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Now that you have lived in Japan for awhile, you want to travel out of the city and see things. You notice that the people that live even in the next city have different Japanese accents and words for things. You are glad that you know some Japanese words that make sense no matter what city you are in – words that everyone is sure to know, even you! This lesson looks at 5 more must-know Japanese words that should help you, especially in your travels. In this Japanese video lesson you'll learn about 5 Japanese words that you need to be sure to know in addition to the Japanese words from the previous lesson for everyday life. These words combined will be sure to help you wherever you are going. This Japanese video series is brand new way to learn Japanese. Learn every-day vocabulary and key verbs in this Japanese video lesson. Read the lesson notes to learn about the Japanese present tense, present progressive tense and simple past tense. Join us, and see what you've been missing! Visit us at JapanesePod101.com where you will find many more fantastic Japanese lessons and learning resources! Leave us a message while you are there!

Taking Japanese language lessons is really paying off! You've learned so many Japanese vocabulary words that you feel you're ready for your trip to Japan! What a great experience you'll have! Master the top 20 most common Japanese verbs, which will help your Japanese fluency. This Japanese video series is a brand new way to learn Japanese. Learn everyday vocabulary and key verbs in this Japanese video lesson. Read the Japanese lesson notes to learn about the Japanese present tense, present progressive tense, and simple past tense. Join us, and see what you've been missing! Visit us at JapanesePod101.com where you will find many more fantastic Japanese lessons and learning resources! Leave us a message while you are there!

Since you've moved to Japan to study Japanese, you've worked non-stop! The only time you have to yourself is when you go home in the evening, and this is the perfect time to study Japanese. Work, study and no time to relax...how unfair is that! But you've figured out a way to do both. You've started to borrow CDs with Japanese speakers from the library. Now you can study your Japanese while you're cooking, eating, or taking a bath. This is what you call relaxing in the evening with Japanese! This Japanese video series is a brand new way to learn Japanese. Learn everyday vocabulary and key verbs in this Japanese video lesson. Read the Japanese lesson notes to learn about the Japanese present tense, present progressive tense, and simple past tense. Join us, and see what you've been missing! Visit us at JapanesePod101.com where you will find many more fantastic Japanese lessons and learning resources! Leave us a message while you are there!

You've made great efforts to learn Japanese vocabulary, and now is the time to put it to the test! Your Japanese host mother is coming to see your apartment, and you want to tell her about your day in Japanese. You hope this will help convince her you made the right choice moving to the big city. In this lesson you'll learn vocabulary and Japanese verbs to talk about your daily routine in Japanese. This Japanese video series is a brand new way to learn Japanese, and will teach you how to express your daily routine with ease. Learn everyday vocabulary and key verbs in this Japanese video lesson. Read the Japanese lesson notes to learn about the Japanese present tense, present progressive tense, and simple past tense. Join us, and see what you've been missing! Visit us at JapanesePod101.com where you will find many more fantastic Japanese lessons and learning resources! Leave us a message while you are there!

Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Welcome to JapanesePod101.com's Kantan Kana. Japanese has three writing systems: Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji. In this series of twenty-five lessons, you will learn both Hiragana and Katakana, collectively known as Kana. Over twenty-five lessons, we will teach you Japanese Kana using simple steps, showing you the correct stroke order, helpful tricks for memorization, and proper usage in common Japanese words. If you want to get started reading and writing Japanese, this is THE place to start. You'll learn Japanese mere minutes with these audio and video lessons, so join us for Kantan Kana from JapanesePod101.com! Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese. In this lesson, we move on the "n" row of katakana - ナ, ニ, ヌ, ネ and ノ, and we'll teach you a few words you can write with these characters. Are you ready to learn more Japanese characters and words? Visit us at JapanesePod101.com where you will find other language-learning content, including other great Japanese videos like this one, audio podcasts, review materials, blogs, iPhone applications, and more Japanese learning resources. Leave us a message while you are there!

Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Welcome to JapanesePod101.com's Kantan Kana. Japanese has three writing systems: Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji. In this series of twenty-five lessons, you will learn both Hiragana and Katakana, collectively known as Kana. Over twenty-five lessons, we will teach you Japanese Kana using simple steps, showing you the correct stroke order, helpful tricks for memorization, and proper usage in common Japanese words. If you want to get started reading and writing Japanese, this is THE place to start. You'll learn Japanese in mere minutes with these audio and video lessons, so join us for Kantan Kana from JapanesePod101.com!Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! In our third hiragana lesson, we'll move on to the set of hiragana characters that start with "s": さ、し、す、せ、そ、 and we'll teach you a few words you can write with these characters. Are you ready to learn more Japanese characters and words? Visit us at JapanesePod101.com where you will find other language-learning content, including other great Japanese videos like this one, audio podcasts, review materials, blogs, iPhone applications, and more Japanese learning resources. Leave us a message while you are there!

Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Welcome to JapanesePod101.com's Kantan Kana. Japanese has three writing systems: Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji. In this series of twenty-five lessons, you will learn both Hiragana and Katakana, collectively known as Kana. Over twenty-five lessons, we will teach you Japanese Kana using simple steps, showing you the correct stroke order, helpful tricks for memorization, and proper usage in common Japanese words. If you want to get started reading and writing Japanese, this is THE place to start. You'll learn Japanese in mere minutes with these audio and video lessons, so join us for Kantan Kana from JapanesePod101.com! Get ready to wow your friends, family, teachers, and colleagues with the Japanese you learn with us!Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! In our second Japanese lesson, we'll move on to the second group of hiragana characters, か、き、く、け、and こ, and we'll teach you a few words you can write with these characters. Are you ready to learn more Japanese characters and words? Visit us at JapanesePod101.com where you will find other language-learning content, including other great Japanese videos like this one, audio podcasts, review materials, blogs, iPhone applications, and more Japanese learning resources. Leave us a message while you are there!

Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Welcome to JapanesePod101.com's Kantan Kana. Japanese has three writing systems: Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji. In this series of twenty-five lessons, you will learn both Hiragana and Katakana, collectively known as Kana. Over twenty-five lessons, we will teach you Japanese Kana using simple steps, showing you the correct stroke order, helpful tricks for memorization, and proper usage in common Japanese words. If you want to get started reading and writing Japanese, this is THE place to start. You'll learn Japanese in mere minutes with these audio and video lessons, so join us for Kantan Kana from JapanesePod101.com! Get ready to wow your friends, family, teachers, and colleagues with the Japanese you learn with us!Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! In this first lesson, we'll show you how to write the vowels in Japanese: あ、い、う、え、お、 and we'll teach you a few words you can write with these characters. Are you ready to learn more Japanese characters and words? Visit us at JapanesePod101.com where you will find other language-learning content, including other great Japanese videos like this one, audio podcasts, review materials, blogs, iPhone applications, and more Japanese learning resources. Leave us a message while you are there!

Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com!" Ohio goes," your Japanese friend says to you. " At least that's what you thought you heard; so you answer, "No, that's 'Go Buckeyes.'" Your friend laughs and says, "I'm telling you, 'Good morning,' in Japanese. I thought you were learning Japanese." Now it's your turn to laugh. "I am learning Japanese, but it's football season, and that greeting sounds almost exactly like 'Ohio goes.'" Your Japanese friend is amused and says, "I wonder how many other greetings for the day sound familiar like that one?" And the two of you start running through the standard greetings of the day in Japanese. "Good morning," "good afternoon," "good evening," and "good night," all come in for your careful scrutiny of the Japanese to see if any of them sound familiar. "The closest you come to another phrase is, "Oh yea, Sue needs a seat," but nothing is as close as that "Ohio" phrase. You and your friend share a good laugh over the peculiar similarity between the Japanese phrase for "Good morning," and your favorite football place. You won't have a hard time remembering that Japanese greeting anymore!Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Basic Japanese video lesson covers the important Japanese greetings everyone must have for saying, "good morning," "good evening," and so on in polite Japanese. You'll be able to use the right Japanese phrase at the right time of day, no matter what time of day it is. And you'll learn the difference between the casual and more polite forms of the phrases. These are just the phrases you need to begin most any conversation in Japanese. Visit us at JapanesePod101.com where you will find many more fantastic Japanese lessons and learning resources! Leave us a message while you are there!

Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Do you get tongue tied when meeting new people? Are you at a loss for words when you see your acquaintances every day? Maybe not, but what about meeting people who speak a foreign language such as Japanese? To be polite, you will want to say, "Hello," In Japanese. Maybe you want to impress that really cute Japanese girl in the next office. Then you'll want to spend just three minutes with this JapanesePod101.com lesson, and you'll be able to have a complete conversation. "Hello, how are you?" "I'm fine, how are you?" That's a big payback for three minutes. Good luck with the Japanese girl.Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Video lesson will teach you how to meet new people and say hello to friends and acquaintances in polite Japanese. And you'll learn how to answer the question, "How are you?" All in three minutes! Visit us at JapanesePod101.com where you will find many more great Japanese lessons and learning materials. Leave us a message while you are there!

Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You just arrived in Japan ready for a great adventure! Of course, that will include meeting many wonderful people while you are here. However, with all of your preparations for your travels, you forgot one little detail. The very first person you meet smiles, bows, and says something to you in Japanese. What? You smile back and bow…but what did he say? He smiles and repeats what he said before in Japanese, "Pleased to meet you. My name is…." That would be your cue to say something in return, but you just keep bowing and smiling because you don't know how to introduce yourself in Japanese. How many people did you think you would meet in Japan without knowing basic Japanese introductions?Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Video lesson will teach you how to introduce yourself in Japanese. Hiroko will take you step-by-step through the pronunciations of each Japanese word and have you introducing yourself in Japanese in just three minutes! Visit us at JapanesePod101.com where you will find many more great Japanese lesson and learning materials. Leave us a message while you are there!    

Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You are so late to work! You have had this problem almost every day since you arrived in Japan. For some reason you thought maybe if you rented a car and drove yourself to work you could get there on time. What were you thinking? Flashing lights!?!? Great! That's all you need now! You'll be lucky if you get to work by lunchtime now. The officer approaches your window, pulls his sunglasses down, peers questioningly into your eyes, and asks in Japanese, "Sir, did you see the sign back there?" Umm…you answer in Japanese, "No? I didn't see the sign, officer. I'm not from Japan and I'm not very good with the signs yet." Looking shocked that you would say something like that to him, he replies in Japanese, "If you can't read Japanese signs, you shouldn't be driving in Japan! In fact, there are signs to protect pedestrians in Japan, too!" Realizing your careless mistake, you ask the officer what you can do. He replies in Japanese, "I'm sorry sir, I am going to have to sentence you to watch JapanesePod101.com's Everyday Kanji Video: Traffic Signs. You should be ready to go in no time!"Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Everyday Kanji Video lesson will teach you the Kanji for many of the traffic signs in Japan. Our dedicated JapanesePod101 crew took pictures of traffic signs all over Tokyo and we have shared them here with you in this video lesson to teach you first-hand the Kanji you will see in the streets of Japan. Visit us at JapanesePod101.com where you will find many more great Japanese lesson and learning materials. Leave us a message while you are there!

Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You are in a HUGE hurry today! You have a million errands to run for your new boss in Tokyo, and he is not the type of boss that likes to be kept waiting! Finally getting through traffic, you are relieved to see there is a fantastic parking spot right in front of one of the Japanese offices you have to visit. You park your car, climb out, and light a cigarette, instantly overwhelmed by the Japanese signs everywhere. There are brightly colored signs below you, above you, and some pointing towards the sky, and all of them are written in Japanese. You have no idea what all these Japanese signs mean, but you have no time to think about that right now…  "Oh, hello officer," you say in Japanese as you turn and come face to face with an angry looking Japanese police officer. This Japanese officer is very anxious to explain the meaning of some of the street signs in Tokyo for you…for instance, "no smoking," and "no parking." It's just easier to be prepared!Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Everyday Kanji Video lesson will show you the Japanese Kanji associated with Japanese street signs. Visit us at JapanesePod101.com where you will find many more great Japanese lesson and learning materials. Leave us a message while you are there!

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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Well, you’ve gotten the concept of drawing a tree and then a grove of trees to create two types of kanji. Now, you’re ready to turn that grove into a forest. Just imagine a big tree that stands atop your two smaller trees, and you’ve written the Japanese kanji meaning “grove.” This excellent Japanese video lesson is provides detailed instructions on the target kanji as well as sample words and phrases to really drive the point home.