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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Phew! You finally feel like you’ve gotten a handle on the vocabulary portion of the Japanese proficiency test. You’ve listened to our Japanese lessons, made flash cards with Japanese words-and, in short, you’ve taken every step necessary to pass that portion of the Japanese test. Do you think you can cram more Japanese in that head of yours? Of course you can! Now it’s time to take the next step in your preparation for the Japanese proficiency exam…studying for the grammar (we can hear you groaning in Japanese!) and reading comprehension section. Don’t stop now…you’re a third of the way there!

Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese JLPT lesson will tell you about the next part of the Japanese proficiency exam: grammar and reading comprehension. We’ll tell you what Japanese you need to know to prepare for this very important part of this Japanese exam, and we’ll also give you some insight into what this Japanese exam tests most often. 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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Do you feel overworked? Think you might be working yourself to death? In Japan, people really do, quite literally, work themselves to death (karōshi). In this lesson, we talk about the contributing factors in Japanese society that cause karōshi. It may seem unimaginable, but it’s a serious reality of the Japanese lifestyle. If you’re studying for JLPT1 or JLPT2, you’ll need to know how to use naninani wo ii koto ni… suru, which is used to describe “taking advantage of a situation by underhanded means.” Also we’ll take a look at words useful for describing statistical relationships. These are must-know phrases if you plan to do business in Japanese (and subsequently work yourself to death, lol).

Doing Business in Japan? Learn to describe data and statistics in Japanese.  Awwwwww yeah!


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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You can’t wait for your roommate to come home from work. When she does, you tell her in Japanese, “I am so happy you’re home!” Suspicious, she asks you in Japanese, “Why? What do you need?” You respond in Japanese, “I made you some cookies.” She again replies, “Thank you. But what do you need?” You explain in Japanese, “I need you to ask me a bunch of questions to help me practice. I figure that since you’re a lawyer, you can cross examine me.” Your roommate inquires in Japanese, “Why, what have you done? Are you in trouble? Do you need an attorney?” You shake your head and tell her in Japanese, “No, of course not. I just need you to help me practice question words in Japanese for my upcoming exam!”

Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese JLPT lesson will tell you about the final part of the Listening Comprehension section of the Japanese Language Proficiency Exam. Specifically, this lesson will prepare you for a section that tests your ability to listen to questions. We’ll tell you the best way to prepare for this section of the Japanese exam and test your knowledge with some practice questions. 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 ask your friend in Japanese, “What do you see in this picture?” Your friend asks you in Japanese, “Is this one of those strange personality tests?” You respond in Japanese, “No, just trust me!” Your friend studies the picture and replies in Japanese, “I don’t know…maybe it’s a cloud with a tree?” You say in Japanese, “Yes, that’s what I thought too. But the answer to the question on this Japanese test is different. It says it’s a picture of a man with a beard.” Your friend studies the picture and tells you in Japanese, “I guess I can see that, but this seems like a weird question for a language test!” You tell your friend in Japanese, “I’m guessing this one is just a weird question, since all of the other questions make sense.” Your friend suggests in Japanese, “Or maybe you need to go to an art gallery to develop your artistic sensibility!”

Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese JLPT lesson will continue preparing you for the Listening Comprehension section of the Japanese Language Proficiency Exam. Specifically, in this Japanese lesson you’ll learn how to handle the fourth section of this part of the Japanese test where you have to identify what’s going on in a picture. 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!