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In this newbie Japanese lesson, make your Japanese more colorful by combining two or more adjectives. You’ll learn to use the te-form of i-adjectives in order to combine Japanese adjectives the right way. This Japanese lesson also includes a chart of commonly used adjectives that you can start using now!

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Have Fun and Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! It’s a week later and Kumi-chan is still waiting for Taro (lol). But when Taro arrives, Kumi finds out the identity of the kindly old security guard who’s been trying to cheer her up. This week’s grammar point is dake meaning “only.” After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
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Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! This week Kumi is still waiting for her (human) boyfriend, Taro. The friendly security guard tries to cheer her up, but maybe it’s too late. Our grammar point is bakari, used to mean “nothing but” or “only.” We’ll also cover a few adverbs of probability, very useful in spoken Japanese. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
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Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! In Japan, Christmas is a romantic holiday for couples. For Tokyo couples, it’s usually spent on a quiet date. But some couples choose to stay in a hotel or take a 1 day trip outside of the city (if they’re lucky enough to get the day off!!). Today we’ll take a look at one couple’s version of a Japanese Christmas. We’ll go over the conjunctive particle shi and the emphatic particle nante. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
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Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Today we’re talking about something that everybody hates: Traffic Jams! Tokyo is infamous for being crowded and most people take the trains, but those who brave the roads in their cars are often stuck in long, slow moving lines. This week, we’ll look at contractions and some rougher forms used in casual spoken Japanese. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!