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Lesson LibraryUsing a Phone in Japan

Absolute Beginner

Using a Phone in Japan

Wondering how to answer the phone in Japanese or get a prepaid phone card? These lessons will help you out.

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Contents

18 Audio Lessons

5 Video Lessons

1

On the Phone

Learn how to understand the basic vocabulary on the phone

2

Greetings

Learn how to greet someone in Japanese

3

Manners

Learn how to say thank you in Japanese

4

Telephone Card

Learn about buying a phone card

5

Do You Have a Cell Phone? in Japanese

Learn the question "Do you have a cell phone?" in Japanese and how to answer it

6

Cell Phone

Learn about buying a prepaid phone

7

Mobile Phone

Learn about talking about conditional situations

8

Basic Japanese #9: Numbers 1-10

Learn about the numbers from one to ten

9

Basic Japanese #10: Numbers 11-19

Learn the Japanese numbers from eleven to nineteen

10

Basic Japanese #11: Numbers 20-100

Learn about the Japanese number system

11

Can I Call you Sometime?

Learn how to tell one's telephone number

12

Calling a Plumber in Japan

Learn how to introduce a topic of conversation

13

Asking How Someone Is

How to ask and answer the question "How are you?"

14

10 Responses to "How are you?"

Learn 10 responses to "How are you?"

15

Asking for Someone on the Phone

Learn how to call a client and ask for a specific person

16

Moshi, Moshi! You got a Call!

Learn about making small talk, wishing someone a happy new year

17

Nihongo Doujou - Mastering the Japanese Telephone Dance!

Learn about verbs and interrogative word review

18

What's wrong? in Japanese

Learn the question "What's wrong?" in Japanese and how to answer it

19

What's the weather like? in Japanese

Learn the question "What's the weather like?" in Japanese and how to answer it

20

Cell Phone #1

Learn about a subordinate conjunction which indicates that the events in the subordinate clause occur, or may occur, after the event in the main clause

21

Cell Phone #2

Learn about expressing the consequences of a hypothetical situation

22

Calling the Japanese Doctor's Office

Listen to a phone call to the doctor's office

23

Phone Idioms

Learn slang expressions related to phones