Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Now you really feel like you’ve become a part of Japan. The father of your Japanese friend owns a store that sells artificial silk flowers and he has asked you to help her take inventory at his store. “What are we going to do?” you ask her on the way. “We’re going to count each separate inventory item in the store,” she explains in Japanese. Then we will give the information to my father who will match the information with that in the computer. If the numbers match, fine; if not, we have to recount to make sure we have an exact count of each inventory item.” “So this is an important part of business in Japan?” you ask. She replies in Japanese, “It’s an important part of business everywhere. My father’s silk flowers come from all over Japan, and some are very expensive. We must know the inventory.” Well, they must trust your ability to count in Japanese if they’re going to trust you with something as important as inventory. Arriving at the store, you are suddenly overwhelmed. You tell your friend in Japanese, “You did not tell me your father’s flower store was this HUGE!” Hesitant, your friend shyly replies in Japanese, “Well, you will get plenty of practice counting in Japanese. And once we’re finished with the inventory, my father will take us out for a big, wonderful, Japanese dinner with lots of food and sake.”
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Basic Japanese video lesson continues your trek through the Japanese number system, this time all the way to one-hundred. A few little tricks of combining what you’ve already learned already and in no time, you’ll be counting sheep in your sleep 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! “What’s your lucky number? You don’t have a lucky number? Why not?” Your friends have been talking to you about Japanese culture and numbers. “Everyone needs a lucky number,” they exclaim in Japanese! “How about forty-two?” you ask in Japanese; you’ve always liked the way forty-two sounds in Japanese. They look at you as if you’re working with an odd number of chopsticks. “You know…,” you say, “The number forty-two, like in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy; the answer to life, the universe, and everything.” Now they’re sure you’ve got a screw loose. “Japanese numbers have meaning,” they explain in Japanese, “Some Japanese numbers are unlucky, and some are very lucky. Some are lucky depending on when you were born. Haven’t you picked out your lucky and unlucky Japanese numbers?” You confess this is all news to you and you haven’t the slightest notion of what’s lucky and unlucky in Japanese numbers. “What about a number between eleven and nineteen?” you ask, because those are the numbers you just learned in Japanese. “Well, it’s time you began your introduction to the symbols of Japanese numbers,” they say, and they lead you off to the computer, the modern-day numerologist to find your lucky and unlucky Japanese numbers.
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Basic Japanese video lesson continues the explanation of Japanese numbers; this time, you’ll learn the Japanese numbers from eleven to nineteen. You’ll do great. Once you learn the Japanese number ten, the next nine are easy. 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 with JapanesePod101.com! “Come watch the television with us,” your friends tell you in Japanese. Since they spoke in Japanese, you answer in the same, “Why, what’s so important to watch?” “The launch,” they reply in Japanese. “Don’t you know about the launch?” “What launch? Is it a boat? A ship? A new vacation cruise ship?” They all look at you as if you were a little off. Of course, your friends are all very savvy in technology, but you’re not, so you get those kinds of looks often. “The rocket launch,” they say, “Don’t you know the Japanese Space Agency is launching a rocket today?” You didn’t even know Japan had a space agency. “They’re televising the launch, and we all want to watch it. Come with us. It’ll be great.” Well, they are your friends, so you decide to go along. At least the picture on the television is a really good one. You can see every detail of the rocket as you watch the final moments before countdown. Countdown! Now you can hear the announcer countdown in Japanese, “Ten, nine,…” Amazing! You can understand every word of the Japanese countdown!!!
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Basic Japanese video lesson teaches you the numbers in Japanese from one to ten. Obviously, these are some of the most important things to know in Japanese. You can’t do much shopping in Japan unless you know the Japanese numbers. You can’t talk to an operator to get a number in Japanese. You can’t do much of anything without knowing the Japanese numbers. 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 with JapanesePod101.com! Your friends say they are going to introduce you to one of the great Japanese cultural events. But they won’t tell you where you’re going until you get there. You trust your Japanese friends, so you know it won’t be awful. But still, you’re getting a little nervous. What if they’ve arranged for a trip to a traditional Japanese bathhouse. You don’t think you could do that. However, as you get off the train, you see lots of people streaming into a building, so it looks to be okay. There couldn’t be that many people taking a bath all at once. Your friends hand you a ticket and announce you’re going to see a Japanese sumo wrestling match. “No way,” you exclaim in Japanese. At least you had the presence to say it in Japanese. “Yes,” they tell you in Japanese, “You’ll love it.” After you get to your seat, you see two enormous Japanese men staring at one another and you notice a small ring between them. You think the ring can’t be big enough to hold the two of them at once, much less allow them to wrestle. The gigantic Japanese men stretch and limber up. They each toss something—you know not what—over a shoulder and start to place themselves in the ring. The official checks each man. The two fighters tense and grimace. The official suddenly signals the start of the match. The giants catapult themselves at each other on thighs thicker than telephone poles. And it’s over in less than three seconds. “Wow, amazing!” you say in Japanese! But your friends stare in amazement at you because you have gotten the Japanese phrases correct all night!
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Basic Japanese video lesson introduces you to three of the informal or casual Japanese phrases you will likely hear native Japanese speakers use frequently. It’s important to be formal and polite on the correct occasions in Japan, but it’s also important to know when to be informal or casual. 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 with JapanesePod101.com! You’re meeting your new friends in Japan for dinner, and they’re bringing someone for you to meet. They said that they think you will both get along really well because you’re both learning Japanese. So you try hard to remember how to introduce yourself in Japanese. “I’m Natalia-san,” you say as you stretch your hand out to meet your new friend. As you do that, faces all around you grimace, and you realize immediately what you have done. Luckily, your friends realize you are still learning Japanese as your new friend stretches his hand back, grasps yours firmly, smiles, and replies in Japanese, “Nice to meet you, I’m Eric-san.” Everyone laughs and you are off to a great start. You have a great dinner, practicing your Japanese after correcting your horrible name-mistakes. As everyone makes plans to meet at a Japanese bar later, you exclaim in Japanese, “Sayōnara.” Everyone stops talking abruptly, and looks at you in shock! “Just kidding!” you laugh in Japanese!
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Basic Japanese video lesson covers the three most common mistakes made by beginners learning Japanese. These are easy mistakes to make, but just as easy to avoid if you use JapanesePod101.com. Not only are the lessons the most fun way to learn Japanese, but they help you avoid social faux pas, too. 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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