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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.
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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!

It’s illegal, but everybody’s mom is doing it! We discuss the dangers of riding 3 seat bikes in Tokyo. It seems many Japanese people don’t even know it’s illegal to ride these bikes in the Tokyo area. We’ll give you two grammar points sou ni naru, used to describe apparent states of change, and ~zaru wo enai, used to describe when there are no alternatives left. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

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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.
Premium users can enjoy the Combo Track which combines all 4 dialogs into a single audio file designed to increase your listening comprehension. That’s over 6 minutes of straight JLPT1 Japanese!
If you want to sound articulate, you’ll need the useful Japanese phrases wake ni wa ikanai and ~te kara de wa osoi. These are useful grammatical constructions if you plan to do business in Japan (and subsequently work yourself to death, lol).

Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Despite your protests in Japanese, the doctor insists in Japanese that he needs to take your blood. He says in Japanese, “When we get the results of this blood test back, we’ll know what type of blood you have.” You respond in Japanese, “Great…whatever you say. Just get it over with!” The doctor says, “Okay, here goes,” in Japanese and jabs the needle in your arm. You clench your fist and dig your nails into your palm, willing yourself not to scream out in pain in Japanese. Once the doctor withdraws the needle, he sends the vial of blood out with a nurse and instructs her in Japanese, “When the test results are ready, please bring them in here immediately.” Then he tells you in Japanese, “Because you’ve been protesting so much, I’m going to bet that you’re not a Type-B person.” You ask him in Japanese, “How can you tell that just by my reaction? No one likes needles!”
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Lower Intermediate lesson will teach you how to build a cause and effect relationship using the Japanese conjunction to. No matter what type of Japanese learner you are, it doesn’t take a crystal ball to know that when you’re done learning this Japanese construction, you’ll know more about 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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