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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Your sister is visiting you in Japan for the weekend, and while you’re happy to see her, you’re starting to dread her high energy level. When she bounds into your apartment, the first thing she asks you in Japanese is, “What have you planned for us to do?” You reply in Japanese, “Nothing yet…” Instead of telling her the truth in Japanese, which is that you were too exhausted from your work week to think of anything, you cover and tell her in Japanese, “I wanted to wait until you arrived so that we could plan our weekend together.” She gives you a hug and tells you how nice you are in Japanese. Then she launches into a list of everything she wants to do during her visit in Japanese. She says in Japanese, “The last time I visited we went to a fantastic restaurant. Will you take me there again tomorrow?” Before you can even respond, she continues in Japanese, “I also just heard about this great new store that I want to go to. I’m sure you’ll take me there tomorrow too, right?”

Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Newbie lesson will show you how to form the future tense of Japanese verbs. We’ll also show you how to form questions from sentences in Japanese, and finally we’ll talk a bit about Japanese sentence structure. 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! “Would you like some tea?” “Yes, thanks.” Drink of any kind seems to be one of the best social lubricants anywhere. In Japan, it’s no different. Customers, supervisors, employees, friends, and family in Japan all seem to speak more freely with a glass of liquid in hand. And the most frequent topic of Japanese conversation at such times is the people who are not present. And after this Japanese lesson you will be able to join right in on the conversation! “So what do you think of your boss? Is she your cup of tea? Is this a good time to talk about her? No? Have another cup of tea. Let’s talk more.”

Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Newbie lesson reviews some of our past Japanese lessons, and we talk about people and their characteristics in Japanese. And what’s more fun than talking about people 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!

Learn to Speak Japanese Fluently with This Lesson!

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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Miki is back with her Japanese audio blog to talk about Nihoncha, or Japanese tea. One of the phenomenon’s she discusses is the cha bashira, and cha bashira ga tatsu - a sign of good luck. Miki also shares a method of predicting your future using your morning coffee that she learned in Turkey. Tune in to find out more, and then stop by JapanesePod101.com to leave Miki a comment!

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