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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You’ve just gotten your paycheck in Japan, and you can’t wait to put it in the Japanese bank. You tell your roommate in Japanese, “I’m rich, I’m rich!” He says to you in Japanese, “Congratulations. How long is it going to take you to go through that check? Three days?” You respond in Japanese, “Come on now, I’m not that bad!” Your roommate replies in Japanese, “Are you kidding me? The last time you deposited a check, you had withdrawn all the money within a week. You spent it frivolously on some fancy new boots, if I remember correctly.” You tell your roommate in Japanese, “Those boots were necessities. I wear them all the time!” Your roommate responds in Japanese, “Well, that may be true, but don’t come whining to me when you can’t pay your rent!”
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Everyday Kanji lesson will teach you how to say common Japanese phrases you’ll need to know when you go to a bank in Japan. We’ll even throw in a bonus piece of Japanese financial advice: invest in yourself before you blow all that cash singlehandedly trying to revive the world’s consumer markets! 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! “Will you help me?” you say to your Japanese friend. “Sure,” he answers in Japanese, “What do you need?” “Well, I’m going to need some help with Japanese culture and manners. Several events have occurred recently in the lives of my friends, and I’m not sure what to do about that. I want to be polite, but I don’t know how.” “Meet me at that store on the corner of your street after work. I’ll take care of you.” So you meet him as planned. “What kind of store is this?” you ask in Japanese. “This is a kind of Japanese stationery store,” your friend answers. In Japan, it’s common on many occasions to give people money in a special envelope. Tell me what happened to your friends, and I’ll help you pick out the right envelope. Put some money in it and give it to your friends. You’ll be perfectly correct according to Japanese culture.” “Well, one of my friends was sick,” you say. “No problem,” your Japanese friend answers, “Give him this envelope.” You study the kanji on the front and it has a familiar look to it. “What about my friends who got married?” you ask. “Same idea, different card,” your friend answers, “Here, use this one.” “Okay, but this last one has me worried. My friend’s grandmother died. What should I do?” Your Japanese friend always has the ready answer, “Use this envelope. Put some money in it. Give it to him. You’ll be excruciatingly correct.”
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Everyday Kanji Video shows you some of the kanji you’ll find on special envelopes used on many occasions in Japan. New Year’s, Get Well, Congratulations, even buying a new house is an occasion to stuff money in an envelope for your friends. Learn language and culture simultaneously with this lesson. Visit us at JapanesePod101.com where you will find many more great Japanese lessons and learning materials. Leave us a message while you are there!
Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! We hope that you’re enjoying learning to draw and pronounce Japanese Kanji with these awesome video lessons. It’s time to add to your knowledge with another cool Kanji. You’ll be a master of the On-yomi and Kun-yomi readings after you’re done with this lesson.
This Japanese Kanji video lesson shows the right way to draw and pronounce the Kanji that means “to listen.” After you learn our easy to remember tricks, you’ll be a master at drawing and pronouncing this fun and versatile Japanese Kanji.
Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! “Did you buy your ticket?” your friend asks in Japanese. “What ticket?” you answer. You didn’t know you needed a ticket. You didn’t even know what you were going to do that you needed a ticket for. Sometimes, you’re easily confused, especially when it comes to Japanese. “Autumn Jumbo,” your friend says excitedly in Japanese, “It’s the biggest chance to win money in Japan, 200 million yen. 200 million yen! You better hurry up…read the poster! There is a limited number of tickets available!” Confused as usual, you ask in Japanese, “What do you mean it’s a chance to win money? How do you win money? Do I still have time?” Your friend patiently explains the rules of the game in Japanese and you begin to understand. It’s sort of like the lottery back home, only the rules are a little different. Another friend shouts in Japanese, “If you don’t hurry up, they’ll sell out!” Your Japanese friends gather round to tell you how excited they are about the upcoming announcement of the winner. They all bought tickets - some bought a lot! Still filled with a million questions, you ask in Japanese, “Do you win something if you only get a few of the numbers right?” However, they don’t seem to know all the rules either. They all have their eyes on the immense first prize of 200 million yen. Still probing, you ask in Japanese, “What about taxes? Do you have to pay Japanese taxes on the winnings if you win?” Your question is met with blank stares and shrugs. Their eyes are beginning to glaze over at all your questions. Maybe you should just let them have their fun…
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Poster Phrases lesson explains a number of Japanese phrases you will see on posters in Japan. In this Japanese Poster Phrases lesson, you will learn Japanese phrases you will find on the Japanese Autumn Jumbo poster, such as “hurry up!” and “for a limited time only!” 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 could not be happier. You have your own apartment in Japan, and it’s wonderful. Your Japanese friends gave you a house-warming party and house-warming gifts. One of the gifts you received is a Japanese hot water heater. Not the type you use to heat water for your bath; it’s a kitchen appliance that keeps water hot all day long for your tea, coffee, hot chocolate, anything. As you unpack it, you discover all the buttons and instructions are in Japanese. Well, duh. What did you expect? So you decide to try to decipher the buttons based on your kanji studies. Okay, in a few moments, you found the temperature selection button. You remember that from the video. Then you find the heat retention button that tells the equipment how hot to keep the water. This is turning out to be easier than you thought, and you’ll get practice in Japanese kanji every day, all day, as you make your tea and such. But…you’re not sure you’re ready to try to interpret Japanese kanji first thing in the morning before you’ve had your cup o’ joe. Your brain isn’t quite working at that hour. It might be easier and a lot more fun to keep practicing with JapanesePod101.com!!
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Everyday Kanji Video shows you the Kanji to use a very common household appliance in Japan, the hot water heater. You’ll learn about how to read the Japanese kanji for the buttons and labels on the machine. If you spend time in Japan, you’ll want to know about this device and this lesson. Visit us at JapanesePod101.com where you will find many more great Japanese lessons and learning materials. Leave us a message while you are there!
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