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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 an important grammar point, both which involve the particle no being used as a nominalizer. We’ll take a look at how to nominalize Japanese verbs (similar to a gerund in English), and we’ll look at the construction noun + particle + no.
Japan is world-famous for its delicious and unique cuisine.
Today we’ll talk about 2 types of Japanese cuisine that are famous for FUN.
That’s right, okonomi-yaki and monja-yaki are 2 regional foods that are perfect for social occasions. It’s as fun to make as it is to eat!
Miki-san will talk about the differences between these Kansai and Kanto dishes, as well as the story behind their names. A word of warning, though. You may work up quite an appetite listening to this one!
Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Do you have trouble speaking on the phone in Japanese? This lesson focuses on talking on the phone, as speaking on the phone in a foreign language is one of the most challenging things. We’ll also learn how to ask about someone’s well-being in Japanese, and also, how to subtly refuse to do something the Japanese way.
Mastering the art of politely refusing things in Japanese will truly help you understand Japan, Japanese people and Japanese protocol. Today we learn from the best in the business, Miu.
Learn Japanese with Japanese Idiomatic Phrases at JapanesePod101.com! To be able to think in Japanese is an important process in mastering Japanese and progressing faster. You’ll probably be surprised to know that you’ve done it many times before! There are many Japanese proverbs and idiomatic phrases that have entered the English language. Today we’ll learn several more phrases to help get you thinking like a Japanese person.
Many mouths saying the same thing? People running around in circles! At least everyone agrees that it’s a total state of confusion! If this explanation seems confusing, it will make complete sense after listening to today’s lesson.
Impress Japanese friends and colleagues with these 2 yojijukugo, 4 character kanji compound that forms an idiomatic phrase. And progress faster by learning to think like a Japanese Person!
Want to eat something delicious in Tokyo?
After today, you’ll have no problem eating anywhere in Japan!
In today’s Japanese lesson, we’ll learn how to order in a restaurant with limited Japanese. The useful phrases you’ll learn today will open the doors of all delicious restaurants in Japan for you.
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Category: Lower Intermediate Lessons (S3) | 7 Comments »
Grammar: no, nominalizer, noun+particle+no | Function: talking about things | Topic: e mail friends, Facebook, friends, merutomo, Mixi, phone | Politeness Level: casual
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