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Audio Blog #68 - The Chinese Zodiac

January 16th, 2008 | help

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Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! We are about to return to the year of the rat, so today Miki is talking about the jūnishi, the famous Chinese Zodiac. We’ll learn one of the famous stories about the origin of the order. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

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Topic: animals, astrology, augury, China, divination, fortune telling, monkeys | Politeness Level: Polite
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