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You’re textbook shopping for the perfect Japanese language course. You finally pick one out, feeling confident that this is the one. But now that you’re a few chapters in, you’re starting to realize that while the grammar is okay, the vocabulary is from another world. Are these words you’re ever going to use?!

In this Cheat Sheet lesson, we’re going to tell you about a new vocabulary resource for you to study from. What’s the point of studying vocabulary words you’re never going to use in conversation? Every self-studier knows that when it comes to vocabulary, high frequency and versatile words are the ones that will carry you through a conversation. So click play and find out where you can find these lists and how much they’re going to cost you. (Spoiler Alert - They’re free!)

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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! How does he do it, you wonder. You have seen him time and again penetrate right to the heart of any situation and then say the perfect thing in Japanese. If the situation is tense, his lighthearted jokes in Japanese will make everyone relax without embarrassing anyone. If someone is embarrassed, he knows just how to phrase his Japanese so as to make them feel as if the moment never happened. When people are sad, his words make them feel better right away. You have seen him diffuse the angry mood in a room with just a couple of well-spoken Japanese phrases. Sometimes this worries you. He seems to have such power and influence over the people around him that you fear his intentions. Could he be using such dominion for ill? Has he unduly influenced your decisions, especially your decisions about him? Are his intentions benign or is he a modern day, in-the-flesh Svengali?

Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Lower Intermediate lesson continues the discussion of the Japanese causative form, but with a twist. This lesson focuses on a special form of the Japanese causative that describes making a person feel emotions. It’s called the Japanese emotional response causative. 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 on Your Own Terms at JapanesePod101.com! Today is our final chapter in the unagi story. It seems that having arrived in Japan, our slimy friends have found nothing better to do than play pachinko (what else would unagi do in Japan?). As we already introduced how to use shi hajimeru and shi oeru to describe beginning and finishing actions, we will now look at -te shimau, which is used to describe actions which are fully completely - often with a tinge of disappointment. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!


Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Survival Phrases are back — but this time with a twist! We decided to have some fun with the idea of a celebrity coming to Japan and doing interviews and meeting fans. Now when you visit Japan, you can greet your adoring fans grace and style. You’re not just jōzu, you’re o-jōzu, baby! After listening, grace JapanesePod101.com with your presence and be sure to leave us a post!

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Learn intermediate Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Agnes Murakami is back with Day 6 of her diary detailing her move to Tokyo and the development of her new life there. In today’s entry, the furniture that she previously ordered at IKEA finally arrives, but there’s a twist! (Agnes must have never been to IKEA!) Agnes also gets a call from an old tomodachi - tune in and then stop by JapanesePod101.com after listening to leave us a post!

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