Many Japanese women break the law every day. Would you break the law to provide for your family? In this series, we’ll tell you how Japanese housewives break the law… and why! We’ll also see a fight break out!
We’ll look at a Japanese formal expression naninani ni koshita koto nai, which is how you say “nothing is better than something else” in Japanese. Our second grammatical construction in naninani ni mo hodo ga aru, which is used to complain about how something has gone too far. These are two fantastic Japanese grammar points that will make your Japanese sound natural.

Learn Japanese on Your Own Terms at JapanesePod101.com! Today is the exciting conclusion of our 3 part restaurant series. So far our customer has special ordered his food (not common in Japan) and didn’t receive exactly what he was expecting. He complained and sent the food back. Today we’ll find out what’s up with his order. We’ll look at a fantastic grammar point that will help you express yourself in a more natural manner. We’ll look at using hodo (to the extent that), you really don’t want to miss this one. Besides, the dude eats a momonga. What could be more entertaining than that? After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
It’s Time to Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Breaking bad habits is hard to do. But if it’s for your health, it’s really important. In today’s lesson a woman is visiting a doctor, a rather unique doctor. We’ll look at two grammar points, -ba… hodo which is used to show proportional relationships and natte kuru to show gradual change over time. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
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Grammar: hodo, ni hodo ga aru, ni koshita koto wa nai | Function: arguing, starting a fight | Topic: bicycles, mothers, tv | Politeness Level: formal, Polite
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