Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! One Japan’s biggest cultural exports is manga. Today’s story takes place between two kids who are fighting over which manga is cooler, Hokuto no Ken or Dragonball! Our grammar point are sō iu and sugiru which are used a lot in casual conversation. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Sticker shock. It happens to many people who travel to Japan because the Japanese currency is so much different from dollars. One Japanese yen is only a little bit more than one penny (about eight per cent more). So the numbers look really, really big in Japan. Your tube of toothpaste that cost you $3 in the United States will be 325 yen in Japan. It takes a while to get used to the really big Japanese numbers. You know that $100,000 Ferrari you’ve been eyeballing? In Japan, it is 10,250,000 yen!! But you can adjust. Keep repeating to yourself, “Divide by 100, divide by 100.” Now about that umbrella you bought for $294…
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Newbie lesson is all about money and buying things in Japan. You’ll need big numbers in your brain so this lesson will have you counting in Japanese all the way up into the millions. You’re ready to dicker with the shopkeepers and used Ferrari salesmen when you’ve mastered 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!

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Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Last week our pitcher was tossed out of the game for talking back to the umpire. Today the game continues and there is yet more mayhem on the yakyūjō (baseball field). Will the game pick up, or will it continue down the same path? After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Will you be going to Japan? Then get ready to shop! You won’t believe the variety of interesting things to buy in Japan. Unfortunately though, you can’t shop unless you either have so much money you don’t care about price or you can say, “How much is this?” in Japanese. AND, you need more than one Japanese phrase because you must also be able to understand the answers the clerks give you. You’ll want to know about counting far beyond the thousands and all about Japanese money. There’s a big difference between one-hundred yen and one-hundred dollars. But don’t stress for even a minute – we’ll have you shopping ’til you drop in Japan in no time with this Japanese Newbie lesson!! So learn all about counting, money, and shopping in Japan right now.
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Newbie lesson contains the essentials of shopping in Japan. Counting, money, asking the shopkeepers questions of price, and telling them what you would like in Japanese. All in one lesson. You’ll be buying things right and left 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!

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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Is this anything? Life can be tedious sometimes for a visitor to a foreign country. The foods in Japan may not look, or taste, at all like what you are used to. So, even if you’re not a vegetarian, you must learn the Japanese phrases that will get you through the day. “Is this meat?” “Is this chicken?” “Is this fish?” You must know the answers as well as the questions – and how to be polite about it too! Remember, some people have allergic reactions to foods the rest of us find innocuous so this Japanese lesson is mighty important. You already know how to eat; now learn how to ask for what you want in Japanese.
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Newbie lesson will have you eating what you want to eat in Japan and not eating the things that might make you sick. Great food can really enhance a trip to a foreign country such as Japan, but bad food can turn a good trip sour in minutes. Learn the Japanese words for many foods such as beef, chicken, and vegetarian, as well as the Japanese copula desu. You’ll be eating well in Japan. 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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