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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Your mother always told you to mind your manners, especially at the table. Well, she was right, and the tradition is especially true for the Japanese table. Don’t be gross when you eat, in Japan, or anywhere else. You sit with your new Japanese friends and prepare to enjoy real Japanese food. “Let’s eat,” your friend says in Japanese. Your first mouthful has you hooked. It’s wonderful. “It’s delicious,” you exclaim in Japanese. Your friends are impressed with your proper use of Japanese in the proper situation, and they congratulate you on it. You’re glad you’ve been paying attention to your Japanese language lessons. Only a few lessons and you’re able to say so many things, including, “It’s delicious” in Japanese! You all have a wonderful time, and at the end, you are also able use your impressive polite Japanese to say “thank you” to your host for the wonderful meal. You’re having a great first day in Japan, and can’t wait to explore the country, the Japanese language, and the culture.
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Basic Japanese video lesson focuses on your table manners. It’s important to say the right thing at the right time in Japanese when you’re eating. This lesson will teach you some of the proper Japanese phrases to use while you’re dining with friends or associates 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’re at a pet shop in Japan with your roommate, and you’re arguing about which pet to adopt. You want a cat, while your roommate insists on a dog. You complain in Japanese that dogs are too much work between walking and housebreaking. Your Japanese roommate, however, is adamant that cats are not friendly enough. Maybe you should get one of each!
In this lesson, you will learn how to use negative Japanese adjectives to say things like “not fun” or “not expensive.” Our Japanese conversation takes place in a park in Japan between a girl and a boy with a dog. Because the speakers don’t know each other, they’re speaking formal Japanese. We will also teach you the different forms you should use to apologize 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! You cannot believe your luck. You tell your girlfriend in Japanese, “You won’t believe what happened.” “What?” she answers excitedly in Japanese. “I’ve got a dream job. It’s so good you won’t believe it.” Surprised, she asks in Japanese, “You got a job? Here in Japan? Well, your Japanese must be getting really good for you to get a job.” Unsure, you explain in Japanese, “I don’t know about that, but listen to this. I’m the new assistant of quality control at the Tokyo cookie factory. I get to eat cookies all day long and get paid for it!” Now your girlfriend is really impressed. She replies in Japanese, “Wow, getting paid to eat. How are you going to get ready for your job?” You tell her in Japanese, “I’m learning a whole new set of words in Japanese to describe foods I’ll be tasting, especially cookies. I’ve learned the words for ‘crunchy,’ ‘crispy,’ ‘fluffy,’ ‘hard,’ ’stiff,’ ‘rich,’ ‘fatty,’ even ’spicy’ and ’sticky.’” Your friend dampens your enthusiasm with, “That sounds great…and your Japanese is improving, but you should talk to my friend. She had a job like that once, and she quit after a week.” Bewildered, you ask in Japanese, “Why did she quit her job in quality control?” Your girlfriend answers sadly, “She thought she’d get paid to eat. Turns out, she never ate any of the cookies, cakes, or pies. All she ever did was taste a sample, write down the evaluation, and spit it out again. You don’t get to eat, only taste.” Sounded too good to be true…
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Onomatopoeia lesson will teach you the onomatopoeia of food. You can’t eat in complete silence, and every food makes a different sound. So in Japanese, the words describing the textures of the foods are onomatopoetic. Study this Japanese lesson while you crunch on a cookie. 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! Your friend told you in Japanese that he lived in a “mansion,” so you’re expecting big things when you pull into his Japanese neighborhood. You’re a little surprised that the houses leading into the area are pretty small, but you assume they’ll get bigger further into the complex. To your surprise, your friend parks in the lot next to a massive apartment building. This certainly isn’t the Japanese mansion you had in mind!
In this lesson, you will learn how to ask what something is in Japanese. Our Japanese conversation takes place between a taxi driver and a passenger. Because the speakers don’t know each other, they’re speaking formal Japanese. You’ll also find out how to say the type of building you live in using 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! Do you make a sound when you fix your gaze on someone? Do looks have sounds? Can you hear the difference between a withering stare and a coquettish glance over the shoulder? You can in Japanese. In Japanese, some of the words that refer to looking at someone are onomatopoeic. Should you use chirachira or jirojiro to talk about that pretty girl in the store? Used properly, one can mean glancing repeatedly at someone and the other a very disapproving glare! Why take the risk and guess when the right Japanese words are right here!
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese lesson is all about onomatopoetic words of sight. Yes, in Japanese, some words referring to looking at things sound like the word. Words for stare, glancing repeatedly, gazing with contempt and disapproval, and looking around nervously all have sounds that sound like the look. It’s another of those interesting things you pick up when you learn a new language. 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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