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Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Today’s lesson features a highly motivated student (maybe a little too motivated). He’s asking his teacher for some advice. So we’ll learn how to use shita hō ga ii to give advice and suggestion. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

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Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! The end of November is the beginning of exam season. Every day there are tests, tests, and more tests. It can be a pretty stressful time for students. Today Miki will tell us all about it. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

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Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! What’s the matter with kids today? Two mothers bump into each other at an elementary school open house. Immediately they begin talking about how wonderful each other’s child is… at the expense of their own! Our grammar points are shika… nai and ~to kitara. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

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Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! In today’s lesson we have a very majime student who wants to take extra classes in the summer, but it seems the teacher has other plans! Our grammar point is dōshitemo, which is used in extreme situations (positive or negative). We’ll also look at a few constructions for expressing necessity. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!


Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! At school there are always a few students who don’t fit in. A good teacher worries about these students and tries to help them succeed. In today’s lesson we have a familiar situation. It’s a bit of a serious lesson, so time to be majime and study hard! Today’s lesson reviews kuse ni and introduces a very advanced grammar point (we’re talking JLPT1 here), ja arumai shi. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

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