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Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Now for the exciting conclusion of our K-1 Grand Prix match! In the first the commentators were doing a little pre-game discussion about the impending fight to the end. Today the bell will ring and the fighters will go at it! Who will win? Well, of course, you WILL! With grammar like the passive voice (ukemi) how can you not win? Of particular interest is the idiomatic use of the passive voice to express an undesirable or unfortunate turn of events. You don’t want to miss this one, folks. And, of course, 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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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Eating dinner and watching TV. In some families it’s OK, in others it’s dame (forbidden). In today’s conversation, this little boy wants to watch Sazae-san, a famous long-running Japanese cartoon about 3 generations of a family living under one roof. Our grammar point is -nagara which is usually used to describe simultaneous actions, but also has another interesting use meaning ‘despite.’ After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com to leave us a post!

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