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		<title>Learn Japanese Pod #105 Nasakenai</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 15:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#60; Previous lesson &#62; Beb&#8217;s back after a rather long time away from the microphone. In this week&#8217;s lesson, Beb teaches us the meaning of 情けない &#8211; nasakenai which means pathetic, uncool or wretched. For example: 情けない人 &#8211; nasakenai hito &#8211; a pathetic (wretched) person 情けない状態- nasakenai joutai &#8211; a sad or wretched situation Check [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[&lt; Previous lesson &gt; Beb&#8217;s back after a rather long time away from the microphone. In this week&#8217;s lesson, Beb teaches us the meaning of 情けない &#8211; nasakenai which means pathetic, uncool or wretched. For example: 情けない人 &#8211; nasakenai hito &#8211; a pathetic (wretched) person 情けない状態- nasakenai joutai &#8211; a sad or wretched situation Check [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Learn Japanese Pod show #101 &#8211; Gamushara</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 08:15:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#60;show #100 / show #102&#62; Download the MP3 In this week&#8217;s Learn Japanese Pod show, Asuka teaches us how to use the somewhat un-Japanese sounding Gamushara. This has various meanings in Japanese including to be completely involved or engrossed in something. For example &#8220;がむしゃらに働いてる&#8221; (gamushara ni hataraiteru) or to work really hard. &#160; If you [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[&lt;show #100 / show #102&gt; Download the MP3 In this week&#8217;s Learn Japanese Pod show, Asuka teaches us how to use the somewhat un-Japanese sounding Gamushara. This has various meanings in Japanese including to be completely involved or engrossed in something. For example &#8220;がむしゃらに働いてる&#8221; (gamushara ni hataraiteru) or to work really hard. &nbsp; If you [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>#97 My Boom</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 07:34:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#60;Show 96 / Show 98&#62; In today&#8217;s podcast, Yuki and Daniel teach us the meaning of マイブーム or &#8220;My boom&#8221; which refers to a recent hobby or activity you have been getting into. For example &#8220;最近ジョギングするのがマイブームだよ&#8221; or I&#8217;ve been getting into jogging recently. For a full explanation check out our show notes. Download MP3 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[&lt;Show 96 / Show 98&gt;  In today&#8217;s podcast, Yuki and Daniel teach us the meaning of マイブーム or &#8220;My boom&#8221; which refers to a recent hobby or activity you have been getting into. For example &#8220;最近ジョギングするのがマイブームだよ&#8221; or I&#8217;ve been getting into jogging recently. For a full explanation check out our show notes. Download MP3 [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:42:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Character and Writing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_writing_system &#8211; A Wiki article on historical development of Japanese writing system http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyoiku_kanji &#8211; List of kanjis to be learnt in elementary school with the pronunciations and meanings. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyo_kanji &#8211; List of kanjis to be learnt up until high school with pronunciations and meanings. http://brng.jp/50renshuu-s.pdf &#8211; printable practise sheet for hiragana and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Character and Writing:<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_writing_system" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_writing_system</a> &#8211; A Wiki article on historical development of Japanese writing system<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyoiku_kanji" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyoiku_kanji</a> &#8211; List of kanjis to be learnt in elementary school with the pronunciations and meanings.<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyo_kanji" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyo_kanji</a> &#8211; List of kanjis to be learnt up until high school with pronunciations and meanings.<br />
<a href="http://brng.jp/50renshuu-s.pdf" target="_blank">http://brng.jp/50renshuu-s.pdf</a> &#8211; printable practise sheet for hiragana and katakana<br />
<a href="http://kanjisite.com/html/start/index.html" target="_blank">http://kanjisite.com/html/start/index.html</a> &#8211; Kana and kanji &#8211; preparation for JLPT.<br />
<a href="http://members.aol.com/writejapan/index.htm" target="_blank">http://members.aol.com/writejapan/index.htm</a> &#8211; katakana/hiragana and some kanji writing tutor (with stroke order animations)<br />
<a href="http://nihongo.isc.chubu.ac.jp/komor...kanji2056.html" target="_blank">http://nihongo.isc.chubu.ac.jp/komor&#8230;kanji2056.html</a> &#8211; 2056 kanjis with stroke orders indicated by live-action video<br />
<a href="http://kakijun.main.jp/" target="_blank">http://kakijun.main.jp/</a> &#8211; Kanji stroke order database (more than 4000 characters listed)<br />
<a href="http://hesjapanese.com/" target="_blank">http://hesjapanese.com/</a> &#8211; Kana lessons with sound and animation files<br />
<a href="http://kanjisite.com/html/start/jlpt/4/all/index.html" target="_blank">http://kanjisite.com/html/start/jlpt/4/all/index.html</a> &#8211; JLPT kanji levels<br />
<a href="http://www.jlpt-kanji.com/" target="_blank">http://www.jlpt-kanji.com/</a> &#8211; Another web page that helps you when it comes to kanjis for the JLPT.<br />
<a href="http://www.kanjistep.com/" target="_blank">http://www.kanjistep.com/</a> &#8211; Very cool page for kanji beginners, includes writing order, meanings, etc.<br />
<a href="http://www.dartmouth.edu/%7Ekanji/" target="_blank">http://www.dartmouth.edu/~kanji/</a> &#8211; kanji stroke orders<br />
<a href="http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/%7Ejwb/jouyoukanji.html" target="_blank">http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/jouyoukanji.html</a> &#8211; printable list of the jōyō kanji as well as a some other commonly seen ones, arranged in the order they are learnt in Japanese schools.<br />
<a href="http://www.polarcloud.com/kanji" target="_blank">http://www.polarcloud.com/kanji</a> &#8211; printable kanji flashcards<br />
<a href="http://homepage2.nifty.com/Gat_Tin/kanji/honji.htm" target="_blank">http://homepage2.nifty.com/Gat_Tin/kanji/honji.htm</a> &#8211; Variant forms of Chinese characters; from China, Taiwan, Japan and Korea.<br />
<a href="http://www.realkana.com/" target="_blank">http://www.realkana.com/</a> &#8211; practice the reading of random characters from your selected list<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/brush_calligraphy/" target="_blank">http://www.flickr.com/groups/brush_calligraphy/</a> &#8211; Flickr group to help decipher calligraphy works</p>
<p>Online Lessons/Tutorials:<br />
<a href="http://www.learn-japanese.info/" target="_blank">http://www.learn-japanese.info/</a> &#8211; Easy to follow grammar lessons, some vocabulary. Nice for starters.<br />
<a href="http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/columns/0002/" target="_blank">http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/columns/0002/</a> &#8211; The excellent Daily Yomiuri Online &#8220;Pera Pera Penguin&#8221; articles.<br />
<a href="http://www.ichiban.narod.ru/nihongo/nihongo.html" target="_blank">http://www.ichiban.narod.ru/nihongo/nihongo.html</a> – Various tutorials and phrase books in Russian.<br />
<a href="http://www.nhk.or.jp/lesson/" target="_blank">http://www.nhk.or.jp/lesson/</a> &#8211; Japanese lessons by NHK Radio available in 17 languages<br />
<a href="http://www.sf.airnet.ne.jp/ts/japanese/cover.html" target="_blank">http://www.sf.airnet.ne.jp/ts/japanese/cover.html</a> &#8211; Teach yourself Japanese &#8211; Basic Japanese with a linguistics approach.<br />
<a href="http://www.thejapanesepage.com/grammarpage.php" target="_blank">http://www.thejapanesepage.com/grammarpage.php</a> &#8211; One hundred &#8220;watered-down, understandable, bite-sized grammar helps&#8221;.<br />
<a href="http://jplang.tufs.ac.jp/account/login" target="_blank">http://jplang.tufs.ac.jp/account/login</a> &#8211; JPLANG provides e-learning materials for learning Japanese, developed by a TUFS team.<br />
<a href="http://www.trymango.com/language_program.php" target="_blank">http://www.trymango.com/language_program.php</a> &#8211; for beginners, lots of audio, free but with a registration<br />
<a href="http://www.basic-japanese.com/" target="_blank">http://www.basic-japanese.com/</a> &#8211; 34 free lessons and tools<br />
<a href="http://www.manythings.org/japanese/" target="_blank">http://www.manythings.org/japanese/</a> &#8211; free-to-use online study materials<br />
<a href="http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Pagod.../1jp/main.html" target="_blank">http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Pagod&#8230;/1jp/main.html</a> &#8211; conversational topics and grammar references<br />
<a href="http://www.japanese-online.com/" target="_blank">http://www.japanese-online.com/</a> &#8211; Free lessons on particles and sentence structures: audio files available for conversation examples.<br />
<a href="http://homepage3.nifty.com/i-yasu/bk-les.htm" target="_blank">http://homepage3.nifty.com/i-yasu/bk-les.htm</a> &#8211; 市川保子&#8217;s lessons by grammatical topics, compiled from Q&amp;A: Japanese<br />
<a href="http://homepage3.nifty.com/i-yasu/bk-les-e.htm" target="_blank">http://homepage3.nifty.com/i-yasu/bk-les-e.htm</a> &#8211; the English version of the above<br />
<a href="http://www.pantomime.org/nihongo-tusin/note.html" target="_blank">http://www.pantomime.org/nihongo-tusin/note.html</a> &#8211; frequently asked questions about Japanese: Japanese<br />
<a href="http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Japanese" target="_blank">http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Japanese</a> &#8211; textbook project by Wiki volunteers<br />
<a href="http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/%7Esg2h-ymst/yamatouta/intro/dousikatuyou.html" target="_blank">http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~sg2h-ymst/yamatouta/intro/dousikatuyou.html</a> &#8211; grammar of Classical Japanese: Japanese</p>
<p>Reading Material:<br />
<a href="http://www.genpaku.org/" target="_blank">http://www.genpaku.org/</a> &#8211; Collaborative translation project. Usufruct granted by acknowledgement.<br />
<a href="http://www3.cnet-ta.ne.jp/p/pddlib/" target="_blank">http://www3.cnet-ta.ne.jp/p/pddlib/</a> &#8211; Public domain documents including an encyclopaedia, a biographical dictionary and Japanese laws<br />
<a href="http://www.aozora.gr.jp/" target="_blank">http://www.aozora.gr.jp/</a> &#8211; Collection of copyright-free works. A lot of texts have phonetic guides in hiragana.<br />
<a href="http://hukumusume.com/douwa/" target="_blank">http://hukumusume.com/douwa/</a> &#8211; listen and read fairy-tales<br />
<a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/20683" target="_blank">http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/20683</a> &#8211; Oku no Hosomichi by Matsuo Bashō<br />
<a href="http://eloise.cocolog-nifty.com/rodoku/" target="_blank">http://eloise.cocolog-nifty.com/rodoku/</a> &#8211; Japanese classics in text and audio files<br />
<a href="http://ikeda-hideo.hp.infoseek.co.jp/library_e.html" target="_blank">http://ikeda-hideo.hp.infoseek.co.jp/library_e.html</a> &#8211; text and audio files of early modern Japanese literature<br />
<a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/languages/ja" target="_blank">http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/languages/ja</a> &#8211; Japanese reading materials in Project Gutenberg<br />
<a href="http://www.esuj.gr.jp/cgi-local/Docu...d=list&amp;lang=jp" target="_blank">http://www.esuj.gr.jp/cgi-local/Docu&#8230;d=list&amp;lang=jp</a> &#8211; Contemporary Japanese opinions with English translations<br />
<a href="http://jpn.scripturetext.com/matthew/1.htm" target="_blank">http://jpn.scripturetext.com/matthew/1.htm</a> &#8211; Japanese Bible translation with cross references to other translations: courtesy 電網聖書</p>
<p>Pronunciation:<br />
<a href="http://forum.wordreference.com/showp...52&amp;postcount=9" target="_blank">http://forum.wordreference.com/showp&#8230;52&amp;postcount=9</a> &#8211; IPA explanations and tools, compiled by WR&#8217;s own timpeac.<br />
<a href="http://www.paulmeier.com/ipa/charts.html" target="_blank">http://www.paulmeier.com/ipa/charts.html</a> &#8211; sound files for IPA symbols as revised in 1996<br />
<a href="http://ipa4linguists.pbwiki.com/" target="_blank">http://ipa4linguists.pbwiki.com/</a> &#8211; instructions for setting up your computer to display IPA symbols<br />
<a href="http://www.siskiyous.edu/NCTA/Japane...iles/index.htm" target="_blank">http://www.siskiyous.edu/NCTA/Japane&#8230;iles/index.htm</a> &#8211; sound files for Japanese syllabary and verb conjugations.<br />
<a href="http://www.ehow.com/how_2151706_impr...unciation.html" target="_blank">http://www.ehow.com/how_2151706_impr&#8230;unciation.html</a> &#8211; Quick tips of phonemes (aimed at English speakers)<br />
<a href="http://www.voiceblog.jp/ted606/" target="_blank">http://www.voiceblog.jp/ted606/</a> &#8211; Recitations including classic literature (texts may be found in Aozora Bunko)<br />
<a href="http://www.voiceblog.jp/kiyo22/" target="_blank">http://www.voiceblog.jp/kiyo22/</a> &#8211; Recitations by a voice actor (texts may be found in Aozora Bunko)<br />
<a href="http://www.env.kitakyu-u.ac.jp/corpus/texts/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.env.kitakyu-u.ac.jp/corpus/texts/index.html</a> &#8211; audio samples from very non-structured interviews</p>
<p>Web Services:<br />
<a href="http://webcat.nii.ac.jp/webcat.html" target="_blank">http://webcat.nii.ac.jp/webcat.html</a> &#8211; Searches library catalogues in universities and research institutions.<br />
<a href="http://ci.nii.ac.jp/" target="_blank">http://ci.nii.ac.jp/</a> &#8211; Searches journal articles by the title.<br />
<a href="http://www.ndl.go.jp/" target="_blank">http://www.ndl.go.jp/</a> &#8211; Home page of National Diet Library.<br />
<a href="http://www.google.co.jp/" target="_blank">http://www.google.co.jp/</a> &#8211; Google Japan with Web services in Japanese.<br />
<a href="http://www.yahoo.co.jp/" target="_blank">http://www.yahoo.co.jp/</a> &#8211; Yahoo&#8217;s Japanese portal.<br />
<a href="http://podcastle.jp/" target="_blank">http://podcastle.jp/</a> &#8211; Nascent technology for transcribing and searching podcasts.</p>
<p>Media:<br />
<a href="http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/" target="_blank">http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/</a> &#8211; News from NHK, Japan&#8217;s public service broadcaster.<br />
<a href="http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/ann/news/web/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/ann/news/web/index.html</a> &#8211; TV Asahi News is another good listening resource with transcripts. Enjoy!<br />
<a href="http://www.rikai.com/perl/Home.pl" target="_blank">http://www.rikai.com/perl/Home.pl</a> &#8211; Generates small vocabulary bubbles for Japanese news text.<br />
<a href="http://www.nhk.or.jp/rj/index_j.html" target="_blank">http://www.nhk.or.jp/rj/index_j.html</a> &#8211; live streaming of NHK Radio Japan<br />
<a href="http://news.tbs.co.jp/" target="_blank">http://news.tbs.co.jp/</a> &#8211; News site of TBS, a commercial network.</p>
<p>Dictionaries:<br />
<a href="http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/%7Ejwb/cgi-bin/wwwjdic.cgi" target="_blank">http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwjdic.cgi</a> &#8211; Commonly known as Jim Breen&#8217;s dictionary, supports a verb conjugator.<br />
<a href="http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/%7Ejwb/cgi-bin/wwwjdic.cgi?1R" target="_blank">http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwjdic.cgi?1R</a> &#8211; search for kanjis by combinations of stroke counts and radicals<br />
<a href="http://www.jisho.org/" target="_blank">http://www.jisho.org/</a> &#8211; WWWJDIC spin-off with more user-friendly interface<br />
<a href="http://www.online-dictionary.biz/english/japanese/" target="_blank">http://www.online-dictionary.biz/english/japanese/</a> &#8211; another WWWJDIC spin-off<br />
<a href="http://dico.fj.free.fr/traduction/index.php" target="_blank">http://dico.fj.free.fr/traduction/index.php</a> &#8211; French-Japanese / Japanese-French dictionary.<br />
<a href="http://www.alc.co.jp/" target="_blank">http://www.alc.co.jp/</a> &#8211; A bidirectional English-Japanese database with a search box for looking up more natural expressions.<br />
<a href="http://www.yamasa.cc/members/ocjs/ka...nPage?OpenForm" target="_blank">http://www.yamasa.cc/members/ocjs/ka&#8230;nPage?OpenForm</a> &#8211; A bidirectional English-Japanese dictionary and kanji guides<br />
<a href="http://dic.yahoo.co.jp/" target="_blank">http://dic.yahoo.co.jp/</a> &#8211; Online dictionaries offered from Yahoo! Japan Dictionary. Includes Ja-En, En-Jp and Jp-Jp.<br />
<a href="http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/" target="_blank">http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/</a> &#8211; Online dictionaries offered from Goo, another Japanese search engine. Includes Ja-En, En-Jp and Jp-Jp.<br />
<a href="http://www.excite.co.jp/dictionary/" target="_blank">http://www.excite.co.jp/dictionary/</a> &#8211; Online dictionaries offered from Excite. Includes En-Ja, Ja-En, Jp-Jp, Ch-Ja and Ja-Ch.<br />
<a href="http://www.englishjapaneseonlinedictionary.com/" target="_blank">http://www.englishjapaneseonlinedictionary.com/</a> A Romaji English &lt;&gt; Japanese dictionary.<br />
<a href="http://www.trussel.com/f_nih.htm" target="_blank">http://www.trussel.com/f_nih.htm</a> &#8211; Jeffrey&#8217;s Jp&lt;&gt;En Dict. Kana and Romanji input. Display results in Romanji and Kanji<br />
<a href="http://www.j-talk.com/nihongo/search/kanjisearch.php" target="_blank">http://www.j-talk.com/nihongo/search/kanjisearch.php</a> &#8211; Kanji-English Dictionary<br />
<a href="http://www.dictjuggler.net/tamatebako/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.dictjuggler.net/tamatebako/index.html</a> &#8211; 類語玉手箱 is an on-line Japanese thesaurus: Japanese<br />
<a href="http://www.matsu-kaze.net/mk/kanji/" target="_blank">http://www.matsu-kaze.net/mk/kanji/</a> &#8211; Kanji (教育漢字)-English Dictionary by romaji input.<br />
<a href="http://www.saiga-jp.com/kanji_dictionary.html" target="_blank">http://www.saiga-jp.com/kanji_dictionary.html</a> &#8211; Kanji Dictionary, with stroke order, English meaning, On-yomi (phonetic reading), Kun-yomi (native Japanese reading), irregular pronunciations (e.g.一日 = ついたち), example sentences, and audio files.<br />
<a href="http://www.languageguide.org/nihongo/" target="_blank">http://www.languageguide.org/nihongo/</a> &#8211; thematic picture dictionary with audio<br />
<a href="http://www.nihonjiten.com/" target="_blank">http://www.nihonjiten.com/</a> &#8211; Collection of numerous Japanese dictionaries<br />
<a href="http://www.hikyaku.com/dico/onmyog.html" target="_blank">http://www.hikyaku.com/dico/onmyog.html</a> &#8211; kanji dictionary and themed lists</p>
<p>Specialised Vocabulary and Phrase Books:<br />
<a href="http://wikitravel.org/en/Japanese_phrasebook" target="_blank">http://wikitravel.org/en/Japanese_phrasebook</a> &#8211; Survival Japanese for Travellers.<br />
<a href="http://www.geocities.co.jp/SilkRoad-...ei/jinmei.html" target="_blank">http://www.geocities.co.jp/SilkRoad-&#8230;ei/jinmei.html</a> &#8211; list of typical nanori; special kanji pronunciations for personal names<br />
<a href="http://www2s.biglobe.ne.jp/%7Esuzakihp/index40.html" target="_blank">http://www2s.biglobe.ne.jp/~suzakihp/index40.html</a> &#8211; Japanese family names; click on 1.苗字検索 in the left pane.<br />
<a href="http://yubin.senmon.net/" target="_blank">http://yubin.senmon.net/</a> &#8211; A database of Japanese place names, searchable in kanji and hiragana.<br />
<a href="http://gogen-allguide.com/" target="_blank">http://gogen-allguide.com/</a> &#8211; etymology dictionary: Japanese<br />
<a href="http://coe21.zinbun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/djvuchar" target="_blank">http://coe21.zinbun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/djvuchar</a> &#8211; Chinese characters from Tang inscriptions; search by CJK allomorphs/scripts [説明書]<br />
<a href="http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/%7Eax2s-kmtn/ref/old_chara.html" target="_blank">http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~ax2s-kmtn/ref/old_chara.html</a> &#8211; Tables to match old and new kanji forms.<br />
<a href="http://homepage2.nifty.com/TAB01645/ohara/" target="_blank">http://homepage2.nifty.com/TAB01645/ohara/</a> &#8211; Dictionary of Japan-made kanjis. Entries are provided as image files. Japanese<br />
<a href="http://hougen.atok.com/" target="_blank">http://hougen.atok.com/</a> &#8211; User-driven database for regional dialects<br />
<a href="http://ryukyu-lang.lib.u-ryukyu.ac.jp/" target="_blank">http://ryukyu-lang.lib.u-ryukyu.ac.jp/</a> &#8211; The Ryukuan language phonetic database; Nakijin, Shuri-Naha, Amami, Miyako dialects<br />
<a href="http://sanabo.com/words/?=index" target="_blank">http://sanabo.com/words/?=index</a> &#8211; Yojijukugo (four-charactered idioms) with definitions, usages and English translations.<br />
<a href="http://nihongoup.com/blog/japanese-color-names/" target="_blank">http://nihongoup.com/blog/japanese-color-names/</a> &#8211; Japanese colour names cheat sheet<br />
<a href="http://hiramatu-hifuka.com/onyak/onyindx.html" target="_blank">http://hiramatu-hifuka.com/onyak/onyindx.html</a> &#8211; Pronunciation dictionaries compiled by topics.<br />
<a href="http://www.saglasie.com/tr/chemical/" target="_blank">http://www.saglasie.com/tr/chemical/</a> &#8211; Names of chemical substances in Japanese and English; database<br />
<a href="http://www.ffcr.or.jp/Zaidan/mhwinfo...25684600083647" target="_blank">http://www.ffcr.or.jp/Zaidan/mhwinfo&#8230;25684600083647</a> &#8211; list of aromatic bases: Japanese and English<br />
<a href="http://www.tradmedicine.com/term/syoyaku-db.html" target="_blank">http://www.tradmedicine.com/term/syoyaku-db.html</a> &#8211; list of crude drugs: Japanese and scientific names<br />
<a href="http://zokugo-dict.com/" target="_blank">http://zokugo-dict.com/</a> &#8211; Slang with definition and usage.<br />
<a href="http://home.alc.co.jp/db/owa/s_htsrv_tdy" target="_blank">http://home.alc.co.jp/db/owa/s_htsrv_tdy</a> &#8211; Glossary of colloquial expressions<br />
<a href="http://home.alc.co.jp/db/owa/s_sit_browse" target="_blank">http://home.alc.co.jp/db/owa/s_sit_browse</a> &#8211; Themed list of conversational phrases<br />
<a href="http://home.alc.co.jp/db/owa/s_kaydic?ctg_in=1" target="_blank">http://home.alc.co.jp/db/owa/s_kaydic?ctg_in=1</a> &#8211; Glossary of loan words and Japanese English<br />
<a href="http://home.alc.co.jp/db/owa/s_kaydic?ctg_in=2" target="_blank">http://home.alc.co.jp/db/owa/s_kaydic?ctg_in=2</a> &#8211; Glossary of yojijukugo or four-character expressions<br />
<a href="http://home.alc.co.jp/db/owa/s_kaydic?ctg_in=3" target="_blank">http://home.alc.co.jp/db/owa/s_kaydic?ctg_in=3</a> &#8211; Glossary of proverbs and clichés<br />
<a href="http://home.alc.co.jp/db/owa/s_kaydic?ctg_in=4" target="_blank">http://home.alc.co.jp/db/owa/s_kaydic?ctg_in=4</a> &#8211; Glossary of onomatopoeias and mimetic words<br />
<a href="http://home.alc.co.jp/db/owa/s_kaydic?ctg_in=5" target="_blank">http://home.alc.co.jp/db/owa/s_kaydic?ctg_in=5</a> &#8211; Glossary of Japanese culture and news<br />
<a href="http://www.geocities.jp/tomomi965/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.geocities.jp/tomomi965/index.html</a> &#8211; Proverbs and clichés with synonymous and antonymous expressions.<br />
<a href="http://crlao.ehess.fr/japonais-coree...eDesIndex.html" target="_blank">http://crlao.ehess.fr/japonais-coree&#8230;eDesIndex.html</a> &#8211; Dictionnaire terminologique de linguistique japonaise/日本語言語学専門用語和仏辞典<br />
<a href="http://www-personal.umich.edu/%7Ewbaxter/etymdict.html" target="_blank">http://www-personal.umich.edu/~wbaxter/etymdict.html</a> &#8211; Mandarin, Middle Chinese and Japanese pronunciations; PDF<br />
<a href="http://www.schei.com/dictionary/" target="_blank">http://www.schei.com/dictionary/</a> &#8211; English/Japanese Japanese/English Aviation Dictionary 和英・英和航空学辞典<br />
<a href="http://e-words.jp/" target="_blank">http://e-words.jp/</a> &#8211; Dictionary of information technology terms: Japanese<br />
<a href="http://www.geocities.jp/ps_dictionary/a.htm" target="_blank">http://www.geocities.jp/ps_dictionary/a.htm</a> &#8211; 英語－日本語電気専門用語辞書<br />
<a href="http://www5.synapse.ne.jp/sio/siof1/...dic_E_top.html" target="_blank">http://www5.synapse.ne.jp/sio/siof1/&#8230;dic_E_top.html</a> &#8211; Financial Dictionary (EN &lt;&gt; JP)<br />
<a href="http://engeinavi.jp/fen/" target="_blank">http://engeinavi.jp/fen/</a> &#8211; 園芸ナビ　花の園芸用語辞典 (JP &lt;&gt; EN)<br />
<a href="http://www.e-bridge.jp/eb/tcontents/...edic.php?job=0" target="_blank">http://www.e-bridge.jp/eb/tcontents/&#8230;edic.php?job=0</a> &#8211; 橋梁の英和・和英辞典 (JP &lt;&gt; EN)</p>
<p>Grammar:<br />
<a href="http://www.jgram.org/" target="_blank">http://www.jgram.org/</a> &#8211; Very useful web page when studying grammar for the JLPT (from 4kyū to 1kyū).<br />
<a href="http://www.nihongoresources.com/" target="_blank">http://www.nihongoresources.com</a> A rather successful all-in-one Japanese site. From very basic dictionary, to grammar through particles. Noteworthy: giongo (which are onomatopoeia but there&#8217;s more to it!).<br />
<a href="http://www.guidetojapanese.org/index.html#contents" target="_blank">http://www.guidetojapanese.org/index.html#contents</a> &#8211; Japanese grammar reference by constructions.<br />
<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=l_f3b7J2zjcC" target="_blank">http://books.google.com/books?id=l_f3b7J2zjcC</a> &#8211; constructions compendium offered as a Google search service<br />
<a href="http://www.jpf.go.jp/j/urawa/j_rsorc..._04_02_04.html" target="_blank">http://www.jpf.go.jp/j/urawa/j_rsorc&#8230;_04_02_04.html</a> &#8211; teaching materials by the Japanese-Language Institute<br />
<a href="http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=g...ummary_r&amp;cad=0" target="_blank">http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=g&#8230;ummary_r&amp;cad=0</a> &#8211; Japanese by Iwasaki is a reference in a theoretical framework</p>
<p>Particles:<br />
<a href="http://www.timwerx.net/language/particles.htm" target="_blank">http://www.timwerx.net/language/particles.htm</a> &#8211; Particles overview.<br />
<a href="http://japanese.about.com/blparticles.htm" target="_blank">http://japanese.about.com/blparticles.htm</a> &#8211; Basic particles overview at about.com.<br />
<a href="http://home.inter.net/kenbutler/particlehome.html" target="_blank">http://home.inter.net/kenbutler/particlehome.html</a> &#8211; A guide to the functions of structural particles in Japanese.<br />
<a href="http://www.geocities.jp/nihongoguide/particles2.html" target="_blank">http://www.geocities.jp/nihongoguide/particles2.html</a> &#8211; Verb related particles.<br />
<a href="http://www.maedera.com/home/jgrammar...r/jgr_part.htm" target="_blank">http://www.maedera.com/home/jgrammar&#8230;r/jgr_part.htm</a> &#8211; Particles from a linguistic point of view.</p>
<p>Software:<br />
<a href="http://abctajpu.mozdev.org/" target="_blank">http://abctajpu.mozdev.org/</a> &#8211; A Firefox add-on to enable easy input of Unicode characters: includes kana shortcuts.<br />
<a href="http://www.polarcloud.com/rikaichan/" target="_blank">http://www.polarcloud.com/rikaichan/</a> &#8211; For Firefox users: Rikaichan is a pop-up dictionary &#8211; reads Japanese web-pages.<br />
<a href="http://members.lycos.co.uk/szunvukung/kk/" target="_blank">http://members.lycos.co.uk/szunvukung/kk/</a> &#8211; Kanji flashcard system by Peter Salvi. Uses Tcl/Tk.<br />
<a href="http://wakan.manga.cz/" target="_blank">http://wakan.manga.cz/</a> &#8211; freeware that parses Japanese text in English and Furigana and Romanji (Hepburn)<br />
<a href="http://wakan.manga.cz/files/wakan_full_167.exe" target="_blank">http://wakan.manga.cz/files/wakan_full_167.exe</a> &#8211; complete download<br />
<a href="http://nihongo.j-talk.com/parser/" target="_blank">http://nihongo.j-talk.com/parser/</a> &#8211; converts both Kanji and Kana into Romaji (select &#8220;Kanji to Romaji&#8221; option)<br />
<a href="http://www.furiganizer.com/" target="_blank">http://www.furiganizer.com/</a> &#8211; provides furigana to Japanese texts<br />
<a href="http://www.popjisyo.com/WebHint/Portal_e.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.popjisyo.com/WebHint/Portal_e.aspx</a> &#8211; parses Japanese sites and provides pop-up vocabulary. Also in Chinese and Korean.<br />
<a href="http://www.freewebs.com/horazio/freeware.htm" target="_blank">http://www.freewebs.com/horazio/freeware.htm</a> &#8211; Pazuru Alfabet is a learning tool that helps to recognize kanas.<br />
<a href="http://homepage3.nifty.com/jgrammar/...s/tradkan0.htm" target="_blank">http://homepage3.nifty.com/jgrammar/&#8230;s/tradkan0.htm</a> &#8211; Converts between Chinese and Japanese kanjis, old and new varieties.<br />
<a href="http://homepage3.nifty.com/jgrammar/...s/readkan0.htm" target="_blank">http://homepage3.nifty.com/jgrammar/&#8230;s/readkan0.htm</a> &#8211; kaňon (漢音), goon (呉音), MSC and Hanja pronunciations output<br />
<a href="http://homepage3.nifty.com/jgrammar/...s/zen2hanz.htm" target="_blank">http://homepage3.nifty.com/jgrammar/&#8230;s/zen2hanz.htm</a> &#8211; Converts between fullwidth and halfwidth forms.<br />
<a href="http://www.physics.ucla.edu/%7Egrosenth/jwpce.html" target="_blank">http://www.physics.ucla.edu/~grosenth/jwpce.html</a> &#8211; Japanese word processor, with a built-in IME for kana input and kanji conversion. Also supports dictionaries.<br />
<a href="http://ajaxime.chasen.org/" target="_blank">http://ajaxime.chasen.org/</a> &#8211; Online Web-based Japanese Input Method<br />
<a href="http://japan.adventuresoftim.com/flash.asp" target="_blank">http://japan.adventuresoftim.com/flash.asp</a> &#8211; vocabulary flash cards<br />
<a href="http://www.tagaini.net/" target="_blank">http://www.tagaini.net/</a> &#8211; Tagaini Jisho is a free, open-source Japanese dictionary and kanji lookup tool.<br />
<a href="http://www.byki.com/" target="_blank">http://www.byki.com/</a> &#8211; a flashcard style system, the tool contains set lists of basic phrases for certain situations<br />
<a href="http://nihongoup.com/" target="_blank">http://nihongoup.com/</a> &#8211; Japanese educational game and reviewing tool (kana, JLPT kanji, vocabulary and particles)</p>
<p>About Japanese:<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_language" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_language</a> &#8211; Wikipedia&#8217;s general account of the Japanese language.<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_verb_conjugations" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_verb_conjugations</a> &#8211; Comprehensive tables for Japanese verb conjugations.<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_phonology" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_phonology</a> &#8211; Basic topics of Japanese phonology.<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_grammar" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_grammar</a> &#8211; An account of Japanese grammar with emphasis on morphology.<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_particle" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_particle</a> &#8211; particles galore<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_honorifics" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_honorifics</a> &#8211; Japanese honorifics<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanes...ntracted_words" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanes&#8230;ntracted_words</a> &#8211; Japanese abbreviated and contracted words<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_sound_symbolism" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_sound_symbolism</a> &#8211; Japanese sound symbolism<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanes...raphic_symbols" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanes&#8230;raphic_symbols</a> &#8211; typographic symbols<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_punctuation" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_punctuation</a> &#8211; punctuation marks<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_...poken_Japanese" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_&#8230;poken_Japanese</a> &#8211; gender differences in Japanese<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_counter_word" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_counter_word</a> &#8211; list of Japanese counters and phonological alterations<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_verb" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_verb</a> &#8211; conjugation paradigms of verbs and adjectives<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kambun" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kambun</a> &#8211; Kambun is the traditional conventions for translating Classical Chinese texts.<br />
<a href="http://users.tmok.com/%7Etumble/qadgtj.html" target="_blank">http://users.tmok.com/~tumble/qadgtj.html</a> &#8211; Titled &#8220;A quick and dirty guide to Japanese&#8221;.<br />
<a href="http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/%7Ejwb/kanaqadgtj.html" target="_blank">http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/kanaqadgtj.html</a> &#8211; The quick and dirty guide to Japanese. (kana version)<br />
<a href="http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/" target="_blank">http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/</a> &#8211; Blog, lessons and method of learning Japanese<br />
<a href="http://www-personal.umich.edu/%7Ewey...nime/japanese/" target="_blank">http://www-personal.umich.edu/%7Ewey&#8230;nime/japanese/</a> &#8211; tips for common but difficult expressions<br />
<a href="http://www.kanji.org/kanji/japanese/writing/outline.htm" target="_blank">http://www.kanji.org/kanji/japanese/writing/outline.htm</a> &#8211; Outline of the Japanese Writing System<br />
<a href="http://kimallen.sheepdogdesign.net/Japanese/index.html" target="_blank">http://kimallen.sheepdogdesign.net/Japanese/index.html</a> &#8211; fundamental differences of Japanese from European languages<br />
<a href="http://www.classical-japanese.net/" target="_blank">http://www.classical-japanese.net/</a> &#8211; Translations and grammar for Classical Japanese<br />
<a href="http://nihon5ch.net/contents/ch5/dai...08-3-part2.pdf" target="_blank">http://nihon5ch.net/contents/ch5/dai&#8230;08-3-part2.pdf</a> &#8211; list of transitive and intransitive verb pairs: PDF file<br />
<a href="http://www.guidetojapanese.org/conditional.html" target="_blank">http://www.guidetojapanese.org/conditional.html</a> &#8211; concise article on Japanese conditionals<br />
<a href="http://www.cic.sfu.ca/tqj/GettingRig...conundrum.html" target="_blank">http://www.cic.sfu.ca/tqj/GettingRig&#8230;conundrum.html</a> &#8211; an essay on different systems for Latin transcription<br />
<a href="http://homepage3.nifty.com/park/aspect.htm" target="_blank">http://homepage3.nifty.com/park/aspect.htm</a> &#8211; A Study of &#8220;V-te iru&#8221; in Japanese by Taeko Tomioka</p>
<p>Links:<br />
<a href="http://www.cs.ucl.ac.uk/staff/m.rowley/resources.html" target="_blank">http://www.cs.ucl.ac.uk/staff/m.rowley/resources.html</a> &#8211; Melita Rowley&#8217;s Japanese learning resources.<br />
<a href="http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/%7Ejwb/japanese.html" target="_blank">http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/japanese.html</a> &#8211; Once again Jim Breen&#8217;s. This time his Japanese related web page. Ugly, but every link in that page is worth gold.</p>
<p>Corpora:<br />
<a href="http://kokkai.ndl.go.jp/" target="_blank">http://kokkai.ndl.go.jp/</a> &#8211; searchable record of proceedings of the Diet<br />
<a href="http://teikokugikai-i.ndl.go.jp/" target="_blank">http://teikokugikai-i.ndl.go.jp/</a> &#8211; searchable record of proceedings of the Imperial Parliament</p>
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<p>Last August I hung out at the Solar Cafe. It is part of the <a href="http://earthembassy.org">Earth Embassy</a>, an organic farm and learning center for sustainable living located in Yamanashi prefecture. I was helping my friend <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIpjK9zubJs">Jake</a> out on the farm as part of my attempt to escape the madness of Tokyo and relax over the summer holidays.</p>
<p>During my stay I met Hugo and Adam who climbed <a href="http://learnjapanesepod.com/mt-fuji-in-winter/">Mount Fuji</a>. I shot this interview with them and asked them about their experiences. They also give some good advice about climbing <a href="http://learnjapanesepod.com/mt-fuji-in-winter/">Mount Fuji</a>, what to do and what to avoid. I think the moral of the story is be prepared and don&#8217;t underestimate Fuji, it can be more challenging that you think.</p>
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		<title>Aodh’s Grammar Point [04] っけ (What was it again&#8230;)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:57:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aodh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since I’m done studying for the JLPT (or more appropriately done failing the JLPT) I thought I’d post another grammar point.  This is one you hear all the time in a variety of situations when someone has forgotten something and is trying to remember or get the person they’re talking to to remember.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Since I&#8217;m done studying for the JLPT (or more appropriately done failing the JLPT) I thought I&#8217;d post another grammar point.  This is one you hear all the time in a variety of situations when someone has forgotten something and is trying to remember or get the person they&#8217;re talking to to remember.</p>
<p><span style="color: #000000"><strong>Noun/Verb/Adjective (Plain Form/Polite Past Form) +っけ<br />
</strong>何だっけ。 What is it again&#8230;<br />
新宿だったっけ。 Was it Shinjuku?  I can&#8217;t remember.<br />
病気でしたっけ。 He was sick, right?  I forgot.<br />
買ったっけ・買いましたっけ。 Did he buy it?  I forgot.<br />
行くんだっけ。 He&#8217;s going, right?  I forgot.<br />
行ったんだっけ。 He went, didn&#8217;t he?  I forgot.<br />
行くんだったっけ・行くんでしたっけ。 He was going, wasn&#8217;t he?<br />
冷たかったっけ。 It was cold, right?</span></p>
<p><strong>注意：イ Adjectives don&#8217;t ever use the Past Polite form (～かったです) with っけ since it can&#8217;t attach to です.  Also, it&#8217;s not recommended to use the Present Tense for Verbs or イ Adjectives.  It&#8217;s generally unnatural (even in English) to forget something that didn&#8217;t happen yet.</strong></p>
<p><strong>This form is only used to express something you did know, but forgot.  If you remember た・だ + っけ, you&#8217;ll be ok.<br />
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<p><em>Grammar Note: Plain Form<br />
Verb: 行く</em><em> ・ </em><em>行かない</em><em> ・ </em><em>行った</em><em> ・　行かなかった<br />
イ Adjective: さむい　・　さむくない　・　さむかった　・　さむくなかった<br />
ナ Adjective: 元気だ　・　元気じゃない　・　元気たった　・　元気じゃなかった<br />
Noun: 雨だ　・　雨じゃない　・　雨だった　・　雨じゃなかった</em></p>
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		<title>Learn Japanese Pod is 4 Years Old!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 08:45:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Learn Japanese Pod is four years old! Happy birthday to us! Four years, three apartments, two mac books and one relationship later, here we are still making podcasts for all you eager students of Japanese. I had no idea LJP would become such a great place to meet people interested Japanese and Japan. We&#8217;ve made [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1719" style="margin: 10px;" title="Picture 10" src="http://learnjapanesepod.com/wp-content/uploads/Picture-101-248x300.png" alt="Picture 10" width="248" height="300" />Learn Japanese Pod is four years old! Happy birthday to us! Four years, three apartments, two mac books and one relationship later, here we are still making podcasts for all you eager students of Japanese. I had no idea LJP would become such a great place to meet people interested Japanese and Japan. We&#8217;ve made some great friends and had a great deal of fun along the way.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Learn Japanese Pod started out under the vaguest and most pathetic of plans: &#8220;I guess I&#8217;ll just do it for a laugh&#8221;. So here&#8217;s to vague and pathetic plans. And here&#8217;s to all of you who listened to the podcast and supported it. Without your help, support, comments and general correspondences LJP would only be a mere shadow of itself and not the gargantuan, green, Tokyo skyscraper munching monster it has become.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">As we are on the thankyous, a huge thank you to:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Beb</strong>: She made the podcast possible. Let&#8217;s face it, you only listen because of her don&#8217;t you?</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Waka sensei</strong>: She spent countless hours recording podcasts, checking the show notes were OK and generally being cute.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Karamoon</strong>: He was the tech guy and ideas man for us. On one occassion he single-handedly saved the forums from digital oblivion.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Daniel and Yuki</strong>: They&#8217;re a cute couple. Daniel has been our audio engineer and Yuki has appeared on various shows teaching us Japanese.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>You</strong>: yes YOU! Not you! YOU! Another huge shout out to all of you who listened to the show and are interested in Japanese culture.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">This list is endless but for those of you who haven&#8217;t been mentioned you know who you are. Thank you, thank you, thank you and that&#8217;s three thank yous!</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Here&#8217;s to another four years.</p>
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		<title>Fun Friday for 9th October 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:19:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Subscribe to this podcast via iTunes Download the MP3 Today&#8217;s podcast was recorded at Ocean&#8217;s Table in Lumine Est in Shinjuku. A huge thank you to Miki, Jim and Sandra who joined me on today&#8217;s podcast and made it as hilarious as ever. I humbly bow in your general direction. Here are some points mentioned [...]]]></description>
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<p><img class="alignleft" style="margin: 10px;" src="http://homedir-b.libsyn.com/podcasts/cadd36d087e3fea396628e29ba84a020/4ad0ab8d/japanese/images/ijapanese.jpg" alt="" width="290" height="290" />Today&#8217;s podcast was recorded at <a href="http://www.lumine.ne.jp/est/restaurant/each/oceanstable.html">Ocean&#8217;s Table</a> in Lumine Est in Shinjuku. A huge thank you to Miki, Jim and <a href="http://japandra.blogspot.com">Sandra</a> who joined me on today&#8217;s podcast and made it as hilarious as ever. I humbly bow in your general direction.</p>
<p>Here are some points mentioned in the podcast.</p>
<p><strong>Serial Trial Lesson Enthusiast</strong></p>
<p>Miki told us that she has become a serial trial lesson enthusiast. This means she goes around various schools and culture centers trying out their free first introductory lessons. So far she has tried vocal training and intends to do Tahitian dance next. She said it is a good way to meet people she would not normally meet. I look forward to future reports from her.</p>
<p><strong>Poster Competition</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://japandra.blogspot.com">Sandra</a>&#8216;s <a href="http://japandra.blogspot.com/2009/10/hang-it-at-home.html">poster competition</a> is underway. Please check out her blog at <a href="http://japandra.blogspot.com">Japandra</a> to find out how you can be the proud owner of a JR &#8220;Do it at home&#8221; poster. In the podcast, she also told us about an interesting cafe in Kashiwa where you get the order of the person who came before you. Check out the podcast for more on that.</p>
<p><strong>We&#8217;re Still Here</strong></p>
<p>Luckily, Yukki&#8217;s friend&#8217;s friend&#8217;s mother&#8217;s acquaintance&#8217;s mate who works in the secret underground government bunker somewhere in Japan was wrong about an earthquake predicted for tonight. Tokyo was supposed to be rubble after the 9th and happily the earthquake to end all earthquakes decided to stay in bed. This was a little story continued from <a href="http://learnjapanesepod.com/fun-friday-for-2nd-october-2009/">last week&#8217;s Fun Friday</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Other News and Points of Business</strong></p>
<p>Don&#8217;t forget the next <a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=152054631011&amp;index=1">Learn Japanese Pod Get Together</a> on Sunday 18th October at <a href="http://thepinkcow.com/">The Pink Cow</a> in Shibuya. We are doing it in conjunction with the Japanese Lounge event which will be featuring tradition Japanese musical performances. This is a great chance to make friends, learn Japanese and experience the culture. <a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=152054631011&amp;index=1">Details are here</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://pokya.jp/japanpodshow/">Joseph Tame</a>, we&#8217;re calling you out! Let&#8217;s do a podcast together. If you don&#8217;t know who Joseph Tame is, please check out his great website and podcasts at <a href="http://pokya.jp/japanpodshow/">Pokya</a>.</p>
<p>Check out the <a href="http://learnjapanesepod.com/forums">Forums</a>. Leave your comments, ideas, suggestions, questions and anything else you care to share with our growing community of Japanese learners.</p>
<p>Finally we have a new lesson which will be posted on Monday so stay podcasted to Learn Japanese Pod.</p>
<p>Featured music in podcast- <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkOWPlW-Tb8&amp;feature=channel">Radwimps &#8220;Iin desu ka?&#8221;</a></p>
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<p>Have a great weekend!</p>
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		<title>Fun Friday for 2nd October 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Subscribe to this podcast via iTunes Download the MP3 This week&#8217;s Fun Friday was recorded at The Pink Cow on Friday 2nd October 2009. I was joined by Sandra, Jim, Daniel and Yukki who all injected some hilarity and fun into today&#8217;s podcast. A big thank you to all of them who put up with [...]]]></description>
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<p>This week&#8217;s Fun Friday was recorded at The Pink Cow on Friday 2nd October 2009. I was joined by Sandra, Jim, Daniel and Yukki who all injected some hilarity and fun into today&#8217;s podcast. A big thank you to all of them who put up with a badly behaved iPod recording device. And apologies to you dear listeners as the audio skips a few times at the end of the podcast.</p>
<p><strong>What did we talk about today?</strong></p>
<p>Here&#8217;s a list of topics we talked about with some links and other information:</p>
<p><strong>1) The Learn Japanese Pod Meet Up at the Pink cow</strong></p>
<p>We will be having a meet up on Sunday October 18th at the <a href="http://thepinkcow.com/">Pink Cow</a>. We are doing this in conjunction with the Pink Cow&#8217;s Japanese Lounge event which is an opportunity for you to experience some excellent traditional Japanese music. There will be traditional Kimono wearing, Shakuhachi and Shamisen performances. So come along, have some fun, learn some Japanese and meet some great people.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=4881249940">Pink Cow Facebook group</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=152054631011">Learn Japanese Pod Get Together Event Information (Facebook)</a></p>
<p>THE PINK COW MAP</p>
<p><small><a style="color: #0000ff; text-align: left;" href="http://www.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;source=embed&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=The+Pink+Cow+&amp;sll=35.668314,139.700432&amp;sspn=0.077121,0.151577&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;hq=The+Pink+Cow&amp;hnear=&amp;ll=35.659632,139.702277&amp;spn=0.008717,0.025749&amp;z=15">View Larger Map</a></small></p>
<p><strong>2) Earth Quake Prediction</strong></p>
<p>It turns out that Yukki chan has a friend of a friend of a friend who knows someone who works in a secret underground government agency that can predict earthquakes. According to Yukki, Tokyo will crumble to the ground around 9th October. That&#8217;s good news because it means I might not have to go into work.</p>
<p><strong>3) Japandra&#8217;s Amazing Poster Giveaway </strong></p>
<p>Sandra of <a href="http://japandra.blogspot.com/">Japandra</a> fame has just given away an anti &#8220;chikan&#8221; poster to one of her subscribers. She has her mits on a new one and will be giving it away soon in a new competition. Listen to this podcast or check out her <a href="http://japandra.blogspot.com/">blog</a> for some upcoming information on that.</p>
<p>Sandra writes great blog containing interesting and witty observations about life in Tokyo.</p>
<p><strong>4) John Cusack&#8217;s in Town</strong></p>
<p>Apparently John Cusack is in town promoting his latest movie. One of Sandra&#8217;s friends is going to interview him. We tried to work out which hotel he was staying at so we could stalk him.</p>
<p>John, if you are reading this blog post or listening to the podcast please make it easy on yourself and come out for a drink at The Pink Cow we want to hang out.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s pretty much it for this week. Thanks again to Jim, Sandra, <a href="http://danieledwards.net">Daniel </a>and Yukki for making this a fun Fun Friday. Stay tuned, check out the forums and send us an email with your ideas, suggestions, questions and comments to: info(at)learnjapanesepod(dot)com</p>
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		<title>Japanese Vocabulary list #1 Food and Flavor</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:54:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Isacksen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[School vocabulary always seemed rather limited to survival words.  I have tried to create a list around a general theme each week to study to keep building on the words I know.  I will be posting my vocabulary lists regularly, though they are a little behind my regular study. たべもの　          food [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>School vocabulary always seemed rather limited to survival words.  I have tried to create a list around a general theme each week to study to keep building on the words I know.  I will be posting my vocabulary lists regularly, though they are a little behind my regular study.</p>
<p>たべもの　          food                          食べ物　：<br />
におい　　　        smell                                              匂い<br />
あじ　　　　　       taste / flavor   　　  　味<br />
すっぱい　　       sour<br />
にがい　　　         bitter                                              苦い<br />
からい　　　　     spicy                                              辛い<br />
しょっぱい　         salty<br />
おいしい　　       tasty / yummy　      美味しい<br />
まずい　　　　    disgusting                            不味い<br />
にく　　　　　       meat                                                肉<br />
うし　　　　　         beef                                                  牛<br />
ぶた　　                     pork                                                 豚<br />
にわとり　　　    chicken                                      鶏<br />
さかな　　　         fish　　　　 　　　     　魚<br />
たまご　　　　    eggs                                                卵<br />
ぎゅうにゅう　    milk                                                  牛乳<br />
やさい　　 　　   vegetables                          野菜<br />
くだもの　　　    fruit                                                   果物<br />
まめ　　　　　    beans                                            豆<br />
こめ　　　　　    rice                                                     米<br />
しお　　　　         salt                                                      塩<br />
しょうゆ　　　    soy sauce<br />
さとう　　　　      sugar                                             砂糖<br />
キャベシ　　     cabbage<br />
ブター　　　      butter</p>
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