September 4th, 2010 | View Comments

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Hooray! The Learn Japanese Pod show notes for lessons 1 through 99 are finally here. There are over 200 pages of transcripts, dialogs and grammar points for all the podcasts.

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August 13th, 2010 | View Comments


やっとLearning Japanese Podマグカップ届きました!(嬉しいもっといっぱい注文して、友達にプレゼントとしてあげたい思いますリカルドというとても尊敬する友達が、Learn Japanese Podファンさんためだけに、デザインしてくれました。さーて、日本勉強しながら、マグカップ何飲もうかな

At last, my new Learn Japanese Pod mug has arrived. (Happy face) I was pretty happy with the results so I want to buy more as presents for my friends. This cute logo was done my friend Ricardo who is made of pure win and awesome when it comes to design. So the next question is, what shall I drink with this new mug while studying Japanese?

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August 11th, 2010 | View Comments

日本ハチマキには大抵気合いを入れる言葉使われていて、外国人観光客間では大変人気です。ハチマキには「必勝」とか「合格」とか「闘魂」など伝統的なもが書いてあるけど、逆に最近不景気を反映するフレーズをハチマキに入れたらどうかな~ってふと思った。たとえば、「絶望」とか「諦める」とか「凹む」とか「もうええねん」とか。。。

In Japan, Hachimaki (headbands) are usually worn with words symbolizing effort or perseverance printed on them. They tend to be quite popular with tourists. Traditionally words such as “victory”, “success”, “fighting spirit” are written on them. However, as a reflection of these hard economic times I thought it might be interesting to make some new ones with words such as “Hopelessness”, “I give up”, “I’m down” and “I’ve had it!”.

典型的ハチマキ言葉

Typical words written on Hachimaki

闘魂tōkon – Fighting spirit

必勝Hisshō – Victory

神風Kamikaze – Divine wind

一番Ichiban – Number one

日本Nippon – Japan

合格 – Gōkaku – Success

Zen – Zen

忍者Ninja – Ninja

Matsuri – Festival / Celebration

万歳Banzai – Cheering / hurray ! (lit.1000 years)

祝福Shukufuku – Welcoming in good luck

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August 8th, 2010 | View Comments

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There have been several changes happening at Learn Japanese Pod, so I decided to record a podcast with some of the latest updates. Karamoon came by to help me record.

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August 3rd, 2010 | View Comments

After a few days of pulling out my hair and battling with the website, I have managed to fix the Learn Japanese Pod Newsletter. Hooray! That’s the good news. The bad news is if you subscribed before you’ll have to do it again. ごめんなさい。Sorry!

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