Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! When your roommate arrives home from the Japanese grocery store, you ask him in Japanese, “Why on earth have you bought so much food? That’s three times what we eat in a normal week!” He responds in Japanese, “Would you believe it if I told you I had a tapeworm?” You tell your roommate in Japanese, “That’s disgusting…do you? Is it catching?” Your roommate laughs and tells you in Japanese, “No, I’m just preparing my stomach.” You inquire in Japanese, “That sounds ominous…preparing it for what? Do I need to evacuate our apartment?” Your roommate explains in Japanese, “No…I think I’m going to enjoy an eating contest, and I need to stretch my stomach so I can fit in more food. Did you know that a Japanese person has won New York’s hot-dog eating contest the last few years?” You reply in Japanese, “No…that is disgusting. Enjoy your food. I’m going to hit the gym for both of us to make up for everything you’re about to eat.”
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Lower Intermediate lesson will show you how to use two Japanese nominalizers that work magic in the Japanese language. Before you scoff at us, they really do: these little Japanese words can turn verbs, adjectives, and even whole Japanese sentences into Japanese nouns. Hocus pocus! 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 picked up two Japanese boxed lunches on your way to work for yourself and your friend. When you picked up the lunches, you told the caterer in Japanese, “Just give me your best dishes.” You’ve always had good food from this place, so you figure it’s safe to offer to your Japanese friend. When you arrive at work, you join your friend in the conference room and tell him in Japanese, “Wait till you try this food! It’s always delicious.” Your friend opens the box and says in Japanese, “Well, I’m sure you’re right, but what is this?” You respond in Japanese, “What do you think it is?” Your colleague tells you in Japanese, “It looks like vegetables, but it smells like something else entirely. What do you have?” You reply in Japanese, “I don’t think I have the same thing…this looks entirely different. I guess we’ll have to try each other’s to find out what these things are and decide what tastes best.”
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Newbie lesson will teach you how to ask what something is in informal Japanese. We’ll also teach you the proper responses in Japanese, including how to say whether something is good or bad. 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 carefully inspect the pile of Japanese food on your plate, and you contemplate your options. Your roommate knows you’re a picky eater, but you don’t want to offend his parents, who have taken you to dinner in a nice Japanese restaurant. You think to yourself in Japanese, “I could make a sculpture out of this mound of noodles, or maybe I could mash that stuff over there down so it looks like I’ve eaten more.” Your roommate, who has been watching you out of the corner of his eye, whispers to you in Japanese, “If you don’t like something, just leave it on your plate. It’s not a big deal.” You respond in Japanese, “Just tell me what stuff is that’s near the edge of my plate.” Your roommate responds in Japanese, “That’s just a special kind of Japanese noodle. It won’t bite you. Try it.” You put some of the Japanese food in your mouth, and while your roommate is correct that it’s not biting you, it’s doing all sorts of other things to your mouth. Thank goodness some Japanese sake is close at hand!
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Newbie lesson will show you how to use demonstrative words that mean “this” and “that” in Japanese. We’ll also teach you how to express agreement in Japanese, so you can tell your dinner hosts when you find a Japanese dish you really enjoy. 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! Now you’re in deep yogurt. Your boss has invited you out to lunch, and he’s taken you to a fancy restaurant that caters to native persons. Everything on the menu is in Kanji! Even the prices! You can’t insult your boss by ordering something silly like Coca-Cola for lunch with water on the side. You certainly can’t insult him by ordering the most expensive thing on the menu. Worse, you could order something and find out it’s something you really, really, really don’t like. Coming from the mid-west, ocean fish are not your favorites. You shudder at the thought of raw tuna, and even the smell of fish eggs can make you gag. Ordering something that you can’t eat would be terrible! What if you ordered something you don’t like and it’s terribly expensive, too? That would be the worst. You need your Kanji right now.
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Everyday Kanji Video lesson will help you to find food you like and at prices you can afford. You’ll be able to recognize various types of food on Japanese menus. Visit us at JapanesePod101.com where you will find many more great Japanese lessons and learning materials. Leave us a message while you are there!
Japan is world-famous for its delicious and unique cuisine. Today we’ll talk about 2 types of Japanese cuisine that are famous for FUN. That’s right, okonomi-yaki and monja-yaki are 2 regional foods that are perfect for social occasions. It’s as fun to make as it is to eat! Miki-san will talk about the differences between these Kansai and Kanto dishes, as well as the story behind their names. A word of warning, though. You may work up quite an appetite listening to this one!

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