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February 23rd, 2008 | help Need help?

Kick Back and Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Today we’re looking at a picture of a sign inside Harajuku Jingumae Station. Two friends, Masaru and Mamoru are trying to find the famous Meiji Jingu (The Meiji Shrine). But the exit they want is closed! Will they be able to see the shrine today? Our grammar point is tte a colloquial contraction of to iu which is used to quote things or establish a topic of conversation. It’s quite a tricky part of Japanese Grammar, but mastering this will make your Japanese flow very naturally, so you definitely don’t want to miss this lesson. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

Harajuku Station Sign

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January 26th, 2008 | help Need help?

Have Fun & Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! In today’s lesson, Maki-chan stepped in something outside of Harajuku Station. What was it? You’ll just have to listen to find out. Our grammar point is useful when expressing unfortunate situations, it’s none other than -te shimau. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

Harajuku Station, Learn Japanese

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January 19th, 2008 | help Need help?

Study Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Today’s Sights & Sounds lesson takes place in Harajuku station in the heart of one of Tokyo’s most fashionable areas. Will talk a little bit about Suica, the IC card that functions both as a train pass and e-ca$h. We’ll look at a few grammar points such as -kke which is used when you can’t quite recall something. Also we’ll look at the casual masculine form of ~te kudasai. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

Harajuku Station!  Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com!  Awwww yeah!

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January 12th, 2008 | help Need help?

Learn Real Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Today’s conversation takes place in a bromide photo shop. Now what exactly is a bromide photo? Well, you’ll just have to tune in and find out! We’ll take a look at some female speech patterns using kashira and the sentence final wa ne. We’ll also take a look at the casual usage of ja nai as a tag question, essential for daily conversation. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com!  Bromide Photos!  Harajuku!  Glossy Photos!  Japanese Idols!  SMAP!  Koda Kumi!  新撰組!

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January 4th, 2008 | help Need help?

Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! This is our first Sights & Sounds Lesson. We snapped photos from around Tokyo and based stories on them. There are 27 lessons in this series, so we hope you enjoy them! In today’s lesson we’re talking about one of Naomi’s favorite sweets, kurēpu. Our conversation takes place in Harajuku, one Tokyo’s many fashion hot spots. Our grammar point is using negative verb endings with ka to make friendly invitations in formal or informal Japanese. This lesson was recorded when Noami first joined us, so after listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave Naomi a post!

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