SpanishPod101.com - Learn Spanish with daily podcasts recorded on location in 5 different countries. SurvivalPhrases.com - Learn essential travel phrases, cultural insights and travel tips in 12 languages.
All Lessons
Can you understand a Japanese weather report? It’s not the easiest thing to do, but today we’ll give you the basics you’ll need to find out what tomorrow’s weather will be like.
We’ll learn some important Japanese phrases commonly heard in weather forecasts. Mikomi da is a common Japanese expression which means “it is likely that…” and moyō da is another phrase common in Japanese forecasts which means the same thing only the results are undesirable. 2 useful Japanese expressions you can hear every day on TV in Japan.
Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Today’s lesson is a timely one, as we are currently in the middle of the taifū (typhoon) season. Our 2 characters are talking about all the bad things associated with typhoons. Even after the typhoon is gone there are things to complain about. Our grammar point is using mono, which is usually used by women and children to make excuses. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Today we’re talking about the weather changes in Japan! If you’re traveling here or living here, the weather is probably the number one small talk topic. In this lesson, we’re going to skip the grammar point and give you 25 weather related words you can wow your friends with. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and tell us how the weather is in your city!
Category: Lower Intermediate Lessons | 18 Comments »
Share This
Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com. Today we try our hand at forecasting the weather! We’re not sure how it will turn out, but leave us a post and let us know how close we were! Yoroshiku onegai shimasu.
Today we introduce bring you another jam packed lesson, as this one has it all! Useful phrases, new vocab, indispensable slang, bad jokes and much, much more. Now that you can say a few things about yourself, it’s time to move on to a favorite pastime in Japan, namely, talking about the weather! We get you started today, plus much more. Don’t miss today’s episode.
Subscription Information
Course Information
Technical Information
Feature List
Video Guides
Privacy Statement
Category: Upper Intermediate Lessons | 10 Comments »
Grammar: mikomi da, moyō da | Function: listening to the news, listening to weather forecasts, talking about the weather | Topic: weather, weather changes | Politeness Level: casual, Polite
Share This