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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Join Miki today as she shares her thoughts about the upcoming Christmas season. Miki also gives us some insight into how many Japanese spend their time during the Christmas holiday, and inquires as to how you spend the time in your country. Tune in, and then stop by JapanesePod101.com to leave Miki a comment!

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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! No matter the language, people love to express their opinions. I’ll bet you love to tell other people what you think about a range of subjects and people. From, “I think this is easy” to “I think he’s nice,” it’s all about what you think!

In this lower intermediate Japanese lesson, learn to express your opinion using omou (”to think”). This phrase can be used in so many ways, and you’ll have fun learning how dynamic it really is. Don’t miss all the helpful sentences in this must-have Japanese lesson.

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As you know, you only get one chance to make a great first impression. When you’re in Japan, you’ll need to quickly and confidently tell people who you are, where you’re from, and what you enjoy doing. These three simple facts about yourself are enough to form lasting friendships. Sentences as simple as, “My name is Cindy” and “I’m from America” along with those as complex as, “I enjoy running, reading, and cooking,” are a critical part of making a killer first impression.

This newbie Japanese lesson provides you with all the tools you need to make a great first impression using Japanese. You’ll first master shusshin to talk about your hometown and shumi to discuss your hobbies. Next, you’ll discover how easy it is to talk about your hobbies in Japanese. This Japanese lesson comes complete with helpful charts of countries and hobbies along with plenty of examples and practice sentences. If you want to make a perfect first impression, don’t miss this Japanese lesson!

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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Airports! If you don’t travel a lot by airplane, airports can be very confusing. Especially if everything is in Japanese. Your friend told you in Japanese, “I am at the spa. It is near the ticket counter and the exit.” A spa in an airport? Does that make any sense? Wouldn’t the ticket counter be near the entrance, not the exit? What confusion! How are you going to be able to find her in this crowd? And you’ll probably get some really strange looks if you start asking people in Japanese, “Where can I find the spa in this airport?” You really begin to wonder about a spa in a Japanese airport. What’s it like? Do they have announcements in Japanese about plane departures and arrivals in the spa? Wouldn’t that disrupt the serenity? Isn’t a spa a place to get away from all the noise and bustle of life? After all this hassle, you’ll need some peace and quiet yourself. Hmmm…maybe you should come back to the Japanese airport spa after you get your work done for the day.

Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Newbie lesson is about location. Where are things? This is an essential part of any language, and Japanese is no different. This lesson shows you how to construct sentences that tell people where things are 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!


Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You wake up in a cold sweat in your Japanese bed. As you wait in the doctor’s waiting room, you become increasingly agitated. Even as a child, your mother always told you in Japanese, “You’re such a bad patient! You need to listen to the doctor’s advice and rest.” Unfortunately, the word “rest” has never been in your Japanese vocabulary, even at an early age. Where most kids always wanted to be sick to miss school, you couldn’t bear the thought of missing your Japanese class. So now when the nurse tells you in Japanese, “Let me take your temperature so we can see what is wrong with you,” you already are convincing yourself that you feel better so you can go to work. When the nurse reads the thermometer, she tells you in Japanese, “Wow, that’s a high fever! You should rest. If you don’t rest, you’ll start feeling worse. Sit still and the doctor will be with you in just a few minutes.” That is not the Japanese advice you wanted to hear!

Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Beginner lesson will teach you how to offer a strong suggestion or give advice in Japanese. We’ll also teach you how to use Japanese words of frequency. 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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