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SurvivalPhrases.com - Learn essential travel phrases, cultural insights and travel tips in 12 languages.Learn Polite Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Today Iga-san is still on the phone with the proprietor of the ryokan he’d like to visit with his family. They are confirming the details. We’ll look at some easy - but useful - grammar points today, chinami ni and tsumari. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
Learn Practical Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Last week Iga-san tried to book a room for his family at a ryokan (Japanese style inn) but couldn’t get one. Today he’s trying a different place, so let’s see if he has any luck. We’ll take a look at an interesting grammar point, which is the non-contrastive use of the particle ga. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
Learn Real Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! In today’s conversation we’re going to learn how to make reservations at a ryokan, or a Japanese style inn. Our characters are trying to plan a family trip to Shimoda which is located at the southernmost part of the Izu Peninsula. Our grammar point is using sekkaku shita no ni to express disappointment after going through a lot of effort to do something. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Takao and Yumi are planning a summer trip in Asia but they can’t decide where to go. They visit a ryokō gyōsha ‘(travel agency) to get some recommendations and plan a fantastic journey to Shanghai, the so-called gourmet heaven of Asia! Our grammar part is irassharu which is used in keigo (honorific language). After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! After hearing about Ms. Sasaki’s wedding, Mr. Ishihara takes a drastic step - he reserves a flight to Hawaii. There is no turning back now! In this lesson we will look at more keigo, including polite imperatives. Also we will see a very useful expression of necessity using ~nai to ikenai. The drama is picking up and you don’t want to miss out! After you catch your breath, stop by JapanesePod101.com and leave us a post!
Category: Upper Intermediate Lessons | 14 Comments »
Grammar: chinami ni, tsumari | Function: booking a room, making reservations | Topic: allergies, ryōkan, travel | Politeness Level: honorific, Humble, Polite
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