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Inside: Your New Free App, 34% OFF & Even More Japanese Lessons in 2016

Hello Listener, What say you to a cup of tea? How about...a new app, our 34 Language Celebration and 34% OFF Premium and MORE Japanese lessons by real teachers? Bam! Didn’t expect that, did you? The year’s just started and you’re already getting the newest study tools and best deals. So what’s this new app that you’re getting? And what’s this celebration? Keep reading! In this month’s newsletter: Join the 34 Language Celebration & Get 34% OFF Premium New iPhone & iPad App! Get Free Mini-Lessons Every Day 2016 Lesson Schedule! Your Japanese Lessons for the New Year 1) Celebrate our 34 Languages & Get 34% OFF Premium! You asked, we listened. And on January 1st, we launched the new websites for Afrikaans, Romanian and... Show more

Special Invitation To Get Our New App & Free Daily Japanese Lessons

Hello Listener, We’re inviting you to download your new secret weapon for learning language in 2016. You’ll learn Japanese in minutes a day, every day, guaranteed, with mini-lessons delivered directly to you. Learn Japanese words, phrases, grammar and more with a quick daily dose! Easy to learn. Easy to finish. Easy to keep going, every day. All you have to do is download our new, free App. Click Here to Get the Daily Dose App for the iPhone & iPad! How does the Daily Dose work? Every day, you get a new, free lesson! And every day, it’ll be different – you’ll learn phrases, slang, vocabulary, cultural points and much more. Reviewing it will take a minute or less. Then, you can go about your busy day. Tomorrow, there’ll be a... Show more

Starts Now! Save Up to 45% with the 12-Month JapanesePod101 Challenge

Welcome to 2016, listener! Making New Year’s resolutions is easy. Keeping them? Well, that’s usually a lot harder, but if your resolution was to learn Japanese in the next year – then we’re about to make your resolution a LOT easier and more affordable thanks to: The 12-Month JapanesePod101 Challenge! The “Challenge” is quite simple: Learn AND master Japanese in the next 12 months. How is this possible? Because we’re providing FULL ACCESS to our Premium or Premium PLUS plans at up to 45% OFF, so your dream of learning Japanese has never been more affordable Click Here to Get 12 Months of Premium for Just $99! Click Here to Get 1 Full Year of Premium PLUS for Just $199! But wait – we’re not done! ... Show more

Want to speak more Japanese? New JapanesePod101 lesson series start January 4th!

Hi Listener, Want to speak more Japanese in 2016? You need exposure to native Japanese conversation from day 1. You need a Japanese speaker to explain it all – the words, the grammar, and cultural nuances. And you get all of that in every single JapanesePod101 lesson. In fact, we’re starting up a brand new season just in time for the New Year! Starting January 4th, 2016, we’ll be publishing brand new seasons of Audio and Video Lessons to get you mastering Japanese the fast, fun and easy way! Want to know what you can expect? Here’s JapanesePod101’s Lesson Schedule: Monday: Absolute Beginners - Must-Know Social Media Phrases Tuesday: Video Series - Listening Comprehension Thursday: Throwback Thursday Lessons (Get a... Show more

We’re Adding 3 New Languages For You To Study in 2016!

Hey Listeners! Are you looking for a new language to study in 2016? As of right now, we currently offer 31 different languages that you can learn the fast, fun and easy way! But guess what? On January 1st, we’re adding 3 new languages to the Innovative Language family. What are they? Based on user requests, we’re launching Afrikaans, Romanian and Urdu! And the best part? You get 50% OFF for LIFE with the Founding Fathers Club Special at any one of these sites when you sign up for any Basic, Premium or Premium PLUS Plan. This special is only available for the first 101 takers per site and will never be offered again. But let’s get into the languages and language sites... AfrikaansPod101: This language is one of the... Show more

INSIDE: As Low as $0.15 Cents/Day to Learn Japanese. The 5 Best Offers of 2015

Hi there Listener! A few of our favorite deals have just sold out. 1 month of JapanesePod101 Premium for $5 – GONE! No more of our Audiobooks. But don’t fret! There are still 5 ways to save up to 53% and realize your dream of learning Japanese. Unlock the largest library of lessons in the world – 390+ hours of lessons by real teachers – and our proven learning system backed by 10 years of experience. Hurry! Less than 101 spots per deal left! Click here to grab the last of our EPIC 10-Year Anniversary Deals! What’s the most popular way to save? Here are our 3 most popular deals of the 10-Year Anniversary that sold out within 24 hours – reopened! #1 Most Popular: A WHOPPING 53% OFF 24-Month Premium! Go big, or go home.... Show more

Did you know 食べ物 (tabe-mono) means Food?

Here are the words picked by Risa: お菓子 - sweets 豚肉 - pork ご飯 - rice Learn more about Japanese food! Click here and learn more words with Risa! P.S. Get Your Daily Dose of Japanese with 1-Minute Mini-Lessons The Daily Dose of Japanese is a Calendar that gives you new, 1-minute lessons every day. Why? Because learning a little every day is easy, strengthens your habits and motivation and you improve your Japanese over time. Lessons range from culture and holidays to grammar, slang, phrases and more. Find it in the Japanese Resources menu or in the Quick Links menu on your Dashboard. Click here to check out the Daily Dose of Japanese Calendar.

4 Major Cities in Japan

Hello Listener, You're definitely learning new Japanese words and phrases with these lists, the Word of the Day and weekly JapanesePod101 Audio and Video lessons. But here’s a geography question for you: Do you know the Major Japanese Cities? And do you know how to properly pronounce them in Japanese? You’re about to learn it all with this post. 1. Tokyo Tokyo is the capital of Japan and the largest city in the country. Tokyo is also one of Japan's forty-seven prefectures, but it is referred to as a to ("a metropolis") instead of a ken ("a prefecture"). 2. Kyoto Kyoto, one of the oldest cities in Japan, was formerly the capital of Japan until 1868, when Tokyo became the capital. Now it is a major city in the... Show more

The Anniversary Starts Now! 53% OFF Premium. The Biggest Japanese Discount of 2015!

Hello Listener, With the holiday season fast approaching, we understand your time is short and the to-do list is long so we’ll come straight to it: Your Dream of Learning Japanese Will Never Be More Affordable Than During Our 10-Year Anniversary Countdown! During the special 10-Year Anniversary Countdown, JapanesePod101 is offering 10 special deals that will help make your dream more affordable than ever! Each deal lasts just 1 day and we’re kicking this off with our BIGGEST DEAL FIRST, which is... MASSIVE 53% OFF 24-Month Premium – Click Here To Save! During our 10-Year Anniversary Countdown, we’re celebrating more than 500 million lesson downloads, 100,000s of success stories and 10 years of helping people realize... Show more

Why Not Save $225 & Learn Japanese 1-on-1 with Effective Lessons?

Greetings, Listener! With Black Friday and Cyber Monday behind you and hopefully most of your shopping for others complete, it’s time to ask yourself one simple question: Are you ready for Why Not Wednesday? Don’t worry, Why Not Wednesday is all about YOU and answering one simple question: Why not realize your dream of learning Japanese – NOW? Money is often listed as a problem that prevents people from learning Japanese, so today, on Why Not Wednesday, we’re: Discounting All Premium and Premium PLUS Plans by 41% – Today Only! Click Here To Lock In Your BIG 41% Savings Before Midnight! Let’s just put those savings into perspective for each plan: The Premium Plan – Unlimited Access to our Effective Learning System With your 41%... Show more