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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You told some friends you’d make dinner for them this weekend, but now you’re thinking to yourself in Japanese, “What have I done? I’ve never cooked for anyone before!” You call your mother in a panic and ask her in Japanese, “What can I make for dinner for a group of friends?” Your mother responds in Japanese, “You can make something easy like pasta, or maybe you can order takeout so you don’t have to cook?” You whine in Japanese, “But Mom, I promised them I would cook for them!” Your mother tells you in Japanese, “You only have a few days before dinner, but you could watch a few cooking shows on television and the Internet. Maybe you can pick up some tricks and learn some new dishes.” You tell your mother in Japanese, “Those are great suggestions! I knew you’d know what to do!”

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 two Japanese words that mean “only” - dake and shika. We’ll also teach you some Japanese expressions that you can use to explain the order of something. 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! What’s this about the passive voice? You have always heard from all your teachers of English that you shouldn’t use the passive voice, and now here your Japanese instructor is telling you to use it! In fact, your instructor tells you in Japanese, “You should be prepared to see the passive voice a lot on the Japanese proficiency exam! Because of that, we’ll be practicing using the passive voice often in this class!” You tell your teacher in Japanese, “Wow, it almost feels like Christmas since we’ll be able to use this voice. It feels like we’re getting away with something! I’ve never used the passive voice before!” Your instructor corrects you in Japanese, “You mean ‘The passive voice has never been used by you before!’”

Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese JLPT lesson will teach you about the third part of the grammar and reading comprehension section on the Japanese proficiency exam. We’ll teach you how to form the passive and causative forms of Japanese verbs. We’ll also teach you some very important Japanese particles used with these Japanese verb forms that differ in usage from their English counterparts. 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!


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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