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June 30th, 2008 | help Need help?

All things come to an end. Which means, you’re not a newbie any more! If you’ve followed this series from the beginning, then you’ve come a long way! With the basics of Japanese grammar under your belt you’re ready to move on to Beginner levels!

In this episode, we’ll review the basic Japanese grammar you’ve learned up to this point. We’ll see the adjectival -te form, -i adjectives, na adjectives, and the polite non-past and polite past tense Japanese verbs.

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Voice Actors: Yoshikai, Ushijima, Take | Hosts: Naomi, Rebekah
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April 25th, 2008 | help Need help?

Learn Real Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Kumi and Kenji are driving back to Tokyo after spending Golden Week out of town. Problem is, they’re not the only ones. Now they’re stuck in 4 km traffic jam, part of the yearly U-Turn Rush. We’ll focus on some formal language used on television and radio, traffic terms and a rather easy grammar point, -tto. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

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Voice Actors: Take, Ushijima, Yoshikai | Hosts: Naomi, Natsuko, Peter
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April 18th, 2008 | help Need help?

Learn Polite Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Today is the final lesson in our ryokan series. Mr. Iga spent a lot of time trying to find a place for his family. Today they final arrive and get to check out the room, but they may have brought an unwelcome guest. Today’s grammar is another use of sekkaku and we’ll take a look at a new idiom. Don’t forget to check out the Combo track which features the combined dialog from all four ryokan lessons, a sure fire way to improve your listening skills with no English at all. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

Voice Actors: Yoshikai, Marky, Nori, Miki, Hiroko, Naomi | Hosts: Naomi, Natsuko, Peter
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April 11th, 2008 | help Need help?

Learn Polite Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Today Iga-san is still on the phone with the proprietor of the ryokan he’d like to visit with his family. They are confirming the details. We’ll look at some easy - but useful - grammar points today, chinami ni and tsumari. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

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Learn Japanese Culture at JapanesePod101.com! Today Miki is talking about her recent trip to the beautiful island of Okinawa, one of Japan’s most interesting places. There are lots of things to see and do there, but we’ll let Miki tell you all about it! After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave her a post!

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