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Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Finally we made it to the exciting conclusion of “The Meet Up” series. Taro and Taro’s father and Kumi are all eating dinner together and it seems like things are starting to fall apart. We’ll be reviewing all three limitation particles; dake, shika, and bakari. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

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It’s time to Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! In today’s story Kumi is waiting around for Taro (not that Taro - c’mon, it’s a popular name!). Since he’s late she befriends a kindly security guard and has a little chat. Our grammar point is how to use shika to express the idea of “nothing but” or “only.” In the following episodes we’ll compare this with a 2 other similar particles, dake and bakari. This is some important, but essential grammar that you can use right away! 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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