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Advanced Audio Blog S4 #24 - Top 10 Japanese Holidays: Hinamatsuri/Doll Festival Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! When the neighbors invite you and your Japanese hosts for tea, you’re excited: their house is truly beautiful. But once you’re inside, you see something even more striking: your host has amassed quite a collection of unique Japanese dolls. You ask your Japanese host what the dolls represent, and she begins [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Beginner S6 #25 - Desperate Times at the Japanese Bank Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You have been shopping like crazy lately to buy a new wardrobe for your job in Japan, and you’re starting to worry about whether you’ll be able to cover your rent at the end of the month. You ask your landlord for a short extension in Japanese, and he agrees. Now [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News #146 - These Holiday Deals Are Only Once A Year! Christmas and New Years are fast approaching! And so is the end of the 10 Day Holiday Countdown! It’s tough to make a decision when deals are so good. Kind of like being a kid in a candy store again! Make sure you get the language gift you want and start 2012 with a bang! [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Lower Intermediate S6 #25 - Showing Respect with Formal Japanese Language Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! When you meet your Japanese significant other’s parents for the first time, you have to make a good first impression. When you greet them at the airport in Tokyo, you carefully avoid asking them whether you can carry their luggage to your vehicle. Instead, as your significant other coached you, you [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Absolute Beginner #25 - Do You Remember the Japanese Grammar You’ve Learned in this Series? Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! When you get home from your Japanese language class, you find your roommate packing her suitcase. This is a surprise to you: she hasn’t told you that she’s planning to travel. When you inquire about her plans, she tells you that she’s going on vacation for a week. Then she asks [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News #145 - 10 Day Holiday Countdown! Happy Holidays! The countdown to New Years is on! The countdown until that delicious holiday goose in the oven is done is on too! We too have a countdown of our own! A 10 day countdown from December 12th to December 23rd - not including the weekends! But what happens when the time finally counts [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Advanced Audio Blog S4 #23 - Top 10 Japanese Holidays: Setsubun/The Last Day of Winter Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! When you and your Japanese host open the door to his house, he tells you to duck. When you ask why, something small hits you in the head. Then you decide to follow your Japanese host’s advice and get down on the ground. Are you under fire? You look around on [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Beginner S6 #24 - Partying in a Japanese Haunted House Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! When you get to the golf course at the Japanese country club, you’re about to drive your ball off the first tee when you notice a few menacing clouds rolling in. It looks like it’s going to start storming within the hour. Your golf partner mentions in Japanese that he thinks [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Lower Intermediate S2 #9 - Getting to Know You 1 Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Tom, an American studying Japanese at his university meets Junko-chan, a cute girl from Japan who is visiting the US. He explains his reasons for approaching her which seems to freak her out a little bit. Our grammar point is a potential verb + yō ni naru which expresses [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Lower Intermediate S6 #24 - Using Humble Language in Elegant Japanese Surroundings Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! When you’re waiting in your Japanese class, about to take your oral exam, you decide to pour on the charm thickly. You’re as polite as you possibly can be, use the most humble language you can, and even notice your Japanese teacher’s haircut to get on her good side. If this [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Absolute Beginner #24 - What’s the Japanese Word for This? Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Whenever you go out to eat in Japan, you feel a slight wave of panic. Of course, that’s because the first time you went out to eat in a Japanese restaurant, you felt adventurous and ordered what all your Japanese friends ordered. When it came to the table, your mouth was [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Advanced Audio Blog S4 #22 - Top 10 Japanese Holidays: Seijin No Hi/Coming Of Age Day Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Your Japanese host family’s youngest child is about to experience Coming of Age Day, and the family is busy with preparations for visits from extended family in Japan and a host of celebrations. When the child asks you whether you have come of age yet, you explain in Japanese that no…you’ve [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Advanced Audio Blog S4 #21 - Top 10 Japanese Holidays: Shōgatsu/New Year Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! When your roommate asks whether you decorated the house for the Japanese new year yet, you have to stop her to get further clarification. You haven’t heard about any decorations, much less Japanese celebrations! When she informs you that you have to get the house ready for the Japanese gods so [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Beginner S6 #23 - Actively Learn This Passive Japanese Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Your youngest sibling, along with the rest of your immediate family, is visiting you while you’re studying in Japan. Your sibling is as meddlesome as ever, needling you about your grades and whether you’ve met a significant other. Though it’s good to know that nothing has changed while you’ve been in [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News #144 - We’re So Thankful, We Had to Say it 26 Times Thank you! Obrigado! どうもありがとうございます! Blagodaria! Thanksgiving may not be celebrated around the world but it’s always great to say “thank you.” Regardless of where you’re from, showing gratitude goes a long way. Here at Innovative Language, we’re thankful for being surrounded by passionate language learners like you. As a way of saying thank you, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Audio Blog #53 - UNESCO World Heritage Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Recently Miki visited one of Japan’s most treasured World Heritage sites, the famous Shirokawa Village (also known as Shirokawago). Today she’ll tell us about the unique gassho-zukkuri homes there. It’s a really interesting place for people who want to see a bit of old Japan. After listening, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Lower Intermediate S6 #23 - Making Extra Formal Japanese Requests Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Your friends want to go away for the weekend to relax, and they suggest that you visit a resort with hot springs. You’ve never been to a hot spring, and you don’t even know what a hot spring is, but it sounds like fun. When you meet up, your friend hands [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Absolute Beginner #23 - Hoping for a Lucky Streak in Japan Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Wherever you go in Japan, your lucky number, thirteen, has been coming up lately. At the Japanese grocery store, your bill totaled thirteen yen. When you watched television, number thirteen on the Japanese soccer team scored a goal. And when you got your tickets for a play, you were seated in [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News #143 - Get Your FAQs Straight with the New Help Center How are you? Where are you from? Are you single? Yes, these are all frequently asked questions, but not exactly the kind that we get asked on a weekly basis at JapanesePod101.com. No no, what we hear is a lot more tame and a little mundane. But they’re frequently asked nonetheless! So we thought to [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Advanced Audio Blog S4 #20 - Top 10 Japanese Songs: Tsubasa o kudasai/Give Me Wings Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Sometimes you just wish you could run away from all the stress and cares of your world in Japan. Even though it’s impossible, it seems that if you could just get away for a little while, everything would become more manageable. Maybe if you just had a little more time in [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Beginner S6 #22 - A Japanese Proposal for your Consideration Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You were minding your own business studying your Japanese in the library when you were hit by something in the back of the head. You turn around, but you cannot find the source of the missile…which turned out to be a small piece of paper. You pick up the paper and [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Newbie Lesson S3 #9 - Nihongo Dōjō - It’s All About Location, Location, Location in Japan! Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Airports! If you don’t travel a lot by airplane, airports can be very confusing. Especially if everything is in Japanese. Your friend told you in Japanese, “I am at the spa. It is near the ticket counter and the exit.” A spa in an airport? Does that make any sense? Wouldn’t [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Lower Intermediate S6 #22 - Tips for Improving your Formal Written Japanese Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! When your teacher tells you that your Japanese handwriting needs work, you’re taken aback, but you resolve to work on it. So every night, you practice your Japanese kanji, hoping to improve. Finally, you show your Japanese teacher what you’ve been practicing, and she tells you that it’s better, but you [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Absolute Beginner #22 - Do You Drink Japanese Beer? Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! When you get home from work, your spouse is waiting for you in your Japanese apartment. Since your spouse works from home, your spouse has not talked to anyone in Japanese all day. So as soon as you walk in the door, you’re met with a barrage of questions in Japanese: [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News #142 - New Feature Lurking About, Have You Seen It? Just in time for Halloween, there’s something mysterious lurking around at Innovative Language Learning. But it’s not a monster and it’s not scary either. Based on user feedback, we’re introducing a new feature to our language 101 sites. Have you seen it? This feature makes learning and reviewing easier. Find out which lessons to learn [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Advanced Audio Blog S4 #19 - Top 10 Japanese Songs: Usagi to Kame/The Tortoise and the Hare Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! When you hear someone singing a song in Japanese about a tortoise and a hare, you immediately recall your childhood. When you tell your Japanese hosts that you love this familiar story, they smile proudly and say that it’s impressive how Japanese folklore has spread far and wide. You think to [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Advanced Audio Blog S4 #18 - Top 10 Japanese Songs: Sōranbushi Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You’re having a hard time getting motivated to do your Japanese homework, and you are doing everything in your power to procrastinate. You flip around the Japanese television channels, you enjoy a few snacks, and you even start cleaning your Japanese apartment. When your roommate notices that you’re avoiding your work, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Beginner S6 #21 - Seeing Ghosts in Japan Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! It’s the weekend in Japan, and you are not supposed to have to work, right? So then why did your boss come into your office in Japan in the late afternoon yesterday and drop a huge pile of work on your desk? You’ll have to work both days of the weekend [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Lower Intermediate S6 #21 - Improve Your Formal Japanese Writing Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You’re writing a paper for your Japanese class, and you’re trying to use as many erudite Japanese words as possible to impress your teacher. You have your teaching assistant read over your paper, and he suggests a few changes, including improving some of the scholarly language you’ve used. In particular, he [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Absolute Beginner #21 - Do You Eat Sushi in Japan? Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! After Japanese class, your friends invite you to join them for dinner. Eager to make some new acquaintances while you’re studying in Japan, you happily go along. Little do you know that their regular hangout is a Japanese sushi restaurant near campus. When you arrive and see the Japanese word for [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News #141 - Go From Basic To Best with Back To Basics Sale It’s time to get Back To Basics. What do Michael Jordan, Bruce Lee, and your favorite actor have in common? Jordan worked hard to perfect his shots, as Lee did with his punches and kicks. Your favorite actor too. They learned the basics well before becoming masters! But don’t tell anybody this – most [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Advanced Audio Blog S4 #17 - Top 10 Japanese Songs: Nanatsu No Ko Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You overhear someone humming some Japanese lyrics, which seem to celebrate a crow. You find that odd, since back home, the crows seem to be noisy, annoying birds. When you share your opinion with your Japanese host, he begins to caw like a crow. Then he starts belting out the same [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Beginner S6 #20 - Whenever You Have a Moment, Learn Some More Japanese! Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Whenever it rains in Japan, you seem to have a bad day. So today, when you looked out of the window of your apartment in Japan and saw raindrops, you decided to change your luck. You put on your galoshes, grab and umbrella, and start your day in Japan with gusto…and [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Lower Intermediate S6 #20 - Learn to Make Japanese Teriyaki Chicken Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You’re in the middle of your Japanese homework when you hear the dryer beep. You could use a break, so you start folding your laundry. Before you can finish, the oven beeps, so you grab the cookies you were baking, leaving the laundry strewn about. Next, the doorbell buzzes, and your [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Absolute Beginner #20 - A Trip to the Japanese Zoo Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! After an intense session on the dance floor at a Japanese nightclub, you rejoin your friends at the bar. You ask your Japanese friends how you looked while you were dancing, and they seem to not know what to say. Finally, one person pipes up and explains that you might be [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News #140 - What happens when giants collide!? Here’s a big question for you. What happens when the world’s most respected publisher meets the world’s biggest language learning app maker? HarperCollins has over 175 years in publishing experience and provides the most definitive English language dictionary. With their help, we’ve taken their timeless work over to the Mac. The result is the best [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Advanced Audio Blog S4 #16 - Top 10 Japanese Songs: Hotaru no hikari/The Glow of Fireflies Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Oh no! It’s the night before an important Japanese exam, and you’re furiously trying to finish studying your Japanese. However, the power to your apartment has just gone out. How can you learn your Japanese kanji in time? Your roommate comes by your room with a flashlight, tells you that an [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Beginner S6 #19 - Do You Gain Weight Even if You’re Just Eating Japanese Salad?   Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You tell your friends you want to go to the Japanese fashion show, but you explain that you just can’t fit it in with all the work you have. In truth, you don’t want to go and see all the skinny Japanese models walking the runway! Though you’re certainly not fat, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Advanced Audio Blog S4 #15 - Top 10 Japanese Songs: Furusato/Home Town Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You probably have a tight affinity for the town where you were born. Perhaps it has some magical mystical quality, or perhaps you just feel most relaxed there. Japanese people are the same way. For whatever reason, the place where they were born will always hold special significance—so much so that [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Lower Intermediate S6 #19 - Continue Studying to Improve Your Japanese Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You’ve had a blissful first few dates with an exchange student you met at your Japanese university. Now, if only the feeling could last! You want to keep on seeing him, but you know he will be leaving Japan at the end of the semester. Maybe you need to look into [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Absolute Beginner #19 - Is There Some Japanese Fried Chicken Left? Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You were invited to dinner at a friend’s house in Japan, and the appetizers and salad courses have been delicious. But now that you’re into the main course, you see that your Japanese host has prepared a feast of various meats in a sauce. Unfortunately, it looks like the sauce is [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News #139 - A Sale So Shocking, You Won’t Believe It’s True It’s been almost a month since school started and things are starting to settle and quiet down. So, we’re back to shake things up! This is our most shocking news lesson to date. Find out about our upcoming sale. It’s only three days long, three letters long, but it will stop an [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Advanced Audio Blog S4 #14 - Top 10 Japanese Songs: Kāsan no uta/Mother’s Song Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! When you left your home in Japan for the first time, did your parents worry about you? Did you, in turn, worry about how much your Japanese parents were worrying? Of course, everyone has to strike out on his or her own eventually, whether to attend school in Japan or otherwise, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Lower Intermediate S6 #18 - Cloudy with a Chance of Tadpoles in Japan Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You haven’t been studying for your upcoming Japanese test, so while your friends are going out to dinner, you stay home and start cramming. After they eat, they call you to tell you that they’re going out to a Japanese bar for drinks. You try to decline, but they insist that [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Absolute Beginner #18 - Loving and Hating in Japanese Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Even though you are staying with your close friend in Japan, you feel like you have to be on your best behavior. You’re making your bed every day, helping around the house, and doing whatever chores you can find to assist your Japanese buddy. When she suggests sushi for dinner, you [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News #138 - You’re at the right place, just a new face Ever feel the need to make a change? We get that feeling too. Look around, something’s different. Can you tell? We’ve redesigned our homepage, our iTunes, Twitter, and Facebook logos. Some wait to make changes after the New Year, we’re starting early. Innovative Language is the modern and practical (also the most fun, easy and [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Advanced Audio Blog S4 #13 - Top 10 Japanese Songs: Akatonbo/Red Dragonfly Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! When you are away from home for a while, do you start to miss it? Are there particular things that remind you of your home and childhood and thus make you nostalgic? For the Japanese, a beautiful poem that was transformed into the lyrics of a popular song makes all who [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Beginner S6 #17 - A Lonely Birthday in Japan Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Despite being way too busy with work, you have a hard time saying no to people in Japanese. Your boss heaps more work on you, and you tell him yes, even though he knows you are overloaded. Your Japanese friends ask you for help (probably because they know you’ll say yes), [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Advanced Audio Blog S4 #12 - Top 10 Japanese Songs: Natsu no Omoide/Memories of Summer Premium Members  Review | Play | Popup Dialog | Play | Popup Premium Learning Center Premium Lesson Checklist Basic Members  Lesson Notes Kanji Close-Up Lesson Notes Lite Basic Lesson Checklist Free Content  Audio | Play | Popup Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Lower Intermediate S6 #17 - The Case of the Missing Japanese Diamond Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Ah, money! It comes and it goes, as people say, but you are determined to find a way to keep all of your Japanese yen in your pocket while still enjoying all Japan has to offer. Maybe if your Japanese friends and relatives keep coming to visit you during your trip, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Absolute Beginner #17 - Asking Somebody’s Age in Japanese Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Your little girl is chatting politely with a neighbor when out of the blue she asks the person’s age in Japanese. You chide her, explaining in Japanese that asking someone’s age is impolite, but the little girl replies that she was curious because of her gray hair. Even more embarrassed, you [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News #137 - Too Cool For School? Go Back To School with More Cash in Your Pocket! Going back to school soon? Oh, the pain! Sorry for reminding you. If you’re taking Japanese class, we’ve got you covered. But even with the rising costs of textbooks, gum, smart-phones, iPods and other school must-haves - there’s still room to save money. Talk about good news in a bleak time filled with back to [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Beginner S6 #16 - Does Cold Weather Stop You Drinking Japanese Beer? Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! After a long day of working outdoors in your garden in Japan, you’re thirsty, but you’re having a hard time deciding what to drink. It’s springtime, so ordinarily you’d want something cool and refreshing like a beer, but because you worked outside all day, you haven’t shaken off the unusual chill [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Lower Intermediate S6 #16 - You Won’t Need to be Made to Listen to This Japanese Lesson! Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Sometimes being forced to do what you don’t want to do is a good thing, like when your mom tells you in Japanese to eat your peas. Advice about things such as eating your veggies is helpful. However, usually, when someone tells me that I have to do something in Japanese, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Absolute Beginner #16 - These Japanese Interjections Aren’t Impolite! Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! To practice your Japanese before you get to Japan, you strike up a conversation with someone seated next to you in the airport terminal. This person is also waiting to go to Tokyo, and you try to have a polite conversation, but this Japanese person keeps interrupting you with Japanese words [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News #136 - If You Love Apps, Then You Should Know This! If you’re like us - you love your smart phone. You also have a ton of apps to study and play on the go! Personally, we spend our time between reviewing words and catapulting angry birds at pigs! And we’re always on the look-out for great new apps.But, there’s something about mobile apps you may [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Advanced Audio Blog S4 #10 - Top 10 Japanese Authors: Murakami Haruki Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Do you like to read novels? In fact, do you like to read your favorite novels so much that you’ll revisit them again and again? I do, and have met my soul mate in the Japanese author Haruki Murakami. Every time I read one of his Japanese works, I am surprised [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Beginner S6 #15 - A Series of Unfortunate Events in Japan Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! When things go wrong at work in Japan, they seem to snowball. For some reason, Mondays are always the worst! Over the weekend, people must worry about everything they have to do come Monday morning and start leaving you messages so they don’t have to keep worrying about it. When you [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Advanced Audio Blog S4 #9 - Top 10 Japanese Authors: Shiba Ryoutaro Premium Members  Review | Play | Popup Dialog | Play | Popup Premium Learning Center Premium Lesson Checklist Basic Members  Lesson Notes Kanji Close-Up Lesson Notes Lite Basic Lesson Checklist Free Content  Audio | Play | Popup Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Newbie Lesson S3 #14 - Nihongo Dōjō - What Kind of People Will Japanese Help You Find? Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Isn’t it always the same? When the girls get together, the talk always comes around to guys. “Who do you like?” “Why do you like him?” It’s hard enough to keep up with the conversation when just two of you are talking, but with three and more girls talking in Japanese, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Lower Intermediate S6 #15 - An Offer of Kindness in Japan Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! It’s your first day of your summer job at the Japanese radio station, and you’re walking around greeting the people you’ll be working with. When you meet the host of a popular Japanese radio show, you’re surprised at how humble he is and taken aback when he kindly allows you to [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Absolute Beginner #15 - A Long, Hot Japanese Summer Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! During a road trip to Tokyo, you decide to teach your Japanese friends how to play twenty questions. Once your friends understand the game, they are able to dominate play, since they are native Japanese speakers and have a much wider vocabulary. Of course, it would help if you knew more [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News #135 - Power Up Your Japanese Vocabulary with Gengo WordPower for iPhone, iPad and Android Learning Japanese on the go - does that even work? It works only if you’re passionate! Master the 2000 Japanese core vocabulary with our WordPower App for iPhone/iPad/Android. WordPower has been upgraded to make it a breeze. Smartphones are pretty smart. But they can also make you smarter! Our upgraded WordPower App for iPhone/iPad/Android puts 2000 [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Advanced Audio Blog S4 #8 - Top 10 Japanese Authors: Murasaki Shikibu Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! It’s the summer, so it’s time for some good beach reads while you relax in the sun. When you ask your Japanese friends to name some of their favorite books, one tells you about the love stories in “The Tale of Genji.” When you ask whether you will be able to [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Beginner S6 #14 - A Japanese Accident Just Waiting to Happen Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You’re trying to tell your friend a story in Japanese over the phone, but you have so many interruptions that you keep losing your place in the story. The noise from the bustling Japanese market is distracting. As you negotiate the price over something in Japanese, you ask your friend to [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Lower Intermediate S6 #14 - You May Not Wear a Miniskirt to a Japanese Funeral Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Your Japanese host family’s dog passed away unexpectedly, and everyone is distraught. The parents tell you they’re hosting a funeral for the dog, believing it will give their children closure, and they ask you to attend it. You come out of your room at the appointed time and find the family [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Absolute Beginner #14 - Being Really Clumsy in Japan Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Your friend has been pacing around the house screaming (and if you didn’t know better, you’d swear that she was issuing proclamations in Japanese) for the last hour. Concerned that she might be upset about something, you ask her why she has been yelling nonstop in Japanese. She explains that she’s [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News #134 - Put the Sizzle Into Your Summer with JapanesePod101’s Summer Celebration! Summer’s finally here and we’re in the mood to celebrate this warm joyous season - and what better way to start summer off right than have a Summer Celebration Sale! Why celebrate summer you ask? Excellent question. Because not only is the sun shining and the ice-cream plentiful, but we also have a lot of [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Advanced Audio Blog S4 #7 - Top 10 Japanese Authors: Miyazawa Kenji Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! When your friend asks you whether you want to read a Japanese fairy tale, you’re puzzled. As far as you know, Japanese authors wrote fairy tales for kids, not adults, to enjoy. When you tell your friend that you haven’t read a fairy tale since you were a child, your friend [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Beginner S6 #13 - You Got a Japanese Call While You Were Out Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! When you return to your Japanese apartment, you see that you’ve missed five calls! You were only gone briefly to pick up groceries from the Japanese market, so you couldn’t have missed that much. It turns out the five calls were all from the same Japanese friend. Apparently, something important happened [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Upper Intermediate Lesson #25 - And Tomorrow’s Forecast Is… Can you understand a Japanese weather report? It’s not the easiest thing to do, but today we’ll give you the basics you’ll need to find out what tomorrow’s weather will be like. We’ll learn some important Japanese phrases commonly heard in weather forecasts. Mikomi da is a common Japanese expression which means “it is [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cheat Sheet to Mastering Japanese #12 - It’s the Final Countdown! Top 5 Cheat Sheet Tools and Tips for Language Learning Welcome to the very last Cheat Sheet to Mastering a Language lesson! Everyone loves a good countdown, so today, we’re giving you the Top 5 Tips and Tools for Mastering any language. In the past, we’ve covered the power of social networking, Core Word Lists, learning with videos and setting goals. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News #133 - Wait No Longer - The Final 3 New Languages Revealed! Still excited for Dutch, Hungarian and Swedish? Yeah, we’re pretty excited about them too. Well, brace yourselves because today, we’re revealing another set of new languages launching in July! Here’s a hint, two of the languages cover the 2nd and 4th most populous countries in the world and the other one [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Advanced Audio Blog S4 #6 - Top 10 Japanese Authors: Mishima Yukio Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Have you ever heard of the tale of Japan’s Temple of the Golden Pavilion? The original temple was destroyed, but the Japanese rebuilt it in 1955. One Japanese author penned a novel about the destruction of the Pavilion, and it (along with this author’s other Japanese works) is a must-read. In [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Lower Intermediate S6 #13 - Having a Bad Hair Day in Japan Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You’re finishing up at the hair salon—you have an important event tonight, and you promised your date in Japanese that you’d look your best. The hairdresser seems pleased with herself, and she tells you in Japanese that she’s done her best work. When she hands you a mirror so you can [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Absolute Beginner #13 - Where’s the Party in Japan? Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You’re out in Japan on a first date, and you want to find out as much as possible about this person. After all, the last person you dated in Japan turned out to be such a freakshow: you want to make sure you discover any skeletons in the closet as soon [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cheat Sheet to Mastering Japanese #11 - Practice Makes Perfect! Use Repetition to Unlock Your Japanese Fluency! Practice makes perfect - there’s a reason it’s such a popular saying. Whether you’re a ballerina, pianist or language student, repetition is one of the fundamental techniques towards improving and perfecting your craft. Sure, it might be boring. It might be frustrating. But there’s not denying that it works! It might not be the most glamorous [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Beginner S6 #12 - Don’t Text and Drive in Japan Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You are the master of multitasking. While you read books, you have a Japanese television show on in the background. When you’re on the Internet, you chat on the phone in Japanese. Of course, you’re just so busy that you have to do two things at once all the time just [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News #132 - 3 New European Languages Getting the Innovative Treatment! If you thought that German, French, Spanish and Portuguese were the only European languages you need to know, then shame on you! 230 different languages are spoken in Europe and we’re not stopping until we teach every single one. Call us crazy, but that’s how passionate we are about language learning! So, what are the [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Lower Intermediate S6 #12 - Are There Monster Parents at This Japanese School? Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! When you attend your school reunion in Japan, you spot a classmate who tormented you as a child. She used to bully you, but you’d try to stand up to her in Japanese. Whenever you told her “make me” in Japanese, she’d call your bluff and pull your hair, steal your [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Absolute Beginner #12 - Can You Eat This Japanese Meatloaf? Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! When you arrive at your friend’s home, he asks you in Japanese whether dogs are okay. You take this to mean whether you like dogs, and you say in Japanese that sure, you like them, but the little, loud, yippy dogs annoy you. Your friend explains that he meant whether you [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Newbie Lesson S3 #7 - Nihongo Dōjō - Are You in Just the Right Place in Japan? Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Traveling is always so confusing. Going places is fun, but it’s so easy to get lost. And with all the confusion, hustle, and bustle going on around you - it’s enough to drive one to distraction. You ask a clerk at the airport in Tokyo in Japanese, “Where can I find [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cheat Sheet to Mastering Japanese #10 - Time to Take Those Training Wheels Off and Immerse Yourself in Japanese! So you’ve been studying Japanese for a few months now, right? Maybe even a few years! You’re feeling pretty good about what you know…but have you ever really put it to the test? We know, not everyone can make it to Japan to test out their speaking and listening skills. But did you know that [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Beginner S6 #11 - This Japanese is Easy to Say Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You’re trying to learn one of your Japanese mother’s secret talents: motivating people to do things. When you were younger, she always found the right button to push (subtly, of course), to get you to do what she wanted without telling you to do it. You’re not sure whether it was [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News #131 - Drill Vocab in a Flash with the New and Improved My WordBank Flashcards If you’re studying a foreign language, chances are you’re very familiar with flashcards. You probably have a whole stack of of vocabulary words scattered around your house. They’re a tried and tested tool for mastering vocabulary. But what if we told you we’ve improved upon your humble flashcards? You’re going to be so impressed by [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Advanced Audio Blog S4 #5 - Top 10 Japanese Authors: Yasunari Kawabata Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! I often wonder whether great tragedy begets great art. It seems that so many Japanese authors and other artists were plagued by tragic events during their childhood that shaped them and that echo throughout their works. The Japanese author we profile today is no exception: his is a tragic story from [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Newbie Lesson #4 - S4: How to Greet People in Japanese Meeting a Japanese person for the first time? Do you know what to say? Today we’ll learn the basic greetings you should say when meeting a person. We’ll also give you one of the most important and high frequency phrases in the Japanese language: yoroshiku onegai shimasu. We’ll [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Lower Intermediate S6 #11 - Express Your Annoyance in Japanese Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! What a day you’ve had. Everything that’s happened has just annoyed you more. 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Particles, present progressive, noun modifiers…it’s hard to keep them all straight! But what if we told you that learning a 2nd language could be much easier than just learning one? Sounds crazy, right? Well, it’s not! Listen to today’s Cheat Sheet [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Beginner S6 #10 - Skip These Sounds for More Natural Japanese Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You’re just learning the Japanese language, so you’re practicing saying every Japanese syllable. Of course, now that you’re getting a little more advanced, you want to learn how to speak more than just perfect Japanese: you want to be able to speak colloquially with people too. You noticed your friends saying [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News #130 - Go Straight to the Core of Japanese with the 2000 Core Word Lists! Vocabulary can be a total drag sometimes, right? 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You’re watching the Japanese soccer team on television, and the Japanese players are sprinting up and down the field, but they can’t score. The goalie is just too good. With just one minute left in the first half, the referee calls a foul and awards the Japanese team a direct kick. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Lower Intermediate S5 #24 - Did You Hear the Latest Gossip in Japan? I Heard That… Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Your friend asks you in Japanese, “Did you hear the latest gossip?” You reply in Japanese, “I’m sure you have something hotter off the presses than I do. I’ve had my head in the books all weekend.” Your friend says in Japanese, “Well, then, you’re not going to believe what I [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Newbie S5 #24 - You’re Never There When I Call You in Japan Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You’ve tried calling and calling your daughter since she went on the study abroad program in Japan, but every time you call the house of her host family, the response is the same. The family member always says in Japanese, “I’m sorry, but your daughter isn’t here right now. She’s still [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Advanced Audio Blog S3 #9 - Bath House Muralist Kiyoto Maruyama Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! How quickly can you paint a wall of your house? Let’s say you have a typical Japanese house…it might take you a few hours even just to prime and paint the trim, depending on how many windows and moldings you have, right? Well, now imagine painting more than just one color [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Audio Blog #87 - Playing Grown Up Kid doctors, kid lawyers, kid chefs and kid bankers! 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You and your family are long overdue for a vacation, so you call a family meeting and ask them in Japanese, “Where do you want to go on vacation this year?” You hear a chorus of responses in Japanese, and all of them agree that the beach is the place to [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Beginner S5 #23 - Did You Hear That Japanese Rumor? Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You ask your hairstylist in Japanese, “What was that? I couldn’t hear you over the noise of the hairdryer.” Your stylist replies in Japanese, “I heard that your friends were getting a divorce.” You respond in Japanese, “You did? I think I would have known about that by now. Where did [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News #119 - Time to Say Thank You, Thank You, Thank You! It’s the most important phrase you need to know in any language. 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You tell your friend in Japanese, “You’re good at predicting things, right?” Your friend responds in Japanese, “What do you mean?” You explain in Japanese, “You appear to always give smart advice because you can see in advance what might happen.” Your friend replies in Japanese, “Well, I suppose I am [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Newbie S5 #23 - Do You Have a Minute to Help Out a Japanese Student? Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! As you walk into the convenience store down the block, a nice person holds the door for you and tells you in Japanese, “Happy Friday! On your way out, could you consider helping out a Japanese student?” He rattles a few coins in a can and continues in Japanese, “Thanks, I [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Japanese Children’s Songs #10 - Tōryanse Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You’re watching your children play at a park in Japan. 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Your roommate asks you in Japanese, “Are you sure?” You reply in Japanese, “For the millionth time, yes, I have everything I need.” Your roommate says in Japanese, “I just have to ask, because usually you forget something and then have to come back or I have to bring it to [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Newbie S5 #22 - Staying Busy from Monday to Friday in Japan Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You’ve been trying to make your usual weekly family get-together, but lately you’ve been running very late. When you arrive to dinner on Sunday evening, your mother asks you in Japanese, “Where have you been?” You tell your mother in Japanese, “Well, I’ve been here and there and everywhere, really. Besides [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website JLPT S3 #9 - New JLPT N3 Prep Course 9 Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Your roommate says something to you in Japanese, but you weren’t listening. You ask your roommate in Japanese, “What did you just say?” Your roommate again says something in Japanese, but you tune it out halfway through. After a few minutes, your roommate comes into your bedroom and inquires in Japanese, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Upper Intermediate S4 #21 - You’re as Sneaky as a Japanese Cat Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Your friend’s thirtieth birthday is coming up, and you want to do something special for her. Of course, she has told you in Japanese many times, “I hate surprise parties. I don’t like to celebrate my birthday. If you want to do something, let’s just have a quiet dinner.” However, you [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Beginner S5 #21 - Taking Baby Steps in a Japanese Kitchen Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You told some friends you’d make dinner for them this weekend, but now you’re thinking to yourself in Japanese, “What have I done? I’ve never cooked for anyone before!” You call your mother in a panic and ask her in Japanese, “What can I make for dinner for a group of [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Advanced Audio Blog S3 #8 - The Job of an Architecture Explorer Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! At the cocktail party in Japan, your friend tells you in Japanese, “You have to come meet this person. He is fascinating.” You inquire in Japanese, “Who is he?” Your friend replies in Japanese, “He’s an artist.” You tell your friend in Japanese, “Oh, artists bore me. They’re all starving and [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Particles #21 - A Golden Anniversary: Looking Back Over Japanese Particles No, Wa, Ga, and O Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Your grandson looks up at you with big eyes and asks in Japanese, “What’s a golden anniversary?” You reply in Japanese, “It means that you’ve been married to someone for a very long time. Fifty years, in fact!” Your grandson says in Japanese, “That is a long time. I’m only six [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Lower Intermediate S5 #21 - Why Didn’t You Wake Me Up for the Japanese Tour? Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You look at the clock, and you exclaim in Japanese, “Oh, no!” Just to confirm what you’re seeing, you turn on the television and tune to the Japanese news station. You listen to the newscaster prattle on in Japanese and notice the time stamp in the corner of the screen: seven-thirty. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Lower Intermediate S5 #21 - Why Didn’t You Wake Me Up for the Japanese Tour? Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! 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You’re walking down the road in Japan, and pass a group of young schoolchildren laughing and singing a song. It also looks like they’re moving their hands at the same time. Intrigued, you strain your ear as you get closer to see if you can catch what they’re singing. “Zui.. zui.. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kantan Kana #14 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 [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Newbie Lesson #24 - How Much Will You Spend in Japan? Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Ethel the Intrepid Gaijin is asking her Japanese friend, Suzuki-san, about the prices of food in Japan. 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I’m pretty tired.” As chipper as ever, she says in Japanese, “You know, it’s your week to [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Lower Intermediate Lesson S5 #18 - Please Listen to My Japanese Sales Pitch! Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! It’s after midnight, and since you are having trouble sleeping, you decide to turn on the Japanese television station that you usually watch, hoping to catch up on some news. Instead of the usual entertainment news program that airs during this time slot, you find a Japanese infomercial. The Japanese salesperson [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Newbie Lesson S5 #18 - Won’t You Get Hungry If You Don’t Eat in Japan? Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Your roommate tells you in Japanese, “I’m going to the grocery store. Is there anything you need?” You respond in Japanese, “No, I’m going on a hunger strike. 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I’m getting tired of going every week.” You respond in [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Japanese Culture Class #63 - Izakaya Part 1: What is an izakaya? Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Your friend tells you in Japanese, “Okay, we’re here. Take off your shoes and let’s go in.” You respond in Japanese, “You want me to take off my shoes to go into this Japanese bar? Back home, all the bars are so dirty. Are you sure this is a good idea?” [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Particles #17 - Find Everything You’re Looking for with Japanese Particles O and Ni! Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Whenever you decide to go somewhere new in Japan, it always becomes a hassle. Your spouse won’t go anywhere in Japan unless you’ve printed out the correct Japanese map as well as directions for the most direct route to your destination. 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And yes, we do refresh you on the alpha [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Newbie Lesson #5 - New Year Greetings Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! From everyone here at JapanesePod101.com - Happy New Year!! We hope you all had a great 2006! Today we’re bringing you a small lesson to refresh you on the phrases we gave you last year to wish others a Happy New Year! And yes, we do refresh you on the alpha [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website JLPT S3 #4 - New JLPT N3 Prep Course #4 Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You’re sitting on the exercise bike at the gym in Japan, furiously pedaling your feet. The person on the bike next to you notices how hard you are working out and asks you in Japanese, “Wow…working out some aggression on that bike, are you? 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Today’s grammar point discusses embedded questions, so don’t miss this [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Particles #16 - Japanese Particles Yori, No hou, Ga, Wa, To, and De Make Comparisons a No-brainer! Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You’re practicing for your big day on the Japanese game show by watching the show at home and competing with your family members. Your son isn’t too much of a contender: after all, he is only ten years old, but your spouse has proven surprisingly adept at this Japanese game. Each [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Particles #16 - Japanese Particles Yori, No hou, Ga, Wa, To, and De Make Comparisons a No-brainer! Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You’re practicing for your big day on the Japanese game show by watching the show at home and competing with your family members. 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You’re taking the day off from your job in Japan, and as your roommate is cooking breakfast, you ask her in Japanese, “What do all these symbols mean?” She replies from the kitchen, “What symbols?” You explain in Japanese, “I’m watching the market on television, and there are a bunch of [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Upper Intermediate Lesson S4 #15 - How Much Do You Appreciate the Japanese Yen? Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You’re taking the day off from your job in Japan, and as your roommate is cooking breakfast, you ask her in Japanese, “What do all these symbols mean?” She replies from the kitchen, “What symbols?” You explain in Japanese, “I’m watching the market on television, and there are a bunch of [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Beginner Lesson S5 #15 - Please Give Me a Discount on that Japanese Item! Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You’re admiring an ornate Japanese cabinet in an antiques store in Japan, and your friend walks up behind you and asks you in Japanese, “What’s this? You’ve been staring at it for ten minutes.” You explain in Japanese, “It’s a beautiful cabinet, isn’t it? Look at its lines, the carving in [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Beginner Lesson S5 #15 - Please Give Me a Discount on that Japanese Item! Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You’re admiring an ornate Japanese cabinet in an antiques store in Japan, and your friend walks up behind you and asks you in Japanese, “What’s this? You’ve been staring at it for ten minutes.” You explain in Japanese, “It’s a beautiful cabinet, isn’t it? Look at its lines, the carving in [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Particles #15 - Japanese Particles De and Kara Are the Right Tools to Get the Job Done! Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! 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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You are so jealous of your Japanese roommate! Every day, you eagerly await the arrival of your Japanese mailman. However, every day he disappoints you: without fail, your Japanese roommate always receives more mail than you do. No matter what, the mail you receive in Japan has been almost exclusively junk [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Lower Intermediate Lesson S5 #15 - Is That the Thing You Got in the Japanese Mail? Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You are so jealous of your Japanese roommate! Every day, you eagerly await the arrival of your Japanese mailman. However, every day he disappoints you: without fail, your Japanese roommate always receives more mail than you do. No matter what, the mail you receive in Japan has been almost exclusively junk [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Newbie Lesson S5 #15 - What Will You Do Tomorrow in Japan? Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Your sister is visiting you in Japan for the weekend, and while you’re happy to see her, you’re starting to dread her high energy level. When she bounds into your apartment, the first thing she asks you in Japanese is, “What have you planned for us to do?” You reply in [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Newbie Lesson S5 #15 - What Will You Do Tomorrow in Japan? Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Your sister is visiting you in Japan for the weekend, and while you’re happy to see her, you’re starting to dread her high energy level. When she bounds into your apartment, the first thing she asks you in Japanese is, “What have you planned for us to do?” You reply in [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Audio Blog #8 - Report from Kyoto (Part 3) - Arashiyama Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Today Miki is back to tell you about the rest of her Kyoto trip! In this Japanese audio blog, she talks about visiting Arashiyama and Sagano, both very popular travel destinations. The picture above is a shot of Togetsukyo bridge, which is the symbol of Arashiyama. Tune in to find out [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website JLPT S3 #2 - New JLPT N3 Prep Course #2 Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You’re sitting in the library with your headphones on reviewing your lessons for the upcoming Japanese proficiency test. You’re just minding your own business when someone else in the Japanese library comes up to you and taps you on the shoulder. The stranger asks you in Japanese, “Are you feeling okay?” [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Upper Intermediate Lesson S4 #14 - I Made a Mistake While Speaking Japanese, So I Need to Save Face! Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You tell your colleague in Japanese, “I think I just said the wrong thing to our boss.” Your colleague replies in Japanese, “Oh no! What did you say?” You answer in Japanese, “I think I indirectly insulted his wife!” Your colleague asks in Japanese, “What do you mean?” You explain in [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Beginner Lesson S5 #14 - Now Hear This in Japanese! Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Your spouse waltzes into the room and announces in Japanese, “I have something to tell you.” Your interest piqued, you respond in Japanese, “Is it a surprise?” Your spouse says in Japanese, “Yes! Can you guess what it is?” You respond in Japanese, “I have no idea! This is so unexpected. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Newbie Lesson S3 #24 - Nihongo Dōjō - Did Japanese Ever Taste This Good?! Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! 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When your roommate arrives home from the Japanese grocery store, you ask him in Japanese, “Why on earth have you bought so much food? That’s three times what we eat in a normal week!” He responds in Japanese, “Would you believe it if I told you I had a tapeworm?” You [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Lower Intermediate Lesson S5 #14 - Pushing Yourself to Your Limit in Japan Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! When your roommate arrives home from the Japanese grocery store, you ask him in Japanese, “Why on earth have you bought so much food? That’s three times what we eat in a normal week!” He responds in Japanese, “Would you believe it if I told you I had a tapeworm?” You [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Newbie Lesson S5 #14 - Choosing the Right Japanese Birthday Gift Is Tricky! Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! It’s the first birthday you’re celebrating with your significant other in Japan, and the gift has to be just right. You go to a Japanese department store, assuming it will have everything you need, but you’re at a loss. You ask the salesperson for some help in Japanese, and you tell [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Newbie Lesson S5 #14 - Choosing the Right Japanese Birthday Gift Is Tricky! Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! It’s the first birthday you’re celebrating with your significant other in Japan, and the gift has to be just right. You go to a Japanese department store, assuming it will have everything you need, but you’re at a loss. You ask the salesperson for some help in Japanese, and you tell [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Japanese Songs #7 - Shabondama Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! As you walk past a Japanese school with your buddy, you hear some children singing in Japanese. You can’t hear every word, but one Japanese word in particular stands out: the one that means “bubbles.” You tell your friend excitedly in Japanese, “Bubbles! I haven’t played with bubbles since I was [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Japanese Songs #7 - Shabondama Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! As you walk past a Japanese school with your buddy, you hear some children singing in Japanese. You can’t hear every word, but one Japanese word in particular stands out: the one that means “bubbles.” You tell your friend excitedly in Japanese, “Bubbles! I haven’t played with bubbles since I was [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website JLPT S3 #1 - New JLPT N3 Prep Course #1 Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! It may seem as if you’re talking to yourself in Japanese, but you don’t care. As you walk down the street with your iPod, you’re saying Japanese words in pairs…each is an antonym of the other. You get some strange looks, but finally one person taps you on the shoulder with [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website JLPT S3 #1 - New JLPT N3 Prep Course #1 Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! It may seem as if you’re talking to yourself in Japanese, but you don’t care. As you walk down the street with your iPod, you’re saying Japanese words in pairs…each is an antonym of the other. You get some strange looks, but finally one person taps you on the shoulder with [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Upper Intermediate Lesson S4 #13 - You Don’t Have to Shoulder the Burden of Teaching Me Japanese Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Your friend walks in and asks you in Japanese, “Are you ready for your Japanese lesson today?” You respond in Japanese, “Oh, yes, I can’t wait to get started.” Your tutor notes in Japanese, “This is a new and improved attitude—I like it, wherever it came from.” You think to yourself [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Upper Intermediate Lesson S4 #13 - You Don’t Have to Shoulder the Burden of Teaching Me Japanese Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Your friend walks in and asks you in Japanese, “Are you ready for your Japanese lesson today?” You respond in Japanese, “Oh, yes, I can’t wait to get started.” Your tutor notes in Japanese, “This is a new and improved attitude—I like it, wherever it came from.” You think to yourself [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Beginner Lesson S5 #13 - I’ve Never Lied to You in Japanese! Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! The man on the television show is telling a woman in Japanese, “I’d never lie to you. I’m not interested in seeing my ex-girlfriend any more. I care about you!” The woman responds in Japanese, “I don’t even know you at all! Please pack your things and leave.” You turn to [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Beginner Lesson S5 #13 - I’ve Never Lied to You in Japanese! Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! The man on the television show is telling a woman in Japanese, “I’d never lie to you. I’m not interested in seeing my ex-girlfriend any more. I care about you!” The woman responds in Japanese, “I don’t even know you at all! Please pack your things and leave.” You turn to [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News #110 - Become a Founding Father and Laugh Your Way to the Bank! Tomorrow is a big day for Innovative Language! 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You go to your son’s usual Japanese haunts, including the park around the corner from your apartment and the playground down the street that all the Japanese kids seem to love. But no matter how hard you look, your son [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Particles #13 - We Agree…We Have Strong Feelings About Japanese Particles Ne, Yo, Wa, Ze, and Zo! Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Where the heck is that son of yours hiding in Japan? You go to your son’s usual Japanese haunts, including the park around the corner from your apartment and the playground down the street that all the Japanese kids seem to love. But no matter how hard you look, your son [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Lower Intermediate Lesson S5 #13 - Why Are You Being So Critical of Everything I Say in Japanese? Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! After you watch the evening news, you tell your friend in Japanese, “These newscasters have it all wrong. They’re buying into what the media says about the President, but they aren’t thinking about it for themselves.” Your friend tells you in Japanese, “How can you say that? What support do you [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Lower Intermediate Lesson S5 #13 - Why Are You Being So Critical of Everything I Say in Japanese? Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! After you watch the evening news, you tell your friend in Japanese, “These newscasters have it all wrong. They’re buying into what the media says about the President, but they aren’t thinking about it for themselves.” Your friend tells you in Japanese, “How can you say that? What support do you [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Newbie Lesson S5 #13 - Want to Shop for Birthday Presents in Japan? Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! As you walk by the rows of shops on the streets of Japan, you tug at your boyfriend’s sleeve and say in Japanese, “Ooh, look at that one!” Your boyfriend responds in Japanese, “It looks like a necklace. What about it?” You explain in Japanese, “Don’t you like it? It would [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Newbie Lesson S5 #13 - Want to Shop for Birthday Presents in Japan? Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! As you walk by the rows of shops on the streets of Japan, you tug at your boyfriend’s sleeve and say in Japanese, “Ooh, look at that one!” Your boyfriend responds in Japanese, “It looks like a necklace. What about it?” You explain in Japanese, “Don’t you like it? It would [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News #108 - Becoming a Founding Father Will Make Doors Fly Open! 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In response to your economic concerns, your significant other suggests in Japanese, “Why don’t we [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Upper Intermediate Lesson S4 #12 - Subject to Your Agreement, We Have a Japanese Deal! Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You and your significant other are debating where to go for a brief vacation. You are tempted to ask your significant other to travel outside Japan, but you know it would be smarter to save money. In response to your economic concerns, your significant other suggests in Japanese, “Why don’t we [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Beginner Lesson S5 #12 - After This Japanese Lesson, Nothing Will Ever Be the Same! Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! It’s almost the one-year anniversary of your first date in Japan, and you’re sure your boyfriend is about to pop the question. You’ve been dropping subtle hints in Japanese, but you’re wondering whether your boyfriend is deliberately ignoring them or is just clueless. One day, you ask him in Japanese, “Have [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Beginner Lesson S5 #12 - After This Japanese Lesson, Nothing Will Ever Be the Same! Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! It’s almost the one-year anniversary of your first date in Japan, and you’re sure your boyfriend is about to pop the question. You’ve been dropping subtle hints in Japanese, but you’re wondering whether your boyfriend is deliberately ignoring them or is just clueless. One day, you ask him in Japanese, “Have [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News #107 - Come See How JapanesePod101.com is Kicking Off the World Cup Tournament! We’ve been waiting 4 YEARS for this opportunity – and finally, it’s here! The World Cup Tournament is underway! 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For one week only, Innovative Language is celebrating the start of the World Cup by offering our listeners 50% OFF all iPhone applications as well [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Newbie Lesson S3 #6 - Nihongo Dōjō - The Curious Case of the Japanese Ramen Waiters Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! “Why are you telling me to “shush?” you ask your friend in Japanese? “I’m just observing what’s going on. Why do I have to be quiet? What’s going on here?” Your friend has been shushing you ever since you started counting the waiters in Japanese in the little ramen shop where [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Newbie Lesson S3 #6 - Nihongo Dōjō - The Curious Case of the Japanese Ramen Waiters Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! “Why are you telling me to “shush?” you ask your friend in Japanese? “I’m just observing what’s going on. Why do I have to be quiet? What’s going on here?” Your friend has been shushing you ever since you started counting the waiters in Japanese in the little ramen shop where [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Particles #12 - Other Particles Are Useful, but Japanese Particles Wa and Mo Are Crucial! Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You had a big fight with your son right before he went off to his Japanese school for the day. Now that you’re home from your job in Japan, you decide to make amends by making him his favorite dinner and some cookies for dessert. You knock on his door in [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Particles #12 - Other Particles Are Useful, but Japanese Particles Wa and Mo Are Crucial! Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You had a big fight with your son right before he went off to his Japanese school for the day. 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You ask your friend in Japanese, “What would you like to do this weekend?” Your friend responds in Japanese, “But it’s only Tuesday…I haven’t thought that far ahead yet.” You continue in Japanese, “Well, think about it now. Is there anything that you would like to do? Where would you like [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News #106 - Act Now to Become a Legendary Founding Father of Exotic Thailand or Brazil! Have you always dreamed of the honor and prestige of our founding fathers? There’s a way you can earn this same stature right NOW with two amazingly exotic new sites: ThaiPod101.com and PortuguesePod101.com! ThaiPod101 and PortuguesePod101 are just weeks away! Innovative Language Learning is so excited to answer the demands of so many fans from [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News #106 - Act Now to Become a Legendary Founding Father of Exotic Thailand or Brazil! 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You knock on your roommate’s door and ask politely in Japanese, “Can you not watch television this afternoon? You always turn the volume up really high, and I have a hard time concentrating when you do.” Your roommate replies in Japanese, “Sure, I guess, but what are you doing this afternoon [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website JLPT S2 #11 - New JLPT N4 Prep Course #11 Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You knock on your roommate’s door and ask politely in Japanese, “Can you not watch television this afternoon? You always turn the volume up really high, and I have a hard time concentrating when you do.” Your roommate replies in Japanese, “Sure, I guess, but what are you doing this afternoon [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Upper Intermediate Lesson S4 #11 - When I Offered My Japanese Proposal, They Applauded Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You’re in the middle of a restaurant, and you’re with your girlfriend’s family having dinner. Her parents know, but little does your girlfriend know, that you are about to ask her a very important question in Japanese. After you enjoy your entrée but before dessert arrives, you tell your girlfriend in [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Upper Intermediate Lesson S4 #11 - When I Offered My Japanese Proposal, They Applauded Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You’re in the middle of a restaurant, and you’re with your girlfriend’s family having dinner. Her parents know, but little does your girlfriend know, that you are about to ask her a very important question in Japanese. After you enjoy your entrée but before dessert arrives, you tell your girlfriend in [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Beginner Lesson S5 #11 - If Only I Knew What to Call It in Japanese! 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Your significant other calls you at your office and tells you in Japanese, “Let’s go to lunch today.” Focused on responding to an e-mail on your computer, you respond in Japanese, “Uh-huh.” Your significant other continues in Japanese, “Let’s meet at the new place a few blocks from your office that [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Particles #11 - What Do Football, Baseball, and the Japanese Particle Wa Have in Common? Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You’ve heard this jibe so many times before, but never in Japanese. Your friend taunts in Japanese, “Why do you call it ‘football’ when everyone handles the ball with his hands?” No matter, it’s always the same effort to get your goat, regardless if it’s in Japanese or not. So you [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Lower Intermediate Lesson S5 #11 - A Match Made in a Japanese Kitchen! Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! After watching your roommate and her boyfriend cuddle all night in front of the television, you are sick of being alone! When her boyfriend leaves, you tell your roommate in Japanese, “The two of you are making me depressed!” Your roommate says in Japanese, “How can that be? He’s so nice [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Newbie Lesson S5 #11 - We Know You’re Busy, But There’s Always Time for Japanese! Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You’re sitting in the library studying for class, when your roommate approaches you and asks in Japanese, “Hey, what’s going on? 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Now let me ask you this… Have you experienced the terror of picking up the telephone only to hear [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website JLPT S2 #10 - New JLPT N4 Prep Course #10 Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Your friends have agreed to come over tonight to study your Japanese with you – since last week they all ditched you to go out on the town while you remained loyal to your studies! You hear a knock at the door and call out for your friends to come in. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Upper Intermediate Lesson S4 #10 - What Do You Think about My Japanese Proposal? Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You are in the middle of a heated negotiation in Japanese, and you are struggling to reach an agreement. You turn to your sparring partner and say in Japanese, “Honey, what if I just buy the couch this week, and then next week I won’t shop at all?” Your spouse responds [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Beginner Lesson S5 #10 - This Japanese Lesson Is Something Special! Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Ahhh! It’s three o’clock in the morning, and you’re staring at the ceiling of your Japanese bedroom. You’ve tried everything you know of, but no matter what you do, you can’t stop replaying the events of your Japanese workday in your head. You need to fall asleep, or you’ll surely be [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News #105 - Innovative Language Learning is Heading Into Uncharted Territory!! Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Innovative Language Learning has big plans that will help you make those ever-important decisions about where you will vacation this year! 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Your Japanese business students are turning in their projects to you by e-mail, and you’re struck by how many of them just attach the file and don’t send a polite message with it. You decide to lecture them on business e-mail etiquette during your next class. After you introduce the topic [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Beginner Lesson S5 #9 - Why Is That Japanese Phone Ringing off the Hook? Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You’re feeling awfully unpopular lately…perhaps it’s because every five minutes someone is calling your Japanese roommate. Your roommate’s phone has been blowing up with calls from friends, parents, relatives, and everyone else, so you finally decide to confront your roommate about it. You ask your roommate in Japanese, “What’s going on? [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website News #104 - How Much Do You Know About the People You Trust to Teach You Japanese? Recently, Innovative Language Learning and JapanesePod101.com passed 101 million lesson downloads! But this announcement also made many of our faithful listeners ask, “Who IS Innovative Language Learning?” That is a great question – and we are here to answer it, after all, shouldn’t you know as much as possible about the people you trust to [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Particles #9 - What’s the Subject? Look for the Japanese Particles Wa and Ga Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Completely befuddled by the array of unfamiliar vegetables, meats, and other produce that you see, you are happy your roommate has decided to take you on your first trip to the Japanese market. 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I read that I have to be able to find [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Upper Intermediate Lesson S4 #8 - I’ll Get Back to You in Japanese Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! After you think about it for a while, you finally decide to take your roommate’s advice about your Japanese boss. So for the rest of the week, you throw yourself into your Japanese job with gusto. You eat, sleep, and breathe your projects, and you find yourself even enjoying certain aspects [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Beginner Lesson S5 #8 - Somebody Wants to Learn Japanese! Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You are helping your friend, who doesn’t speak Japanese, through her tours of the various cities of Japan. Now you’re in Tokyo and helping her find her way by reading the Japanese signs, menus, and directions for her and recommending places for her to visit. 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He tells you in Japanese, “Don’t worry, there’s no pressure. We’ll have a delicious meal-my mom’s a great cook-and watch some television and play video games.” You tell your friend in [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Japanese Songs #5 - Sakura Sakura Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! As you walk along the tree-lined street in Japan, you’re staring in wonder up in the air. Your friend asks you in Japanese, “What are you looking at so intently?” You respond in Japanese, “I’m fascinated by all these beautiful pink blooms! What are these trees?” Your friend tells you in [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Japanese Songs #5 - Sakura Sakura Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! As you walk along the tree-lined street in Japan, you’re staring in wonder up in the air. 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