http://www.japanesepod101.com Learn Japanese with Daily Podcasts from Tokyo Whether you are Japan-bound or a seasoned speaker, our lessons offer something for everyone. We incorporate culture and current issues into each episode to give the most informative, both linguistically and culturally, podcasts possible. For those of you with just the plane ride to prepare, check our survival phrase series at Japanesepod101.com. One of these phrases just might turn your trip into the best one ever! Yoroshiku O-negai Shimasu! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:30:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 en-us ©JapanesePod101.com 2003-2012 contactus@japanesepod101.com (JapanesePod101.com) contactus@japanesepod101.com Education: Japanese 1 learn, japanese, language, japan, culture, travel, japanesepod101, japanesepod101.com Learn Japanese with videocasts shot on location in Japan A picture says a thousand words, and at 15 frames a second we're going to be saying a lot!!! Being the only true international language, body language is key to communication, and in this videocast, you can see the body movements that go along with the Japanese. In the video version, the same great staff from JapanesePod101.com (podcast version) bring you basic and practical Japanese. These videocasts are designed in tandum with our podcasts to consolidate the audio lessons! JapanesePod101.com JapanesePod101.com contactus@japanesepod101.com No No http://japanesepod101.com/images/itunes_logo.jpg http://www.japanesepod101.com 144 144 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2010/07/23/video-s2-3-kantan-kana-3/ http://www.japanesepod101.com/2010/07/23/video-s2-3-kantan-kana-3/#comments Fri, 23 Jul 2010 09:30:00 +0000 JapanesePod101.com Kantan Kanajapanese writinglearning hiragana http://www.japanesepod101.com/2010/07/23/video-s2-3-kantan-kana-3/ Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Welcome to JapanesePod101.com’s Kantan Kana. Japanese has three writing systems: Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji. In this series of twenty-five lessons, you will learn both Hiragana and Katakana, collectively known as Kana. Over twenty-five lessons, we will teach you Japanese Kana using simple steps, showing you the correct stroke order, helpful tricks [...] http://www.japanesepod101.com/2010/07/23/video-s2-3-kantan-kana-3/feed/ Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Welcome to JapanesePod101.com's Kantan Kana. Japanese has three writing systems: Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji. In this series of twenty-five lessons, you ... Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Welcome to JapanesePod101.com's Kantan Kana. Japanese has three writing systems: Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji. In this series of twenty-five lessons, you will learn both Hiragana and Katakana, collectively known as Kana. Over twenty-five lessons, we will teach you Japanese Kana using simple steps, showing you the correct stroke order, helpful tricks for memorization, and proper usage in common Japanese words. If you want to get started reading and writing Japanese, this is THE place to start. You'll learn Japanese in mere minutes with these audio and video lessons, so join us for Kantan Kana from JapanesePod101.com!Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! In our third hiragana lesson, we'll move on to the set of hiragana characters that start with "s": さ、し、す、せ、そ、 and we'll teach you a few words you can write with these characters. Are you ready to learn more Japanese characters and words? Visit us at JapanesePod101.com where you will find other language-learning content, including other great Japanese videos like this one, audio podcasts, review materials, blogs, iPhone applications, and more Japanese learning resources. Leave us a message while you are there! Kantan Kana JapanesePod101.com No No 5:19 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2010/07/16/video-s2-2-kantan-kana-2/ http://www.japanesepod101.com/2010/07/16/video-s2-2-kantan-kana-2/#comments Fri, 16 Jul 2010 09:30:00 +0000 JapanesePod101.com Kantan Kanajapanese writinglearning hiragana http://www.japanesepod101.com/2010/07/16/video-s2-2-kantan-kana-2/ Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Welcome to JapanesePod101.com’s Kantan Kana. Japanese has three writing systems: Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji. In this series of twenty-five lessons, you will learn both Hiragana and Katakana, collectively known as Kana. Over twenty-five lessons, we will teach you Japanese Kana using simple steps, showing you the correct stroke order, helpful tricks [...] http://www.japanesepod101.com/2010/07/16/video-s2-2-kantan-kana-2/feed/ Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Welcome to JapanesePod101.com's Kantan Kana. 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In our second Japanese lesson, we'll move on to the second group of hiragana characters, か、き、く、け、and こ, and we'll teach you a few words you can write with these characters. Are you ready to learn more Japanese characters and words? Visit us at JapanesePod101.com where you will find other language-learning content, including other great Japanese videos like this one, audio podcasts, review materials, blogs, iPhone applications, and more Japanese learning resources. Leave us a message while you are there! Kantan Kana JapanesePod101.com No No 5:15 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2010/07/09/video-s2-1-kantan-kana-1/ http://www.japanesepod101.com/2010/07/09/video-s2-1-kantan-kana-1/#comments Fri, 09 Jul 2010 09:30:00 +0000 JapanesePod101.com Kantan Kanajapanese writinglearning hiragana http://www.japanesepod101.com/2010/07/09/video-s2-1-kantan-kana-1/ Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Welcome to JapanesePod101.com’s Kantan Kana. Japanese has three writing systems: Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji. In this series of twenty-five lessons, you will learn both Hiragana and Katakana, collectively known as Kana. Over twenty-five lessons, we will teach you Japanese Kana using simple steps, showing you the correct stroke order, helpful tricks [...] http://www.japanesepod101.com/2010/07/09/video-s2-1-kantan-kana-1/feed/ Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Welcome to JapanesePod101.com's Kantan Kana. Japanese has three writing systems: Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji. In this series of twenty-five lessons, you ... Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Welcome to JapanesePod101.com's Kantan Kana. Japanese has three writing systems: Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji. In this series of twenty-five lessons, you will learn both Hiragana and Katakana, collectively known as Kana. Over twenty-five lessons, we will teach you Japanese Kana using simple steps, showing you the correct stroke order, helpful tricks for memorization, and proper usage in common Japanese words. If you want to get started reading and writing Japanese, this is THE place to start. You'll learn Japanese in mere minutes with these audio and video lessons, so join us for Kantan Kana from JapanesePod101.com! Get ready to wow your friends, family, teachers, and colleagues with the Japanese you learn with us!Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! In this first lesson, we'll show you how to write the vowels in Japanese: あ、い、う、え、お、 and we'll teach you a few words you can write with these characters. Are you ready to learn more Japanese characters and words? Visit us at JapanesePod101.com where you will find other language-learning content, including other great Japanese videos like this one, audio podcasts, review materials, blogs, iPhone applications, and more Japanese learning resources. Leave us a message while you are there! Kantan Kana JapanesePod101.com No No 5:33 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2010/01/22/video-503-basic-japanese-3-basic-greetings-2/ http://www.japanesepod101.com/2010/01/22/video-503-basic-japanese-3-basic-greetings-2/#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2010 09:30:00 +0000 JapanesePod101.com Basic Japanesegreetinggreetings for the day http://www.japanesepod101.com/2030/12/12/video-503-basic-japanese-3-greetings-for-the-day/ Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com!” Ohio goes,” your Japanese friend says to you. ” At least that’s what you thought you heard; so you answer, “No, that’s ‘Go Buckeyes.’” Your friend laughs and says, “I’m telling you, ‘Good morning,’ in Japanese. I thought you were learning Japanese.” Now it’s your turn to laugh. “I am learning [...] http://www.japanesepod101.com/2010/01/22/video-503-basic-japanese-3-basic-greetings-2/feed/ Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com!" Ohio goes," your Japanese friend says to you. " At least that's what you thought you heard; so you answer, "No, ... Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com!" Ohio goes," your Japanese friend says to you. " At least that's what you thought you heard; so you answer, "No, that's 'Go Buckeyes.'" Your friend laughs and says, "I'm telling you, 'Good morning,' in Japanese. I thought you were learning Japanese." Now it's your turn to laugh. "I am learning Japanese, but it's football season, and that greeting sounds almost exactly like 'Ohio goes.'" Your Japanese friend is amused and says, "I wonder how many other greetings for the day sound familiar like that one?" And the two of you start running through the standard greetings of the day in Japanese. 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These are just the phrases you need to begin most any conversation in Japanese. 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! Basic Japanese JapanesePod101.com No No 1:44 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2010/01/15/video-2-basic-japanese-2-basic-greetings/ http://www.japanesepod101.com/2010/01/15/video-2-basic-japanese-2-basic-greetings/#comments Fri, 15 Jan 2010 09:30:00 +0000 JapanesePod101.com Basic Japanesegreetinggreetings http://www.japanesepod101.com/2030/12/12/video-2-basic-japanese-2-basic-greetings/ Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Do you get tongue tied when meeting new people? Are you at a loss for words when you see your acquaintances every day? Maybe not, but what about meeting people who speak a foreign language such as Japanese? To be polite, you will want to say, “Hello,” In Japanese. Maybe you [...] http://www.japanesepod101.com/2010/01/15/video-2-basic-japanese-2-basic-greetings/feed/ Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Do you get tongue tied when meeting new people? Are you at a loss for words when you see your acquaintances ... Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Do you get tongue tied when meeting new people? Are you at a loss for words when you see your acquaintances every day? Maybe not, but what about meeting people who speak a foreign language such as Japanese? To be polite, you will want to say, "Hello," In Japanese. Maybe you want to impress that really cute Japanese girl in the next office. Then you'll want to spend just three minutes with this JapanesePod101.com lesson, and you'll be able to have a complete conversation. "Hello, how are you?" "I'm fine, how are you?" That's a big payback for three minutes. Good luck with the Japanese girl.Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Video lesson will teach you how to meet new people and say hello to friends and acquaintances in polite Japanese. And you'll learn how to answer the question, "How are you?" All in three minutes! Visit us at JapanesePod101.com where you will find many more great Japanese lessons and learning materials. Leave us a message while you are there! Basic Japanese JapanesePod101.com No No 4:15 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2010/01/08/video-1-basic-japanese-1-self-introductions/ http://www.japanesepod101.com/2010/01/08/video-1-basic-japanese-1-self-introductions/#comments Fri, 08 Jan 2010 09:30:00 +0000 JapanesePod101.com Basic JapaneseInformalintroducing yourselfself introduction http://www.japanesepod101.com/2030/12/12/video-1-basic-japanese-1-self-introductions/ Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You just arrived in Japan ready for a great adventure! Of course, that will include meeting many wonderful people while you are here. However, with all of your preparations for your travels, you forgot one little detail. The very first person you meet smiles, bows, and says something to you in [...] http://www.japanesepod101.com/2010/01/08/video-1-basic-japanese-1-self-introductions/feed/ Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You just arrived in Japan ready for a great adventure! Of course, that will include meeting many wonderful people while you ... Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You just arrived in Japan ready for a great adventure! Of course, that will include meeting many wonderful people while you are here. However, with all of your preparations for your travels, you forgot one little detail. The very first person you meet smiles, bows, and says something to you in Japanese. What? You smile back and bow…but what did he say? He smiles and repeats what he said before in Japanese, "Pleased to meet you. My name is…." That would be your cue to say something in return, but you just keep bowing and smiling because you don't know how to introduce yourself in Japanese. How many people did you think you would meet in Japan without knowing basic Japanese introductions?Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Video lesson will teach you how to introduce yourself in Japanese. Hiroko will take you step-by-step through the pronunciations of each Japanese word and have you introducing yourself in Japanese in just three minutes! Visit us at JapanesePod101.com where you will find many more great Japanese lesson and learning materials. Leave us a message while you are there!     Basic Japanese JapanesePod101.com No No 4:18 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/09/30/video-3-ilove-chapter-iii-twist-of-fate-2/ http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/09/30/video-3-ilove-chapter-iii-twist-of-fate-2/#comments Fri, 29 Sep 2006 21:44:30 +0000 JapanesePod101.com iLove J-Drama http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/09/30/video-3-ilove-chapter-iii-twist-of-fate-2/ Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Learn intermediate Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Our Japanese J-drama, iLove, is back again! Today in chapter 3, it’s the ladies’ turn, as JapanesePod101.com female listeners make their pitch for Junji! In the first installment, we didn’t send out a call to our female listeners for video submissions, but that didn’t stop [...] http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/09/30/video-3-ilove-chapter-iii-twist-of-fate-2/feed/ Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Learn intermediate Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Our Japanese J-drama, iLove, is back again! Today in chapter 3, it's the ladies' turn, as ... Stop by JapanesePod101.com for the accompanying PDFs, bonus track, and more! learn, japanese, language, japan, culture, travel, japanesepod101, japanesepod101.com JapanesePod101.com No No 6:52 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/09/16/video-2-ilove-chapter-ii/ http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/09/16/video-2-ilove-chapter-ii/#comments Sat, 16 Sep 2006 11:02:34 +0000 JapanesePod101.com iLove J-Drama http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/09/16/video-2-ilove-chapter-ii/ Learn intermediate Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! iLove is here! The long-awaited second installment of JapanesePod101.com’s award-winning (it could happen!) drama is finally here! In the first installment, we sent out a call for listener video submissions, and we received over 20! More than 15 of them are incorporated into this edition of iLove, so this video [...] http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/09/16/video-2-ilove-chapter-ii/feed/ Learn intermediate Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! iLove is here! The long-awaited second installment of JapanesePod101.com's award-winning (it could happen!) drama is finally here! In the first ... Stop by JapanesePod101.com for the accompanying PDFs, bonus track, and more! learn, japanese, language, japan, culture, travel, japanesepod101, japanesepod101.com JapanesePod101.com No No 12:17 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/08/05/lesson-x-6-message-in-a-podcast/ http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/08/05/lesson-x-6-message-in-a-podcast/#comments Fri, 04 Aug 2006 16:30:38 +0000 JapanesePod101.com iLove J-Drama http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/08/05/lesson-x-6-message-in-a-podcast/ Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! JapanesePod101.com Productions proudly presents iLove - a 21st century Japanese drama about a girl who appears on a podcast to make a pitch for the ONE. Largely based on the Japanese grammar, vocabulary and expressions covered to date by JapanesePod101.com, this educational videocast is designed to reveiw everything we have studied [...] http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/08/05/lesson-x-6-message-in-a-podcast/feed/ Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! JapanesePod101.com Productions proudly presents iLove - a 21st century Japanese drama about a girl who appears on a podcast to make ... Stop by JapanesePod101.com for the accompanying PDFs, bonus track, and more! learn, japanese, language, japan, culture, travel, japanesepod101, japanesepod101.com JapanesePod101.com No No 5:49 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/03/13/video-5-kanji-closer-up/ http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/03/13/video-5-kanji-closer-up/#comments Mon, 13 Mar 2006 07:54:27 +0000 JapanesePod101.com Just For Fun http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/03/13/video-5-kanji-closer-up/ Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com. Check out this video relating to Kanji, and please let us know if you like it. If so, there will be many more on the way! Premium Members  Premium Lesson Checklist Basic Members  Basic Lesson Checklist Free Content  Video (Quicktime) | Watch http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/03/13/video-5-kanji-closer-up/feed/ Check out this video relating to Kanji, and please let us know if you like it. If so, there will be many more on the way! Taking a closer look at Kanji (Chinese characters). learn, japanese, language, japan, culture, travel, japanesepod101, japanesepod101.com JapanesePod101.com No No 1:07 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/02/05/video-4-ice-hockey-in-japan-game-on/ http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/02/05/video-4-ice-hockey-in-japan-game-on/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2006 07:52:49 +0000 JapanesePod101.com Just For Fun http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/02/05/video-4-ice-hockey-in-japan-game-on/ Learn about ice hockey in Japan and some of the best ice hockey fans in the world! Yes, there is ice hockey in Japan! In fact, Japan’s nation team is quite strong team when compared with teams outside the perennial powerhouses of North America and Europe (Russia and Ukraine, included). More than that, ice hockey [...] http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/02/05/video-4-ice-hockey-in-japan-game-on/feed/ Meet some of the best ice hockey fans in the world! Today we look at the Asia League Ice Hockey, Kokudo Ice Hockey Team and their incredible fans. Learn about ice hockey in Japan and some of the best ice hockey fans in the world! Yes, there is ice hockey in Japan! In fact, Japan's nation team is quite strong team when compared with teams outside the perennial powerhouses of North America and Europe (Russia and Ukraine, included). More than that, ice hockey fans in Japan are absolutely AMAZING!! Today we introduce you to Asia League Ice Hockey, one of ice hockey's the best kept secrets with teams from Japan, Korea, and China, Kokudo Ice Hockey Team, and some of the best ice hockey fans in the world! You don't want to miss this edition. learn, japanese, language, japan, culture, travel, japanesepod101, japanesepod101.com JapanesePod101.com No No 5:30 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/01/28/video-3-taxi/ http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/01/28/video-3-taxi/#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2006 07:51:04 +0000 JapanesePod101.com Just For Fun http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/01/28/video-3-taxi/ Learn Japanese with podcasts and Videocasts! Yes, Japanesepod101.com videocasts are back and better than ever. Today we introduce you to the Japanese taxi, which we covered in Survival Phrases #5. This is some rare footage that you don’t want to miss! Premium Members  Premium Lesson Checklist Basic Members  Basic Lesson Checklist Free Content  Video (Quicktime) | [...] http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/01/28/video-3-taxi/feed/ Videocasts are back with a vengence! See what a graphic artist can do video footage, as we introduce you to the Japanese taxi! Learn Japanese with podcasts and Videocasts! Yes, Japanesepod101.com videocasts are back and better than ever. Today we introduce you to the Japanese taxi, which we covered in Survival Phrases #5. This is some rare footage that you don't want to miss! learn, japanese, language, japan, culture, travel, japanesepod101, japanesepod101.com JapanesePod101.com No No 3:39 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/01/03/video-2-happy-new-year-part-1/ http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/01/03/video-2-happy-new-year-part-1/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2006 07:49:15 +0000 JapanesePod101.com Just For Fun http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/01/03/video-2-happy-new-year-part-1/ Happy New Year from Asakusa, Tokyo!  Today we release  some of the video footage from our visit to Asakusa Temple on New Year’s Day. Meet Peter from the show and his one-kind-friend Ryo. This guy you don’t want to miss. Premium Members  Premium Lesson Checklist Basic Members  Basic Lesson Checklist Free Content  Video (Quicktime) | Watch [...] http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/01/03/video-2-happy-new-year-part-1/feed/ Happy New Year! Video footage of New Year's Greetings, shot on location at a famous temple. Happy New Year from Asakusa, Tokyo! Today we release some of the video footage from our visit to Asakusa Temple on New Year's Day. Meet Peter from the show and his one-kind-friend Ryo. This guy you don't want to miss. learn, japanese, language, japan, culture, travel, japanesepod101, japanesepod101.com JapanesePod101.com No No 1:11 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2005/12/29/video-1-meet-kazunori/ http://www.japanesepod101.com/2005/12/29/video-1-meet-kazunori/#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2005 07:39:03 +0000 JapanesePod101.com Just For Fun http://www.japanesepod101.com/2005/12/29/video-1-meet-kazunori/ Today we tracked down our Alpha-male Kazunori, and we persuade him to introduce himself to the world! Body language is key in any language, and today we introduce the body language that goes along with a self introduction. Don’t miss this chance to consolidate what we worked on last week! Be sure to check [...] http://www.japanesepod101.com/2005/12/29/video-1-meet-kazunori/feed/ Today we tracked down our Alpha-male Kazunori, and we persuade him to introduce himself to the world! Today we tracked down our Alpha-male Kazunori, and we persuade him to introduce himself to the world! Body language is key in any language, and today we introduce the body language that goes along with a self introduction in Japanese. Don't miss this chance to consolidate what we worked on last week! Be sure to check out this videocast. learn, japanese, language, japan, culture, travel, japanesepod101, japanesepod101.com JapanesePod101.com No No 0:45