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Be Sure to Listen for Japanese Tsunami Warnings

Learn how to make the passive form of a verb in Japanese

Be Careful Not to Start Fires in Japan

Learn how to make an extra-formal request and how to use -te orimasu

Listen Out for Japanese Earthquake Announcements

Learn how to make the humble form of a Japanese verb

A Scenic Japanese Flight Over the International Date Line

Learn how to form the honorific form of a Japanese verb and about the usage of goran ni naru

Getting Played Out of the Store in Japan

Learn how to express gratitude in an extra-formal way using itadaku

Announcements at the Japanese Train Station

Learn how to use the humble verb mairu

Be Careful During Emergency Train Stops in Japan

Learn about the usage of -o miawaseru/toriyameru and -to iu in Japanese

A Japanese Train Accident

Learn about the usage of -shidai and a humble verb, -itasu, in Japanese

Party in the 'Burbs! 2

Learn about asking for directions at a train station

Mo' Money, Mo' Problems 1

Learn about asking to open a bank account

• 22 Minutes

Mo' Money, Mo' Problems 2

Learn about asking to open a bank account

• 24 Minutes

Mo' Money, Mo' Problems 3

Learn about talking about money and finances

Mo' Money, Mo' Problems 4

Learn about asking to change coins into bills

• 22 Minutes

Mo' Money, Mo' Problems 5

Learn about talking about money and finances

Cheerleaders and Lost Kids

Learn about helping out lost children

First Time in an Onsen! What Should I Do?

Learn about expressing one's volition or inviting someone to do something

First Time in an Onsen! What Should I Do?

Learn about telling someone that you want or intend to do something

First Time in an Onsen! What Should I Do?

Learn about talking about the purpose of something

First Time in an Onsen! What Should I Do?

Learn about making rough commands

How to Meet People Online 3

Learn about using the nominalizer "no"

Box Karaoke for One Part 1 - You Don't Have to Read this, but you Should!

Learn about talking about what you don't have to do

The Right Way to Form Japanese Sentences

Learn about using the passive voice in a clause modifying the following noun

Giving and Receiving in Japanese-Introduction

Learn about talking about giving and receiving

• 18 Minutes

Giving and Receiving in Japanese-Kureru

Learn about expressing that someone does something for the speaker

Giving and Receiving in Japanese-Ageru

Learn about expressing that someone does something for someone else

Giving and Receiving in Japanese-Morau

Learn about talking about benefiting from someone else's actions

Journey to Japan 1

Learn about making polite requests

Journey to Japan 2

Learn about asking for a favor

Journey to Japan 3

Learn about expressing requests in a casual way

• 12 Minutes

Journey to Japan 4

Learn about making polite requests

• 12 Minutes

A Slight Possibility

Learn about expressing possibility

What do you Really Think?

Learn about expressing one's opinion

What's Your Probability of Success?

Learn about expressing possibility

What Did You Expect?

Learn about expressing expectations

Tell Someone Else in Japan to Do This!

Learn about making indirect requests and commands

Japanese Embedded Questions: I Don't Know WHO will come!

Learn about asking about plans, making questions inside another statement or question

Japanese Embedded Questions Part 2: I Don't Know if I'll Go!

Learn about asking whether or not questions

Do You Know Where Your Japanese Will Take You?

Learn about making a question in another question or statement

How Did YOU Learn Kanji?

Learn about reporting something one has heard

• 18 Minutes

Students Always Know the Language of Food

Learn about reporting hearsay

A Popular Japanese Trend You Can't Afford to Miss!

Learn about expressing the speaker's conjecture or guess

I Hear It's Not Just for Japanese Men Anymore!

Learn about indicating hearsay or conjecture

• 19 Minutes

A Japanese Discussion Gone to the Dogs

Learn about expression the idea of making someone do something

My Japanese Father's Lament

Learn about expressing the idea of letting someone do something

Radio Advice for the Socially Inept in Japan

Learn about describing the idea that one person makes another feel a certain emotion or emotionally react in a certain way

Munch on the Idea of Japanese Lunchbox Day!

Learn about expressing the idea of letting someone do something and making someone do something

International Student Exchange in Japan

Learn about expressing the idea of "to let someone do something"