Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! One day after school in Japan, you visit your friend to help him with some calculus homework. After struggling with a tough calculus problem for a few minutes, he tells you in Japanese, “This math problem is blowing my mind. Maybe your brain power can help me out?” You look over at the problem and say in Japanese, “No sweat.” You throw a few equations on the paper, and a minute later solve the problem and tell your friend in Japanese, “Done.” Your friend looks at the paper, shakes his head, and says, “Man, I take my hat off to you for your math skills.” You tell your friend in Japanese, “It’s no big deal. And keep your baseball cap on-your hair’s a mess!” Your friend responds in Japanese, “You do know that’s just an expression, right?”
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Upper Intermediate lesson will help you use your head in Japanese-literally and figuratively speaking! You’ll learn a variety of Japanese expressions that have to do with the head and mind and actions you do with both. 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’ve just sat down for dinner at your in-laws’ house, and your Japanese mother-in-law is bringing out the main course. She announces in Japanese, “I decided to try to make something different tonight…I tried to make some pork barbecue.” You tell her in Japanese, “That sounds great! I can’t wait to try it!” She responds in Japanese, “I wanted to learn more about American culture, so this is a good first step.” As she piles some barbecue on your plate, you study its texture carefully…that doesn’t look like any barbecue you’ve ever seen! Nonetheless, you thank her profusely in Japanese, pick up a fork, and dig in. As you start to chew the pork, your mother-in-law turns to you and asks in Japanese, “Well, what do you think?” You put your finger up to indicate that you’re still chewing and will respond in a second…but a minute later, you’re still chewing! Finally, after your spouse kicks you, you push the meat to the side of your mouth, grit your teeth, and say in Japanese, “It’s got a great chewy texture-just like my mom makes back home!”
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Upper Intermediate lesson will teach you common Japanese expressions that use the Japanese word that means “tooth.” We’re sure you can’t wait to sink your teeth into these colorful Japanese expressions! 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 walk into your home in Japan and see a pile of mail waiting for you on the counter! You love getting mail, so you eagerly tear into it. However, the first thing you open is a summons to be a citizen judge on the Japanese criminal court. You exclaim in Japanese, “I love doing community service, but this takes it to a whole new level!” You sigh and sink into the nearest chair, turn on the TV, and become lost in thought as you watch the Japanese news. Meanwhile your roommate hears you come in and you tell her in Japanese that you’ve been summoned to court. She asks in Japanese, “To court? What did you do?” You respond in Japanese, “Silly, I didn’t do anything! I’m serving as a judge in court.” She responds in Japanese, “You mean you hold someone’s fate in your hands? Ah, the power! Don’t let it go to your head!”
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 use a conjunction to place a restriction on what came before it. We’ll also give you more information about the Japanese citizen judge system! 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! As you listen to the witnesses testify in Japanese at trial, you scribble some notes to yourself to think about during your deliberations. After the lawyers finishing questioning their witnesses in Japanese, they approach the judges and make a closing argument in Japanese on behalf of their clients. You listen patiently as the prosecutor asks in Japanese, “Please take into consideration the gravity of the offense and the evidence against the defendant.” The defendant’s attorney then gets an opportunity to plead with you and says in Japanese, “Please consider that this defendant has a family and only took food to prevent his children from starving. Please be lenient!” Though you are obligated to uphold the law, this case is tugging at your heart. What will you decide?
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Upper Intermediate lesson will show you how to form a polite request in Japanese. We’ll also give you an insider’s look at the Japanese citizen judge system. 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 attempting to train your Japanese co-workers on some new software they’ll need to create reports, but their eyes are glazing over. Maybe it’s just that it’s Monday morning, but you’re pretty sure they aren’t paying attention to a thing you’re saying in Japanese. To wake them up, you decide to engage them in Japanese conversation rather than just talk to them for the next hour. You ask one of your colleagues in Japanese, “Can you tell me how we would generate a sales report from this software?” Your colleague replies in Japanese, “No, not really. Can you tell me how to do it?” You ask the rest of the class in Japanese, “Do any of you know how to run the report?” No one speaks up in Japanese; instead, they all just look down. You inquire further in Japanese, “So that means none of you know how to run the report? Do any of you understand what I’m telling you?”
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Upper Intermediate lesson will show you how to use certain phrases that you’ll find handy in business situations. These phrases will help you confirm that you and your business partners have the same understanding of the Japanese you’re speaking. We’ll help you make sure you’re on the same Japanese page! 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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