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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You’re having the time of your life in your study abroad program in Japan…so much so that you don’t want to leave! You are starting to miss your family, and you know they are missing you, so you call your parents and tell them in Japanese, “Why don’t you come and visit when I have my spring break?” Your parents respond in English, “Well, we would like to see you, but it’s such a long flight.” You plead with your parents in Japanese, “You guys haven’t been to Japan in years. When is the next time you’ll have a reason to come here? This is the perfect time to visit because I can show you around and you can show me what’s changed since you left.” Your parents hem and haw a bit, but they finally agree in Japanese, “We’ll come visit you for a week, but we expect you to slow down and entertain us while we’re there. You invited us to visit, after all!” Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Newbie lesson will teach you how to use the Japanese conjunction kara to provide a reason or cause for something. We’ll also show you how to form an invitation or suggestion using this versatile Japanese conjunction. Don’t forget to put JapanesePod101.com on your list of invitees for your next party! 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!


Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You’re sitting in the library studying for class, when your roommate approaches you and asks in Japanese, “Hey, what’s going on? Want to grab lunch?” You look at your roommate and say in Japanese, “Isn’t it a bit too early for lunch?” Your roommate looks at her watch and says in Japanese, “Well, it’s ten to noon…I guess I could wait ten minutes if you want to make it the official lunch hour. Aren’t you hungry? You’ve been in here for hours!” You look at your watch and say in Japanese, “Darn! My watch must have stopped. I am so behind on my Japanese lessons that I lost all track of time. I need to spend more time in here studying my Japanese, so you go ahead to lunch.” Your roommate tells you in Japanese, “Okay, but I’ll bring back a snack for you to enjoy later on.”

Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Newbie lesson will show you how tell time in Japanese. We will also teach you the Japanese conjunction that is the equivalent of the English word “but.”  We’ll also teach you how to express agreement in Japanese, so you can tell your dinner hosts when you find a Japanese dish you really enjoy. 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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Feeling the cash crunch in Tokyo? It’s easy to spend too much money in Tokyo. But in this 5 part series, we’ll give you the tips and language skills you need to save money in Japan! In today’s episode, you’ll learn how to set up a bank account in Japan. As for our Japanese grammar point, we’ll learn how to use the Japanese phrase n desu kedo to politely ask people to do things for you and we’ll begin introducing mission critical vocab for discussing money and personal finances in Japanese. If you use money in any way, then this series will be indispensable to you!

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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Today Kazunori is back, and the whole crew is excited to see him! Almost too excited, as his presence is enough to send the whole crew into a frenzy! We manage to keep things together long enough to get today’s edition out. You don’t want to miss this one.