Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Click…click…click. You can’t sleep in your Japanese hotel bed. Something’s just not right…maybe the Japanese don’t like their pillows fluffed as much as you do. You’re not sure what’s going on with your sleep patterns since you’ve been in Japan, but since you can’t sleep, you’re watching late-night Japanese television. On one channel, the weatherman predicts in Japanese, “If you’re outside tomorrow, you better take an umbrella. We have a ninety percent chance of rain.” Click! You land on a news channel, where the news anchor reports in Japanese, “If the United States President doesn’t take swift action, the stock market will continue to suffer.” Click! What’s this? It looks like a Japanese infomercial…you decide to tune in to see whether you can get a deal!

Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Lower Intermediate lesson will review how to use the Japanese conditional structures involving to and tara. We’ll tell you when you should use one or the other of these Japanese structures and the restrictions on one of these Japanese words. So get ready to make a deal and review these important Japanese grammar points! 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. If this, then that. Sounds confusing, but it’s a big part of all languages. Can you tell someone the consequences of their actions in Japanese? Can you tell your friend, “If you don’t want to, then you don’t have to”? Few things in life are certain. Learn the Japanese that allows you to describe what will happen as a result of an “if.”

In this lower intermediate Japanese lesson, delve into the all-important tara (if) Japanese conjunction. Discover Japanese sentence patterns that allow you to talk about what will happen if a certain thing takes place. If you want to master Japanese, then you need to read this lesson!

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Are you ready to enter the shrine? There are many unique customs in Japan, some of the most interesting are the ones are associated with Japanese religion. Today’s lesson takes place under a chōzuya, the place where you purify yourself before entering a Japanese shrine or temple.　

We’ll be looking at practical Japanese phrase dō shitara ii no da, which is useful asking someone what to do. You’ll never be at a loss again!

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Have Fun Learning Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Yasumi is still trying to get to Hajime’s house, but the windy streets of Kawagoe aren’t so navigable for poor Yasumi. We’ll continue looking at conditional phrases for our grammar point. This week it’s the -tara conditional. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

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Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! It’s Thursday night at the fight! K-1 is one of the most popular sports on TV in Japan. And tonight we’re sitting front row to watch 2 of the biggest prize fighters fight to the death! That’s right, Ernenesto Hoost and Peter Aertz — well, our versions of them… and actually, it’s not a fight to the death. But still, you don’t wanna miss this one! After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

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