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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! When your friends approach, you’re so busy scribbling Japanese into a notebook that you don’t even notice them until it’s too late. When they ask you what you’re writing so intently in Japanese, you try to hide your notebook, but one of them steals it from you and starts reading. When he sees that you’ve written “your eyes are like shining stars,” he begins to tease you in Japanese for writing a sappy love poem! You’ll never live this down! In this lesson, you’ll learn how to use the the Japanese suffix -ppoi and the auxiliary adjective rashii, meaning “-ish” or “-like.” Our Japanese conversation takes place between close friends who are attending a party. Since the speakers know each other well, they will be speaking informal 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!


Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! When you explain to your friend in Japanese that you feel too tired to go to a party tonight, she begins whining. She tells you that since you already told the host you were both coming, it’s important that you follow through or you won’t be invited again. You suggest telling the host that you’re sick, but then she says that even if you do, the host will be upset. Sensing your weakness, she complains in Japanese that she can’t go if you aren’t going. You can’t be responsible for ruining her night!

In this lesson, you’ll learn how to use the Japanese words sae, sura, and made. Our Japanese conversation takes place at a party between two friends. Since the speakers are close, they will be speaking informal 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! When you get to the golf course at the Japanese country club, you’re about to drive your ball off the first tee when you notice a few menacing clouds rolling in. It looks like it’s going to start storming within the hour. Your golf partner mentions in Japanese that he thinks you have enough time to at least get a few holes in, so you better hurry up and swing!

In this lesson, you will learn how to say “looks like” in Japanese. Our Japanese conversation takes place at an office in Japan between two colleagues. One is speaking informal Japanese, and the other is speaking formal Japanese. We’ll also fill you in on some social graces you’ll need to know about in Japan. 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 out in Japan on a first date, and you want to find out as much as possible about this person. After all, the last person you dated in Japan turned out to be such a freakshow: you want to make sure you discover any skeletons in the closet as soon as possible. For the first twenty minutes, you pepper your date with questions in Japanese to the point that your date finally asks you in Japanese whether you’re a reporter or a lawyer! In this lesson, you will learn how to ask where something is. The conversation takes place between three distant family members at one of their homes; therefore, they will be speaking formal Japanese. We’ll also teach you some Japanese words that will help you locate things in Japan. 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 typically don’t need an excuse to want to do something for someone, but some people in your life in Japan are just so difficult to deal with. They take and take from you, but they rarely give. You have attempted to model good behavior for your Japanese friends, but you barely ever get a “thank you.” Nonetheless, you usually decide to do something nice on behalf of your friends for their birthdays; after all, it’s the right thing to do.

In this lesson, you will learn how to say “to do something for someone” in Japanese. Today, our speaker is reading what she wrote in her diary about what happened at her brother’s birthday party. Since she is writing in her diary, she is using informal 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!