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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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Wednesday Mar 22, 2023
Wednesday Mar 22, 2023
今(いま)、何(なに)をしているのですか?
now | what | (direct object marker) | doing | (question seeking an explanation)
What are you doing now?
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Wednesday Mar 08, 2023
Beginning Japanese Phrases 122: ので therefore; because of that
Wednesday Mar 08, 2023
Wednesday Mar 08, 2023
今日(きょう)は、忙(いそが)しかったので、とても疲(つか)れました。
today | as for | busy | was | therefore | very | tired
Today was a busy day and I'm very tired.
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![Beginning Japanese Phrases 121: が but; however [connects two phrases while softening a request]](https://deow9bq0xqvbj.cloudfront.net/image-logo/9583151/cover-art---Beginning-Japanese-phrases-2_300x300.jpg)
Thursday Feb 23, 2023
Thursday Feb 23, 2023
すみません、渋谷駅(しぶやえき)への行(ゆ)き方(かた)がわからないんですが、教(おし)えてください。
excuse me | Shibuya station | to | 's | way to go | (subject/object marker) | don't know | (softens explanations) | teach | please
Excuse me, I don't know how to get to Shibuya station.
View this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/jphrases-ep-121
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Wednesday Feb 15, 2023
Beginning Japanese Phrases 120: V+終わる to finish (something)
Wednesday Feb 15, 2023
Wednesday Feb 15, 2023
やっとこの長(なが)い小説(しょうせつ)を読(よ)み終(お)わりました。
finally | this | long | novel | (direct object marker) | reading | finished
I finally finished reading this long novel.
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Thursday Feb 09, 2023
Beginning Japanese Phrases 119: 一番 #1; the best; -est
Thursday Feb 09, 2023
Thursday Feb 09, 2023
北海道(ほっかいどう)と沖縄(おきなわ)と東京(とうきょう)で、一番暑(いちばんあつ)いのはどこですか?
Hokkaido | and | Okinawa | and |Tokyo | at | most | hot| as for which | where | question
Out of Hokkaido, Okinawa, and Tokyo, which place is the hottest?
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Thursday Feb 02, 2023
Beginning Japanese Phrases 118: ~で by; with (means)
Thursday Feb 02, 2023
Thursday Feb 02, 2023
タクシーで会社(かいしゃ)に行(い)きました。
taxi | by | company | to | went
(I) took a cab to the office.
View this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/jphrases-ep-118
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Wednesday Jan 18, 2023
Beginning Japanese Phrases 117: ~と思います I think; I believe that…
Wednesday Jan 18, 2023
Wednesday Jan 18, 2023
マークさんは肉(にく)が嫌(きら)いだと思(おも)います。
Mark | as for | meat | dislike | (copula) | I think
I think Mark doesn't like meat.
View this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/jphrases-ep-117
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Wednesday Jan 11, 2023
Beginning Japanese Phrases 116: ~と言っていました ~ said
Wednesday Jan 11, 2023
Wednesday Jan 11, 2023
先生(せんせい)は、「明日試験(あしたしけん)がある」と言(い)っていました。
teacher | as for | tomorrow | test | exists | (quotation marker) | said (see vocabulary for explanation)
The Teacher said that there would be an exam tomorrow.
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Wednesday Jan 04, 2023
Beginning Japanese Phrases 115: ~は、~かったです (TOPIC) was (ADJ) Part 2
Wednesday Jan 04, 2023
Wednesday Jan 04, 2023
北海道(ほっかいどう)は、寒(さむ)かったです。
Hokkaido | as for | cold | was
Hokkaido was cold.
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Wednesday Dec 28, 2022
Beginning Japanese Phrases 114: ~は、~かったです (TOPIC) was (ADJ) #1
Wednesday Dec 28, 2022
Wednesday Dec 28, 2022
きのうのパーティーは、楽(たの)しかったです。
yesterday | 's | party | as for | fun | was
Yesterday's party was fun.
View this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/jphrases-ep-114
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