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Learn intermediate Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Ryuta and Satoko have finally made it home to Wakkanai. They decide to stop by a familiar mise for asagohan, and Ryuta is spotted by an old… acquaintance? Events take a sudden turn - tune in to find out what happens! Today we cover the noun goran, and its use as both keigo and for making suggestions.


Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Recently Miki visited one of Japan’s most treasured World Heritage sites, the famous Shirokawa Village (also known as Shirokawago). Today she’ll tell us about the unique gassho-zukkuri homes there. It’s a really interesting place for people who want to see a bit of old Japan. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave Miki a post!


Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! After an intense session on the dance floor at a Japanese nightclub, you rejoin your friends at the bar. You ask your Japanese friends how you looked while you were dancing, and they seem to not know what to say. Finally, one person pipes up and explains that you might be better off with the other animals at the Japanese zoo. You’re surprised at the criticism, but that would explain why everyone else exited the dance floor!

In this lesson, you will learn how to talk about animate objects in Japanese using imasu. You’ll also learn how to form tag questions in Japanese. The conversation takes place at the zoo in Japan between three distant family members; therefore, 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!


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!


Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You’ve made it to the end of the three part series. Now, you’re ready to open up a world of possibilities with one simple phrase. Consider how often you express certainty. You might say, “There is no doubt about it,” or “This is definitely going to be easy.” As you can imagine, you’ll find new ways to use this phrase daily.

In this upper intermediate Japanese lesson, you’ll learn all about — ni chigai nai, which is used by the speaker to express confidence. There are plenty of example sentences and phrases for you to practice with. This JapanesePod101.com lesson will have you speaking Japanese confidently in no time!

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