Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Some angry Japanese ninjas are chasing you through the streets of Japan. The ninjas are wearing all black with a Japanese flag emblazoned on their shirts. While the Japanese men look fierce, for some reason, you’re wearing your pink terrycloth night robe and fuzzy bunny slippers. Just as the ninjas are about to grab you, you wake up safe and sound in your Japanese hotel room. Pinching yourself to make sure you’re awake, you look at the alarm clock and realize you’re going to be late for your work appointment with your Japanese clients. That wouldn’t be so terrible, but you were already late earlier this week to meet the representatives of this very important Japanese account. In a panic, you call your office and tell your assistant in Japanese, “Hey, I’m running a few minutes late again today. I’ll be in there as soon as I can, but you’ll need to stall.” He asks you in Japanese, “Okay, boss, but what do you want me to say?” You instruct him in Japanese, “Tell them I wasn’t feeling well and had to stop by the doctor’s office on my way in, but that they are so important I wanted to come in anyway.” He replies in Japanese, “Okay, but what if they ask what it is you have?” You respond in Japanese, “Don’t tell them it’s anything contagious…just say it’s a “personal” issue, and that should take care of it. People don’t like to probe when you say that.” Your assistant says in Japanese, “I’m on it. Now get off the phone and get in here!”
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Particle lesson will teach you how to use particles to tell someone how you’re feeling. You’ll also learn how to use Japanese particles to demonstrate that you’ve witnessed something unexpected. Perhaps your client will use that type of Japanese particle the day you actually show up on time for a meeting! 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 wake up in a cold sweat in your Japanese bed. As you wait in the doctor’s waiting room, you become increasingly agitated. Even as a child, your mother always told you in Japanese, “You’re such a bad patient! You need to listen to the doctor’s advice and rest.” Unfortunately, the word “rest” has never been in your Japanese vocabulary, even at an early age. Where most kids always wanted to be sick to miss school, you couldn’t bear the thought of missing your Japanese class. So now when the nurse tells you in Japanese, “Let me take your temperature so we can see what is wrong with you,” you already are convincing yourself that you feel better so you can go to work. When the nurse reads the thermometer, she tells you in Japanese, “Wow, that’s a high fever! You should rest. If you don’t rest, you’ll start feeling worse. Sit still and the doctor will be with you in just a few minutes.” That is not the Japanese advice you wanted to hear!
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Beginner lesson will teach you how to offer a strong suggestion or give advice in Japanese. We’ll also teach you how to use Japanese words of frequency. 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! Today Miki is talking about Gogatsubyō, or May Sickness. If you are changing jobs or starting a new semester or entering a new stage in your life, you might get it! This audio blog might be critical for your health, so after listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave Miki a post!
Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! In today’s Japanese lesson were talking about kaze. This word can mean wind or cold, as in the illness. The meaning can be derived from context of the kanji - the Chinese characters. In today’s lesson Sakamoto-san has very bad kaze, and she is turning to a traditional Japanese remedy - a hot bowl of okayu (rice porridge)! Learn more in today’s lesson, and afterwards, be sure to stop by and leave us a post!
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