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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You are so grateful to have a colleague in Japan you can share your thoughts about your work assignments with. Your wife doesn’t care about hearing about your daily work stresses, but sometimes you need to get your true feelings off your chest in Japanese. Confide in your colleague, but make sure he isn’t wagging his tongue and sharing your secrets in Japanese behind your back!
In this lesson, you’ll learn some set expressions that use the word 舌 (shita), meaning “tongue.” Our Japanese conversation takes place at a press conference room and is between two colleagues, Kaga and Fukada. Because Kaga is older than Fukada, Kaga is speaking in informal Japanese, and Fukada is speaking in formal Japanese. You’ll also learn how to indicate when something sudden or unexpected happens. 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 have arrived at a fast-food restaurant to meet your friend for dinner in Japan, and you’re starving for a hamburger. Your friend already has his, and it looks delicious since it is loaded with lots of toppings. You want one with the works, too, but you notice that the staff keeps all the condiments behind the counter. If you want more than just a plain burger, you’re going to have to ask in Japanese for what you want!
In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask whether someone has something. Our Japanese conversation takes place at a restaurant and is between a customer and a shop clerk. The speakers are speaking formal Japanese. You’ll also learn how to say the names of condiments 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 raced to the airport in Japan, worried that you would not make it on time for your flight. However, now that you have arrived, the Japanese flight has been postponed, and you have some extra time on your hands. What will you do with all this extra time?
In this lesson, you’ll learn about a new usage of the verb naru and the usage of the honorific verb nasaru. Our Japanese conversation takes place at an airport in Japan and consists of an announcement and a conversation between a girl and her father at the airport. The speaker is announcing information about a flight in formal Japanese; the girl and her father are speaking informal Japanese. You’ll also learn about a popular type of Japanese airline. 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 don’t want to answer your parents’ questions about your grades during your study in Japan, you tell them that you’re doing well in certain aspects of your Japanese courses. Of course, your parents pick up on the fact that you’re hedging the question, and they ask you about how you’re doing in terms of the rest of your Japanese courses. After a while, you admit in Japanese that you’re finding it difficult but doing the best you can!
In this lesson, you’ll learn how to use the Japanese words ten and men, meaning “in terms of.” Our Japanese conversation takes place on a television program between a reporter and a specialist. Since the teachers do not know each other and are broadcasting on television, they will be speaking formal 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! Your friends have never known you to be a person who is on time. In fact, they usually lie and tell you a different time so you aren’t running late! But now that you’re in Japan, you’re determined to change your tardy ways and stay on schedule. After you think for a while about how you can accomplish this, you have a eureka moment. You’ll set your clocks and watches fifteen minutes ahead of the true Japanese time. Maybe then you’ll arrive at your Japanese destinations right on schedule!
In this lesson, you will learn how to ask about timetables in Japanese. Our Japanese conversation takes place at a train station in Japan between a traveler and a station attendant. Since the speakers are strangers, they will be speaking formal 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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