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Learn Practical Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Today we’re taking a trip to the kiosuku (kiosk). Our intrepid shopper, the legendary samurai Ōishi Kuranosuke, is buying some food for his trip to Ōsaka and needs to receive his change. So we’ll hear the phrases the kiosk clerks use. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

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Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Tom, an American studying Japanese at his university meets Junko-chan, a cute girl from Japan who is visiting the US. He explains his reasons for approaching her which seems to freak her out a little bit. Our grammar point is a potential verb + yō ni naru which expresses one’s desire to become able to do something. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

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Learn intermediate Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! The are two jokers in every pack of cards, and it’s rare to pull them both. Today, however, Sayuri manages to pull a pair of jokers called Hideo and Mel. You don’t want to miss these two cards. In fact, this is almost guaranteed to be a one time only lesson! We’re still not sure how we managed to get this one by Sasahara-sensei, but today’s lesson is guaranteed to provide you with more PRACTICAL Japanese than all of your store bought textbooks combined!
Today we introduce you to real, practical Japanese! You don’t want to miss this one. In fact, we give you enough material to get you through to next week’s intermediate class! You don’t want to miss this episode.

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