Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! We are about to return to the year of the rat, so today Miki is talking about the jūnishi, the famous Chinese Zodiac. We’ll learn one of the famous stories about the origin of the order. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
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Learn Japanese the Fun Way at JapanesePod101.com! The New Year holiday continues here in Japan. In today’s dialog, Kōji and Mariko are racing to get to Mt. Fuji in time for hatsu-hinode, the first sunrise of the year. We’ll talk a little bit about this unique Japanese tradition and the more recent tradition of police blockades to stop rowdy motorcycles gangs from ruining it for everyone else. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
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Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! This week Kōji and Tarō return for more monkey business Tokyo Style. Taro’s skill set has expanded tremendously - he’s even cooking dinner these days! But Kōji seems to be demanding more and more from this talented monkey. We’ll be taking a look at some common contractions used in casual Japanese… oh, and you don’t wanna miss this week’s bonus track. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
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Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Monkey shows featuring Nihonzaru (Japanese Monkeys) are very famous throughout Japan. In today’s lesson, Kōji the Trainer has been training Tarō to do some, shall we say, special tricks! At first Tarō seems excited about all his hard work paying off. Then he starts to realize that Kōji has bigger plans in store for him. Our grammar points are datte and nandatte as used in casual speech. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Nozomi returns to bring us our 5th and final Tsugaru-ben (Aomori-ben) Lesson. This week our characters are two Nihonzaru (Japanese Monkeys) who are talking about the weather. This week is a review, so we’re not introducing any new grammar, but we will throw out a few new words! After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com to leave us a post!











