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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Your friends want to go away for the weekend to relax, and they suggest that you visit a resort with hot springs. You’ve never been to a hot spring, and you don’t even know what a hot spring is, but it sounds like fun. When you meet up, your friend hands you a sticker and says you’ll need to wear it over your tattoo. Puzzled, you wonder why you have to do this.

In this lesson, you will learn about using extra-formal language in Japanese as we review sonkei-go, or “honorific language.” Our conversation takes place in a travel agent’s office in Japan between a staff member and a customer. Since the speakers do not know each other, they are speaking formal Japanese. You’ll also find out about tattoos in Japanese culture. 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’re having a hard time getting motivated to do your Japanese homework, and you are doing everything in your power to procrastinate. You flip around the Japanese television channels, you enjoy a few snacks, and you even start cleaning your Japanese apartment. When your roommate notices that you’re avoiding your work, he suggests that you try singing a Japanese folk song for motivation. He explained that workers with very difficult tasks used to sing this song to encourage themselves to persevere. 

In this lesson, you will learn about the Japanese song Sōranbushi. We’ll tell you about the history of Japanese folk songs, and we’ll also tell you about the Japanese workers who originally sang Sōranbushi. Visit us at JapanesePod101.com, where you will find Japanese lesson notes (remember—this Advanced Audio Blog lesson is spoken entirely in Japanese!) and many more fantastic lessons and learning resources! Leave us a message while you are there!


Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Ah, spring! Do you ever just sit back and marvel at the scenery in the springtime, when trees, shrubs, and other plants are putting on a magical show of petals of every color of the rainbow? Springtime in Japan always makes me want to garden. Not surprisingly, it also puts me in a great mood and makes me hum a happy little Japanese tune. In this lesson, you will learn about the famous Japanese song called “Flowers” in Japanese. We’ll tell you which Japanese composer and lyricist wrote the tune and the lyrics. You’ll also hear about the particular plants and scenery that inspired this Japanese song. Visit us at JapanesePod101.com, where you will find Japanese lesson notes (remember-this Advanced Audio Blog lesson is spoken entirely in Japanese!) and many more fantastic lessons and learning resources! Leave us a message while you are there!


Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! After a long day of working outdoors in your garden in Japan, you’re thirsty, but you’re having a hard time deciding what to drink. It’s springtime, so ordinarily you’d want something cool and refreshing like a beer, but because you worked outside all day, you haven’t shaken off the unusual chill of the cloudy day. To warm up your insides, you’re considering a sake or another warmer Japanese beverage instead.

In this lesson, you will learn how to describe the reason for something in Japanese. Our Japanese conversation consists of a series of TV interviews on the street. The newscaster is speaking formal Japanese; the respondents on the street are using both formal and informal Japanese. You will also learn the Japanese words for the seasons. 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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Guess who’s the biggest language learning mobile application developer in THE WORLD? If you guessed Innovative Language Learning, then you just won a brand new car! Well…ok… just kidding. Not about being the biggest language app developer in the world (over 700 and counting!) just about that new car thing. Along with adding dozens of apps to iTunes, we’ve also been releasing Mac Desktop Software, Android Apps, more free resources, new podcast series…well, the list goes on!

Which is why we felt that this first quarter update is long overdue. Don’t miss out on all the fun and exciting things we’re working on here at Innovative Language Learning. One (or all of them) might just be the key to you mastering Japanese this year!

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