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Going to a hot spring or public bath? You’ll need to know the proper etiquette if you want to be comfortable and get the most of your time there. In this series we’ll walk you through step by step, so you can bathe like a pro and impress everyone with your knowledge of Japanese culture! Our grammar point is how to use tame ni to express purpose in Japanese. Be sure to get the PDF, because we explain a couple of other uses of tame ni that you’ll need to know to master Japanese!

Japanese hot springs, hot springs in Japan, Onsen, Japanese baths

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Going to a hot spring or public bath? You’ll need to know the proper etiquette if you want to be comfortable and get the most of your time there. In this series we’ll walk you through step by step, so you can bathe like a pro and impress everyone with your knowledge of Japanese culture!

We’ll look at grammatical constructions combining the volitional plus to omotte iru, which is how you say “I’m thinking about doing something” in Japanese. We’ll also learn how to use no da or n da to give explanations in spoken Japanese.

Hakone is a beautiful place to relax in Japan.

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Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! In Japan, Christmas is a romantic holiday for couples. For Tokyo couples, it’s usually spent on a quiet date. But some couples choose to stay in a hotel or take a 1 day trip outside of the city (if they’re lucky enough to get the day off!!). Today we’ll take a look at one couple’s version of a Japanese Christmas. We’ll go over the conjunctive particle shi and the emphatic particle nante. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!