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Lesson LibrarySurvival Phrases Season 1

Survival Phrases Season 1

In this 60-lesson series, you'll learn vital Japanese phrases in each lesson that will help prepare you for an upcoming trip to Japan.

60 Lessons • 13hrs 44min
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1

Indispensable Words

Learn about thanking someone and making polite requests

9 Minutes • Audio
2

Indispensable Words (Part II)

Learn about asking about preferences

11 Minutes • Audio
3

Dining Tips

Learn about phrases relating to meal

11 Minutes • Audio
4

Magical Wa!

Learn about asking a question

13 Minutes • Audio
5

Taxi

Learn about taking a taxi

11 Minutes • Audio
6

Getting Out of a Jam

Learn about finding a train

10 Minutes • Audio
7

How Do You Say This?

Learn about asking the name of something

13 Minutes • Audio
8

How Do You Say This (Part II)?

Learn about asking how to read something and asking what something is called

11 Minutes • Audio
9

A Meal Your Way!

Learn about counting people

13 Minutes • Audio
10

Where to Stay, Where to Stay?

Learn about asking for a room

9 Minutes • Audio
11

Checking In

Learn about checking in at a hotel

16 Minutes • Audio
12

Fast Food

Learn about ordering at a restaurant

14 Minutes • Audio
13

Fast Food 2

Learn about ordering at a restaurant and counting things

14 Minutes • Audio
14

Letter Home

Learn about mailing a letter and counting things

13 Minutes • Audio
15

Bank Part I

Learn about exchanging money

11 Minutes • Audio
16

Bank Part II

Learn about exchanging money

11 Minutes • Audio
17

Help 110! (911)

Learn about calling emergency services

12 Minutes • Audio
18

Pharmacy

Learn about getting medicine

13 Minutes • Audio
19

Pharmacy (Part 2)

Learn about buying energy drinks

14 Minutes • Audio
20

Getting Around

Learn about giving and getting directions

1 Minute • Audio
21

Getting Around Part II

Learn about asking for directions

13 Minutes • Audio
22

Food Ticket Roulette

Learn about ordering

13 Minutes • Audio
23

How's the Weather?

Learn about asking about the weather

10 Minutes • Audio
24

How's the Weather? (Part II)

Learn about asking about the weather

14 Minutes • Audio
25

World Cup Special

Learn about talking about soccer

13 Minutes • Audio
26

Riding the Rails I

Learn about asking whether a train stops at a certain station

13 Minutes • Audio
27

Riding the Rails II

Learn about buying a train ticket

14 Minutes • Audio
28

Riding the Rails III

Learn about buying a train ticket

18 Minutes • Audio
29

Riding the Rails IV

Learn about asking where your train will go

18 Minutes • Audio
30

Riding the Rails V

Learn about asking for directions by train

12 Minutes • Audio
31

The Wheels on the Bus

Learn about getting on and off a bus

14 Minutes • Audio
32

Allergies

Learn about ordering a pizza

13 Minutes • Audio
33

FIBA World Championship 2006

Learn about introducing yourself

21 Minutes • Audio
34

Can You Take Our Picture?

Learn about asking someone to take your picture

11 Minutes • Audio
35

Finding the Stadium and Your Seats

Learn about asking for directions

15 Minutes • Audio
36

The Wheels on the Bus II

Learn about finding a bus stop

19 Minutes • Audio
37

House Visit

Learn about greeting your host in his/her own home

11 Minutes • Audio
38

House Visit II

Learn about giving a gift to your host

19 Minutes • Audio
39

Visiting a Temple

Learn about visiting a temple

10 Minutes • Audio
40

Visiting a Shrine

Learn about visiting a shrine

17 Minutes • Audio
41

Meeting at a Restaurant

Learn about meeting someone at a restaurant

13 Minutes • Audio
42

Returning Food

Learn about sending back an incorrect order

13 Minutes • Audio
43

Lost & Found

Learn about inquiring about a lost item at a lost-and-found counter

15 Minutes • Audio
44

Mr. Omiyage

Learn about shopping for a souvenir

15 Minutes • Audio
45

Mr. Omiyage II

Learn about shopping for a souvenir

14 Minutes • Audio
46

Credit Confusion

Learn about paying by credit card

13 Minutes • Audio
47

Change

Learn about breaking a bill into coins

15 Minutes • Audio
48

Telephone Card

Learn about buying a phone card

15 Minutes • Audio
49

Cell Phone

Learn about buying a prepaid phone

10 Minutes • Audio
50

Heat This Please

Learn about having something heated up

14 Minutes • Audio
51

CSP1 - Introductions

Learn the polite introductions

17 Minutes • Audio
52

CSP 2 - Greeting to Japanese fans

Learn how to introduce what you could say if asked to give a message to your adoring fans in Japan

19 Minutes • Audio
53

CSP 3 -　What do you think of Japan?

Learn how to say you've been to Japan several times

11 Minutes • Audio
54

CSP 4 - What Do You Think About Your Japanese Fans

Learn how to say you are touched

13 Minutes • Audio
55

CSP 5 - Where would you like to visit?

Learn a sentence pattern used when expressing desire to visit a place that you have not been to before

10 Minutes • Audio
56

CSP 6 - Could You Say it in Plain Japanese?

Learn how to ask that someone use plain Japanese when you can't understand what they are saying

13 Minutes • Audio
57

CSP 7 - Greeting after an interview

Learn the set phrase "O-tsukare-sama deshita," which you often can hear at the workplace when you finish some work

14 Minutes • Audio
58

CSP 8 - You have the wrong person

Learn phrases asked by passersby

11 Minutes • Audio
59

CSP 9 - Giving Your Autograph

Learn some phrases to use when you are asked for an autograph or handshake

15 Minutes • Audio
60

CSP 10 - Leaving Japan

Learn the parting message when you leave Japan

18 Minutes • Audio