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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! After a bunch of layoffs in your office in Japan, everyone is on edge…everyone but you, that is. That’s because the company hired you and a colleague as contractors to help the company streamline its Japanese operations. You’ve been traveling from office to office, cutting costs and people. You tell your friends in Japanese, “It’s not a glamorous job, but it pays the bills.” After a particularly nasty response from one employee, your colleague remarks in Japanese, “Do you think we should tell the rest of the office about the cuts to their benefits?” You reply in Japanese, “No…it’s certainly not our place to do that. We need to give the manager the instructions, and he can tell them when he is ready.” Your colleague tells you in Japanese, “Well, he’s finally calmed down from learning about the layoffs, but he still seems to be in a bad mood. Maybe we should let that sleeping dog lie a bit longer before we rile him up again!”

Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Upper Intermediate lesson will teach you several expressions that use the Japanese word meaning “bug.” In this lesson, you’ll learn that these creative Japanese expressions refer to a belief that imaginary bugs influence our moods. 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 Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Your friend is playing with your dog in your backyard in Japan, and the two of them seem to be roughhousing a bit much. Your friend is tossing a stick to the dog, and then when your dog retrieves it, he’s teasing her with it before throwing it again. Your friend calls out to you in Japanese, “Hey, your dog is pretty stupid.” You just nod and wait…knowing your dog’s patience is not infinite. Finally, after he taunts your dog one more time, she walks up to him, raises her leg, and pees on his shoe. Your friend shrieks at the dog and then turns to you and yells in Japanese, “Nice dog there, buddy.” You call your poodle over and tell your friend in Japanese, “Well, that’s what you get for calling my dog stupid.” Afterward, you whisper to your dog in Japanese, “Good girl.”

Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Upper Intermediate lesson will teach you certain expressions using the Japanese word meaning “body.” Of course, these expressions are more figurative than literal, so their Japanese meanings vary. You’ll have to see what they are in this Japanese lesson! 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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Level: Yojijukugo

Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Sometimes people are flexible and fair. Other times, they simply do a half-hearted job. You, no doubt, are working hard to learn Japanese. So, you might need to talk about times when others do things half right. Then again, you might want to praise someone for being fair to you and going above and beyond your expectations. In this Yojijukugo Japanese lesson, you’ll learn to use seisei dōdō to to talk about behaving fairly and rinkiōhen ni to refer to adapting well to circumstances. You’ll also discover how to use 中途半端な仕事 to talk about someone’s poor work or half-hearted job. Sure, the phrases you’ll learn are on both ends of the spectrum, but they are each extremely important. This JapanesePod101.com lesson will help bring out the best in you!

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Level: Yojijukugo

Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Your Japanese sounds great, but I’ll bet there’s still a lot you’d like to learn. It’s here in this great lesson! Here’s just one example of what you’ll be able to say: “He’s been living a leisurely life after excelling in both sports and academics for so long.” Sounds interesting, right? This Yojijukugo lesson is chock full of incredibly useful words and phrases. Learn to talk about living a leisurely life using yūyūjiteki no seikatsu. And, master how to talk about people who excel in both academics and sports with wa bunbu ryōdō da. After this lesson, you’ll be comfortable talking about everything from people enjoying retirement to talented student athletes!

Learn Japanese, yojijukugo

Level: Yojijukugo

Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Have you been desperately waiting for something? You’ll learn how to express it with this lesson. Say things like, “I am looking forward to hearing from him!” You’ll also learn to talk about the hard parts of life, such as feelings of despair and disappointment. If you want to learn sentences like, “I gave in to despair because I failed the college entrance exam,” you need this lesson. In this Yojijukugo Japanese lesson, learn two Japanese phrases that are on both ends of the spectrum. You’ll learn to speak Japanese using ichijitsusenshū no omoi de matsu” to express how eagerly you look forward to something. In addition, you’ll discover how to use 自暴自棄 (to give in to despair). This Japanese lesson provides multiple uses for two types of phrases that you’ll need in situations of all kinds. If you want to talk about the good and the bad, this JapanesePod101.com lesson is for you.

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