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June 26th, 2008 | help Need help?

Feeling the cash crunch in Tokyo? It’s easy to spend to much money in Tokyo. But in this series, we’ll give you the tips and language skills you need to save money in Japan! In today’s episode, two Japanese hosts are talking about how to save (or the case of the guy with a sugar mommy, how to spend!) their hard earned yen.

In today’s Japanese lesson, we’ll review useful vocabulary for discussing finances. Then we’ll learn how to use the -ba conditional with yokatta, the past tense of the Japanese adjective ii, which means good. This is how you say “I wish” in Japanese. This useful expression is often used in everyday Japanese conversation, so it’s an important grammar point to learn if you want to master Japanese.

Save Money in Japan at a Japanese Bank

Voice Actors: Yoshikai, Take | Hosts: Peter, Naomi, Yuichi
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May 1st, 2008 | help Need help?

Learning How to Give Directions in Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! The directions Hajime gave Yasumi sent him in a circle around the town of Kawagoe. Nearly at the same place he began he arrives at his friend’s house. He’s probably worked up quite an appetite, good thing it’s a pizza party! Our grammar point is the -ba conditional, used to express counter-factual states. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!



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February 8th, 2008 | help Need help?

It’s Time to Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Breaking bad habits is hard to do. But if it’s for your health, it’s really important. In today’s lesson a woman is visiting a doctor, a rather unique doctor. We’ll look at two grammar points, -ba… hodo which is used to show proportional relationships and natte kuru to show gradual change over time. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

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Voice Actors: Ushijima, Yoshikai | Hosts:
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December 7th, 2007 | help Need help?

Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Agnes is still recovering from her virulent bout of gastric inflammation caused by stress. Just when things couldn’t get any worse, she gets a call from “you-know-who” (Hashimoto Yūsuke), whom she hasn’t heard from in days. Our grammar point is sae ~nakereba, used to make negative conditional statements of conjecture. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

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Voice Actors: Sakura, Yoshikai | Hosts:
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November 27th, 2007 | help Need help?

Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Today we continue our story with our young couple begging for permission to marry. Last week things didn’t go so well for them. Hopefully they’ll have better luck this time! We’re continuing our look at the causative and we’ll also cover using -nakereba nai or -nakereba ikenai to express necessity. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

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