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May 10th, 2008 | help Need help?

Learn Casual Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Japanese are notoriously punctual. But from time to time things happen and you end up running a little late. Today two friends are waiting for their friend who is late. Our grammar is -te miru, which is used to express things you are trying. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

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Voice Actors: Take, Jun
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February 12th, 2008 | help Need help?

Have Fun and Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! It’s a week later and Kumi-chan is still waiting for Taro (lol). But when Taro arrives, Kumi finds out the identity of the kindly old security guard who’s been trying to cheer her up. This week’s grammar point is dake meaning “only.” After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

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Voice Actors: Miki, Nori, Jun
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February 9th, 2008 | help Need help?

Have Fun & Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Today a woman is waiting for her friend but her friend doesn’t come. How long will she wait? Our grammar points are kashira and wa ne, used by obasan (old women) to sound more lady-like. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

Harajuku Station, Kimono Obasan, Tokyo 2007

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February 5th, 2008 | help Need help?

Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! This week Kumi is still waiting for her (human) boyfriend, Taro. The friendly security guard tries to cheer her up, but maybe it’s too late. Our grammar point is bakari, used to mean “nothing but” or “only.” We’ll also cover a few adverbs of probability, very useful in spoken Japanese. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

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January 29th, 2008 | help Need help?

It’s time to Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! In today’s story Kumi is waiting around for Taro (not that Taro - c’mon, it’s a popular name!). Since he’s late she befriends a kindly security guard and has a little chat. Our grammar point is how to use shika to express the idea of “nothing but” or “only.” In the following episodes we’ll compare this with a 2 other similar particles, dake and bakari. This is some important, but essential grammar that you can use right away! After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

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Voice Actors: Miki, Jun, Naomi
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