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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.

Need to convert dollars to yen? Coins to bills? Today we’ll show you how to convert any kind of currency to something else. If you’re traveling to Japan to living in Japan, this series is critical to your financial transactions. And we still have 1 more next week!
For our Japanese grammar point, we’ll show you how to create honorific noun phrases in Japanese the easy way!

Feeling the cash crunch in Tokyo? It’s easy to spend to much money in Tokyo. But in this 5 part series, we’ll give you the tips and language skills you need to save money in Japan! In today’s episode, we’ll cover words for saving, spending, checking account balances and the most useful, using an ATM. This series will be indispensable for anyone living in Japan.
Our grammar points are equally important this week, as we’ll be looking at two casual expressions used in everyday Japanese conversation, nanka and chotto. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

Want to open a Japanese bank account? Right away you’ll notice that Japanese banks do things a little differently from many western banks. But we’ll walk you through setting up an account and provide some tips to make sure you get your Japanese bank account on the first try!
We’ll also look at humble, polite and honorific language in Japan, a critical component of the customer-clerk relationship. We’ll talk about Japanese honorific prefixes and how to use the verb nasaru. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

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Topic: ATM, banks, magnets, money | Politeness Level: Polite
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