You’re stranded in Tokyo. Not enough cash for a hotel. Where do you stay? Two Japanese businessmen decide to stay at a mankitsu, a manga cafe. Similar to an internet cafe, but you have access to Japanese anime, manga, magazines and even massage chairs! Gomi-san recommends Nana, a famous Japanese manga. We’ll learn how to say “easy to do” in Japanese using the -masu stem + yasui. We’ll also show how to use this versatile grammatical construction to express ideas of “prone to do” and that things “tend to happen” in Japanese. This grammar point is the opposite of the -masu + nikui, which we learned in another Japanese lesson.

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Wanna learn 3 great ways to invite your friends out in Japanese? We’ll show you 3 easy ways to do it with natural Japanese! Next thing you know, you’ll be rocking out Shibuya-style with cute Japanese girls - or Japanese guys, as the case may be! Basic and Premium membership has its privileges, because if you want to make friends or go on a date in Japan, this is the lesson for you!

We’ll be looking at the volitional form of Japanese verbs and negative form of Japanese verbs for making invitations and suggestions in Japanese. If you want to make friends or go on a date in Japan, this is the lesson for you!

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Learn Japanese on Your Own Terms at JapanesePod101.com! We’re going on a date tonight! First it’s to the cafe to talk about Murakami Haruki books, then we’ll fast forward to next weekend for a samurai movie. Our grammar point is nara, used to offset topics and is a great way to make a suggestion to that special someone! After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

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Learning Real Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Spring is around the corner and soon the cherry blossoms will be blooming and all of Japan will be covered in hanafubuki (flowers falling like snow). Since enjoying hanami (cherry blossom viewing) is in the hands of mother nature’s schedule, Japanese companies often decide at the last minute when to do a company outting. But getting a good, large space is nearly impossible. In today’s lesson, we’ll look at using de wa nai desu ka and no de wa nai desu ka to make suggestions and mild assertions. There’s a lot going on in this lesson, so after listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

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