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Many Japanese women break the law every day. Would you break the law to provide for your family? In this series, we’ll tell you how Japanese housewives break the law… and why! We’ll also see a fight break out!
We’ll look at a Japanese formal expression naninani ni koshita koto nai, which is how you say “nothing is better than something else” in Japanese. Our second grammatical construction in naninani ni mo hodo ga aru, which is used to complain about how something has gone too far. These are two fantastic Japanese grammar points that will make your Japanese sound natural.
Get outta the way! A guy from Osaka is causing a problem on the escalator. Why? He doesn’t know which side to stand on. Today we’ll tell you the rules of Japanese escalator etiquette in Kanto and Kansai so you can fit in like a native!
In addition to looking at some Osaka-ben (Osaka Dialect) we’ll compare a few phrases that’ll definitely turn some heads. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
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Learning How to Give Directions in Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! The directions Hajime gave Yasumi sent him in a circle around the town of Kawagoe. Nearly at the same place he began he arrives at his friend’s house. He’s probably worked up quite an appetite, good thing it’s a pizza party! Our grammar point is the -ba conditional, used to express counter-factual states. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
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Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! With many manga and anime fanatics going to Akihabara to spend lots of money, it didn’t take long for some ne’er-do-wells to start attacking and robbing otaku in the alleyways. In today’s dialog, a gang of chinpira (thugs) try mess with our guy, but they’re in for a big surprise. Let’s see if they learn a lesson! After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
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Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Today we’re going to a baseball game! Our conversation features a pitcher who’s got a problem with the umpire (or maybe it’s the other way around). We’ll review no ni and also take a look the te form followed by to. And if that wasn’t enough, we’ll learn some choice new vocabulary for trash talking on the field. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
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Grammar: hodo, ni hodo ga aru, ni koshita koto wa nai | Function: arguing, starting a fight | Topic: bicycles, mothers, tv | Politeness Level: formal, Polite
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