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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Tired of typical pets? Ready for something from the National Geographic channel?

In this lesson, we’ll introduce you to the Japanese for some unusual pets, while at the same time covering the Japanese words for some of the more standard stock. We’ll also talk about popular pets here in Japan, as we’re talking about pets in Japanese. The focus of this lesson is the Japanese grammar point koto ni suru to decide something.

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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You know how it goes. You find a really nice girl, she speaks Japanese, and eventually she wants you to meet her family in Japan. This time it’s worse though. You have to go to her home for the weekend to meet the family so you won’t be able to exit gracefully after a couple of hours. You’re stuck for the entire weekend. Well, it’s now or never…you are already at her parents’ door. Boy, everyone’s here - mother, father, siblings, grandparents. Your girlfriend’s mother greets you politely in Japanese, “Nice to meet you. Come on in. Well, she sure picked a tall, good-looking one this time.” You know, that kind of talk from a girlfriend’s mother feels a little weird, especially the very first time you meet. Here comes her father…he grabs your hand firmly (looking you up and down) and asks in Japanese, “Hi. Want a drink? How about a fresh, cold beer?” Well, at least her father isn’t acting rough like something out of the movies, trying to scare you. Uh-oh, siblings. Those can be trouble. No telling what they’ll say. They take turns telling you in Japanese, “You must be the boyfriend. We hope you’re quieter and cooler than the last one. Maybe you’ll be nicer and last longer. Or not.” You hope her father has a good supply of beer. This could be a long weekend…

Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Newbie lesson is about combining Japanese adjectives. The rules can be tricky; the Japanese adjectives must match in special ways. But with this Japanese adjective lesson, you’ll be ready for that weekend meeting the family. 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 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!

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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!