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Hello Learners, and welcome to your Monthly Recap that will make Japanese easier to learn! Through this post, you will: - Receive your free ebook in PDF form to easily master Top 1500 Japanese Kanji - Know the latest update and upcoming features on JapanesePod101.com - Catch up with posts and video released this month that you shouldn’t have missed Contents: New Lessons Itadakimasu! Super Sushi Ninja Challenge Current Offers YouTube Videos You Shouldn’t Have Missed in July Top Blog Articles in July JapanesePod101 Corner 1. New Lessons Top - (Beginner) Must-Know Japanese Sentence Structures #4 - Must-Know Japanese Sentence Structures: Asking About Location or Position The Sentence Patterns... Show more

Hi dear Japanese Learners! Mastering the Japanese language is a real adventure, but just by being on this page you’re proving to us that you’re not afraid of facing some challenges. You’re a perfect match for the Super Sushi Ninja Challenge! Start learning Japanese with your own Japanese teacher with your Premium PLUS account! Contents: What is the Super Sushi Ninja Challenge? How to Apply for the Super Sushi Ninja Challenge How to Order Sushi in Japanese Must-Know Japanese Vocabulary when Ordering Sushi What is Premium PLUS? 1. What is the Super Sushi Ninja Challenge? Top The goal of the Super Sushi Ninja Challenge is to get you speaking Japanese in a real life situation, so we challenge you to go... Show more

Learn 4 honest reasons you need Japanese slang words and why they are so vital to truly learning and mastering the language. Teachers may normally cringe at the thought of their students learning Japanese slang words. After all, slang words and phrases are typically defined as being grammatically incorrect. So why would your teacher want you to spend time learning the “wrong way” to speak Japanese? Here are 4 of the top reasons why you should study slang words and expressions when learning Japanese or any new language. Create Your Free Lifetime Account and Start Learning the whole Japanese Language from the Beginning! 1. Native Speakers Use Slang Expressions in Everyday Conversation If you are going to study a foreign... Show more

After having been delayed many times for different reasons, the mobile-gaming sensation, Pokemon Go, is finally released in its home country: Japan! Are you already on your way to be the very best like no ever was? After reading this post you’ll discover the rarest Pokemon in Japan and you’ll learn how to be the ポケモンマスター (“Pokemon Master”) in Japanese! From rumoured release to multiple delay, the mythical creature franchise, Nintendo has been keeping us waiting without official launch date for weeks. “When will it finally come out in Japan? Isn’t it Nintendo home country!?”. But after painfully watching Pokemon Go being released all over the world, Japanese residents finally get the chance to be back on track! Pokemon Go... Show more

The chance to speak with other people in their native tongue and the love for a culture can be all the motivation you need to learn a new language. The money on top is an added bonus, but we will tell you how this hobby can turn into a source of revenue! For Japanese beginners: Click here to learn the most common phrases! 1) If you have language skills beyond your colleagues who just speak English, and if your company needs those skills to open new markets or reach new customers, you are much more valuable than other employees. A lot of people are getting big raises for this reason. 2) You can make some extra money with your language skills as a teacher. You can work for yourself, give private lessons at night after... Show more

I first want to say that learning another language is difficult. It's time-consuming, you always feel like you're not pronouncing things right and it's really easy to just give up. BUT DON'T! Learning another language is the best thing I have done to improve my mind and my view on the world. When I decided to spend my summer in Japan, I had not learned a word of Japanese. I thought I would be able to pick it up from simply being around it all the time. I was wrong. When I arrived in Japan, I felt because of my language barrier I was missing out on a part of Japan that only people who spoke the language got to experience. This was when I started using JapanesePod101. Reasons I enjoyed using JapanesePod101 It’s free!!! →... Show more

Have you ever felt confused about all those -kun, -chan and -senpai you hear when watching anime? I am sure you have wondered about the meaning of these Japanese suffixes. After reading this post your Japanese will sound more natural as you will learn how to use Japanese honorifics! Remember to take the quiz at the end to test your understanding and to sign up at JapanesePod101.com if you really want to learn Japanese with effective resources. Most languages use them: “Mr.”, “Mrs”, “Sir”, “Dr”… But in Japanese, there are more of them, and they are a lot more nuanced. They are often attached to a name as a suffix, but some can stand alone, such as sensei. In Japanese there are both formal and informal honorifics, plus... Show more

You want to learn Japanese but you don't want to spend a cent. You don't want to lose time creating an account if they ask you for your credit card just after. For you Japanese learner, we tell you how you will access great resources for free for life and without card or having to pay. This is your unique path to fluency for free. JapanesePod101 is not really free, is it? Although there are paid plans, yes, it is FREE. Every single lesson that we have ever created has been free for a certain period of time. And every new audio and video lesson (we publish 3-5 lessons a week) is completely free to access for 3 weeks before going into our lesson library. What's a Free Lifetime Account? A Free Lifetime Account is – simply put – a... Show more

You all have experienced that feeling, right? …Or this one. But what if I told you… THIS IS POSSIBLE NOW! With this new series, you will discover the Radical Approach to Mastering Kanji. It’s perfect for Japanese Beginners! You’ll learn how to read, write and understand Kanji through an easy, step-by-step method – radicals – the building blocks of Kanji. And here is the first Kanji achievement you can successfully unlock: one of the most useful characters, the radical for “person,” 亻. Next episodes of this series to Master Kanji are already available on the wesbite! You are just a click away from becoming a Kanji Master!

In this lesson you will learn what adjective describes your personality best. In this video, Risa a native Japanese speaker, will explain the simple adjectives you need. They're written in both Japanese characters and the alphabet, giving all the tools you need to get started in your Japanese study. Here is our list! Click here to listen how to pronounce those adjectives! 1. つまらない。 Tsumaranai Boring. 2. 丁寧。 ていねい。Teinei Polite. 3. 落ち着いた。 おちついた。Ochistuita Calm. 4. 面白い。 おもしろい。Omoshiroi Humorous. 5. まじめ。 Majime Serious. Watch the full video on our website! 6. 恥ずかしい。 はずかしい。Hazukashii Shy. 7. 親切。 しんせつ。Shinsetsu Kind. 8. 賢い。 かしこい。Kashikoi Kind. 9. 熱心。 ねっしん。Nesshin ... Show more