Need to convert dollars to yen? Coins to bills? Today we’ll show you how to convert any kind of currency to something else. If you’re traveling to Japan to living in Japan, this series is critical to your financial transactions. And we still have 1 more next week!

For our Japanese grammar point, we’ll show you how to create honorific noun phrases in Japanese the easy way!

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Want to open a Japanese bank account? Right away you’ll notice that Japanese banks do things a little differently from many western banks. But we’ll walk you through setting up an account and provide some tips to make sure you get your Japanese bank account on the first try!

We’ll also look at humble, polite and honorific language in Japan, a critical component of the customer-clerk relationship. We’ll talk about Japanese honorific prefixes and how to use the verb nasaru. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! How could you lose your wallet? You could swear it was in your pocket just a few moments ago. You didn’t stop once on the drive between her parents’ home in Japan and here except for gasoline and even then, you never left the car. But when you reached into your pocket to pay for dinner, you realized frighteningly that there’s nothing there. You ask your girlfriend in Japanese, “What happened to my wallet?” She looks at you, dumbstruck and asks in Japanese, “How would I know where your wallet is?” Panicked, you reply in Japanese, “I think I lost my wallet!!” She asks in Japanese, “Is it in your bag?” Remembering your bag, you frantically grab it from the backseat and tear it open searching for the missing wallet with no success. Of course it’s not there though, why would you have put it back in your bag after you stopped for gas? Things are just not making sense… The helpful waitress alerts a policeman to help you report your missing wallet. But as you begin to describe the missing wallet in Japanese, the policeman tells you in Japanese, “We need your name, telephone number, and add…” The policeman is suddenly cut off by a screeching sound! What is that noise?!

Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Newbie lesson teaches an important topic that we hope you never need to use in this situation, but it’s better to be safe than sorry. In this Japanese lesson, we teach you how to talk with the people at Japanese lost and found offices. It’s always distressing to lose something in Japan, such as a wallet, but to be unable to communicate in Japanese with those who might be able to help you would be worse. We will also introduce you to two important Japanese honorific prefixes and review Japanese verb conjugation. Study this lesson carefully and feel confident knowing you are able to talk lost and found in 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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