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Hi listener, Where will you be in 6 months? And your Japanese? Successful students plan ahead. They don’t leave learning Japanese to luck. So, when 2015 comes around and most people are just starting their Japanese resolutions, you’ll be 6 months ahead (if not more!) Take the 6-Month Challenge! Start Japanese Now with JapanesePod101: Over 340 Hours of Audio & Video Lessons! Grab 6 months of JapanesePod101 Premium for $66 – that’s 45% OFF! With Premium, you unlock 2,040+ Japanese lessons (new lessons published weekly), PDF lesson notes, Premium Tools and Exclusive Inner Circle Access! Click Here To Start Right Now! You Speak Japanese From Day One. In every JapanesePod101 lesson, you instantly jump into everyday... Show more

Hi Listeners! If you’re not mastering Japanese on the go with JapanesePod101, now there’s no excuse. And Android users, this one is especially for you. The Innovative Language 101 App is FINALLY on Android and Kindle Fire. Click here to download Innovative Language 101 for FREE! Get Innovative Language 101 for FREE and master Japanese anywhere you go! After downloading, choose Japanese from the “Choose Your Language” screen and log in with your JapanesePod101 login details. You can try any of our 28 Innovative Languages with this App for free! All languages come with a 7-day Free Trial. Available for all Free Lifetime Account, Basic, Premium, and Premium PLUS members. Access the same lessons and features you normally... Show more

Hi Listener, Didn’t want to disturb you while you’re studying Japanese but...there are some Pretty Big Deals in this newsletter that you can’t miss. First, there’s the 31% OFF Premium discount that ends this Friday! There’s the new FREE Android App with JapanesePod101 access that many of our listeners have been waiting for. Oh, and a bonus FREE feature! What is it? Keep reading to find out what happened this month! In this month’s newsletter: Ends Friday! Master Japanese With This Pretty Big 31% OFF Deal! New! Innovative Language 101 App Now on Android & Kindle Fire! Free Feature Alert: Learn More Japanese With Bonus Word List Emails 1. 3 Days Left! Get 31% OFF all Premium Subscriptions at JapanesePod101 Learning Japanese?... Show more

Speaking Japanese without stopping to think. Understanding Japanese as soon as you hear it. And reading Japanese with one glance? If you can do that, that’s a Pretty Big Deal. And Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com? That’s no big deal. Why? You jump right into native Japanese conversation with native Japanese hosts. They break down Japanese grammar and phrases so you can speed up your learning and speak like a native. Master real-life Japanese conversation, learn the words and grammar behind it and you’re ready to speak ASAP. Japanese gets even easier with this Pretty Big Deal! Get 31% OFF all Premium Subscriptions ‘til May 30th, 2014! That’s as low as $6.90/month with a 24-month Premium subscription to master Japanese... Show more

Hi there Listeners, Want to take all of your favorite Japanese lessons on the go? As in, take the entire learning system and learn anywhere on your iPhone or iPad? With the Innovative Language 101 App, you can. So far, only our JapanesePod101 listeners have had exclusive access to this app. Until now. We’ve updated the app and.... All 31 Innovative Languages, from ArabicPod101 to VietnamesePod101, are now available on the Innovative Language 101 App! What does this mean for you? It means you can learn Japanese, or any of our 30 other languages with our advanced learning system anywhere you go. Simply download the app for FREE, choose the language and use your current account details to log in. Click here to download... Show more

Hello listeners, You've likely heard of a recent Internet security vulnerability, named "Heartbleed," which impacted many websites. Don't worry, your Japanese language progress won't be affected! The security and trust of our users is important to us, and so we'd like to let you know that your JapanesePod101 account is completely secure. Moreover, we've taken extra steps to ensure the safety of your account and details so you can continue learning Japanese the fast, fun and easy way! Here's what you need to know: Your JapanesePod101 account is secure and protected The vulnerability was fixed immediately by our team after it was exposed As an added level of precaution, all of our SSL Certificates were updated on Apr 9... Show more

Hello Listener, Your Japanese skill can easily grow this spring if you’re taking the right steps. How, you ask? Here’s how you grow your Japanese language at JapanesePod101– and it’s all done without boring lessons, grammar rules and anything that only delays you from actually speaking Japanese and understanding right now. You get the real-life Japanese dialogues you don’t yet understand We explain, slow down, and translate every word and grammar point You immediately begin to understand real-life Japanese conversation AND, you learn how to speak, read, write, and much more. And of course, your Japanese naturally grows from zero to advanced. Are you ready to grow your Japanese this spring? Sign up at... Show more

Hello Listener, So, you’re done with a lesson season at JapanesePod101. And you learned a lot of Japanese in the process. Especially Japanese vocabulary. But do you remember it all? Going back lesson by lesson to review them would be tough. So, here’s a new Premium feature: Season Vocabulary Lists. Now, you can review all the Japanese vocab from any Lesson Season in one place. Japanese words can come as fast as they can go. Especially if you’re not using them. So, you may not remember all the vocab you’ve encountered within a certain season. With the Season Vocabulary List, you can get them all in one spot for fast review and more. This feature is open to Premium, Premium PLUS, and 7-Day Trial Members. To access the... Show more

Which do you like? どちらが好きですか？ (Dochira ga sukidesu ka?) A. すし(sushi) Sushi is rice topped with thin slices of other ingredients, most commonly raw fish. B. 肉じゃが(nikujaga) This dish is made from meat, potatoes, and onions all stewed in a seet soy based sauce. The meat can either be thinly sliced or minced/grounded depending on different tastes. P.S. Do you want to learn more about Japanese food? Click here to listen to related a lesson on JapanesePod101: Culture Class: Essential Japanese Vocabulary - Food

Hello Listeners, Any Windows 8 users among our Japanese learners? If so, good news! So far our highest rated Japanese vocab-building app, WordPower Japanese, has been available for the iPhone, iPad, Android and Mac. The feedback was great, too! But there haven’t been Apps for PC or Windows users...‘til now. WordPower Japanese is now available on the Windows store for $9.99 and includes a FREE Trial. You master the top 4,000 Japanese words necessary for daily life and real conversations on your PC, Tablet or Windows Phone. How’s it done? Click on the link below to get a FREE Trial or keep reading for the full run-down of this App! Get a Free Trial & Download WordPower from the Windows Store! Language experts... Show more