SpanishPod101.com - Learn Spanish with daily podcasts recorded on location in 5 different countries.
SurvivalPhrases.com - Learn essential travel phrases, cultural insights and travel tips in 12 languages.You’re stranded in Tokyo. Not enough cash for a hotel. Where do you stay? Two Japanese businessmen decide to stay at a manga kissa, a manga cafe. Similar to an internet cafe, but you can Japanese anime, manga, magazines and even massage chairs! Gomi-san recommends Nana and “Nekomura-san”, two famous Japanese manga.
We’ll review our Japanese grammatical expressions using the -masu stem + yasui, -masu stem + nikui, -masu stem + sugiru.

Missed the last train home? Not enough cash for a hotel? What do you do? In this lesson you’ll find out what these two Japanese salary men did! A stop over at a manga kissa (manga cafe), one of the most popular ways to enjoy manga, anime, the internet or avoid expensive Japanese hotels. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! One Japan’s biggest cultural exports is manga. Today’s story takes place between two kids who are fighting over which manga is cooler, Hokuto no Ken or Dragonball! Our grammar point are sō iu and sugiru which are used a lot in casual conversation. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! This couple went to their high school reunion last night. They were surprised at how much their classmates had changed, for better or worse. Our grammar point for the day is sugiru which is used to show excess or too much. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
Category: Beginner Lessons (S3) | 9 Comments »
Grammar: nikui, sugiru, yasui | Function: expressing likes and dislikes | Topic: anime, business, business in Japan, cafe, dislikes, internet cafe, jobs, likes, manga, manga cafe, work, working, workplace in Japan | Politeness Level: casual, Polite
Share This