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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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Voice Actors: Yoshikai, Hiroko, Jun, Mayumi, Nori, Ushijima, Take | Hosts: Peter, Naomi, Natsuko
Category: Upper Intermediate Lessons | 13 Comments »
Grammar: sou ni naru, ~zaru wo enai | Function: complaining, debating, defining things, explaining things | Topic: bicycles, mothers, tv | Politeness Level: formal, honorific, Humble, Polite
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