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December 25th, 2007 | help Need help?

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!



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December 11th, 2007 | help Need help?

Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! A husband and wife are comparing their shibafu (lawn) to the neighbor’s. No matter how hard they try, they just can’t seem to keep up! We’ll take a look at using -te mo… -te mo construction to mean “no matter how much, no matter how hard” as well as several uses of shi.
After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

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Voice Actors: Take, Ushijima
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October 23rd, 2007 | help Need help?

Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! The maids are back with a vengence! Today they are continuing their conversation about the 2 guys who are always saying “moe.” We’ll continue looking at gender-specific informal styles, so pay attention to the female speech patterns used by maids. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

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October 16th, 2007 | help Need help?

Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! It’s the long awaited return of the Maids!!! This time we’re getting the maids’ perspective. Our customers were really having a great time at the Maid Bar. Is it the same for our maids, Miki-chan and Mimi-chan? Our grammar point is n dakedo and a slang us of the particle shi. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

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Voice Actors: Miki, Ushijima
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August 1st, 2007 | help Need help?

Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com.  Today’s lesson takes place in a classroom.  Our student is curious about what life is like in the sabaku (desert).  But when learns about the harsh conditions there, she rethinks her postion.  We’ll cover vocab for describing places, as well as colloquial use of tte and no da.  After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

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