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Learn Business Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Our intrepid businessman, Mr. Matsudaira explained his needs to the interpretation company and today he receives their proposal by FAX. Will he get the services he needs at the price he wants? There’s only one way to find out! Our grammar point is using the phrase ~ni kanshimashite wa to establish relative topics. Also we’ll look at the useful suffix ~gimi used to show tendencies or attributes. Also, don’t miss out on the Combo track which brings all 4 lesson conversations together for review — that’s over 4 minutes of straight Japanese! After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!


Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! We are proud launch our first Upper Intermediate series today! In today’s conversation we have a typical business phone call chock full of great Japanese. This may not be the easiest Japanese in the world, but if you’re doing business in a Japanese company, these are some essential phrases you need to know. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!


Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Agnes is still recovering from her virulent bout of gastric inflammation caused by stress. Just when things couldn’t get any worse, she gets a call from “you-know-who” (Hashimoto Yūsuke), whom she hasn’t heard from in days. Our grammar point is sae ~nakereba, used to make negative conditional statements of conjecture. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!


Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Today is day 2 of O-Bon, when the dead roam the earth. In today’s story Ushijima-san and Jun-san are driving back to Tōkyō after a long business trip in the country. Ushijima-san’s subordinate gave some strange directions which lead them through a mountain pass in the dead of night. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Today is the final installment of this Newbie series. Satoshi was in a coma and suffering from amnesia when the Hospital Director explained that he was actually a member of the PSIA, an elite Japanese intelligence agency. Today he is handed a cell phone for the first time. Who will he call first?

This newbie Japanese lesson focuses on dō iu + noun and koto to discuss the intangible. As always, you’ll enjoy the plethora of sample sentences. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

 

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