Talking About Things Videos
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Best friends with a person you ve never met in real life? The arrival of social networks and e-mail enabled cellphones brought a new phenomenon to Japan, the merutomo (e-mail friend). People find new friends, but sometimes you can even find your soulmate! Find out what kind of friendship is developing in this story! We re learning [...]

What do you like? Saying what you like and don’t like is critical to your survival in a foreign country. Japan is no different. But did you know that we can use the same grammatical pattern to express things that you are good at and bad at doing? It’s true. And it couldn’t be [...]

Going to a　hot spring or public bath? You ll need to know the proper etiquette if you want to be comfortable and get the most of your time there. In this series we ll walk you through step by step, so you can bathe like a pro and impress everyone with your knowledge of Japanese [...]

All things come to an end. Which means, you’re not a newbie any more! If you’ve followed this series from the beginning, then you’ve come a long way! With the basics of Japanese grammar under your belt you’re ready to move on to Beginner levels! In this episode, we’ll review the basic Japanese [...]

You’re stranded in Tokyo. Not enough cash for a hotel. Where do you stay? Two Japanese businessmen decide to stay at a mankitsu, a manga cafe. Similar to an internet cafe, but you have access to Japanese anime, manga, magazines and even massage chairs! Gomi-san recommends Nana, a famous Japanese [...]

Those are some darn good noodles! Have you ever tried Shikoku udon? It’s famous because it’s beyond delicious! Today we’re going to a small but popular udon shop in Shikoku. A famous J-Pop star also pops in for a bite to eat. We’ll learn how to make the past tense of -i [...]

Learn Japanese on Your Own Terms at JapanesePod101.com! We’re going on a date tonight! First it’s to the cafe to talk about Murakami Haruki books, then we’ll fast forward to next weekend for a samurai movie. Our grammar point is nara, used to offset topics and is a great way to make [...]

Learn Japanese on Your Own Terms at JapanesePod101.com! The year is 2028 and the children are having a class reunion when they remember the time capsule they buried. As they reminisce, they decide it’s time to go and find the time capsule. Today’s grammar point is -te miru, which means to try [...]

Learn Real Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Kumi and Kenji are driving back to Tokyo after spending Golden Week out of town. Problem is, they’re not the only ones. Now they’re stuck in 4 km traffic jam, part of the yearly U-Turn Rush. We’ll focus on some formal language used on television and [...]

Learn Spoken Japanese on Your Own Terms at JapanesePod101.com. Onigiri are delicious rice balls that make portable and healthy snacks. Princes are the sons of western kings. What do they have in common? We have absolutely no idea, but we have a great grammar point for you today plain non-past verb [...]

Start Learning Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Fabrizio and Fuyuka are driving through Shikoku discussing cars. As we all know, Fabrizio has expensive taste, so we’ll learn what kind of cars he loves and what kind of cars he thinks are dasai (lame). Our function is talking about likes and dislikes using suki and [...]

Learn Fun Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Our daring and intrepid unagi made the long and dangerous journey to Japan. Now they’re hanging out in a river near Naomi’s house. If you ever wondered what unagi do in the their spare time, well… then this is the story for you. Our grammar [...]

Study Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Today’s Sights & Sounds lesson takes place in Harajuku station in the heart of one of Tokyo’s most fashionable areas. Will talk a little bit about Suica, the IC card that functions both as a train pass and e-ca$h. We’ll look at a few grammar points such as [...]

Learn Real Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Today’s conversation takes place in a bromide photo shop. Now what exactly is a bromide photo? Well, you’ll just have to tune in and find out! We’ll take a look at some female speech patterns using kashira and the sentence final wa ne. We’ll also [...]

Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Akemashite omedetou gozaimasu! Happy New Year! Today’s conversation is between 6 people: ojiichan (grandpa), obaachan (grandma), okaasan (mother) and 2 musuko (sons). The whole family is gathered at the grandparents’ house in the country to celebrate the new year together. We’ll talk about some traditional food [...]

Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Agnes’ meeting with her boss last week went better than expected. It seems like her health has improved and her co-worker is asking for advice that only she can give. Things are definitely looking up in the world of Ms. Agnes Murakami! We’ll review -ppoi, -teki and -kanji, [...]