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May 1st, 2008 | help Need help?

Learning How to Give Directions in Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! The directions Hajime gave Yasumi sent him in a circle around the town of Kawagoe. Nearly at the same place he began he arrives at his friend’s house. He’s probably worked up quite an appetite, good thing it’s a pizza party! Our grammar point is the -ba conditional, used to express counter-factual states. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!



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April 24th, 2008 | help Need help?

Have Fun Learning Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Yasumi is still trying to get to Hajime’s house, but the windy streets of Kawagoe aren’t so navigable for poor Yasumi. We’ll continue looking at conditional phrases for our grammar point. This week it’s the -tara conditional. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

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April 18th, 2008 | help Need help?

Learn Polite Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Today is the final lesson in our ryokan series. Mr. Iga spent a lot of time trying to find a place for his family. Today they final arrive and get to check out the room, but they may have brought an unwelcome guest. Today’s grammar is another use of sekkaku and we’ll take a look at a new idiom. Don’t forget to check out the Combo track which features the combined dialog from all four ryokan lessons, a sure fire way to improve your listening skills with no English at all. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

Voice Actors: Yoshikai, Marky, Nori, Miki, Hiroko, Naomi
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Learning Japanese is Fun at JapanesePod101.com! In today’s conversation, Ai-chan and Yuki-chan are shopping in Ameyokocho. Yuki bought a crêpe and is enjoying its tasty goodness and Ai-chan wants a piece of the action. Our grammar point is using the causative with the meaning of “to let someone do something.” Next time you want to eat your friend’s food, this will come in very handy. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

Ameyokocho, Taito-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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Voice Actors: Miki, Ushijima
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March 21st, 2008 | help Need help?

Learn Real Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Today is the final installment of our series about the two raibaru-gaisha (rival companies) fighting over who gets the good hanami spot. Last week Mr. Tajima’s secretary suggested a drinking contest to resolve the issue. So today we’ll find out who will get to keep the spot. Our grammar is using osore ga aru which similar to the English “I fear something is going to happen.” We’ll also see how the suffix ~kkonai is used. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

Shinjuku Gyoen

Shinjuku Gyoen

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Voice Actors: Miki, Jun, Yuichi, Take, Nori, Yoshikai, Bruce
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