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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! Since you don’t know that much Japanese yet, you are using gestures and pointing a lot when you don’t know the right Japanese word to say. However, you’re growing tired of having to point at everything. Your friends are also getting frustrated that they have to translate words from English to Japanese for you all the time, so you decide to learn some new Japanese vocabulary to help you navigate your way around Japan.
In this lesson, you will learn how to ask what something is in Japanese. Our Japanese conversation takes place at customs at Narita Airport in Japan between a customs official and a traveler. 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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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Have you ever taken part in setsubun, the Japanese traditions surrounding the seasonal transition from winter to spring? You haven’t? Well, what a treat for you! But depending on your age, you better bring your appetite, because certain Japanese rituals base the amount you have to eat on how old you are. And you better finish eating, or else! (You’ll find out what will happen in this Japanese lesson!) In this lesson, you will learn how to say “I’ve done something” in Japanese from a conversation set at home between a student and his host mother and brother. When he speaks with his mother, he uses formal Japanese, but when he speaks with his brother, he uses informal Japanese. You’ll also learn about the Japanese customs surrounding setsubun. 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 can’t stand leaving voicemail messages! For some reason, talking to a machine in Japanese makes you nervous. So you usually avoid calling people and text them in Japanese instead. And if you call and get a machine, you hang up and try again later. If all else fails, you resort to writing an e-mail in Japanese!
In this lesson, you’ll learn how we use the words itadaku and itasu, which are part of Japanese humble language. Our Japanese conversation takes at a home and also on the phone, mostly between a customer and a deliveryman. Since the speakers do not know each other, they will be speaking extra formal Japanese. The announcement is in extra formal Japanese. We will also teach you the two official ways to “sign” your name 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 have been shopping like crazy lately to buy a new wardrobe for your job in Japan, and you’re starting to worry about whether you’ll be able to cover your rent at the end of the month. You ask your landlord for a short extension in Japanese, and he agrees. Now all you need to do is take some of the clothes back, even though you love them. Maybe you’ll have to get a second job!
In this lesson, you will review the Japanese grammar you have learned so far in this series. Our Japanese conversation takes place at a bank in Japan between a bank employee and a customer. Since the speakers do not know each other, 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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