Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You’ve been in Japan for an exchange program for two months, and the time has flown by. It seems like you just arrived in Japan yesterday! You can’t believe you only have a few more weeks before you’ll be leaving Japan to return home—in no time you’ll board the plane. So when people tell you that you can get together “whenever” in Japanese, you correct them in Japanese and pin them down on your schedule immediately!
In this lesson, you’ll learn about three different Japanese time expressions: tabi (”whenever”), irai (”since”), and totan (”in no time”) Today’s Japanese conversations take place at school between several classmates; therefore, they will be speaking informal 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! Your friend’s thirtieth birthday is coming up, and you want to do something special for her. Of course, she has told you in Japanese many times, “I hate surprise parties. I don’t like to celebrate my birthday. If you want to do something, let’s just have a quiet dinner.” However, you and your other friends vow this year is going to be different, after years of her plotting surprise parties for all of you. One of your friends tells you in Japanese, “We need to come up with a good plan to throw her off. What if we have the party at your house?” You respond in Japanese, “Well, that’s not a good idea. There’s no place to hide all the cars. She’ll know something is up before she even walks in the door.” You continue in Japanese, “What if I pretend to host an open house for my new house the week before her birthday? That way I can invite everyone, and when she shows up she won’t be surprised to see a bunch of other people there. Then we can really surprise her when she walks into the house.” Your friends respond in Japanese, “That’s a good idea! She won’t suspect a thing! You hide your true colors well: who knew you were so devious!”
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Upper Intermediate lesson will teach you many expressions that use the Japanese word for “cat.” As you are learning, Japanese is a language full of colorful expressions, and you’ll learn quite a few useful ones in this Japanese 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! How does your Japanese compare? If you want it to stack up, you need to know how to make comparisons and talk about what is “the best” or “the most.” Think about the popular saying, “Love is the most important thing of all.” Without being able to make comparisons in English, you wouldn’t be able to say this. Once you learn how to say that something is “the most” in Japanese, you’ll use it all the time!
This beginner Japanese lesson introduces you to superlative sentences that compare quantity or quality. You’ll also master Ichiban (first, number one) to talk about what is “the best” or “the most….” As a bonus, pick up all sorts of popular vocabulary words and phrases you can use to ask about peoples’ physical conditions. This is one JapanesePod101.com lesson you’ll be glad you read!

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Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Last week things were looking up for our young couple. The girl’s very strict father looked like he was about to say yes. But today he’s got a few questions for his future son-in-law. We’ll continue looking at causatives this week. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
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Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! In Japanese society, meeting a girlfriend’s father for the first time can be a harrowing experience, especially in a traditional family. In today’s dialog we have a young couple who is asking dad’s permission to marry and this particular otōsan is a really scary guy! This is part of a 3 part series looking at the causative. Sit back, and enjoy - this is bound to be a rollercoaster of a series. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
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