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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You are almost dreading going out tonight…your Japanese friends are fun, but they’re always telling you what to do in Japanese. It makes you wonder whether they think you’re not capable of running your own life in Japan! For example, no matter what you choose to wear, your Japanese female friend always says in Japanese, “We need to go shopping…” You always ask her in Japanese, “What makes you say that?” She looks you up and down and starts to explain in Japanese, “Well, for starters, that shirt does not go with those pants. And those shoes…when was the last time you bought shoes?” You reply in Japanese, “I don’t remember.” She advises in Japanese, “That’s precisely my point. If you can’t remember, it’s been too long. I’m taking you shopping next weekend!”
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Lower Intermediate lesson will teach you a new important Japanese conjunction, nara. While this conjunction is similar to other Japanese conjunctions you’ve learned in earlier Japanese lessons, it’s meaning and usage differ slightly. In this lesson, we’ll show you how to use this Japanese conjunction and teach you all the ins and outs so you’ll be using it in your Japanese conversations in no time. 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! Today, join Honda-san, Yamada-san, and Jun-san in the classroom during the final countdown before the day’s shiken begins. A couple of the students forgot their enpitsu, but Honda-san has plenty! Today is part four of a series of lessons introducing Japanese verbs of giving and receiving. This lesson’s grammar point covers the -te morau construction.
Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! “Come watch the television with us,” your friends tell you in Japanese. Since they spoke in Japanese, you answer in the same, “Why, what’s so important to watch?” “The launch,” they reply in Japanese. “Don’t you know about the launch?” “What launch? Is it a boat? A ship? A new vacation cruise ship?” They all look at you as if you were a little off. Of course, your friends are all very savvy in technology, but you’re not, so you get those kinds of looks often. “The rocket launch,” they say, “Don’t you know the Japanese Space Agency is launching a rocket today?” You didn’t even know Japan had a space agency. “They’re televising the launch, and we all want to watch it. Come with us. It’ll be great.” Well, they are your friends, so you decide to go along. At least the picture on the television is a really good one. You can see every detail of the rocket as you watch the final moments before countdown. Countdown! Now you can hear the announcer countdown in Japanese, “Ten, nine,…” Amazing! You can understand every word of the Japanese countdown!!!
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Basic Japanese video lesson teaches you the numbers in Japanese from one to ten. Obviously, these are some of the most important things to know in Japanese. You can’t do much shopping in Japan unless you know the Japanese numbers. You can’t talk to an operator to get a number in Japanese. You can’t do much of anything without knowing the Japanese numbers. 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! As you listen to the witnesses testify in Japanese at trial, you scribble some notes to yourself to think about during your deliberations. After the lawyers finishing questioning their witnesses in Japanese, they approach the judges and make a closing argument in Japanese on behalf of their clients. You listen patiently as the prosecutor asks in Japanese, “Please take into consideration the gravity of the offense and the evidence against the defendant.” The defendant’s attorney then gets an opportunity to plead with you and says in Japanese, “Please consider that this defendant has a family and only took food to prevent his children from starving. Please be lenient!” Though you are obligated to uphold the law, this case is tugging at your heart. What will you decide?
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Upper Intermediate lesson will show you how to form a polite request in Japanese. We’ll also give you an insider’s look at the Japanese citizen judge system. 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! As you wait in line at the florist, you listen to the conversation in Japanese between the clerk and the customer in front of you in line. The customer says in Japanese, “I need to take some flowers to the hospital.” You think to yourself in Japanese, “Great! I can learn something from what this customer picks out.” The clerk says in Japanese, “Do you know which flowers you want?” The customer responds in Japanese, “Well, the person is very, very sick, so I want to spend a little more money and get something nice.” The clerk asks in Japanese, “What is your relationship to the person in the hospital?” You wonder out loud in Japanese, “What difference does that make?” The customer in front of you turns around, glares at you, and says in Japanese, “Different flowers have different meanings…for example, white flowers mean friendship. Don’t you know anything?”
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Beginner lesson will show you how to form some basic Japanese expressions you can use while shopping. We’ll also review how to use modifying clauses 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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