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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You made it to Japan. You learned to speak Japanese. You made a lot of friends there. Now one of them is getting married, and she asked you to give one of the traditional speeches at her wedding. OH, THE HORROR! At a traditional, formal, Japanese wedding, you must stand up in front of hundreds of people and give a speech, in Japanese, no less. So you confide in your friend, the sister of the bride, that you’re terrified of giving speeches in any language, but in Japanese! You may go blind from the tension of public speaking in Japanese. Come to think of it, that won’t help. Blind people can give speeches just as well as anyone else. Your friend comforts you and helps you with the problem. She explains the format of the ceremony and the structure of the speech, and she promises to help you write your speech in proper Japanese fashion. She’ll even help you to practice - and she says it all start with JapanesePod101.com. Now that’s what good friends are for.

Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese lesson presents a special, formalistic speech you just might be called upon to give if you make really good friends in Japan. Japanese wedding speeches are a tradition, and each Japanese wedding speech should follow a special pattern and grammar. That’s why you come to us at JapanesePod101.com. You won’t find this good stuff anywhere else. 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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Are you ready to enter the shrine? There are many unique customs in Japan, some of the most interesting are the ones are associated with Japanese religion. Today’s lesson takes place under a chōzuya, the place where you purify yourself before entering a Japanese shrine or temple.  We’ll be looking at practical Japanese phrase dō shitara ii no da, which is useful asking someone what to do. You’ll never be at a loss again!

Japanese Traditional Purification Ritual at a Japanese Temple or Japanese Shrine


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Guess who’s the biggest language learning mobile application developer in THE WORLD? If you guessed Innovative Language Learning, then you just won a brand new car! Well…ok… just kidding. Not about being the biggest language app developer in the world (over 700 and counting!) just about that new car thing. Along with adding dozens of apps to iTunes, we’ve also been releasing Mac Desktop Software, Android Apps, more free resources, new podcast series…well, the list goes on!

Which is why we felt that this first quarter update is long overdue. Don’t miss out on all the fun and exciting things we’re working on here at Innovative Language Learning. One (or all of them) might just be the key to you mastering Japanese this year!

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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! We hope you’re enjoying Japanese onomatopoeia. If you’re not, you might be complaining. But, believe it or not, there’s onomatopoeia to describe that too! From complaining loudly to murmuring in annoyance, you’ll find an inventive way to describe it in Japanese.

In this Japanese onomatopoeia lesson, you’ll learn a variety of ways to use the Japanese onomatopoeia for “complain.” You’ll master gamigami, butsubutsu and nechinechi, the Japanese onomatopoeia that describes a variety of ways that a person might complain. This lesson is packed with example sentences in Japanese that you’ll add to your vocabulary right away.

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Your boss is breathing down your back about that missed deadline. Your mom’s birthday is tomorrow and you still don’t have a present! Doctor’s appointments! Late-night meetings! Hitting the gym to get ready for bikini season! It’s not that you don’t want to study Japanese everyday but as every self-studier knows, sometimes it’s just not possible to fit it into your hectic schedule. Well our professional cheaters are here to help! They’re going to share their self-study secrets with you to help you master Japanese fast and easy. In this lesson, you’ll learn about  the easiest way to learn vocabulary every single day. Not only is it easy, but it’s free too! Now that we’ve gotten your attention with the words “free” and “easy”, click play to find out what we’re talking about.

 




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