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Lesson LibrarySurvival Phrases Season 1
Absolute Beginner
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.
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60 Audio Lessons
1

Indispensable Words

Learn about thanking someone and making polite requests

Audio
 • 9 Minutes
2

Indispensable Words (Part II)

Learn about asking about preferences

Audio
 • 11 Minutes
3

Dining Tips

Learn about phrases relating to meal

Audio
 • 11 Minutes
4

Magical Wa!

Learn about asking a question

Audio
 • 13 Minutes
5

Taxi

Learn about taking a taxi

Audio
 • 11 Minutes
6

Getting Out of a Jam

Learn about finding a train

Audio
 • 10 Minutes
7

How Do You Say This?

Learn about asking the name of something

Audio
 • 13 Minutes
8

How Do You Say This (Part II)?

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

Audio
 • 11 Minutes
9

A Meal Your Way!

Learn about counting people

Audio
 • 13 Minutes
10

Where to Stay, Where to Stay?

Learn about asking for a room

Audio
 • 9 Minutes
11

Checking In

Learn about checking in at a hotel

Audio
 • 16 Minutes
12

Fast Food

Learn about ordering at a restaurant

Audio
 • 14 Minutes
13

Fast Food 2

Learn about ordering at a restaurant and counting things

Audio
 • 14 Minutes
14

Letter Home

Learn about mailing a letter and counting things

Audio
 • 13 Minutes
15

Bank Part I

Learn about exchanging money

Audio
 • 11 Minutes
16

Bank Part II

Learn about exchanging money

Audio
 • 11 Minutes
17

Help 110! (911)

Learn about calling emergency services

Audio
 • 12 Minutes
18

Pharmacy

Learn about getting medicine

Audio
 • 13 Minutes
19

Pharmacy (Part 2)

Learn about buying energy drinks

Audio
 • 14 Minutes
20

Getting Around

Learn about giving and getting directions

Audio
 • 1 Minute
21

Getting Around Part II

Learn about asking for directions

Audio
 • 13 Minutes
22

Food Ticket Roulette

Learn about ordering

Audio
 • 13 Minutes
23

How's the Weather?

Learn about asking about the weather

Audio
 • 10 Minutes
24

How's the Weather? (Part II)

Learn about asking about the weather

Audio
 • 14 Minutes
25

World Cup Special

Learn about talking about soccer

Audio
 • 13 Minutes
26

Riding the Rails I

Learn about asking whether a train stops at a certain station

Audio
 • 13 Minutes
27

Riding the Rails II

Learn about buying a train ticket

Audio
 • 14 Minutes
28

Riding the Rails III

Learn about buying a train ticket

Audio
 • 18 Minutes
29

Riding the Rails IV

Learn about asking where your train will go

Audio
 • 18 Minutes
30

Riding the Rails V

Learn about asking for directions by train

Audio
 • 12 Minutes
31

The Wheels on the Bus

Learn about getting on and off a bus

Audio
 • 14 Minutes
32

Allergies

Learn about ordering a pizza

Audio
 • 13 Minutes
33

FIBA World Championship 2006

Learn about introducing yourself

Audio
 • 21 Minutes
34

Can You Take Our Picture?

Learn about asking someone to take your picture

Audio
 • 11 Minutes
35

Finding the Stadium and Your Seats

Learn about asking for directions

Audio
 • 15 Minutes
36

The Wheels on the Bus II

Learn about finding a bus stop

Audio
 • 19 Minutes
37

House Visit

Learn about greeting your host in his/her own home

Audio
 • 11 Minutes
38

House Visit II

Learn about giving a gift to your host

Audio
 • 19 Minutes
39

Visiting a Temple

Learn about visiting a temple

Audio
 • 10 Minutes
40

Visiting a Shrine

Learn about visiting a shrine

Audio
 • 17 Minutes
41

Meeting at a Restaurant

Learn about meeting someone at a restaurant

Audio
 • 13 Minutes
42

Returning Food

Learn about sending back an incorrect order

Audio
 • 13 Minutes
43

Lost & Found

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

Audio
 • 15 Minutes
44

Mr. Omiyage

Learn about shopping for a souvenir

Audio
 • 15 Minutes
45

Mr. Omiyage II

Learn about shopping for a souvenir

Audio
 • 14 Minutes
46

Credit Confusion

Learn about paying by credit card

Audio
 • 13 Minutes
47

Change

Learn about breaking a bill into coins

Audio
 • 15 Minutes
48

Telephone Card

Learn about buying a phone card

Audio
 • 15 Minutes
49

Cell Phone

Learn about buying a prepaid phone

Audio
 • 10 Minutes
50

Heat This Please

Learn about having something heated up

Audio
 • 14 Minutes
51

CSP1 - Introductions

Learn the polite introductions

Audio
 • 17 Minutes
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

Audio
 • 19 Minutes
53

CSP 3 -　What do you think of Japan?

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

Audio
 • 11 Minutes
54

CSP 4 - What Do You Think About Your Japanese Fans

Learn how to say you are touched

Audio
 • 13 Minutes
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

Audio
 • 10 Minutes
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

Audio
 • 13 Minutes
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

Audio
 • 14 Minutes
58

CSP 8 - You have the wrong person

Learn phrases asked by passersby

Audio
 • 11 Minutes
59

CSP 9 - Giving Your Autograph

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

Audio
 • 15 Minutes
60

CSP 10 - Leaving Japan

Learn the parting message when you leave Japan

Audio
 • 18 Minutes