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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Welcome to JapanesePod101.com’s Learn Japanese Grammar Video Series-Absolute Beginner. Over twenty-five video lessons, we will teach you the absolute essentials of Japanese grammar using a powerful combination of audio and video. Each audio grammar explanation is enhanced with motion graphics so you can follow along visually every step of the way. Are you ready for an all-new way to learn Japanese grammar and expressions? Join us for our Learn Japanese Grammar Video Series at JapanesePod101.com!

JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese. In this video lesson, you’ll learn how to ask where something is in Japanese, and you’ll also learn the important words for “here”, “there”, and “over there”. Are you ready to learn even more Japanese? Visit us at JapanesePod101.com where you will find many more fantastic Japanese lessons and learning resources, including other great videos like this one, audio podcasts, review materials, applications, and more. Leave us a message while you are there!


Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! “Well, this is it!” you tell your Japanese friends. “What’s this?” they ask you in Japanese. You’ve been working carefully at the Namiki company on a project, and it’s finally done. “This is the best pen made! I helped design it as part of a project at Namiki.” you tell them. “What did you do over there?” they asked in Japanese. “I was working on a project to help design the colors for their new line of fountain pen inks,” you explain in Japanese, “and it was really interesting…and sometimes really messy. Did you know this Japanese fountain pen and ink is one of the best in the world?” Proudly explaining further, you continue in Japanese, “Look, this is a Namiki fountain pen, and so is that one in Jamie’s pocket. But look at the color of ink in this one.” You write with your pen on a fresh sheet of fine white paper, and your Japanese friends are all agog. “Wow, look at that color. Where did you get ink like that?” they exclaim in Japanese! This is one of the colors we made during the project,” you say, “Let’s go to that Japanese cafe over there. I have more to show you.”

Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Basic Japanese video lesson explains a very common and fundamental pattern of basic Japanese sentences. We will show you how to form the basic Japanese sentence structure, “this/that/that over there is ___.” With this pattern and a few words, you will be able to make all kinds of useful and valuable sentences in Japanese. 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! “Look, it’s over there. No wait, I see it over here. Oh my goodness, they’re EVERYWHERE!” Do you have this conversation with people whenever you see some creepy, crawly insects in the house? You can sure lose your appetite in a hurry when you see bugs and such scurrying about. They’re fast, too, and they can hide in the most remarkably small places. Well, you can’t escape the bugs by going to Japan. And if you want help wrangling that critter into a corner, or better – out the door – you had better know how to tell someone ELSE where that nasty little thing is in Japanese! Because standing there with your mouth open screaming and pointing frantically all over the room isn’t getting you anywhere!

Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Newbie lesson is about this and that. Really, it’s about the words “this” and “that,” which in Japanese identify the location of an object relative to the speaker. Much as we say, “this here” and “that there.” 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 to Speak Japanese Fluently with This Lesson!

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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! “Where’s my wallet? My umbrella? My watch? Oh no! The keys?! Where IS my head? I’ve lost it, too!” Have you ever been with the sort of people who just can’t seem to hold on to anything? Do you know someone like that? No sooner do they set something down than it disappears - at least from their sight. It’s difficult enough for them day to day, but how will they manage traveling in Japan without our help? And how will you help them if you don’t have a basic arsenal of Japanese words to draw upon!? Or, maybe your friend should just carry a sign written in Japanese that says, “I always lose things. Don’t let me buy anything expensive in Japan.”

Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Newbie lesson continues your education in Japanese nouns, adjectives, and polite phrases such as, “Thank you,” and “You’re welcome.” We will talk about all the important Japanese words you will need while traveling in Japan such as, wallet, and umbrella, and stylish, and expensive. You’ll be shopping up a storm in Japan after this lesson. 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 to Speak Japanese Fluently with This Lesson!

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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! The shopkeepers in Japan are often very polite and generous to customers. Sometimes that might lead to problems. It’s not a good idea to give away your friend’s or your colleague’s favorite 28,000 yen umbrella. But come to think of it, how do you know an umbrella costs 28,000 yen? How can you tell it from any other umbrella in Japan? Maybe the handle is made of gold? Or maybe the struts are silver? The covering might be silk brocade? In any case, be sure to keep an eye out for the fancy possessions of your friends, colleagues, and even yourself in Japan. You probably don’t want to sit idly by in Japan while anyone gives away your friend’s 28,000 yen umbrella!

Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Newbie lesson will help you over the rough spots. You know, those situations when you’ve made a mistake or insulted someone or stepped on someone’s foot in Japan. You must know how to apologize in Japanese. Just as in English, Japanese has a number of ways to say, “I’m sorry.” You’ll learn several in this lesson as well as when to use them. Some are extremely informal and others are extremely  formal You’ll learn a lot about apologizing in Japanese in this lesson. 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 to Speak Japanese Fluently with This Lesson!