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For beginner to upper beginner learners of Japanese. Each episode presents a useful vocabulary word and an example sentence. Use shadowing, repetition, and sentence break-downs to fully understand the Japanese. Show notes can be found at https://thejapanesepage.com/beginning-japanese-phrases-podcast-and-videos/
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Thursday Mar 20, 2025
Beginning Japanese Phrases 194: だろう(Part. 1) must have ~
Thursday Mar 20, 2025
Thursday Mar 20, 2025
太郎(たろう)はきのう友達(ともだち)と一緒(いっしょ)に遊(あそ)んで、きっと楽(たの)しかっただろう。
Tarou | as for | yesterday | friends | with | together | played | surely | enjoyed| must have had
Tarou must have had a lot of fun playing with his friends yesterday.
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Thursday Feb 27, 2025
Thursday Feb 27, 2025
この池(いけ)には、たくさん魚(さかな)がいます。
this | pond | in | as for | many | fish | exists
There are many fish in this pond.
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![Beginning Japanese Phrases 192: ∼てから after doing ~ [te-from V + から]](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/9583151/cover-art---Beginning-Japanese-phrases-2_300x300.jpg)
Thursday Feb 20, 2025
Beginning Japanese Phrases 192: ∼てから after doing ~ [te-from V + から]
Thursday Feb 20, 2025
Thursday Feb 20, 2025
靴(くつ)を脱(ぬ)いでから家(いえ)に入(はい)ってください。
shoes| (direct object marker) | taking off | after | house | in | enter | please
Enter the house after taking your shoes off please
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![Beginning Japanese Phrases 191: ∼ なんです [used when explaining something or giving new information]](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/9583151/cover-art---Beginning-Japanese-phrases-2_300x300.jpg)
Friday Jan 31, 2025
Friday Jan 31, 2025
私(わたし)は東京(とうきょう)で生(う)まれたんです。
I | as for | Tokyo | in | was born
I was born in Tokyo
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![Beginning Japanese Phrases 190: ∼んです; ∼んだ [used when explaining something or giving new information; a casual form of のです/のだ; の (explanatory particle) relaxed intoん]](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/9583151/cover-art---Beginning-Japanese-phrases-2_300x300.jpg)
Thursday Jan 16, 2025
Thursday Jan 16, 2025
私(わたし)は東京(とうきょう)で生(う)まれたんです。
I | as for | Tokyo | in | was born
I was born in Tokyo
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Thursday Dec 26, 2024
Beginning Japanese Phrases 189: つもり intention; plan; purpose; expectation
Thursday Dec 26, 2024
Thursday Dec 26, 2024
この週末(しゅうまつ)は家(いえ)でゆっくり休(やす)むつもりです。
this | weekend | as for | house | at | taking it easy | rest | (I) am intending
I am planning to take it easy and rest at home this weekend.
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![Beginning Japanese Phrases 188: ~てもいいですか? Is it OK to …?; may I …?; is it alright if (I) … ?; can I …? [“te-form V + もいいですか?]](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/9583151/cover-art---Beginning-Japanese-phrases-2_300x300.jpg)
Thursday Nov 28, 2024
Thursday Nov 28, 2024
この本(ほん)をちょっと借(か)りてもいいですか?
this | book | (direct object marker) | for a real quick| if (I) borrow | OK |
May I borrow this book for a just a minute?
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![Beginning Japanese Phrases 187: ~たい to want to; to wish to; would like to [“masu-stem V + たい”]](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/9583151/cover-art---Beginning-Japanese-phrases-2_300x300.jpg)
Thursday Oct 31, 2024
Thursday Oct 31, 2024
最近(さいきん)の子供(こども)は外(そと)で遊(あそ)びたいとは思(おも)わない。
nowadays | of | children | as for | outside | want to play | (quotation marker) | don’t think
Lately, children don't seem to want to play outside
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Thursday Oct 24, 2024
Beginning Japanese Phrases 186: ~すぎる too much
Thursday Oct 24, 2024
Thursday Oct 24, 2024
この本(ほん)は、私(わたし)には難(むずか)しすぎて読(よ)めません。
this| book | as for | me | for | topic marker | too difficult | can’t | read
This book is too difficult for me to read it.
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![Beginning Japanese Phrases 185: ~じゃない (it is) not ~; not … [casual form for ~ではない/~ではありません]](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/9583151/cover-art---Beginning-Japanese-phrases-2_300x300.jpg)
Thursday Oct 10, 2024
Thursday Oct 10, 2024
僕(ぼく)はお金(かね)の節約(せつやく)が上手(じょうず)じゃない。
I| as for | money | of | saving | subject marker | good at | not
I am not good at saving money.
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