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#96 The Latest Craze From Japan In this episode, Waka sensei teaches us the word "Hayari". It has various uses and meanings including "popular" or something that is in fashion. For more detailed show notes and explanations please visit the main site at http://learnjapanesepod.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fun Friday For 9th October 2009 This week's Fun Friday was recorded in Shinjuku with Jim, Sandra and Miki. For more information on this podcast please visit http://learnjapanesepod.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #95 Daijoubu? Waka sensei and Alex are back after a long summer break to bring you the latest Learn Japanese Pod Lesson. This week's lesson is "Daijobu" which means OK or alright. Check out the main site for detailed show notes at http://learnjapanesepod.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #95 Show Notes Show notes for lesson #95 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fun Friday for 2nd October 2009 Tonight's Fun Friday was held in The Pink Cow, a cool restaurant/bar/artists hub located in Shibuya. I was joined by Daniel, Yukki, Sandra and Jim who all injected some fun into the Fun Friday. Topics we covered included: The Japanese cultural night at The Pink Cow which will be held on 18th October, earthquake prediction, Sandra's Japanese poster competition, John Cusack and R.Kelly. For more information, links, maps and more please visit http://learnjapanesepod.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fun Friday for 24th September 2009 This podcast was recorded at the Namaste India Festival held in Yoyogi on 25th and 25th September 2009. In this podcast you can hear the sounds of the festival and some interviews with people who came along to experience it. A big thanks to all those who appeared in the Podcast. http://learnjapanesepod.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #94 Maji de - Seriously? For more information on this episode, please visit the main site here: http://learnjapanesepod.com/94-maji-de/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #94 Shownotes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fun Friday for 3rd July 2009 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #93 Mendokusai - What a hassle Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #93 Show notes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fun Friday for 26th June 2009 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website fun friday for 19th June 2009 For more info about this episode please visit this link:http://learnjapanesepod.com/fun-friday-for-19th-june-2009/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #92 Japanese rainy season Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #92 Shownotes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fun friday for June 12th 2009 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #91 Yori Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #91 Show notes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #90 Kureru Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #90 Show notes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Learn Japanese forum video tutorial   Some people have been having trouble posting videos in the Learn Japanese Pod Forums. So with the help of Coffeebot, Olly and a few 500ml cans of Kirin äçæã we made this little tutorial for you. Actually, it's pretty easy to post a video in the forums but it's not very intuitive. If you don't know how to do it, it can be a little tricky working it out. Since we use SMF for our forum, this tutorial should work for any similar one. Enjoy. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #89 To be in time Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #89 Shownotes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fun Friday for 22nd May 2009: Tokyo Hacker Space Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #88: OKU Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #88 Show notes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fun Friday for 15th May 2009 In this podcast I interviewed Stoneriver and Goldhorn who have completed a 1200km bike trip to Hokkaido. I met up with them after the finish line and asked them how they got on. Enjoy. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fun Friday for 8th May 2009 I'm currently staying at the Earth Embassy, a cafe, organic farm and learning center for sustainable lifestyles in Yamanashi. I'm helping out with a project to make an all year green house from recycled materials inspired by Earthship technology. I'm also here because I want to escape the madness of Tokyo and get some fresh country air.  Check out these related links:The Earth EmbassyEarthship Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #87: Desho Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #87 Show notes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #87 Show notes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #86: Whether or not Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #86 Show notes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #85: You should Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #85 Show notes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fun Friday: Making music in Japan Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #84: Panashi Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #84 Show notes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fun Friday: Learning Japanese for free In this week's Fun Friday, Jasmin, Ben, Karamoon and myself talked about subjects including getting free (or very cheap) Japanese lessons at local community centers. It's a great way to get started in Japanese in Japan on a low or non existent budget. Enjoy. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #83 Show notes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Show #83: Stop it! It's lesson #83 on Learn Japanese pod and Waka sensei teaches us the various uses of the verb ãããã/ Yameru / to stop or quit. Enjoy. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fun Friday: Obama rama! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Show #82: Japanese verbs for wearing clothes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #82 Show notes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fun Friday: Craft beer in Tokyo Welcome to Fun Monday?! Yes I know I should have got this show up three days ago but trust me this show is a good one. I was invited by Stone River of the Learn Japanese Forums to a craft beer brewers new year party. I was lucky enough to bump into Tim an expert in micro brews who very kindly gave us the low down on what's what in the beer world in Japan. So a huge thanks to Tim and all the other beer connoisseurs who made it such a great party. We'll be posting some more beer interviews ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Show #81: Bikkuri! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fun Friday for 12th December 2008 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Show #80: BUT! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fun Friday for 5th December 2008 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #79: It ain't necessarily so Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #79 Show notes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #78: It's not like that Hosts: Yukki and AlexAudio Production: Daniel Edwards Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #78 Show notes: It's not like that   Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fun Friday: I like driving in my car Naked old japanese men, Kaiten sushi, eating whale meat, moving to Japan from America, the JET program, electronics from Akihabara, bringing your laptop to Japan were just a few of the subjects Waka sensei, Sandra, Jim, Ben and myself talked about on this week's Fun Friday. This episode was recorded back in June in our rent-a-car as we drove back from a spa in Chiba. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #77: Naruhodo Today's lesson is Naruhodo which means "I see" taught to us by the lovely Yukki sensei. Audio production: Daniel Edwards Hosts: Alex and Yukki sensei Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #77 Show notes: Naruhodo Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fun Friday: On and off-line study aids for Japanese You can discuss this podcast and get links to the websites discussed here: http://learnjapanesepod.com/forum/index.php/topic,1070.msg11762.html#msg11762 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #76: It's been a long time baby Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #76 Show notes: Hisashiburi Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fun Friday: Izakaya Taxi To read more about Izakaya taxis, CLICKY HERE! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #75: I told you so! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #75 Show notes: I told you so Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fun Friday: Akihabara Safari As I am migrating this site to the main site more information can be found on this podcast below: Clicky Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fun Friday: Osaka castle with Beb and Waka This video is a little late in coming but here it is at last. In August last month I went down to Osaka with Waka sensei to hang out with Beb. We made this movie in front of Osaka castle as we had done two years ago. Time certainly flies ! Check out the other Osaka castle talk shows we did in July 2006 and Enjoy. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #74: Basic Japanese phrases: Ittekimasu A huge thank you to all of you who came out last Sunday to Yoyogi park and helped to record lesson #74. This wasn't our first outdoor recording but it did have the most people ever, you all know who you are. This week went back to basics with some easy and useful phrases: Ittekimasu, Itterasshai, Tadaima and Okaeri. Enjoy! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #74 Show notes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Yoyogi get together it's a little belated but here is the video of the Learn Japanese Pod get together in Yoyogi on 21st July 2008. Thanks again to everyone who showed up. Yoroshiku! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #73: Giving presents It's been quite a while but Beb was back this week to record this week's podcast together with Waka sensei and myself. We hung outside Osaka castle and I asked Waka sensei and Beb to teach me some useful phrases for giving presents in Japan. The idea to do this show came from a suggestion sent in by Kaya from Canada. So a bit shout out to you. Hope you enjoy this week's episode. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #73 Show notes: Giving presents Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Beer and Sushi! This show is a cross between a Fun Friday and a regular lesson. Waka sensei, a secret guest and myself got together for a delicious sushi party with some beer the forgotten condiment. In this video Waka sensei teaches us the names of various kinds of Japanese food. DELICIOUS! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #72 Give me a break In today's lesson, Waka sensei teaches us a very useful phrase "Kamben shite". This is used for excusing yourself from things you don't want to do, something you might find yourself doing a lot in Japan. We recorded today's podcast outside in the park so apologies for the noise in the background. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #72 Show notes: Give me a break Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #71: å¼±èå¼·é£ãThe law of the jungle In this week's lesson Waka sensei teaches us the phrase åèåé jakuniku kyohshoku or "the law of the jungle".Show notes coming soon. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #71 Show notes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #70: Telephone Japanese In this week's lesson, Waka sensei teaches Ben and I some useful basic Japanese  for phoning a friend. Enjoy. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #70 Show notes: Japanese for the telephone Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #69: What are you into? In this week's lesson we study the verb ããã / hamaru. This has various meanings including something that you are really interested in. Enjoy. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #69 show notes: What are you into? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #68: æ°ãki This week's lesson covered the various uses of the word æ "KI". For example:æããããã/ki ni shinai de / don't worry æãåãã/ki ni itta / I like it. æããããã/ ki wo tsukete ne / take careWe covered five examples in the podcast although there are many more uses that you can find here. The podcast was recorded outside by the river. Waka sensei and I thought we would escape the confines of the studio ( the kitchen ) to the wilderness of Chiba ( the park ). It was wonderful to sit outside and ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #68 show notes: æ°ãki Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fun Friday: Nikko Today's Fun Friday features a video of a trip Waka sensei and myself made to Toshogu in Nikko. More info coming soon...Fun Fridayãæåæçåãããããããããããèãããããã Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fun Friday: Hanging out with Daniel Edwards This week I hung out with my good friend Daniel Edwards a music producer, composer and singer from the States. Amongst his many talents, he is also an excellent Japanese speaker. I asked him how he came to be in Japan and his tips for studying Japanese effectively.  You can check out Daniel's music on his myspace page @:http://www.myspace.com/danieledwardsmusicHere are links to some of the topics we talked about:Basic Kanji BookMarutei Tsurunen Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #67 Sho ga nai / It can't be helped If you come to Japan it is impossible to avoid the phrase "sho ga nai" which means "it can't be helped". This phrase along with it's more formal version "shikata ga nai" is used to express the concept of "c'est la vie" when life throws an unpleasant situation your way and you feel powerless to avoid or correct it. It's raining today, we can't go on a picnic, "sho ga nai".I failed my entrance exams, "sho ga nai".The entire world is ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #67 Show notes: Sho ga nai / It can't be helped Here are the lesson notes for lesson #67 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #66 Ordering beer Today, Waka teaches us how to order a beer in Japan. She also teaches us how to stop your boss trying to get you drunk. KAMPAI! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #66 Show notes: Ordering beer Here are the show notes for lesson #66 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fun Friday: Hanging out at the sushi restaurant This week's fun Friday comes from the conveyor belt sushi restaurant or Kaitenzushi. We sat and talked about various topics while stuffing our faces with delicious sushi. Some ginger slices and cups of green tea made it a fantastic meal. Enjoy! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fun Friday: Hanging out in Odaiba My brother Ben and I hung out on the man made beach in the port area of Odaiba in Tokyo. The weather was perfect as we watched the sun set and talked on subjects from magic karaoke pills to architecture in Japan and more. Here is a list of links on the topics we coveredJapandra.blogspot.comProvoice Karaoke pills"Shutting out the sun" (book review)Hikikomori"Dave Barry Does Japan" (book review)L'institut Franco-JaponaiseThe Fuji buildingOdaibaAlso, don't forget to check ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #65 Let's do lunch Today Waka teaches us how to ask people to go out for lunch in Japanese. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #65 Show notes: Let's do lunch Here are the lesson notes for show #65 in PDF form. This lesson is about talking about lunch in Japanese. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #64 It's a lie! This week we study the word "uso". It means "lie" and that's the truth. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #64 Show notes It's a lie Here are the show notes for lesson #64 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #63 No way, that's outrageous In this Learn Japanese podcast we look at the phrase "tondemonai" which has various meanings depending on the context including "outrageous", "unthinkable" and "impossible". Waka sensei was kind enough to research the various uses of this word and type up all the lesson notes for us. She also helped to record the podcast so in the end I paid her for her efforts in ramen. Enjoy. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #63 Show notes Here are the show notes for lesson #63 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #62 to lend something In this podcast, Waka sensei teaches us the various uses of the verb "KASU" to lend. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #62 show notes (to lend something) Here are the show notes for lesson #62 which focuses on the verb Kasu (to lend) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #61 show notes These are the show notes for lesson#61 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #61: Borrowing stuff &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.socialmarker.com&quot; &gt;Social Bookmarking&lt;/a&gt; Waka sensei was kind enough to teach me Japanese outside on her sunny flower filled wooden deck. This week we studied the verb "Kariru" which means to borrow. This is a very useful word you can use in everyday conversation. Sorry about the noisy dog in the background. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website White day In this video, Beb tells us about the various intricacies of Valentine's day and White day in Japan. It's not just about buying a bunch of roses! Enjoy. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fun Friday: Hanging out in Chiba again I hung out with Waka sensei again, sipped tea on her beautiful deck and talked our heads off.  First off we discussed some news stories including whalers missing their targets thanks to the efforts of the Sea Shepard and other anti whaling groups. Apparently by the end of March, the whalers will only have caught 500 or so whales well under their original quota of 900. We also briefly talked about the Tax dodging sisters who got busted for stashing an incredible $56 million in their gar ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fun Friday: Hanging out in Chiba Today, Waka sensei and myself hung out in Chiba and discussed various news topics including an incident involving a man in drag turning up at a high school and causing a small riot. Listen to hear more weird tales. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #60 It's obvious Today Waka sensei teaches us about the word "ãããããâ (atarimae) which has a few meanings including, obvious, of course and to take something for granted. This is quite a useful phrase that you will hear in daily conversation to express that a fact or answer to a question is obvious. It can also be used to express the idea of taking things for granted. Resources:Atarimae example sentencesDon't forget to check out the...FORUMSCHATROOMBLOGAnd you can sign up to our newsletter to keep you i ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #60 Show notes Here are the show notes for lesson #60 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fun Friday in Osaka castle park Yes, yes, I know it's not Friday but I wanted to get this video out as soon as possible. In this video Beb and I talk about Rob and Makiko's wedding, music and other various things. Enjoy Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fun Friday: Save the planet! var addthis_pub = 'hunyaga'; Welcome to Fun Friday, a podcast where we put away our text books, relax and talk about issues on Japan and studying Japanese. This week, Waka sensei and myself talked about Genetically Modified organisms, whaling and other environmental issues and how they affect Japan. I hope we didn't get to preachy for you and we are certainly not experts on environmental issues. I just hope this podcast could be  act as a point of departure for your own research ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #59 It's Cold! var addthis_pub = 'hunyaga'; Hello again everyone and Learn Japanese Pod is back with a new free Japanese lesson podcast for your entertainment and edification. In this lesson Beb and I discussed the use of the word "åã/ããã/samuiâ or cold.However, this word can also mean something is unfunny. Why? The idea is, when you hear a joke that is so bad, it sends shivers down your spine, hence "Samui!". So it's a great way to tell someone not to give up their day job. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #59 Show notes Here are the show notes for lesson #59. Enjoy! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fun Friday: Japanese TV shows var addthis_pub = 'hunyaga'; Welcome to Fun Friday, a chance for us to put away our text books and talk about all things Japanese. This week Waka sensei and myself talked about various finds on the internet and TV that I have found helpful for studying Japanese. First off is "The World Of Golden Eggs". It is a hilarious anime with English subtitles I found on the internet and that really helped me with my Japanese. After that we talked about Matsumoto's suberanai hanas ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fun Friday: On the Shinkansen I made this video just for fun and as a reminder of the many hours I have spent looking out of the Shinkansen at the countryside gliding past. I must have used it close to a hundred times commuting between Tokyo, Osaka and sometimes Fukuoka for work. It's clean, fast, on time and generally quite a smooth experience. However for some reason there always seems to be a competition between the pensioners as to who can eat the weirdest and most stinky bento. One old man opens his bento ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Vlogs on Japan If you want to know more about life in Japan, youtube is a good resource. There are more and more foreigners living in Japan and making some pretty entertaining and informational videos that are worth checking out. So I made a video showing three people I subscribe to youtube under the life in Japan umbrella. They include:atomicboyxdiscount sausageTokyocooneyYou can also find my youtube videos here Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Japanese Language Proficiency Test Level 1 video Three posts in one day? Is it a record? Well here is the last video for you for the  level 1 Japanese Language Proficiency Test. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Japanese Language Proficiency Test Level 2 video Here is the level 2 Japanese Language Proficiency Test crammer video. Again, this is just for fun and to help you in a small way towards passing your test. Good luck! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Japanese Language Proficiency Test Level 3 video The Japanese Language Proficiency Test is almost upon us so I thought I would do a fun video for you last minute crammers. The video contains 10 kanji that often appear in the level 3 JLPT and I have added a few example sentences so you know how to use them. A big shout out to Wes who researched and chose the Kanji for the video. I'll be coming out with a level 2 and level 1 video very soon. Enjoy! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Lesson #58: Just cut it out will you? I got together with Beb and studied how to tell someone to cut it out in Japanese. We had a look a standard and kansai dialects and learned a few more useful phrases along the way. Some of these phrases can be a little frank so be careful when using them. lesson notes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Lesson #58: Just cut it out will you? I got together with Beb and studied how to tell someone to cut it out in Japanese. We had a look a standard and kansai dialects and learned a few more useful phrases along the way. Some of these phrases can be a little frank so be careful when using them. lesson notes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Lesson #58 show notes Here are the show notes for lesson #58All show notes are here Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fun Friday with DJ Wes (Whaling and fingerprinting) I caught up with DJ Wes and we talk about various things including whaling, fingerprinting and other Japan related topics. Enjoy Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #57 shownotes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #57 Self introductions in Japanese After a long absence Beb is back to teach us how to give an extended self introduction in Japanese. These introductions can be used for introducing yourself to groups of people for example when starting a new job or beginning a Japanese class. #57 lesson notes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fun Friday: Awa odori This is a video of the Awa dance native to Tokushima prefecture. It is performed every summer at the same time as the Bon festival and it's roots go back to 1587 when the Daimyo of Awa province, Lord Hachisuka Iemasa opened Tokushima castle. The celebrations got a little out of hand but were so much fun they decided to do it again every year with the dance moves reflecting the drunken stumbling festival goers. The dance is performed with Shamisen, flutes and drums. When I saw it, I was stru ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fun Friday with Wes It's been a long time but I got in touch with D.J Wes who has just got out of hospital. Waka sensei and I talked to him about open heart surgery and hospitals in Japan and his upcoming Japanese Language Proficiency test amongst other things. Waka and I wish Wes a speedy recovery and success in taking the level one JLPT !   Ganbatte Wes !   Enjoy     Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #56 Saving Energy Holy energy saving lightbulbs ! It's lesson #56 with Waka sensei and myself Alex to give you a lesson in saving energy in Japan although it can't be said it happens much here. Maybe they are as bad as everyone else. But don't give up friends, the polar bears are counting on us. We also talked a little about the Japanese homes, double glazing and the death of the Nova Bunny. Quite a mixed bag this week. So sit back, relax and enjoy the podcast. #56 Lesson notes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #55: Basic questions in Japanese In this week's lesson we study some basic questions in Japanese. These are typical questions you might be asked when meeting someone for the first time in Japan. Therefore I hope you will find these very practical.Links: Lesson #55 lesson notes All lesson notes Panic living #43 by El Gringo Mundo Popular Don't forget to check out the Forums and the live chat page Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Lesson #54 Self introductions I wanted to get back to basics so I asked Waka to teach me some basic introductions in Japanese. I think this is a very useful structure you will use again and again. Enjoy !Show notes: http://learnjapanesepod.com.lessonnotes/show54.pdf Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fun Friday: Studying Japanese Transcript for Fun Friday for 19th October 2007I recorded a conversation with Rob last week at L'Institut Franco-Japonaise Iidabashi in Tokyo. I was initially intending to talk about the focus of this podcast and how to organize it. Ironically we lost our focus and ability to organize, at least, my thoughts and the conversation went off on various tangents. However, I thought there were som e good points raised. Those points included what to teach students of Japanese,  how people stud ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #53: Using an electronic Japanese menu Why bother to learn Kanji when you can just use pictures ? In more and more restaurants today in Japan you can order food using portable electronic menus. The menu is an A4 touch screen device that sits on a charger on the table and can also be detached and hand held. It's quite a sturdy piece of electronics that looks like it can handle a few splashes of beer or yakiniku sauce. The screen has an easy to navigate user interface with pictures and various menus for you to touch and order. Onc ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fun Friday: How to eat an Onigiri Rob and Alex show you how to open an Onigiri packet. The onigiri is a rice ball wrapped in seaweed which is very popular in Japan. It comes in a variety of flavours including plum, tuna, salmon to name a few. They are cheap and delicious but opening the packaging can be a little confusing especially if you can't read the instructions on the packaging. I hope this video saves someone in an onigiri crisis... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #52: Ippai In this week's lesson, Beb teaches us how to use the word "Ippai". Listen to the conversations and example sentences to get an idea of how to use this word.Don't forget to join the forumsAnd sign up for the newsletter here#52 Lesson notes All lesson notes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Live cast for Fun Friday He's a recording of my first live cast which went out on Saturday 6th Oct 9am JST.  It was a blast and all the technology seemed to work without any meltdowns. It was so much fun I'll be doing it again soon. Hopefully next week at the same time. I'll be putting up more notes soon... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #51: Beb interviews Makikomo This week we took a little departure from our usual lesson format and listened to Beb interview Makikomo about her her various creative exploits which include handmade soap. You can see them here at Makikomo.comBecause this was entirely in Japanese, beginners might find this challenging however I have included the entire transcript with kanji, hiragana and an English translation. Transcript for lesson 51All lesson notes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Lesson #50: Emphasizing adjectives in Japanese In this week's podcast Rob, Makikomo and Beb teach us how to emphasize adjectives in casual conversations. Well we tried but the wine, ice cream and coffee didn't help. WARNING: one or two expletives. We also talked about people from Tokyo trying to speak in Osaka dialect, Japanese as spoken by high school students and Beb's new track called "dancing"Links:Lesson notes for #50Beb's new track "dancing"Brought to you by Makikomo.com the finest handcrafted soaps in Japan Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fun Friday: The Nova scandal bunny This week I hung out with Rob in Tokyo at his place in Kagurazaka. We talked about...1) Latest news and riding round the Yamanote line2) Overcoming hurdles in studying Japanese3) Japanese sentence patterns for effective communication4) Nova English Language schoolHope you enjoy ! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fun Friday from a secret location in Kanagawa I'm all on my own this week's Fun Friday as Beb, Waka sensei and Rob are all scattered across the globe. The intro music is by Ulfuls from their album Banzai. Here are this week's topics... 1) Latest Japanese pod news 2) Learning Japanese with The A-Team 3) "Dogs and Demons" by Alex Kerr 4) A TV Haiku 5) Hiking in Japan and the Hyakumeizan   Enjoy !     Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fun Friday Pachinko Symphony This is a video I took of a Pachinko and Video game center in Osaka near Beb's house. It was visual and aural stimulation on overload so I only lasted five minutes in there. Behold the madness ! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Lessson #49 Natsubate / Summer Exhaustion In this lesson, Waka sensei teaches us how to talk about Natsubate or feeling exhausted from the summer heat. Here is the transcript for the dialog below. A downloadable PDF file will be available soon. You might also want to check out lesson #42 which deals with hayfever and similar vocabulary. Kanji A: ããããäããããåæï B:ãããããåãã A:ãççãï B:ãéæãããããäããããããçãããããã A:ããåäããã   Hiragana and Romaji A: ãããããããããããããï Ya, hisashiburi. Genki ? B:ããããããããããChotto Natsubat ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fun Friday: How to eat sushi In today's episode, Waka sensei and myself talk about sushi etiquette. After doing some research on the subject I found out some interesting and surprising facts about how to eat sushi "properly". Don't worry, you shouldn't be arrested by the sushi police for violating these rules but it's interesting to know what the done thing is. You can check out a previous video of Beb and I when we went to eat sushi near her house in Osaka. "Know your sushi"Enjoy! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fun Friday by the pool in Puerto Escondido Waka sensei and myself sat by the pool and practiced our poor Spanish. We're terrible at the language but enjoying studying it and the locals have been very patient with us. Now, what was the Spanish for "Help! I think there's a scorpion in my room"? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #48 Rainy season Meccha hisashiburi ! We've been away for a while but we're back this time podcasting to you from Mexico. And why not ? With the power of the internet, anything is possible ! Here is today's rainy lesson;a) ææãããæéåãããããnihon wa moh tsuyu iri shita neThe rainy season has just started in Japanb) ããããããããjime jime shiteiru neIt's humid, isn't it ?a) äæãééãããïKyoh mo ame furu ka na ?I wonder if it's going to rain todayb) åæäåããéãéãããèããããtenki yoho dewa ame ga furu te itteta yoAccording to the ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fun Friday (Saturday edition?!) Apologies for the poor sound quality and recording this a day late, but hey, it's a good podcast. Some of the topics we covered today included Osaka VS Tokyo, baby dumping, Heidi, Ishihara's plan to destroy cedar trees and rude Japanese people pretending to be French. Doesn't make any sense ? Listen and it will. This podcast is not suitable for children or adults. Recorded in Osaka and Tokyo with the help of Rob .Enjoy. Other links mentioned:News from the other sideJapan Probe Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Maiko Makeover A Maiko is a woman under 20 who is training to be a Geiko (or Geisha) in Japan. Tourists can have a one day Maiko makeover in various make up studios around Kyoto. In this video, you can see the amazing make up and beautiful Kimonos worn by Maikos. This was filmed at Yume Koubou in Kyoto. http://yumekoubou.info Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #47 What do you like to do ? In today's Learn Japanese lesson we wanted to do a basic podcast on åã(suki) a useful word to describe something you like. Today's key phrase is ããããäïããïããããåãïããïããã ? / Anata wa nani suru no ga suki desu ka ? / What do you like doing ?So, what do you like doing ? Enjoy the show ! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Samurai swords On a trip to Kyoto, Waka sensei, my friend Naho and I stumbled on a shop that stocks swords and samurai armor called Tozando. It was a treasure trove that the makers of Kill Bill would be proud of. In fact, the craftsmen who made the armor stocked in the shop also made the armor used in "The Last Samurai" with Tom Cruise. According to the guy we spoke to, the armor and swords were all made recently but the armor was modeled in the style of the Sengoku period or "Warring state ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fun Friday Cocolo FM interview part 1 Last week Rob from News from the other side and myself were interviewed at Cocolo FM, one of the major radio stations in the Osaka area. The DJs were Yui and Chiyako who are also known as Yaneka, a band we featured on this podcast previously. Our friends Makikomo and Jonny Heart Breaker sat in on the proceedings. You can hear their interviews on Cocolo FM in the Osaka area on Thursday 10th and 17th from 2am to 4am. We'll be posting more Cocolo FM videos soon. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fun Friday Interview with Beb It's the interview you've been waiting for ! 10 questions for Beb. Here they are in English. 1) Which do you like better, cats or dogs?2) What couldn't you live without on a desert island for a year?3) What is your favorite colour?4) What is your favorite food?5) What annoys you?6) What would you do if you only had 24 hours to live?7) What part of your body would you change?8) What do you want to teach your children for the future ?9) a What makes you happy?b what makes you sad?10) What que ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Let's call the whole thing off"Dotakyan" Don't you just hate it when you make an appointment with someone and they cancel at the last minute ? Well they have a word for that in Japanese and it is "Dotakyan".  Beb explains... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website NEWS ! There's amazing new stuff ! Check it out in our mini news cast. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Too big for your boots ? Finding big shoes in Japan can be hard. However, thanks to Beb's shopping radar, we managed to find some shoes big enough for my feet. And that's no small feat. Sorry for the pun. The shop in question is called Otto and you can find them here.OTTOAnd here's a mapenjoy ! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #42 Hayfever Great, it's February and the hayfever is starting already in Japan.  In this episode you can learn about the tourture of hayfever in Japan. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #41 Valentines Maybe this post is a little late for Valentines but here it is anyway. Whether you are a die hard romantic or completely cynical towards the million dollar valentines marketing machine check out this week's episode and find out how they celebrate Valentine's in Japan. By the way check out Rob's rant on valentines at NEWSFROMTHEOTHERSIDE.COM He has quite an interesting take on this subject. SHOW NOTES Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fun Friday Ohisashiburi but WE'RE BACK. Beb and I have been super busy but we've been cooking up new ideas for you lovely listeners to make learning Japanese even more fun and interesting. Today's featured band is Bo-peep you can check them out on myspace here and at their main homepage here. These ladies seriously rock, so throw away your Shonen Knife CDs, Bo-peep will rock ya ! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #40 Happy New Year ! Happy New Year everyone ! We're back and fresh for 2007 coming at you with some cool new Japanese. This week Beb and I are talking about the New Year. A big shout out to The National Pool and their song "Japan" that is featured at the end of this podcast. Check them out on Myspace. So shake off the cob webs and let's hit the books again at Learn Japanese.Note 1:I mentioned in the podcast that New Year's resolutions were æåçæ(shin nen moku hyou). However Beb tells me that a better ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #39 The Christmas cake incident This week Beb and I had afight over a Christmas cake. Christmas comes but once a yearâthank the goodlord above.  A 　もうすぐクリスマスパーティーやけどクリスマスケーキはどこなん？The Christmas party iscoming up. Whereâs the cake ?B　あぁ・・ケーキ ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #38 More Kansai dialect Recently I felt that my pronunciation needed some polishing so Beb kindly helped me out. We also studied some pretty useful and interesting Kansai dialect. Some of the phrases we studied are written below.   Kansai dialect Kanto Dialect ããã ããããïããããï ããããã ããããããã ããããã ããããããïãããããããã Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #37ç´èAutumn leaves Itâs starting to get reallycold and the Autumn leaves have almost disappeared. This week we talk about thebeautiful Autumn leaves in Japan or â紅葉â。 a)いい気候になってきたねItâs nice outside (niceclimate)b)あ、毎日過ごしやすいよYeah, itâs very comfortablea)紅葉の季節だからねItâs the ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #36 Going to the doctor <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Times New Roman"; panose-1:0 2 2 6 3 5 4 5 2 3; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:50331648 0 0 0 1 0;} @font-face {font-family:"\FF2D\FF33 \660E\671D"; mso-font-charset:78; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:16777216 0 117702657 0 131072 0;} @font-face {font-family:"Lucida Grande"; panose-1:0 2 ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fun Friday Would you like a cup of tea ? This week's Fun Friday episode focuses on the phrase "èãããï" ( Cha shibaku ) which means "would you like to go out and have a cup of tea?". A varient on that is "èãããããï" (Cha shibakehen?). This phrase is used only in casual situations between good friends in Osaka. Perhaps you shouldn't use it with older people of those of a higher status. Enjoy using this Osaka street slang ! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fun Friday, How to shout at your children No children were harmed in the making of this episode, may only a little emotionally scarred. I joke of course. Learn some words to shout at naughty people in Japanese with Beb ! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ken Gestures 3 Here are a few more getures with Ken. Can you guess what he is trying to convey ? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Anytime by Beb Here's another video for you guys and girls to check out. This video is called "Anytime" and was produced in the classic Beb style. Hope you enjoy it. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Gestures with ken 2 Here is the 2nd video where Ken teaches us some new gestures. Can you guess what they mean ? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fun Friday Beb's new video Here is Beb's new video filmed in her unique style. If people are interested I can post lyrics. Hope you enjoy it ! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #35 Personality counts It's been a while since we recorded a Learn Japanese podcast so this week we did a special extended podcast. This week Beb teaches us about how to discuss people's personalities in Japanese. Chocolat, Beb's dysfunctional and extremely dangerous rabbit makes an appearance as he smashes up his cage like a drunken rockstar in a hotel room. Hope you enjoy the show. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Gestures with Ken For the next three weeks, Ken will be teaching us some interesting and useful everyday gestures. This week's gesture is...well, you'll just have to watch the video and see. Thanks for your help Ken ! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fun friday"Take anything you want"the mega mix OK, this was inspired by a Japanese workout video which I posted up here. Anyway, I remixed the music and here is the new "Take anything you want" mega mix. Enjoy ! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Know your sushi ! You know you are in Japan when you can order Sushi from a touch panel screen that gives you an estimate of how many minutes your order will take to prepare. Beb and I experienced this technology the other day when we went out for Sushi in the Johtoh district in Osaka.  I had never seen this technology before and felt somewhat of a country bumpkin  as I tried to figure out how to use the ordering system. There is even a hole for you to dump your used plates which it counts and then ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fun Friday TENJIN MATSURI Here's a video of the Tenjin Matsuri I went to last month. The Tenjin Matsuri is one of the "Big three" festivals in Japan attracting somewhere in the region of half a million visitors every year. It was packed and boiling and the police weren't quite in control of the situation. I think it was a little more work than fun but it was well worth the experience. Luckily there wasn't a stampeed and I survived to tell the tail with video evidence to boot. The Tenjin Matsuri is over a t ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #33 "Sono mama de ii" (the edited version...GOMEN NASAI)  Well first off, yes, I am a complete idiot. Last Tuesday I put up the unedited version of show 33 for all of you to hear. After thousands of downloads I realised. Secondly GOMEN NASAI. Sorry. So here is the final edited version for you to enjoy. Maybe people can sample the first one I put up and make some sort of music mash up. In this lesson, Beb teaches us "sono mama de ii" a very useful phrase you will use in everyday life. Sono mama de ii kana ? The show notes are HERE ! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kanji Video Places This week's Kanji video is about places. This video was produced by Stan Fairbank. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kanji Video Time This week's Kanji video is about time. This video was produced by Stan Fairbank. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #32 ii desu ! It's all good åç´ Back to basics with a lesson on "ii". It's interesting that such a seemingly simple word has so many different uses and meanings including "it's good", "it's enough", "sure, go ahead" and it can also be used to express envy. This is a great little word which is useful for so many everyday conversations and situations. Hope you enjoy the show. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fun Friday interview by Max Fun Friday is back, this time with a great interview that Max sent in. Thanks a lot Max and if there is anyone else with their Japanese language audio or video files, send them in and we'll put them up for you. Thanks Max ! Send in your ideas and comments to mail@alexbrooke.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kanji Video People This week's Kanji video is about people. This video was produced by Stan Fairbank. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #31 Weatherãforcast 天æ°äºå ± (åç´ï¼ Today Beb and I escaped the Learn Japanese studio and went to Osaka castle to get blown around by the approaching typhoon. Oh the things we do for our dear listeners. Anyway this is a basic introduction into talking about the weather in Japanese. Hope you like it. In the future we might do another more advance lesson about the weather. Please feel free to leave you comments and ideas on the blog or mail us at:  mail@alexbrooke.comDOZO YOROSHIKU ONEGAISHIMASU ! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fun Friday, Hanging out at Osaka castle Ohisashiburi ! It's been a while since we did a Fun Friday post but here it is. Today Beb and I ventured outside into the swealtering heat and hung out at Osaka castle. We haven't posted much recently but that's because we have a whole new set of exciting projects coming up. Yoroshiku ! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #30 What a waste ! ãã£ãããªããªï¼ Waste not want not as they say. And in Japanese they would say "Mottainai na". This week Beb teaches us about this useful everyday Japanese phrase. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fun Friday"I like meat!" I like this video by the famous El Gringo A.K.A Rob Holbrook. You get to hear some interesting Osaka dialect and see a typical Japanese yakiniku party. This video first made an appearnce on www.newsfromtheotherside.com however El Gringo has kindly lent it to us to use on Learn Japanese. Thanks Rob ! By the way, if you liked this podcast then why not show your appreciation by sending us a small donation to help with bandwidth and other running costs. It's that little cute button on the top r ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website KANJI VIDEO 3 NATURE This week's video is about nature Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #29 家æãThe family This week Beb teaches Rob and I about the members of the family in Japanese.ãI had a browse on the web for some resources for learning about the family. Check out this link for the family. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website KANJI VIDEO 2 COLOURS It's video time again and this week we are studying numbers. This video was created by the multi talented Mr Stan Fairbank. If you liked this video then check out Kanji videos 1, Makiko's self intro, Drinking with Beb, What's your favorite word ? days of the week and the famous ALT Rap ! You can also see a veritable cornucopia of videos relating to life in Japan and more at our sister site News From The Other Side.Yoroshiku very much ! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Makiko Jikoshoukai Find out about the wonderful Makiko in her own words for this week's installment of Friday Fun and Jikoshokai (self introduction). The transcript is here. We will be featuring more self introductions in the future on the Friday Fun segment. If you want to find out more about Makiko's home made soap you can email her here Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #28 BETA ! This week we are looking at the word ãã"BETA". It's a hard one to explain but Beb gives it a go. The lesson notes are here Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Drinking with Beb It's Golden week in Japan and the Learn Japanese team are letting their hair down. On an invite by Rob we went to Maruchika, a nice little Tachinomiya (standing bar) near Nodahanshin in Osaka. Beb filmed and edited the video. She also sang and composed the music. We'll be back to our usual program next week. In the mean time, Kampai ! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website KANJI VIDEO 1 NUMBERS All credit goes to artist and designer Stan Fairbank who is collaborating with Learn Japanese to make these great videos for learning Kanji. You can check out his excellent website at www.endless.com This week we are studying numbers. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #27 éãsake Heaven help us, Rob and Alex have had a few too many and Beb is on the hard stuff...green tea. Listen to their mad ramblings and learn how to order a beer in Japan. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website COMPETITION RESULTS CONGRATULATIONS TO JASON HENWOOD FOR WINNING THIS WEEK'S COMPETITION YEAH ! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #26 ZURUZURU BAN YA MON ! This week you can hear tell us her tales of woe when she decided to take on a flight of stairs in JR Momodani station. SHOW NOTES Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #25 YAPPARI ! I knew we'd have to study YAPPARI one day, yappari ne. SHOW NOTES Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #24 MECHAKUCHA ! It's all MECHAKUCHA today. Beb tells us what this useful phrases means. The show notes are HERE ! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #23 THE MATRIX Learn how to kick ass Matrix style in Japanese with the help of Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne and Beb. SHOW NOTES Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #22 Dama is YABAI DE ! This week Dama is back from his holiday in Mexico to teach us some Japanese street slang. Dama has been living in New York since last year and you can catch up with his latest exploits in his blog. Not only does he have some great photos but it's really interesting to see some original insights into life in New York as seen through the eyes of Japanese guy. It's in Japanese so gambatte kudasai. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #21 Carnaval ! Bon Dia ! The carnaval is over, but Beb and I are still partying with Roberto ! Check out this three person introduction. Show notes up soon. Vem estudar japones com a gente! äæãïäãçäããããããããããããããããéããï Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #21 Show notes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fun Friday with Wes It's fun Friday and we have some news, emails and an interview with Wes. He gives us some useful info on taking the Japanese proficiency test. IIf you want to find out more about Wes's musical exploits check out another interview with him here. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #20b Show notes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #20b Hanging out with a flamboyant hair dresser Get your G.I Jane buzz cuts here ! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #20a More words Here are some useful words for getting your hair cut. Study them for Wednesday's lesson Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What's your favorite word ? Find out the weird and wonderful words revolving around the brains of those wonderful Kansai people ! äçåã??ã?èèã?ã?ãã?ã?ãã?ïã?ã?èå?ãéèã?äã?è?ã??ã?ã?ã?ãã?ã?ã?ï? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #19b HAI ?! Did you know that the word "HAI" can be translated as 1) yes, 2) what ? 3) Here you are 4) Oh whatever ! Well check this out ! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #19b Show notes: Hai? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website gestures Can you guess what this gesture means ? Check out this video ! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #19a TANGO ! Check out these cool new words for Wednesday's lesson ! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #18b Speading your wings Here is a cool idiom lesson for you ! Why not spread your wings ? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #18a TANGO ! Here are some new words for you to learn for Wednesday's podcast. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #18a Show notes: Tango Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website COMPETITION RESULTS COMPETITION RESULTS ! Thanks to everyone who sent in their answers. Sorry if you didn't win anything but there will be more chances to win soon ! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #17b Show notes: Wakaru? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #17b WAKARU ? Do you understand ? I hope you do. Great free give away today ! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #17 Show notes: Tango Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #17 TANGO ! Here is a vocabulary lesson for you to help with the following lesson. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #16 Movie Japanese Hey guys ! Here's some cool Japanese for you to use at the movies. Show notes will be up soon ! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #16 Show notes: Movie Japanese Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #15 Show notes: Wait a minute Mr Postman Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #15 Wait a minute Mr Postman ! Here is some useful Japanese for use at the post office. Have fun and VOTE NOW ! Show notes will be up soon ! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #14 Show notes: Mukatsuku Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #14 MUKATSU ! Thanks to Dama for helping me out with this cast ! http://libsyn.com/media/japanese/SHOW_NOTES_FOR_SHOW_14.doc Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FUN FRIDAY with BEB It's Fun Friday with Beb ! http://bebshooting.seesaa.net/ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #13 Taking a taxi Sorry for the delay ! Here is show 13 and useful phrases when stuck in a taxi. Shout out to all those who have helped with this cast, you know who you are ! Check out these sites...Tim's amazing Japanese blog...http://ameblo.jp/tim/...and check out Heather's great blog for students of Japanese...http://japanesejapanese.com/...and finally Emma's blog can be found at...http://www.piczo.com/MeMiSeLfAnDi?g=5723996&cr=1...THANKS GUYS ! http://libsyn.com/media/japanese/SHOW_13_NOTES.doc Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #13 Show notes: Taking a taxi Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #12 Sae sings for her supper "WINE RED NO KOKORO" (Tamaki Koji) Exclusively performed for us by SAE (AMANADAMA) LYRICS IN ROMAJI: Motto katte ni koi shitari, motto Kiss o tanoshindari, wasureso na omoide o sotto daitte iru yori, wasurete shimaeba, ima ijo sore ijo ai sareru noni, anata wa sono suki totta hitomi no mama de, ano kiesoni moeso na wine red no kokoro o motsu anata no onegai ga kanau noni...ãããåæãæããã ãããKissãæãããã åããããæãåããããæãããããã åãããããã äääããääæããããã ããããããéãéããçãããã ããæããããçããããããããããã åãæãããããéãããããã ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #12 Show notes: Sae sings for her super Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #11 Interview with Sae This week we have an interview with the beautiful and talented Sae chan.Please send in your own audio interviews to:imunique999@yahoo.co.uk(Check out the show for more details)SHOW NOTES:http://libsyn.com/media/japanese/SHOW11notes.doc Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #11 Show notes: Interview with Sae Here are the show notes for the interview with Sae. Check out her Myspace page at http://www.myspace.com/saemurakami  Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #10 Miyazaki Ben ! From the sunny skys and swaying palms of Miyazaki comes show #10 and MIYAZAKI BEN.This is a departure from the usual show for anyone interested in learning a little Miyazaki dialect.SHOW NOTES:http://libsyn.com/media/japanese/show10_notes.doc Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #10 Show notes: Miyazaki dialect Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website ALT Rap ALT RAPLYRICS: HOLBROOK & SANDERSMUSIC: ALEX BROOKEA Cafe Velo productionThis is a fun rap about teaching as an ALT ( assistant language Teacher ) on JET ( Japan Exchange Teaching program ) in Osaka. I tried submitting this to the online JET forum but got banned by the administrator ! Hopefully you JETs might get a kick out of this.Big shout to Rob who appeared in the video and co-wrote the lyrics. Also a big shout out to John Sanders in washington state! We filmed this near Nakatsu by ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #9 Eating out at a restaurant This weel the lovely Yumiko and Yoshiko show us how to order food in a restaurant.Show notes: http://libsyn.com/media/japanese/show09notes.doc Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #9 Eating out at a restaurant This weel the lovely Yumiko and Yoshiko show us how to order food in a restaurant.Show notes: http://libsyn.com/media/japanese/show09notes.doc Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #09 Show notes: Eating out at a restaurant Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #9 Eating out at a restaurant This weel the lovely Yumiko and Yoshiko show us how to order food in a restaurant.Show notes: http://libsyn.com/media/japanese/show09notes.doc Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FUN FRIDAY (EXTRA STUFF) KANSAI BEN OK It's the new weekly segment of the Learn Japanese podcast: FUN FRIDAY (or Extra stuff). This week we'll be hearing some more Kansai ben ( Kansai dialect )Hope you enjoy it !Show notes: http://libsyn.com/media/japanese/EXTRA_STUFF.doc Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FUN FRIDAY (EXTRA STUFF) KANSAI BEN OK It's the new weekly segment of the Learn Japanese podcast: FUN FRIDAY (or Extra stuff). This week we'll be hearing some more Kansai ben ( Kansai dialect )Hope you enjoyit !Show notes: http://libsyn.com/media/japanese/EXTRA_STUFF.doc Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Show notes: Fun Friday Kansai dialect Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #8 More counting ! We've got some more counting practice for you to build up your vocabulary. Don't worry if you can't remember it all, we'll be coming back to these counting systems in future shows.(and before you start leaving notes regarding Hachihon/Happon, please read the show notes ! Thanks)Show notes are at;http://libsyn.com/media/japanese/Lesson_8.doc Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #8 More counting ! We've got some more counting practice for you to build up your vocabulary. Don't worry if you can't remember it all, we'll be coming back to these counting systems in future shows. (and before you start leaving notes regarding Hachihon/Happon, please read the show notes ! Thanks) Show notes are at; http://libsyn.com/media/japanese/Lesson_8.doc Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #8 More counting ! We've got some more counting practice for you to build up your vocabulary. Don't worry if you can't remember it all, we'll be coming back to these counting systems in future shows.(and before you start leaving notes regarding Hachihon/Happon, please read the show notes ! Thanks)Show notes are at;http://libsyn.com/media/japanese/Lesson_8.doc Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #08 Show notes: More counting! # Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #7 Hanging out in Osaka This week, we are hanging out with the cool cats of Osaka.The show notes are here;http://libsyn.com/media/japanese/Show_7_notes.doc Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #7 Hanging out in Osaka This week, we are hanging out with the cool cats of Osaka.The show notes are here;http://libsyn.com/media/japanese/Show_7_notes.doc Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #7 Hanging out in Osaka This week, we are hanging out with the cool cats of Osaka.The show notes are here;http://libsyn.com/media/japanese/Show_7_notes.doc Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #07 Show notes: Asking someone out-intermediate Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #6 At cafe Central Banco This week we are ordering espresso at cafe Central Banco in Osaka. Big thanks to Yasu and Eichi for helping me to record this. æåããããããï Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #6 At cafe Central Banco This week we are ordering espresso at cafe Central Banco in Osaka. Big thanks to Yasu and Eichi for helping me to record this. æåããããããï Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #6 At cafe Central Banco This week we are ordering espresso at cafe Central Banco in Osaka. Big thanks to Yasu and Eichi for helping me to record this. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #06 Show notes: Ordering a coffee Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #5 Asking someone out It's time to ask your friend to go out and drink some Sake !Also, if you would like to know how to flip out like a Ninja please go to;http://www.7secondsoflove.com/ninja/(All done by the talented vocal chords and hands of Joel Veitch )Main site: http://www.rathergood.com/Thanks Joel !!!!SHOW NOTES:http://libsyn.com/media/japanese/show_notes5.doc Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #5 Asking someone out It's time to ask your friend to go out and drink some Sake !Also, if you would like to know how to flip out like a Ninja please go to;http://www.7secondsoflove.com/ninja/(All done by the talented vocal chords and hands of Joel Veitch )Main site: http://www.rathergood.com/Thanks Joel !!!!SHOW NOTES:http://libsyn.com/media/japanese/show_notes5.doc Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #05 Show notes: Asking someone out Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #4 Counting Welcome to lesson four where we learn to count. It's as easy as one, two, three...or ichi, ni, sanShow notes are here...http://libsyn.com/media/japanese/Lesson_4_show_notes.doc Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #4 Counting Welcome to lesson four where we learn to count. It's as easy as one, two, three...or ichi, ni, sanShow notes are here...http://libsyn.com/media/japanese/Lesson_4_show_notes.doc Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #4 Counting Welcome to lesson four where we learn to count. It's as easy as one, two, three...or ichi, ni, sanShow notes are here...http://libsyn.com/media/japanese/Lesson_4_show_notes.doc Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #04: Show notes: Counting Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #03: Show notes: Days of the week Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #3 Days of the week (VIDEO) VIDEO LESSON: Days of the week Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #02 Show notes: Basic Questions Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #2"First encounters" Here is show No.2. Thanks for the fantastic feedback and support. The show notes can be downloaded from the link at the bottom. I'll try to get it clickable as soon as possible.http://libsyn.com/media/japanese/show2notes.doc Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #2"First encounters" Here is show No.2. Thanks for the fantastic feedback and support. The show notes can be downloaded from the link at the bottom. I'll try to get it clickable as soon as possible.http://libsyn.com/media/japanese/show2notes.doc Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #2 Here is show No.2. Thanks for the fantastic feedback and support. The show notes can be downloaded from the link at the bottom. I'll try to get it clickable as soon as possible.http://libsyn.com/media/japanese/show2notes.doc Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #01 Show notes: How are you? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #1"How are you ?" Welcome to the first podcast for learning Japanese. Whether you are a serious student of the language or just interested in this fascinating language, this Podcast is for you. Every week I am going to be adding some short easy language lessons and also give the low down on life and events in Japan.Your comments and suggestions would be most appreciated.Yoroshiku Onegaishimasu Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #1"How are you ?" Welcome to the first podcast for learning Japanese. Whether you are a serious student of the language or just interested in this fascinating language, this Podcast is for you. Every week I am going to be adding some short easy language lessons and also give the low down on life and events in Japan.Your comments and suggestions would be most appreciated.Yoroshiku Onegaishimasu Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website #1 Welcome to the first podcast for learning Japanese. Whether you are a serious student of the language or just interested in this fascinating language, this Podcast is for you. Every week I am going to be adding some short easy language lessons and also give the low down on life and events in Japan.Your comments and suggestions would be most appreciated.Yoroshiku Onegaishimasu Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website