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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! When you visit Japan, it’ll be crucial that you can understand and give directions. You’ll need to know all sorts of phrases and questions like, “The pharmacy is over there” and “Do you know where the hospital is?” By learning some important words and phrases, you’ll surely make it around in the streets of Japan.

In this Newbie Japanese lesson, master the words and phrases you need to give and understand directions. Just a few of the Japanese vocabulary words you’ll discover are yakkyoku (”pharmacy”) and konbini (”convenience store”). You’ll also learn how to explain locations using the Japanese words for “near” and “over there.”If you want to make it around Japan with no trouble, don’t miss this lesson!

 

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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! A medical emergency can be scary, but what if it happens while you’re in Japan? Will you know how to communicate with health care professionals to ensure that you receive proper care? You might need to say, “My leg hurts,” “I have a fever,” and many other phrases. In order to survive in Japan, you’ve got to know what to say if you wind up in the hospital.

This newbie Japanese lesson is crucial if you plan to visit Japan. Since you can get sick or have a medical emergency any time, you’re sure to appreciate this Japanese lesson’s chart of body parts and example sentences. Not only will you learn valuable information, you’ll rest assured knowing that you’re covered in case of a medical emergency. This is one Japanese lesson you can’t afford to miss!

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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! When visiting Japan, you might have some difficulty getting around. The sights and sounds of the city may be confusing and not at all what you’re used to. That’s why being able to ask questions like, “Where is the nearest hospital?” and “What is the restaurant’s address?” is indispensible. It’s also really important that you can ask people for their phone numbers in a polite and direct way.

This newbie Japanese lesson is here to help you master the Japanese questions that will get you around the city. Use jūsho (”address”) and denwa bangō (”phone number”) to ask for important information in Japanese. You’ll also discover how to ask for directions to a number of locations, from the hospital to Starbucks Coffee. In addition to plenty of examples and practice sentences, you’ll also find a chart of Japanese words to the places you’ll want to find.

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“Does this bus go to Nagano Station?” Sounds like a pretty common question, huh? You might just need to ask something similar to get around in Japan. Also, you will need to understand how to talk about the existence of animate and inanimate objects. If it sounds tough, you just need to gain some basic skills to understand how to discuss existence in Japanese.

This newbie Japanese lesson is designed to help you further understand how to ask questions about your destination and get where you are going. In addition, you will learn how to talk about arimasu and imasu in Japanese. These two words mean “to exist.” This Japanese lesson will teach you which one is used for animate objects and which one is used to describe inanimate objects. This lesson exists to help you speak Japanese like a pro!

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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! How could you lose your wallet? You could swear it was in your pocket just a few moments ago. You didn’t stop once on the drive between her parents’ home in Japan and here except for gasoline and even then, you never left the car. But when you reached into your pocket to pay for dinner, you realized frighteningly that there’s nothing there. You ask your girlfriend in Japanese, “What happened to my wallet?” She looks at you, dumbstruck and asks in Japanese, “How would I know where your wallet is?” Panicked, you reply in Japanese, “I think I lost my wallet!!” She asks in Japanese, “Is it in your bag?” Remembering your bag, you frantically grab it from the backseat and tear it open searching for the missing wallet with no success. Of course it’s not there though, why would you have put it back in your bag after you stopped for gas? Things are just not making sense… The helpful waitress alerts a policeman to help you report your missing wallet. But as you begin to describe the missing wallet in Japanese, the policeman tells you in Japanese, “We need your name, telephone number, and add…” The policeman is suddenly cut off by a screeching sound! What is that noise?!

Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Newbie lesson teaches an important topic that we hope you never need to use in this situation, but it’s better to be safe than sorry. In this Japanese lesson, we teach you how to talk with the people at Japanese lost and found offices. It’s always distressing to lose something in Japan, such as a wallet, but to be unable to communicate in Japanese with those who might be able to help you would be worse. We will also introduce you to two important Japanese honorific prefixes and review Japanese verb conjugation. Study this lesson carefully and feel confident knowing you are able to talk lost and found 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!

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