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Learn Polite Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Today is the final lesson in our ryokan series. Mr. Iga spent a lot of time trying to find a place for his family. Today they final arrive and get to check out the room, but they may have brought an unwelcome guest. Today’s grammar is another use of sekkaku and we’ll take a look at a new idiom. Don’t forget to check out the Combo track which features the combined dialog from all four ryokan lessons, a sure fire way to improve your listening skills with no English at all. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
Learn Real Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! In today’s conversation we’re going to learn how to make reservations at a ryokan, or a Japanese style inn. Our characters are trying to plan a family trip to Shimoda which is located at the southernmost part of the Izu Peninsula. Our grammar point is using sekkaku shita no ni to express disappointment after going through a lot of effort to do something. 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, two friends are visiting Meiji Shrine, one of Tokyo’s most popular sightseeing spots! They’ve come all this way, so they decide to take a photograph in front of the big torī (gate) at the entrance of the shrine grounds. We have three grammar points today. One is the extremely useful sekkaku, which is used to express going to a lot of effort to do something (very Japanese). The others are -te ageru and nanta tte, which are covered in detail in the PDF. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
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Category: Upper Intermediate Lessons | 19 Comments »
Grammar: ashi, sekkaku | Function: showing a room to customers | Topic: idioms, ryōkan, travel | Politeness Level: casual, formal, honorific, Humble, Informal, Polite
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