she was right, it was the best you’ve ever had. So with the crisp Japanese air, the long stairs, and the long wait, you ate. And you ate. And you ate. After forty-five minutes of steadily shoveling food into your mouth, you finally stop to take a breath and your girlfriend says in Japanese, “Wow, I didn’t think you were ever going to stop eating! I don’t think I’ve ever seen you eat so much. You must have been starving!” You never talk with your mouth full. That would be very rude. Sometimes it’s hard to understand Japanese with your mouth full. So you swallow, and ask in Japanese, “I’m sorry; I didn’t hear what you said, honey.” She gives you a strange look and repeats what she said, adding in Japanese, “Did the Japanese food interfere with your ears or did you forget all your Japanese?” If she only knew. Then she says in Japanese, “I was going to ask if you wanted some tempura to go with the udon, but after seeing you eat everything in sight and then some, I don’t think you should have any more. Besides, it’s late, and we have to get back to my parents’ house.” Reluctantly, you leave the table and waddle towards the car. A full stomach does not interfere with your Japanese, just a full mouth. Learning Japanese with

JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Newbie lesson helps you to understand the polite past form in Japanese. You can’t talk only in the present; remember all of your life is in the past. So check out this Japanese lesson for a walk down the stairway of the past 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!

Recommended restaurants in Tokyo for Japanese Cuisine

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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Food! Food! Your girlfriend’s taunting descriptions of the Japanese udon you would enjoy are what helped you make it up the exhausting Konpirasan stairs. So, now that you’re at the top, where’s the food? Completely exhausted from the long climb, you ask in Japanese, “Listen honey, I’m tired, so where’s the food? And what type of food did you say we are having again?” She replies in Japanese, “We are going to eat some of the best udon without fail.” Getting impatient from your long walk and completely empty stomach, you ask again in Japanese, “Okay, but where is it?” Getting worried again, she replies in Japanese, “It is in the restaurant over there.” Oh, no! It can’t be! The line to get into the restaurant looks like it’s fifteen miles long. Exasperated, you ask her in Japanese, “Are you sure that is where we’re supposed to eat?” Trying to be patient and reassuring, she replies in Japanese, “Of course, the line is long because it’s the best udon without fail!” You feel weak with hunger already and now you have to stand in line forever before you can eat. Offering another option, you ask in Japanese, “Can’t we go get something else to eat first and come back when the line’s shorter?” Adamantly, she replies in Japanese, “No, we have to eat this udon because it’s so incredible.” So you stand with her in the line, and as you wait, you look around and see something that makes you really miserable. Walking off the Konpirasen stairs is a tiny, little, old Japanese grandmother who must be truly ancient, but she looks fresh as a new daisy. Worse, you hear her stop to talk to someone she knows in Japanese, “That was fun, but the view is not as good as from the top of Mount Fuji. I climbed that yesterday.” You just don’t understand…

Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Newbie lesson shows you a comparison of casual Japanese speech and polite Japanese speech, which is something you must have in your knowledge of Japanese. We will also compare and review class one, two, and three Japanese verbs. Finally, we will learn two very useful words for Japanese conversation! 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, Japanese Cuisine, Japanese Food, Japanese Udon, Japanese Noodles

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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! How does she do it? You’ve been trudging up these stairs for what seems like forever, and your legs feel all rubbery. Breathlessly, you ask your girlfriend in Japanese, “Does everyone in Japan do special exercises to get their legs in shape for the Konpirasan stairs?” Running around you in circles, she answers you in Japanese, “You can’t already be tired. We have so much more to do!” You have to ask, in Japanese, “Honey, don’t you need to come over to this bench and take a little break?” Realizing that you are about to keel over, she offers in Japanese, “The stairway is very long and famous. Why don’t we stop here for a bit and enjoy the view.” Catching your breath, you tell her in Japanese, “Wow, you sure can see a long way from here.” Admiring the spectacular view, you realize maybe that was not the best idea. Now your legs are starting to stiffen and cramp up. How are you ever going to get down from here? If your legs tighten up any more you won’t be able to walk down. Worried, you ask her in Japanese, “Hypothetically speaking of course, what will we do if I can’t walk back down? They do have a rescue team for people who get stuck on the stairs, right?” She replies in Japanese, “Well, I’m sure you’ll be able to come back down. Won’t you?” She seems very worried. How embarrassing. Maybe it’s like the Swiss Alps where they send a St. Bernard with a brandy cask to stranded people. Well, they probably don’t send a dog on the stairs, but you could sure use a little brandy.

Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Newbie lesson continues your review of Japanese verb conjugation with class three Japanese verbs. We will also talk about the difference between polite and casual style Japanese speech. You can rest assured, if you’re stuck on the 1386 steps of the Konpirasan stairs in Japan, no one will insist on Japanese formal style speech. 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!

Kampira-san, Japanese Shrine, Japanese Religion

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