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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Your Japanese friend has graciously let you borrow his car. You successfully negotiated the narrow Japanese streets. You went all the places you wanted. Your trip was quite successful. However, it would be very rude to return your friend’s car without taking care of it first. You want to fill it with gas and wash it before returning it to him. Finding the gas station was easy enough, but now you must figure out all the Japanese signs at the station. A close look reveals you can recognize the Japanese sign for the place to get gasoline. So far so good. You also recognize the warning sign at the pump that says to shut down the engine while you’re fueling. Two down, only one to go. There, over there, you can see the sign and read the Japanese kanji for “car wash.” Now if you only had enough money left to pay for it all.
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Everyday Kanji Video will put you in the driver’s seat at gas stations throughout Japan. You’ll be able to recognize the signs for various types of fuel, including diesel and kerosene, and you’ll be safe, too, because you recognize the warning signs such as the one that says where the flammable items are. This will make an auto trip in Japan much easier. Visit us at JapanesePod101.com where you will find many more great Japanese lessons and learning materials. Leave us a message while you are there!
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In this Japanese video tutorial, you’ll learn the words for dating. They’re presented so that you’re sure to learn and retain them: hear a native speaker repeat the word three times, fast, slow, then fast. The video also shows the Japanese characters for each item, and there’s a fun self-test at the end so you can see just how much you learned.
Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Your friend says in Japanese, “You must see this! You won’t believe it. I think it’s one of the most beautiful shrines in all of Japan.” You ask him in Japanese, “What is it called?” He explains in Japanese, “It’s the Izumo Taisha shrine. It’s special and different from the other shrines in Japan. At certain times of the year, eight million deities come to the shrine and hold conversations.” You answer him in Japanese, “Surely that’s really noisy, and how do they all fit in the shrine?” Your Japanese friend gives you one of those looks that says he knows you’re just joking, but be careful with comments like that. Still, he appreciates your sense of humor because he smiles, too, as he begins to explain further in Japanese, “Let me explain the ritual for this shrine, because it’s different than other Japanese shrines.” You answer gratefully in Japanese, “Thank you. I do want to see the shrine. We’ve been to a number of them in the past few months, and they were all impressive and thought provoking. How many Japanese shrines are there?” He answers in Japanese, “Thousands. And we’d better get going if we’re going to visit them all.”
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Audio Blog lesson covers the Izumo Taisha shrine, a special shrine in Japan. The rituals, the festivals, the celebrations, the ceremonies, and the sense of serenity all contribute to the nearly magical environment that is the Izumo Taisha shrine in Japan. Check out 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! Your friend asks you in Japanese, “What do you think of the idea?” Your answer, in Japanese, is tentative and slightly irritated, although not at your friend. “I don’t know. It seems simple enough. The students make their own lunches five times during the year. Why the hassle? It doesn’t make sense to me. How many days a year are the students in school?” Your friend offers an uncertain Japanese answer, “I’m not sure, maybe 180?” You correct him in your irritated Japanese, “Not really, more like 210 days. For them to make their own lunches only five days in all that time is less than one time in two months. Surely this is a trivial thing.” Your Japanese friend begins to understand why your attitude is different than that of others. He explains in Japanese, “Ah, maybe you don’t quite understand the cultural thing. Traditions here go back thousands of years. We don’t change things easily or quickly. Having our kids make their own lunches five times a year might seem like nothing to you, but it makes Japanese households very stressful five times a year. Do you understand?” You’ve studied enough Japanese language and culture to understand what your friend is saying. “Yes, I can see that. Thank you for making me understand…now you just have a few more households all over Japan to go.”
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Lower Intermediate lesson reviews the Japanese causative that you’ve been studying for the past few lessons. You’ll have a deeper understanding of the Japanese permissive, coercive, and the emotional forms of the Japanese causative. 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 travel phrases with Japanese Survival Phrases! Whether you’re traveling to Japan for business or pleasure, these phrases will help make your trip much more pleasant and meaningful! A little bit of Japanese can go such a long way!
Today, we’ll work on getting train tickets and confirming the destination of the train you’re taking. Trains are an essential mode of transportation in metropolitan Japan, so be sure to tune in! You’ll also hear some encouraging news about Japan’s subway system! So be sure to comb through Japanese Survival Phrases before setting out on your trip to Japan!
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