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July 9th, 2008 | help Need help?

What does money say about your country? Do you know the cultural icons printed on Japanese coins and bills? Find out what Japanese currency looks like and how it represents Japanese history and Japanese culture. After that, stop by and let Miki know what the coins and bills in your country look like!

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Voice Actors: Miki | Hosts: Yuichi, Hiroko
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March 11th, 2008 | help Need help?

Learn Japanese on Your Own Terms at JapanesePod101.com! Today is our final chapter in the unagi story. It seems that having arrived in Japan, our slimy friends have found nothing better to do than play pachinko (what else would unagi do in Japan?). As we already introduced how to use shi hajimeru and shi oeru to describe beginning and finishing actions, we will now look at -te shimau, which is used to describe actions which are fully completely - often with a tinge of disappointment. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

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Voice Actors: Nori, Take | Hosts:
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March 4th, 2008 | help Need help?

Learn Fun Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Our daring and intrepid unagi made the long and dangerous journey to Japan. Now they’re hanging out in a river near Naomi’s house. If you ever wondered what unagi do in the their spare time, well… then this is the story for you. Our grammar point is shite iru tokoro da, used to describe actions which are in progress. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

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Voice Actors: Nori, Take, Ushijima | Hosts: some people
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February 26th, 2008 | help Need help?

Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! One of the most delicious foods in Japan is unagi (sometimes called freshwater eel in English). They begin their life in the sea and migrate to Japan to hang out in the rivers and lakes. In today’s two young unagi are discussing their plans after graduation. Our grammar point is using the -masu stem plus hajimeru/hajimaru and oeru/owaru to indicate starting and finishing actions, respectively. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

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July 16th, 2007 | help Need help?

Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Today Johnny’s interview is wrapping up. It’s time for the interviewer and interviewee to exchange some final polite phrases and go their separate ways. Today we’ll introduce some fantastic phrases that will knock the kutsushita (socks) off your fans and cause them to love you more than they already do. You’re not just jōzu, you’re o-jōzu, baby! After listening, grace JapanesePod101.com with your awesome presence and be sure to leave your adoring fans a post!

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