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July 24th, 2008 | help Need help?

Going to a hot spring or public bath? You’ll need to know the proper etiquette if you want to be comfortable and get the most of your time there. In this series we’ll walk you through step by step, so you can bathe like a pro and impress everyone with your knowledge of Japanese culture!

Our grammar point is how to use tame ni to express purpose in Japanese. Be sure to get the PDF, because we explain a couple of other uses of tame ni that you’ll need to know to master Japanese!

Japanese hot springs, hot springs in Japan, Onsen, Japanese baths

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Voice Actors: | Hosts: Naomi
Category: Lower Intermediate Lessons (S2) | 12 Comments »
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July 17th, 2008 | help Need help?

Going to a hot spring or public bath? You’ll need to know the proper etiquette if you want to be comfortable and get the most of your time there. In this series we’ll walk you through step by step, so you can bathe like a pro and impress everyone with your knowledge of Japanese culture!

We’ll look at grammatical constructions combining the volitional plus to omotte iru, which is how you say “I’m thinking about doing something” in Japanese. We’ll also learn how to use no da or n da to give explanations in spoken Japanese.

Hakone is a beautiful place to relax in Japan.

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Voice Actors: Ushijima, Yoshikai | Hosts: Naomi
Category: Lower Intermediate Lessons (S2) | 16 Comments »
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