Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Your friend suggests to you in Japanese, “The leaves are turning colors for fall. We should go to the mountains this weekend and hike.” You respond in Japanese, “I don’t know. I’ve never been hiking before. I don’t think I can do it.” Your friend answers in Japanese, “But you don’t know. If you don’t try, how will you know whether you can hike?” You protest in Japanese, “I don’t have any clothes, and I don’t have any shoes. Don’t I need special hiking boots?” Your friend replies in Japanese, “Don’t worry…we aren’t climbing Mount Fuji. We’ll just do some gentle hills. You can wear your tennis shoes.” You inquire in Japanese, “Just how long do you think we’ll be climbing? Do I need to go work out so I can get into better shape? I’m worried I won’t make it!” Your friend reassures you in Japanese, “I know you can do this. If you can walk, you can hike!”
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 the Japanese verb that means “to try.” We’ll teach you two senses of this Japanese word, which you can use to say “try to do something” and to “try something out” in Japanese. 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! You and your roommate are watching a Japanese news broadcast of an American actress who can’t seem to keep herself out of trouble. The news anchor reports in Japanese, “This actress has finally come before an American judge who no longer will put up with her disrespect for the legal system. Sources tell us that this actress will likely land in jail.” You tell your roommate in Japanese, “These people are so ridiculous. How does this make the news over here in Japan?” Your roommate responds in Japanese, “Well, she’s been in plenty of movies that are shown here, and she is kind of cute.” You reply in Japanese, “But the fact is that she’s just plain crazy. Cuteness never makes up for craziness.” Your roommate sighs in Japanese, “Or maybe she’s just very normal and wants to keep pulling these stunts for the publicity. A guy can dream, can’t he?”
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Lower Intermediate lesson will show a new way to modify nouns in Japanese. With this Japanese construction, you’ll be able to say the Japanese equivalent of “the fact that” to modify an expression of an idea. 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 & Have Fun at JapanesePod101.com! Today is the exciting conclusion of our Wasabi Kunoichi series. Last week Wasabi-chan discovered her kōchō-sensei (highschool principal) was behind all the missing wasabi. But now that she learned his secret, he has to eliminate her. What will happen to poor Wasabi-chan? Tune in to find out! After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
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Learn to Speak Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Today we continue our story about Wasabi-chan. All the wasabi in Izu is missing and our intrepid heroine sets out for a wasabi-batake (wasabi field) to see if she can spot the culprit. Our grammar point is the construction -te kuru, used in this case to show doing an action and then coming back (last week was -te iku). After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
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