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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Whenever you go out to eat in Japan, you feel a slight wave of panic. Of course, that’s because the first time you went out to eat in a Japanese restaurant, you felt adventurous and ordered what all your Japanese friends ordered. When it came to the table, your mouth was on fire…and you weren’t able to put the flames out for many more hours. Now, you’re careful to confirm what is in every Japanese dish is on the menu before you order it.

In this lesson, you will learn how to ask what something is in the Japanese language. Our conversation takes place at between three distant family members who are eating together at a restaurant in Japan. Because they are not close relations, they are speaking formal 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!


Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! After Japanese class, your friends invite you to join them for dinner. Eager to make some new acquaintances while you’re studying in Japan, you happily go along. Little do you know that their regular hangout is a Japanese sushi restaurant near campus. When you arrive and see the Japanese word for sushi on the restaurant’s door, you start to panic: you can’t eat sushi because you’re allergic to seafood! Hopefully this Japanese restaurant’s menu will offer something vegetarian that you can eat!

In this lesson, you will learn how to talk about doing an action in Japanese. The conversation takes place between three family members at one family member’s home. Because they are distant family members, they are speaking formal 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!


Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! When you arrive at your friend’s home, he asks you in Japanese whether dogs are okay. You take this to mean whether you like dogs, and you say in Japanese that sure, you like them, but the little, loud, yippy dogs annoy you. Your friend explains that he meant whether you were allergic, and he brings out his dog, which you could fit in your purse. You smile politely and wonder whether you have a spare pair of earplugs in your bag. In this lesson, you will learn how to ask whether something or someone is okay in Japanese. We’ll teach you the many meanings of this versatile Japanese expression. The conversation takes place between three distant family members at one of their homes; therefore, they will be speaking formal 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!


Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You’re trying to be polite at the reception for your Japanese company, but you cannot bring yourself to eat what’s on your plate until you find out what it is. It bears a strong resemblance to the mystery meat you used to eat back when you were attended grade school in Japan. The person next to you is eating the pile of goo, so you whisper a question in Japanese, trying to find out what it is, but the person mishears you and begins talking to you about work in Japanese.

In this lesson, you will learn how to ask what something is in Japanese. The conversation takes place between three distant family members at one of their homes; therefore, they speak formal Japanese. We’ll also teach you vocabulary that will allow you to praise someone in 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! As you walk into the convenience store down the block, a nice person holds the door for you and tells you in Japanese, “Happy Friday! On your way out, could you consider helping out a Japanese student?” He rattles a few coins in a can and continues in Japanese, “Thanks, I appreciate it. See you in a few minutes.” You nod and walk into the store, but you observe the way this person interacts with others. Many customers seem to know this person and even greet him by name in Japanese. You see him collecting many Japanese coins just in the short time you are here. On your way out, he tells you in Japanese, “Hope you have a nice day” and holds his can of coins for you to drop your spare change into. As you do, you ask him in Japanese, “How much money do you make per day?” He responds in Japanese, “There is not much in my can at the end of the day, but there is enough to want to stand here all day and do it.” You think to yourself in Japanese, “How can have classes to take if he’s standing here all day long? Is he a scam artist?”

Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Newbie lesson will teach you how to use the Japanese verb that means “to exist” or “to have” when dealing with inanimate objects. We’ll also show you how to form the negative of this verb. Finally, we’ll show you how to use a certain Japanese particle to replace a noun and avoid repetition. 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!