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Start Learning Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Fabrizio and Fuyuka are visiting her jika (parents’ house) in Shizuoka. It’s deep in the countryside, so things are a little different than Tokyo. We’ll look at some common expressions that are heard when entering someone’s house for the first time. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Today Miki talks about the Japanese Petto Būmu (Pet Boom!). Seems like everybody and their dog has a pet these days. In Japan you’ll see people doing very strange things with their pets and Miki-sama is here to tell you about it. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave her a post!
Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Today Miki is talking about two famous Japanese mythical creatures, kappa and tengu. These creatures have found themselves in several idioms used to describe the human condition. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! We are about to return to the year of the rat, so today Miki is talking about the jūnishi, the famous Chinese Zodiac. We’ll learn one of the famous stories about the origin of the order. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Monkey shows featuring Nihonzaru (Japanese Monkeys) are very famous throughout Japan. In today’s lesson, Kōji the Trainer has been training Tarō to do some, shall we say, special tricks! At first Tarō seems excited about all his hard work paying off. Then he starts to realize that Kōji has bigger plans in store for him. Our grammar points are datte and nandatte as used in casual speech. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
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Category: Newbie Lessons | 10 Comments »
Grammar: copula, de (location particle), wa (topic marking particle) | Function: visiting someones house | Topic: animals, family, greetings, parents, visiting a house | Politeness Level: honorific, Polite
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