Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! “Why are you telling me to “shush?” you ask your friend in Japanese? “I’m just observing what’s going on. Why do I have to be quiet? What’s going on here?” Your friend has been shushing you ever since you started counting the waiters in Japanese in the little ramen shop where you’ve come to eat. It just does not make much sense. You can see only a very few tables and chairs, but lots of waiters. Why would a ramen shop have more waiters than chairs for customers? And your friend just keeps repeating, “shush” to make you keep still. You couldn’t have counted wrong. You know how to count in Japanese very well. Maybe the words you used to count weren’t right in Japanese. Maybe your friend was trying to save you the embarrassment of using the wrong Japanese counting words. Yeah, that must be it. How embarrassing!

Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Newbie lesson helps you through a special section of Japanese, using one of the suffixes used so often in Japanese. You’ll learn a lot about ga and how to use this little, but important, part of 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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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! “How many people in your party, Ma’am?” the hostess asks as you enter the Japanese restaurant. Seating you at your table, she asks in Japanese, “Are you ready to order your drinks?” You politely ask the hostess in Japanese, “Please bring us three waters and one tea for right now…we’re not sure.” The server approaches your table and asks in Japanese, “Will you all need glasses for wine, and how many would that be?” He counts the people around the table in Japanese, “You have five people?” Since there are only four people at your table, they must know your boss will be coming in soon - and they know he’s really a big shot. Sure enough, your boss arrives and moments later, another server approaches and explains in Japanese, “I have two vegetable ramen and three onigiri.” They seem to know his usual as they place one plate in front of him along with one glass of white wine. It’s a good thing you have been studying your Japanese so you didn’t embarrass yourself in front of the staff…not to mention your boss!

Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Newbie lesson is about several things, but it’s principally about counting people and general objects. To learn all about these Japanese counters, check out this Newbie lesson. 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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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Sticker shock. It happens to many people who travel to Japan because the Japanese currency is so much different from dollars. One Japanese yen is only a little bit more than one penny (about eight per cent more). So the numbers look really, really big in Japan. Your tube of toothpaste that cost you $3 in the United States will be 325 yen in Japan. It takes a while to get used to the really big Japanese numbers. You know that $100,000 Ferrari you’ve been eyeballing? In Japan, it is 10,250,000 yen!! But you can adjust. Keep repeating to yourself, “Divide by 100, divide by 100.” Now about that umbrella you bought for $294…

Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Newbie lesson is all about money and buying things in Japan. You’ll need big numbers in your brain so this lesson will have you counting in Japanese all the way up into the millions. You’re ready to dicker with the shopkeepers and used Ferrari salesmen when you’ve mastered this lesson. 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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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! “Do you know your password?” you ask the secretary in Japanese as you fumble with the lock on your desk. Whispering, she replies in Japanese, “It’s the same as your PINs.” You think to yourself…”I have nine.” You buzz her again to ask in Japanese, “Can you just give me the password, please?” She replies with another hint in Japanese, “It’s the same as the company telephone numbers.” You have four - home, office, fax, and cell. Do you have trouble remembering all these numbers? How do you keep them all straight? Well numbers are everywhere, and people have some really strange ways of remembering them. There are a couple things that your phone number, password, and PIN all have in common – they are strings of numbers this Japanese lesson will teach you, and you don’t remember any of them!

Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Newbie lesson will teach you to count in Japanese and much more. You’ll learn how to ask for numbers and passwords in Japanese. And you’ll learn about a very important word in Japanese, no, but don’t skip this lesson because it doesn’t mean what you think it does. 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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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You’re counting in Japanese is coming along wonderfully! Good job! You’re definitely ready to go a little higher.

In this newbie Japanese lesson, learn to count from 20 all the way to 100! You’ll learn about the simple Japanese pattern that makes counting easy, and it’s all broken down into an easy-to-read reference chart. Don’t stress about counting in Japanese; it’s all here, and it’s surprisingly simple!

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