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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! When you go out to meet your friend for dinner in Japan, you are surprised that she is wearing black from head to toe. When you ask her why she has chosen an all-black outfit, she explains in Japanese that black is a flattering color for her skin tone. You tell her in Japanese that where you are from, all black means that you are in mourning. But then you admit in Japanese that black clothing is good because it is slimming and doesn’t show as much dirt as lighter colors.
In this lesson, you’ll learn how to use the Japanese suffixes -darake, -mamire, and -zukume. Our Japanese conversation takes place at a high school between teachers. Since the teachers are colleagues, 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! You stayed out late last night in Japan, so you decide to take a quick power nap after lunch. You close your office door and put your head down on your desk. You’ll sleep for twenty minutes and then be ready for your three o’clock meeting with your Japanese business partners. You doze off and later awaken to a knock on the door. You glance at the clock, and it’s after three! Your assistant is at the door asking in Japanese why you’re late for your meeting!
In this lesson, you will learn how to ask for and tell what time it is in Japanese. Our Japanese conversation takes place on Skype between two distant relatives. Because the speakers are not close, 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! You can’t stand it when there’s an awkward silence in a conversation. You always feel the need to fill the air with some Japanese chit-chat. Back home, you always talked with strangers about how time seemed to be flying or about the changing of the seasons. Fortunately, the weather seems to be a popular topic for Japanese speakers to discuss too! At least, when you meet someone for the first time, inevitably you find yourselves talking in Japanese about how warm or cold it is! In this lesson, you will learn how to talk about the weather and the air temperature in Japanese. Our Japanese conversation takes place on an elevator between a student and a teacher; therefore, the speakers 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! You like meeting new people, so you’re excited to join a new club now that you’ve started to adjust to your life in Japan. But when the leader tells everyone to introduce themselves in Japanese by sharing three interesting facts, you’re stumped. What would this diverse group of Japanese people find unique about you? Maybe you could make something up about your exciting life back home? After all, they wouldn’t know that you’re not a television star… In this lesson, you will learn how to introduce yourself in Japanese. Our conversation takes place at a Japanese class in California. Three students are telling the class about themselves, including their nationality and occupation, in Japanese. Since they are speaking to the class, they are 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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