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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 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
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.
View this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/jphrases-ep-120
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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?
View this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/jphrases-ep-119
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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
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
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.
View this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/jphrases-ep-116
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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.
View this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/jphrases-ep-115
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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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Wednesday Dec 21, 2022
Wednesday Dec 21, 2022
ローラさんは、肉(にく)が嫌(きら)いです。
Laura | as for | meat | doesn't like
Laura doesn't like meat.
View this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/jphrases-ep-113
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Wednesday Dec 14, 2022
Wednesday Dec 14, 2022
教室(きょうしつ)では静(しず)かにしてください。
classroom | in | as for | quiet | do | please
Please be quiet in the classroom.
View this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/jphrases-ep-112
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