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Free Kanji Course PDF Download
PDF DOWNLOAD: Kanji for daily life for foreigners 外国人のための生活漢字 Hoorah! It’s my 2nd vlog and I’ve got a fantastic free resource for you if you are starting to study kanji and not sure where to start. It’s a free downloadable PDF entitled 外国人のための生活漢字 / Kanji for daily life for foreigners It contains 82 pages of […]
Podcast 06 Useful Classroom Japanese Phrases
In this podcast, Asuka and I teach you some useful classroom Japanese phrases so you can interact with your teacher and understand more. We teach you how to ask questions about vocabulary and sentences. In fact, I wish I had known all this when I started to study Japanese in Tokyo all those years ago. […]
Pokemon Go released in Japan
So, after some delays, Pokemon Go has finally come to Japan. And… It…was…nuts… Being completely out of it and knowing next to nothing about Pokemon Go, my suspicions were first aroused when walking into Yoyogi park. There, congregating under a tree was a crowd of mostly young guys with backpacks, staring at their phones, the […]
Japanese Internet Slang
In this video, Tomoe will teach you some useful slang related to the internet, email and texting. These phrases are actually used by Japanese people in real life so they are definitely worth learning. Check out the list below to see what they mean and don’t forget to watch the video. Japanese Pronunciation English […]
Useful phrases for studying Japanese in a classroom
Are you planning to study Japanese in a classroom environment? Perhaps you are taking a class at college. Maybe you have enrolled in night school or your Japanese friends are going to teach you. If so, you’ll need some basic phrases to help you when studying with a Japanese teacher. When I studied Japanese at […]
Street Japanese #07 – Shuuden – The Last Train
In this video Yoshiko and Alex talk about what they did the night before which included Alex missing the last train and Yoshiko going on a date. Find out how to talk about all of this in natural Japanese in the transcript below with English translations. Watch the other Street Japanese Videos 01 | 02 […]
Street Japanese – 06 Nidone
In this video Alex oversleeps and is late for an appointment with Yoshiko. Yoshiko forgives him, almost and they decide to go to go get some coffee together. This is the 6th in the series of Street Japanese videos which teach you natural Japanese as it is really spoken in Japan. All the videos connect […]
Street Japanese 05 – Yatta!
This is video number 5 in our series of street Japanese videos which teach you natural daily conversation, phrases and slang. In this video, Alex and Yoshiko talk about dating and hunting for boyfriends and girlfriends. Watch the other Street Japanese Videos 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05
Street Japanese 04 – Sasuga
This is the 4th in the series of Street Japanese videos which are designed to teach you natural everyday Japanese as it is spoken by real Japanese people. In today’s lesson Yoshiko and Alex teach you the phrase “sasuga”. Check out the dialog below to see how it used in natural Japanese conversation. Watch the […]