Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! The scary Japanese ninja men are back, and this time they’re chasing you with a vengeance. This time, you’re still wearing your bathrobe, but at least you grabbed your running shoes from your Japanese closet before you took off. You take a turn down a one-way Japanese alley, and suddenly you realize you’re stuck in a corner without any escape. You frantically look around you in all directions for a door or a window in the Japanese buildings surrounding the alley, but all you can see are the Japanese ninjas quickly converging on you. With nowhere to hide, you crouch into a ball and say in Japanese, “Please don’t hurt me. I don’t have any money. Please leave me alone!” The lead ninja responds in Japanese, “Lady, we don’t want to hurt you. We just wanted to bring you this red velvet cupcake, which you left behind at the store.” You respond in Japanese, “This doesn’t make any sense. But I do like red velvet cupcakes.” Suddenly, someone is shaking you, and you scream in Japanese, “I thought you said you were going to leave me alone!” A voice cuts through the fog in your head and says in Japanese, “I’m tired of you being late for work and making excuses, so I’m here to fetch you. I don’t have any cupcakes, but here’s a muffin. Now get up!”
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Particle lesson will teach you how to use form relative clauses in Japanese. You can use relative clauses to add information about Japanese nouns and adjectives to your sentences. 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 son going missing is probably already the talk of your Japanese neighborhood, but at least you found him safe and sound. When you arrive at home, you tell him in Japanese, “You frightened us terribly! Don’t ever do that to us again.” Your son apologizes and says in Japanese, “I’m sorry, it won’t happen again. But now I’m wondering what you’re going to do to punish me.” You respond in Japanese, “Your father and I will talk that over tomorrow. For now, we’re just happy that you’re at home and safe.” Your son hugs you and tells you in Japanese, “Mom, I’m so sorry.” You tell him in Japanese, “I forgive you. Now go to your room and finish your homework for school tomorrow.”
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Particle lesson will teach you how to use particles that are more colloquial that those we covered in the last Japanese lesson. Specifically, you’ll use these Japanese particles to confirm agreement, soften statements and feelings, and issue negative imperatives. 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! When your roommate arrives home from the Japanese grocery store, you ask him in Japanese, “Why on earth have you bought so much food? That’s three times what we eat in a normal week!” He responds in Japanese, “Would you believe it if I told you I had a tapeworm?” You tell your roommate in Japanese, “That’s disgusting…do you? Is it catching?” Your roommate laughs and tells you in Japanese, “No, I’m just preparing my stomach.” You inquire in Japanese, “That sounds ominous…preparing it for what? Do I need to evacuate our apartment?” Your roommate explains in Japanese, “No…I think I’m going to enjoy an eating contest, and I need to stretch my stomach so I can fit in more food. Did you know that a Japanese person has won New York’s hot-dog eating contest the last few years?” You reply in Japanese, “No…that is disgusting. Enjoy your food. I’m going to hit the gym for both of us to make up for everything you’re about to eat.”
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Lower Intermediate lesson will show you how to use two Japanese nominalizers that work magic in the Japanese language. Before you scoff at us, they really do: these little Japanese words can turn verbs, adjectives, and even whole Japanese sentences into Japanese nouns. Hocus pocus! 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 asks in Japanese, “What are you going to do after school?” You respond in Japanese, “Do you mean today?” Frustrated, you reply in Japanese, “No, I mean after you graduate…what are you going to do?” Having successfully avoided this conversation for quite some time, you can’t help but be annoyed as you answer in Japanese, “I don’t know what I’m going to do. Do you know?” Your friend confidently answers in Japanese, “Yes, I’m going to get married. I want some children - two boys and two girls. Do you want to have children?” Wondering if your friend has been talking to your mother you answer sharply in Japanese, “I don’t know!” Your friend sure is full of questions. She continues in Japanese, “How much longer until you’re graduated? Have you met anyone special that you’d like to marry? What if you don’t find someone right away? Do you think you’ll find someone anytime soon? If you don’t find someone, what will you do then?” Feeling short of breath and thinking you may pass out soon, you explode in Japanese, “I’m not sure! I haven’t thought that far ahead. I won’t finish school for a while yet, and I’m focusing on school. I have to finish school before I think of anything else, and I’m late for my Japanese class now. I’ve got to go. We can talk later, and I’ll answer your questions then! Are you done?!”
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Particle lesson focuses on asking questions in Japanese. The fastest way to learn anything is to ask questions, and this lesson will teach you some of the grammar of the Japanese particles you use to ask questions. 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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What do you like? Saying what you like and don’t like is critical to your survival in a foreign country. Japan is no different. But did you know that we can use the same grammatical pattern to express things that you are good at and bad at doing? It’s true. And it couldn’t be easier! Today we will learn the attributive use of the particle ga in Japanese. It sounds like a mouthful, but you’ll be surprised how useful it is. We’ll learn to express likes, dislikes and abilities. It’s a very important Japanese grammatical construction, so you don’t want to miss this Beginner Japanese lesson!

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