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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You open the door to the balcony of your Pacific resort and soak in the morning sunshine and salt air. Unfortunately, during this vacation from your Japanese job, your cell phone has been ringing off the hook, and e-mails have been pouring in every minute. As you look through your messages, your spouse tells you in Japanese, “It’s only six o’clock. We’re supposed to be on vacation. Come back to bed.” You tell your spouse in Japanese, “I can’t sleep.” Your spouse tells you in Japanese, “That’s not true…you’re just worrying about work. What is the office telling you now?” You respond in Japanese, “Don’t worry about it…just go back to bed and I’ll take care of it.” Your spouse sneaks up behind you and reads your e-mails over your shoulder. Your spouse exclaims in Japanese, “Seriously? Your boss said to come back to Japan early from your vacation and everything will be all right? Let me tell him a few things about that idea!”

Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Upper Intermediate lesson will teach you how to solve a problem in Japanese. At least, we’ll give you the Japanese words so you can tell someone how to fix it. 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!


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


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!