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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Your friend suggests to you in Japanese, “The leaves are turning colors for fall. We should go to the mountains this weekend and hike.” You respond in Japanese, “I don’t know. I’ve never been hiking before. I don’t think I can do it.” Your friend answers in Japanese, “But you don’t know. If you don’t try, how will you know whether you can hike?” You protest in Japanese, “I don’t have any clothes, and I don’t have any shoes. Don’t I need special hiking boots?” Your friend replies in Japanese, “Don’t worry…we aren’t climbing Mount Fuji. We’ll just do some gentle hills. You can wear your tennis shoes.” You inquire in Japanese, “Just how long do you think we’ll be climbing? Do I need to go work out so I can get into better shape? I’m worried I won’t make it!” Your friend reassures you in Japanese, “I know you can do this. If you can walk, you can hike!”

Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Beginner lesson will teach you how to use the Japanese verb that means “to try.” We’ll teach you two senses of this Japanese word, which you can use to say “try to do something” and to “try something out” 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!


Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! You have been given an important assignment at work - visit a restaurant and write a report on it! Hey, there are worse jobs, right? When you think about it, this may be the perfect opportunity to invite that cute co-worker of yours out by asking them to go with you! Perfect! But… how are you going to ask them to come with you in Japanese? In this Beginner lesson, you’ll learn about the verb kureru, which is used to talk about how someone does something for you, and is also used when making a request of someone. This is the word you’ll need to know! 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 tells you in Japanese, “Okay, we’re here. Take off your shoes and let’s go in.” You respond in Japanese, “You want me to take off my shoes to go into this Japanese bar? Back home, all the bars are so dirty. Are you sure this is a good idea?” Your friend replies in Japanese, “Yes, I’m sure. This is not like any place you’ve ever been before. Stop whining and let’s get you a drink so you can relax.” Once you’re seated at the table, the waiter comes over to take your order, and you tell him in Japanese, “I’d like a sake.” He responds in Japanese, “Great. What kind of drink do you want?” You respond in Japanese, “Is there more than one kind of sake?” Your friend intervenes and adds in Japanese, “My friend will have a Midori sour, and I’ll have the same, thanks.” You tell your friend in Japanese, “That’s not a sake…” Your friend replies in Japanese, “Trust me, the drinks are great here. And by the way, the Japanese use the word sake in more ways than you think.”

Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Culture Class lesson (part one of a two-part series) will tell you about izakaya, the Japanese version of what we might call a bar or a pub…but this Japanese version puts a whole new spin on what you might expect. You’ll find tons of Japanese dishes to choose from, a fun and raucous atmosphere, and all kinds of Japanese sake. 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 were some of the first things you remember as a child learning to read? Driving down the street with your parents, sitting in a restaurant, or walking through the store - you couldn’t WAIT to show off (or try out) your new reading skills! They were suddenly everywhere! Well, they had always been there, but now that you were learning to read, you knew that those fantastic symbols actually fit together to make - WORDS. It’s no different for Japanese.

Now that you’re learning to speak Japanese and read and write kanji, wouldn’t it be great if you had access to the real-life signs, letters, and words all over Tokyo to help you learn and practice like Japanese children do? Oh wait…you DO!! That’s right! With JapanesePod101.com’s new Everyday Kanji Video Project, you can learn Japanese kanji using real-life scenes from Tokyo! And yes, it IS as exhilarating as it sounds!
Members of the JapanesePod101 team spent countless hours slaving away sightseeing and dining out all over Tokyo just to take pictures for this video series! Whew! They worked very hard gathering these pictures and compiling them into a video to teach you kanji in a fun and unique way. These are actual REAL-LIFE examples of kanji, and not just some characters you find in a textbook.

Where can you find these AWESOME pictures and videos? There are several ways:

1.    The pictures are posted daily on Twitter
2.    The pictures are being added to our Fan Page on FaceBook
3.    The videos can be found on YouTube
4.    And of course, you can find them at JapanesePod101.com!

Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com was never more authentic than this! So, what are you waiting for? Join us at JapanesePod101.com, follow us on Twitter, become a fan on FaceBook, and join up at YouTube so you can start learning Japanese like the Japanese do! Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese…and it just got better!




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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Expressing how often you do or don’t do something can be an important part of any language. You might say, “I go out often,” “I sometimes go out,” or “I never go out.” Obviously, these three statements are vastly different and can change the meaning of your conversation.

In this newbie Japanese lesson, master how to use yoku (”often”), amari (”not often”), and zenzen (”not at all”). You’ll see how dynamic these three words are with the plentiful Japanese example sentences. As a bonus, discover how to use these words in both formal and informal language.

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